We got a Wii Fit yesterday....

basically because they had them in stock. I was hoping to have gotten one over Christmas for the 'family' (or just me....), but there were none to be found. But, I stumbled across one yesterday. Jake is downstairs skiing right now (isn't the virtual world great? And, a little bizarre). I figure if he can ski, and be happy in our game room, it's certainly a huge bargain (no ski rental, lift tickets, etc.) Not to mention the hospital bills, since I'm sure the boys would ultimately choose snowboarding, and I have many a friend who wound up in a cast after learning how to snowboard. That said, at some point we will probably journey up the mountain and *really* let them ski and/or snowboard.

The hula hoop game is fun as well, and quite the workout (although only about 3 minutes long. I think I unlocked the 6 minute option, but frankly I was ready to stop after 3 minutes yesterday.) More to come later (after I finish my homework and get a chance to play :)

Someday it will be funny...

It will be a story we will laugh about- I promise. These are the words I told Delaney the other night after a waxing experiment gone horribly awry. Never mind the fact that her dad and I were already seeing SO much humor in the situation (we're talking huge belly laughs, tears rolling down faces, while frantically trying to pretend it wasn't funny).

The victim in this story? Obviously my poor bushy eyebrowed daughter (yes, thank your papa for that).

The villain (or inepet waxer)? Me.

I should have learned from the green hair experiment of 1990 (replace Delaney w/ my sister Laura, and me w/ my mother, and maybe throw in a bottle of bad hair bleach).

Anyway- I've been doing her eyebrows for the past 12 months, since she noticed that hers were maybe a bit more "full" than others. And, we've been very successful, until now. That said, I had never used wax before. Man does it spread quickly- all OVER the eyebrow. Unfortunately when I ripped off the cute little crescent moon shape, half her eyebrow came off with it. Oops! But, years from now she will tell this story, and laugh about it. She may choose to get her eyebrows done professionally at some point, but frankly, it will be months before there is an eyebrow there to wax-LOL.

Thank goodness for eyebrow pencil.

More snow (really not the thrilling event that it once was)

We have had more snow this year, than we've EVER had (at least in the time I've been here). It's to the point where I'm just snowed out. They did not cancel school this morning, and I was able to drive Delaney up to the bus stop, but an hour later, we had a couple of inches, and my car would not make it out of our cul-de-sac. I was slipping and sliding everywhere. I tried for 40 minutes (can you tell how badly I wanted to get everyone off to school-LOL), but had to give up. Rob was on his way to the airport, so he got Emily up to school, which left me with the boys.

They finally did cancel afternoon kindergarten, so Jake is the only one officially on a snowday. And me. Because with both Jake and Trey home, I get nothing done. So we've been doing homework, playing the Wii, and baking cookies. Anyway- it's supposed to all melt by 3:00 (although that's in 15 minutes, and theres still a ton of snow on our hill).

And, I'm watching several cars spin around all over the street...guess we're still housebound. Trey has his make up field trip tomorrow (for the trip that was cancelled due to snow in December). I believe everything will be gone, and we'll get to go: It's rollerskating. I'll take lots of pictures :)

No Title Today....

I'm in a non-creative funk. The brain cells that I used to be able to use for my blog, are all being funneled to my Masters program. I am quite proud of the fact that I have a solid "A" right now (HA! I can still lecture my daughter about grades). I did lose 1/2 a point on my last paper for not citing my sources correctly- details, details, details.

The kids are all home today for a Teacher in-service day (lucky day!). We turned it into a work day at home (For at last 1/2 the day).....One of my projects was going through old photos on my portable hard drive, and deleting or saving to a book project. Here is a small sample of what I found (just because I'm bored)!

Crazy Friday....

or maybe I should change that to "Crazy Hair Friday". Today was crazy hair day at Emily and Jake's school. The kids look forward to it every year, but for me it's just an added step in the morning (yes - bah humbug). So this morning Emily woke up at 6:10 am, ready for me to start on her hair. This is the child who still has very little hair due to the short hair experiment of '08. We settled on three well-placed ponytails, scattered around her head, which were then curled and spray painted red and blue. Yes, not so original, but fairly cute.

And then there was Jake. What to do. We settled on the faux-hawk, which was spray painted bright red. Again, not overly creative, but it worked.

Done till next year!

New low, or new high.....you decide

I'm sitting here next to Trey, on dueling computers. I'm trying to be coherent in my writing, and he is flooding the room w/ the Wiggles, singing "Hot Potato, Hot Potato" (or whatever the heck it is called). Frankly listening to the Wiggles sing much of anything can be painful at times, but watching him SING (yes, sing...) and dance along is priceless. He told me I have to act out the part of the dancing dog, and he gets to be Captain Feathersword. I think I might have gotten the short end of that particular stick. And, he 'told' me all this through his Trey Talk, and lots of pointing :)

Tomorrow at his school, they have Hibernation Day. They get to wear their pajamas, bring their favorite stuffed animal, and hibernate all day. They are making hibernation soup, and building a burrow. Maybe moms should get to celebrate hibernation day also - Any takers?

Sitting here, watching my *favorite* TV show...

yet, how appropriate that I am completely LOST (yes, I'm trying to catch-up w/ "Lost"). I really enjoy the show, but it's always a bad thing for me, when you're lost if you miss an episode or three. Trey had his 4 (almost 5) year check-up today: He's very healthy, tall, and average weight, his heart sounds great (yay!), and he was a huge trooper when he got 5 shots. He even smiled and thanked the nurse....Emily is going to be part of a research study: the impact, effectiveness of bilateral implants. I'll be sure to keep you all posted on the results :)

What else? Nothing much going on here. But, if I'm going to try to get un-lost, I better skedaddle...