A couple of Easter pictures

Me and Andrew goofing around. I probably should've lightened up this picture first...but I look less scary this way.

Me and my beautiful girl!

They really do get along most of the time. *Crossing fingers and praying it lasts until adulthood*

Isn't the nose wrinkle the best?

Monsters vs. Aliens

Even Bruce came along for this one! 3-D movies are so cool. This has to be the best movie I've seen in ages...definitely good for the adults as well as the kiddos. I'm guessing these pictures might make the Dawghouse newsletter this year.

You should see them use their nightsticks as chopsticks

After gymnastics at Covington the other day, we enjoyed supper at the Chinese buffet. A couple of state police officers came in to eat about midway through our meal. Erin's eyes got as big as saucers and she turned to me and said, "Oh, no, Mommy! Cops!" (She's probably afraid of going to juvie.) I told her that police officers have to eat, too.

So she turns to Drew and says in a stage whisper: "It's OK, Drew. They're just HUNGRY."

Gram JJ's 90th birthday

She doesn't look a day over the "29" (as her birthday cake said)! She's still an awfully sharp cookie for a nonagenarian who's suffered a mild stroke. She beat us soundly at several card games that day. Love you, Gram :>)

Wizard of Oz

Drew was recently a munchkin and a flying monkey in FC's version of the Wizard of Oz. (Unfortunately, he had a fever for most of the weekend and only got to be in Sunday's performance.) Bad mommy that I am, I didn't get a picture of Drew in his munchkin or monkey getups. I did get these, however.

This is Erin with Rachel Butler/Dorothy.
And here's one with both kiddos and some of the cast. (I meant to crop myself out first...oops.)

Erin is now officially in love with all things Wizardly. We have had the DVD from Netflix for over 2 weeks and she's watched it repeatedly.

Oh, my

It's been so long since I've updated this. My original intent was to lay off the computer entirely for the season of Lent. Well, I've successfully stayed off of Facebook (except to accept a few friend requests) and Delphi forums, but the rest...well...

Everyone is doing well around here. We all went to Myers Dinner Theater yesterday as a family to watch Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. It was my birthday request--that we all go together. I think I'll stick to going with the gals from now on--Bruce isn't that big into musical theater and Drew just wanted to be home playing video games. At least Erin and I enjoyed ourselves. She still makes up little songs all the time. None involving John McCain lately, though.

Erin has a new phrase for me when I'm reading to her and pause momentarily: "Hurry up and read, fool!" This is undoubtedly from tv, but I was unaware that Mr. T. was on children's programming nowadays.

Drew wore a newly acquired red jacket today. With the hood up, it looks a little Red Riding Hood-esque. Somehow Bruce managed to get him to pick up a basket and trot around the house like that. But after a moment, he said: "Let's not speak of this again."

On a creepier note: Erin told me today that her baby doll was going to die today. It had gotten too old. She warned us not to step in any holes in the park because that's where she was going to be burying the baby. Eventually she did say she was "just fooling us", but that's kinda creepy talk for a four year old.

Speaking of fools: Both kids LOVED April Fool's Day this year. Drew got me good by telling me there was a 2 hour delay. We put food coloring in the bottom of Erin's cereal bowl so that her milk turned pink. She smiled with glee and said, "This is the best holiday ever!"