Monday, March 15, 2010

My Name is Mud (aka M-O-M)

On her last report card, Amanda recieved all VGs, or Very Goods (the politically correct way to give an A in elementary school). To reward her, I purchased some cool chalkboard wall decals to put up in her room. While she was at school, I applied them and then lovingly wrote, "I love you -Mom" in one of the clouds.

When she got home, she was pretty excited about being able to write on her walls. She was not as excited about my little message, however. She asked if she could erase it and when I asked why she replied, "It's sooooo humiliating!" I asked her what was so humiliating about "I love you -Mom" and she clarified that by saying, "the MOM part, can I just erase the MOM part?". So here is a picture of her new wall decals....minus the humiliating MOM.


Monday, March 8, 2010

Southern Delicacies


Since Dave was born and raised in the deep South (Covington, LA and Selma, AL) he has eaten a variety of weird animal products. I believe some of those delicacies include gator and squirrel. So, when Alison got a new Leapster game about the new Disney princess Tiana she was super excited that she was able to "cook" daddy's favorite dish....Dumbo!


We were a little confused at first, knowing that elephants, specifically small, flying ones, are not typically eaten anywhere. Then we realized that she was referring to gumbo, a regional treat that does not involve eating any large mammals.