Five Phases of the Ice Cream Cone

Phase 1: Catching initial dripping. Tongue and some lip involvement only. Face is still clean



Phase 2: Eating the ice cream. Definite face involvement now, although clothing is relatively spared


Phase 3: Eating the ice cream...continued. Chocolate now dripping down the arm and onto clothing. Clothing no longer spared



Phase 4: Tearing of cone paper (which has now become soggy and partially adhered to cone. Often a fit will occur over inability to completely remove paper)


Phase 5: Checking for belly drips. Cone is nearly gone. Whole body involvement in the eating process now. Notice immodest sitting posture resulting from full belly


By the way, the Barbie dress didn't make it...not even after a soak in OxyClean.

Going vertical

Our 3 bedroom house was feeling even smaller with the girls' stuff constantly underfoot, so we decided to get bunk beds. Having Meagan and NiNi share a room frees up the remaining space to be used as a toy room/office. Now I can just close the door instead of clean...Yeah!

We bought the beds over the internet...the first furniture purchase we've made like that so I was a little skeptical, but the beds are awesome...even better than the picture on the website and very sturdy solid wood. The only down-side was that my poor hubby had to assemble. He's not too thrilled as you can see from the picture.

It was a little sad saying goodbye to the crib, but NiNi loves her new big bed and, shock of all shocks, actually stays in it at night.

Meagan quote of the week

Chris very humbly asked Meagan the other day, "What can daddy do to be a better daddy?"

Meagan replied, "I don't know dad...you don't spend enough time with me for me to answer that question."

Wow, talk about brutal. (I might add that Chris happens to spend a lot of time with the girls and frequently asks us for input on how he can be a better father, husband, etc.)

And here's a little bit of NiNi to entertain you...

We were having a family devotional about the "little lost sheep", which included a special emphasis on how special the sheep was to the shepherd. We used marshmellows with little chocolate eyes as the sheep and acted out how we would take care of them (i.e. keeping them safe, giving them food, a soft bed). After carrying the marshmellow sheep to his special "bed", NiNi picked him up and said "Bye-bye sheep!" and crammed the whole thing in her mouth.

I doubt that the "good shepherd who eats his sheep" was the image that Jesus was going for on that one.

Holy Slugs, Batman!

She's a big one! Sorta makes your skin crawl, doesn't it? We found this under a log while cleaning out a flower bed the other day. I thought it was a snake! The girls "played" with it (ewwww!) for about half an hour before we let it go under some trees. I googled it...it's called a "Grey Great Slug" and can grow up to 8 inches!