January 19, 2014

  This little girl has a miserable cold, with a runny nose and watery eyes.  But you wouldn't know it by her attitude.  The only time she got upset today was when she found out she couldn't go to church.

  On the other hand, when Erik heard that Bailey got to stay home from church, he promptly invented a stomachache.  And as a testament to Erik's mind power, his stomachache turned into him throwing up in the chapel before church began.  I'm sure I didn't look like the most sympathetic mom.  But if Erik was going to pretend to be sick, I was going to go right along with it.  Only dry crackers and water all day, even if he was "starving!"

January 18, 2014

  If Jeff is going to be in Oklahoma City and have lunch at the Cheesecake Factory, he might as well bring home some Godiva chocolate cheesecake.

January 17, 2014

  This is where Jeff is tonight.  He and some friends from work have been planning this Oklahoma City trip for months (mostly so they could all have work off.)  Of course, Jeff was cheering for the Warriors, not the Thunder.

January 16, 2014

  I pulled out my basket of chocolate chips today to make cookies.  This basket stays on the top shelf of my pantry.  I can't actually see into it without a step.  For some reason I always think I'm about out of chocolate chips, so I'll buy another bag and toss them up into the basket.  I think I'll stop buying them now.

January 15, 2014

  If you get a recipe for manicotti on the internet, and many of the commenters for that recipe say that you can skip the boiling of the noodles before baking if you add some water to the sauce, don't believe them.  Even if that's how you make lasagna.  It won't work.  It will be gross.  Dinner will be ruined.

January 14, 2014

There' nothing like fresh Play-doh.

January 13, 2014

  This little mole popped up on Bailey's shoulder a couple of months ago.  She's obsessed with it.  Any time I'm changing her shirt, she'll touch it and say, "Still got my mole."