keep smiling

Here's a bit of wisdom from our Miss Bee:
Yesterday in church, she kept herself busy drawing a picture. She drew herself with a big smiley face and long, curly hair (which she does not have but is patiently waiting to grow). She then proudly showed it to her brother, who gave it a "cool" and then proceeded to add a giant Pac-Man to the picture, hovering over the curly-haired stick figure with a mouthful of jagged teeth. Flip handed it back to her with a smug look on his face - you could tell he was just waiting for her to react. Her response? She pointed to her self portrait and smirked, "Look - ha ha, I'm still smiling!"

Good advice for us all.

what a guy

DH is a great guy. Really. He always jokes that he married "up" and I married "down" when it came to choosing a mate. Today he out-performed, out-spoused and out-parented me. To illustrate, here's a list of what he did today:

• went on a 30-mile bike ride
• installed a new garbage disposal in kitchen sink
• went to Home Depot for painting supplies (took Stuntman and Miss Bee
• tore baseboards and carpet out of Flip's old room/DH's new office
• ripped off trim around door and closet in office
• spackled crack in ceiling
• painted ceiling
• turned mattress on our bed
• took all 3 kidlets to Fry's to purchase a long-promised joystick for Playstation
• painted walls in office
• painted ceiling in office (2nd coat)
• painted walls in office (2nd coat)
• went to Kroger for 2-liter of Squirt

Here's what I did:

• cooked eggs for one kid, Pop-Tarts for everyone else
• changed sheets on bed
• nagged kids to clean rooms
• cut out fabric for "5-minute skirt"
• threw a load of towels in machine
• nagged some more
• took Flip to Wal-Mart for school supplies
• didn't find all supplies; made frustrated note to check Target later
• chased kids away from Playstation; nagged about clean rooms
• peeked into office to check DH's work
• made "helpful" suggestions, shot down a few decorating ideas
• nag, nag, nag
• tried to sew 5-minute skirt; had recurring loopy thread problems
• gave up on 5-minute skirt
• ordered pizza
• rewarded boys for clean rooms with Playstation time
• took Miss Bee to Joann's to pick out a dress pattern and fabric
• dragged Miss Bee out of Joann's
• put kids in showers/tubs
• put kids to bed
• ate bowl of French Silk ice cream (well, it was lite)
  

My list was just as long; my results were not as successful as his. What a guy.

i'm so happy

Miss Bee went through a "Yo Gabba Gabba" phase a few months ago. For those who may not be familiar with this show, it's a fairly new offering on Nick Jr. for the preschool set. It's very contemporary, very stylish, very "now" - think about what "The Electric Company" was to the 70's. Anyway, I have to admit that I looked forward to when she would ask to watch it, because I love the music. She turned it on today and my favorite song from the show was just coming on. It was through YGG that I found the Salteens, one of many bands that either perform or write music especially for the show. On the episode titled "Happy", this is their performance of a song whose bass line is just too catchy not to dance to: