Quakin' in my shoes

Did you feel the earthquake last night?

I felt it and thought I must have been dreaming since we were talking about the 80s earthquake a few days ago.

Going green programs for kids

C's school is having a walk/fundraiser in the fall and the theme is "going green" They are also having a "green fair" with people or groups having booths talking about things associated with going green. I've been wracking my brain trying to come up with some names to suggest and really coming up empty. Anybody out there know of any groups that would do displays for K-5?

Thanks

Dirty Girl

Mrs. Chicken wants to see how dirty my house. Fortunately, today was house cleaning day so she won't get to see how truely dirty it usually is. However, I have taken pictures of the two areas of my house that will never ever be clean no matter what I do. Yes, I'm aware she asked for one area and one picture but she can pick which one she thinks is worse and one picture just didn't do the mess justice :)

The first 4 is the area surrounding and including the built in "blanket cabinet" and shelves in our living room.









The following 4 are of the bar in our dining room. It ends up being the place that everything that doesn't have another home goes to live.

Go Phone Commercial

I love this commercial. Watch the kid's face starting at the 18 second mark. Cracks me up every time :)

Livin La Vida Yoda

I tried to post this earlier but my computer was strangely missing sound so I couldn't figure out what song I was posting. This is the WORST "video" ever, but at least it is the right song this time :)

Star Wars Songs

These are a few of Christopher's current fave songs

Dive on in

Busy weekend. We went swimming yesterday and C FINALLY got the mechanics of divings down. He has been swimming for a long time and going off the diving board since he was 3 but he couldn't seem to figure out diving. I finally got him on the edge of the pool and I would hold his legs so he couldn't bend his knees. Once he got comfortable going in on his head, I had him try it on his own. Every single time, he would bend and bend and bend and then bend his knees at the last second and fall on his face. Finally, I told him to keep his eyes open and watch his knees while I held them. Once he saw how they were supposed to be, he did fine. He can't quite get it off the diving board but we will keep practicing off the side and he'll get it.

Today we went to the free movie. It was the Bee Movie, which C and I have already seen. Lizzie has been asking and begging and to go to see and lasted about 20 minutes :( Then it was intermission and she could get up. 15 minutes into the second half, she was over it. If we had thought she would do so poorly, we would have taken to cars. As it was, I got to sit on my lap and be quite for awhile and then the movie was almost over and it was kind of action-y so she stayed for the whole thing.

After that, we brought mom and Liz home and I put her down for her nap. Then C and I went skating to try out my new skates. They worked way better than I expected since they were super SLICK when I tried them out here at home. They slide a little on fast turns, so racing is out for the time being but honestly, I don't generally skate that fast so it wasn't an issue. C did not do well at racing. He got wiped out in the first turn and everyone passed him :( He wasn't even going to finish but he decided to give it a go anyway. Sadly, no line game so no free passes but we had fun.

Mom brought Lizzie out and met us at 4 and we went to Dana's for our playgroups potluck/clothing swap. WAY too much food as always. I managed to get rid of 2 grocery bags full of clothes plus a large garbage bag full of clothes and gear. I actually have a very small amount of cabinet space again! There was probably 3 times the amount of clothes as at our last clothes swap. I think everybody left with something, me included who fully intended not to bring anything home. C is the oldest regular participant in the group and Lizzie may not be the oldest, but is certainly one of the biggest girls. However, someone had some sparkly red shoes in her size and C found a bear that he liked so they each got something.

Now, I'm tired and I'm going to get ready for bed and lay on the couch and read until bedtime :)