fun with friends and family

water  day  with  Sabrina's  friend;  it  was  very  fun.  i'm  Sophie. we  had  good  Popsicles.

  hallowen!  i  love it! dressing up; candy; it's  so  fun! Lauren is so cute.🎃👻👻

i love fun times they make  me happy. like when i think of  snow but it does not snow here. i also like panda's they are so cute i  have  a  toy panda he's cute too!

cookies yum they look  so  good if  i  could  i'd  eat  them  all that  would  taste so  good. 😋

Lauren  is  a very  happy girl  she is 2 years old and i like her as my sister.💜💜 because

she gives the best  hugs and kisses and  has the best smile ever.😊😉 and she  is very silly.

😏👯

Sophie  that  is  me  i was having  fun  in  the  bushes.👱😺 and  i  was wearing  my school shirt.mom likes my hair because it's  long

Dave my dad loves being silly  and likes wearing the hat he's wearing.he also likes tickles.

Sabrina is a crazy girl and very silly.i call  this picture the crazy picture.

Lindsey takes good  pictures and likes dancing🎶

 family  is important  thing

Experts on Parenting

These past several weeks I've had a few parenting thoughts keep running through my head. I thought I'd share them with you.


There were a couple of weeks where I became The Woman that Cosby describes here. Sorry about the video quality.

Thank you, Bill, for allowing me to see myself as I really am sometimes. No joke.


Then there's this little insightful piece. Let us put ourselves in our kids' place. Then maybe we'll understand them.



The part that was inspirational to me starts at about 1:40  and goes to 2:50.

Knock that smile off your face. Act like an adult! LOVE this one. I think about this all the time.

Why are some things so funny? Because there is truth to them.

Lastly, here's a little parent rap I posted to my joke blog if you haven't seen it yet.

That's all.

"Our products are elegant and beautiful. which wile make you nobler."

Announcement!

The blog is going private.

If you would like to continue to be a reader, please get me your email address

(if you haven't already on fb).

I have made all the comments for the blog be private, so go ahead and put your email in as a comment and it'll go straight to me and not to the interwebs.

But before you do that, please read this.....

 This is a shoe label that Dave found while going through one of his piles of boxes. He got it in Russia.

Hee Hee.

RECALL NOTICE

For Immediate Release
January, 2012


Lucasfilm is recalling certain episodes of its Star Wars Saga released between 1999 and the present, citing numerous safety and continuity issues identified by consumers. Major issues cited included:

Small children and Star Wars veterans may choke on loose plots and flimsy characters;
Overly flashy packaging and animations may cause epileptic seizures;
The brakes are known to not work, as it just keeps going and going and won't stop;
General inability to deliver on expectations or to perform per previously set standards;

Specific episodes in question are episodes #1, 2, and 3, and any current or future variations on these. Some recent revisions to episodes 4, 5, and 6, released in the late 1990s, are also in question. Consumers are strongly cautioned to stick with the original episodes (#4, 5, and 6, produced before 1997), and to avoid newer revisions and episodes if at all possible. Parents are strongly cautioned to limit or prevent their childrens' exposure to the questionable episodes as well.

Please send your copies of the Episodes in question to George Lucas, and include a copy of this notice with your request for a refund.

(By Dave)

This is Yeast in Action

My Mom was bakin' and Dave took these pics of some very active yeast:

Knock, Knock...

Last night Dave and I drove home from Tempe. Most of the time we're driving at night we play silly car games to keep us awake and talking. Last night we were making up our own Knock, Knock jokes. (Note: Kids love Knock, Knock jokes. They are always telling me the most un-funny Knock, Knock jokes. It is because these are the easiest jokes to make up. You just simply fill in the blanks. Who cares if they don't make sense!) Anyway, I came up with a Knock, Knock joke that (I think) is actually funny! Here it is:

Knock Knock.
Who's there?
Pat.
Pat who?
Pat the Bunny!

I don't know if it was the content of the joke or if it was just really late at night, but we kept repeating that joke over and over and cracking up because it.
I hope you enjoy my own original Knock, Knock joke. If nothing else, maybe your kids/cousins/nieces/nephews will like it.

10 Things I Hate About U(ofA)...or college in general

We have had a wonderful time attending the UofA. Education is a very good thing, and something we are very grateful that we have been blessed to pursue. With parting always comes sorrow.

However, here are a few things we will definitely NOT be missing...

1. Smoking

If this is an institution of higher education, then why are there so many smokers!? And why can't they read the sign "No Smoking within 20 feet of entrance?"
2. PowerPoint Presentations
More and more professors are using PowerPoint in their lectures. 75% of them do not know how to use it correctly.
3. Spandexed-Rear-Tushies
If you're not a dance major, you're just trying to show off your bum. And we know it. And you know that we know it.
4. The Spanish Department
Don't get me started on it.
5. Professors
The ones who use those PowerPoint slide-shows incorrectly.
And the ones who don't really know what they're talking about.
And the ones who don't know but insist you treat them like they do know.
And the ones who put their political slant on everything.
And the ones who make you do busy work just because they can.
And the Ego. Enough said.
5a. The not-really professors, or TAs (or GAs if you prefer)
So, why are so many classes taught by foreign grad students anyway? I can understand Doctoral students doing this, because they have had some good time to learn the subject. But people only a few years farther along who you can't understand anyway? This is not to bash all TAs, there are good ones out there (many better than the actual professor), but you know the ones I'm talking about.
6. Pedestrians
They're everywhere, like gnats. Off the sidewalk, in the street, in the bike lane, ignoring traffic signals, oblivious to traffic (you've seen the guy, he's halfway across the intersection, texting, before he realizes he's stepped in front of cross traffic). Hope you don't hit one!
7. Unvocabulated Students
Isn't it amazing how some students can use the same word to describe every emotion they feel? (ie: "I #*@$&% hate this!" "I #*@$&% love you!" "That is #*@$&% awesome!" "You are #*@$&% lame!")
8. Lack of Clothing
...and very nice sunburns/tan lines because of it.
9. Homework
Especially busy work.
10. __________________
(We left this one open for your suggestions - add a comment)

Wow, this has been a very negative post. We will now say something amazing about our college experience: We're graduating!!!!!