For the child who has everything...

So that they can sit and lord it (literally) over all the other children.

And of course, when my daughter saw it she said, "Woooooooooow!"


(p.s. If my sarcasm hasn't dissuaded you, it's available at toysrus. They own the photo.)

A Sentimental Journey

So, on the weekend we were completely re-organizing the kitchen. We threw away a lot of stuff... enough that I'm embarrassed to admit it. One of the things we found was this can of smoothie mix, expiration date of August 2003.

Ryan: Why do we still have this?
Me: Um... I couldn't throw it away...
Ryan: Why not?? It expired five years ago!!
Me: (sheepishly) Well... it was the first thing I ever bought with a coupon.

And thus we discovered that whilst R, for sentimental reasons, cannon throw away things, so I, for sentimental reasons, cannot throw away food. So here, for posterity's sake, is a photo of me with the first thing I ever bought with a coupon.

Hooray for instant smoothie mix for 49 cents.


And yes, we did throw it out...

Laura Gunn

Ok, this totally made my day.

And her studio, wow... If I just had the talent in her pinky...

We were at Joann's and I asked Amelie how her pretzel was...

and she replied to me, very clearly, "hmmm, I've had better."

Well an older lady who was walking out the door near us stopped and asked me, quite amused, "I'm sorry, but did I just hear your little girl say 'I've had better?'"
"Yes, you did," I replied, a little embarrassed.
"Oh my," she said, and turned to her friend, and I could hear them talking and chuckling to themselves over it as they left the store.