brimming over

What are you?

She...

thinks she is one of these...

It all started when we started giving her...

when we'd cut them up for the piggies.  Lucy loves carrots.  And they're healthy for her.

Then she decided that she might also like...

Huh?  Lettuce?  Dogs don't eat lettuce.  Very odd.

But now she has decided she likes...

That's it.  Now I know she thinks she is a guinea pig. 

A HUGE overgrown guinea pig.  One that wags her tail when she's happy.  :)

Line up for salad!
  
  

Is this a kissing book (movie)?

 

The Princess Bride.  A classic tale of love, adventure, revenge, piracy, villainy...all with a happy ending.  And humor.  Ah, the humor!  This is a movie of layers that you must peel back like the layers of an onion.  Each layer reveals something new and hilarious.

We have longed to share The Princess Bride with the kids for years.  They know many of the best lines because Craig and I quote them all the time.  But we hesitated to watch it with them because it seemed to have "adult themes" and there are a few curse words. 

We finally decided that the boys were probably old enough to watch it.  And since it's really hard to exclude Amy Grace from anything that the rest of us are doing, we figured most of it would go over her head.  Plus, she has a tendency to get bored and wander off during movies so we didn't think she'd see much of it. 

I don't know if we're just numb from our family exposure to Star Trek: The Next Generation re-runs or not but I'm not sure what we thought the big deal was.  :)  All three kids were glued to the screen the entire movie!  And they especially loved seeing the scenes with the great and oft-quoted lines.

I have to say, I think this is one of the most fun things about the kids getting older: the opportunity to share with them fun movies, music, experiences, etc.  As they each form an individual sense of humor that is unique, we get glimpses of the adults they will one day be.

Yeah, yeah

I know.  I'm behind.  I stink.  I don't keep up here very well.  Hey, I'm busy! 

(Sorry, got a little defensive there.) 

Really, though, every day I mean to post something.  And at the end of the day, time has slipped past me without it getting done.  Sigh.  My apologies.

I do have lots of things to update.  Probably not that much of it interesting to most of you.  Oh, well.  C'est la vie! 

Taking an idea from The Pioneer Woman, here are some recent pictures with titles by way of explanation.

"Can I come inside now?"
Alternate title: "I could tolerate this a lot better if SOMEONE would buy me a doggie jacket!"

"Still Coming Down"
Alternate title: "It looks pretty but we had snow last year.  So.done.with.snow." 

"All about odd and even"
Alternate title: "Look! I can make ANOTHER pattern!"

"Giant drawings for sale!"
Alternate title: "This is a great way for me to scam the spare change off everyone!"

Well, that's not much but at least it's something.  Not too much camera activity around here lately. 

More updates soon.