The Largest Slug in the World

I don't know if this really is the largest slug in the world, but it has to be close, right? It showed up on our front door...literally...last week. It literally made me gag, but I mad Todd take a picture of it, because I knew it would fascinate Kaytlynn. It was probably a good thing she was off with my sister at the camp out, because I know it would have been adopted into our home if she had anything to say about it!

My Girls Know How to Milk Sympathy....

My sister called me and asked if Delaney and Kaytlynn could go to Dinosaur State Park with them. I thought it would be a great experience for them, so I asked the girls, they got excited, and off they went.

I met my sister in Fairfield at a Texas Burger. My sister talked the girls into thinking that she had bought this HUGE old house...that looked like it had been vacant for the past 50 years. My girls didn't bat an eye...they were just impressed that it was so big and had such a nice porch and stairs....poor things.

The next day, my sister had all the kids in her minivan headed to camp, when she was rear-ended by another car. It was not a big wreck, but could have been really bad. She said it was so quiet in the van, that you could hear a pin drop. She turned around and said "Is everyone okay". She said the reply was all in chorus together...All at once they all grabbed their heads, their necks, their sides their stomachs and started MOANING and GROANING as loudly as they could..."OHHHH', OWWWWW, OUCH, ACCHHHH, UGHHHH" . The little stinkers!

Luckily no one was hurt...including the elderly passenger of the other car that was using an oxygen tank.

Delaney's Reading!

What an amazing thing to watch your child grow into a reader. It is one of the only big girl activities that doesn't make me sad when I watch, but it does put me in awe!

Delaney is now reading simple text all on her own and does a wonderful job with it! Best of all, she LOVES it! Truly loves it. She is proud of herself and wants to show you just how smart she is.

Now...if we could just have 1/2 of this enthusiasm transfer over to Kaytlynn...She is way more excited about playing Webkinz and watching movies...I know, because she tells me so :-(...Little Stinker!

Order on the Porch!

The girls last night kept saying Order on the Porch in a very authoritative voice. When I went to see what was going on...I realized they were trying to say Order in the Court...too funny!

Doesn't Everyone Come Home From Choir With...

A Gecko.

Yes...she got a cup and caught this little bugger at church choir.
We did convince her to let it go when we discussed that she would have to feed it LIVE crickets and that the gecko would then KILL the cricket since it needed its protein. I know...Im bad, but we do still own 3 slugs and a snail. That HAS to count for something, right?

VOCABULARY WORD OF THE DAY ...DAZZLING

We are going the Potato Patch tonight and Kaytlynn decided to get all dressed up...with GLITTER! Isn't she Dazzling?

Little House on the Prairie...

Most of you know that we watch a Little House on the Prairie almost every night. We own all of the seasons and it is a way for us to let down from the busy day together. We are on season 6 and Mary miscarried in one episode, in another episode a boy died of appendicitis because his Daddy wanted him to be "healed" without a doctor, a man's wife died in the next one, and the last one we watched, Ma was excited to see her parents after years of separation...and her mom died on the train ride.

It got so Delaney started crying on every episode, so we have switched for a while to Road to Avonlea...it is a lot happier. I think it a cute show, but it doesn't compare to little house. Since we already call Delaney our little Emo child though (she LOVES sad songs, especially about death) we though it was time to take a breather.