LA part 2

There was just so much about LA that we saw and did, I thought that I would show you another couple of photos. We went on a tour and they took us to Rodeo Drive. It was fun, though I didn't bother going in to any of the stores (I didn't want to be tempted). We did however buy shoes at the Nike just across the street from Rodeo Drive. Does that count?

It was really fun seeing all the foot and hand prints.

Once again, my favorite part of the trip. Venice beach was so laid back.

I heart palm trees. They are so pretty!

Sunny Los Angeles

As most of you know, Kaye and I took a little trip down to the land of celebrities (though we didn't actually see any of them) and sun. My wonderful mother agreed to take my 3 older kids so that we could have a little vacation away from life. We had a wonderful time. Here is a couple pics from the trip.

Rhys and me on the marina at Marina Del Ray. It was beautiful there.
Kaye and 2 creepy Jack Sparrow actors who hang around the walk of fame hoping they are noticed. What a life!

Rhys' first trip to the beach. This is on Venice beach....which was probably my favorite place we went to. So amazingly beautiful and calming. I would move there if I could!

One of the five remaining canals in Santa Monica. Imagine having your house back onto a canal. So cool! It was unbelievably beautiful there!

Nursing with freaky nose drips....

I was sitting there nursing my little Rhys and as I was doing that I noticed, and not for the first time, his nose dripping milk. Is that weird? I mean, is this a common occurrence? I have nursed all 4 of my children and none of the others have dripped milk from their noses while they nurse. Has this happened to anyone else? Just curious. I thought that it was a tad weird.

Elmo was a prophet...

Colby is walking around the house singing 'Follow The Prophet.' Very cute. Well really, only the first two lines. Anyway, I wasn't really paying much attention to what he was saying but when I did, it was too funny. He was singing Elmo was a prophet. When I corrected him and said that it was actually Adam, he was adamant that it wasn't. He said that it was Elmo. Then, I figured out that he meant Alma. I told him that and he said, "Oh yeah, that's what I mean. But I call her Elmo." I didn't even bother to correct him that time. He really makes my day!

The ugliest toy known to man....

It's a blow up punching bag. It was a frill necked lizard or something, until you blow it up. The mouth is actually a little tube that you blow into, then roll up and stick inside the hole which reminds me of a freaky belly button. It was $2.69 and Elijah and Colby both wanted one. I'm a sucker for cheap toys. I know....it's super freaky.

Glue Happy

I did post this on facebook, but I thought I would rewrite it for any who missed it. It was classic Colby.

Yesterday afternoon, I noticed some white stuff on the floor, which I realized was white school glue. I didn't quite get it, until I noticed some more a little ways off. After further investigation, I found glue on 2 stools, under a cup, a bowl, and my chocolate milk syrup. I found Colby with the glue bottle....of course.

Mom: Colby, what are you doing?!?
Colby: (Moan) Ugh.......(drops the glue bottle right at his feet and walks away).

I proceeded to clean up all the glue. Later that night, as I was making the treat for FHE, I found glue on another stool. Elijah brought me a car key, covered in, you guessed it, white glue.

I sat down at my computer desk this morning to find glued to it a business card from the Australian Consulate, a green sheet of paper that said "Blessed are the peacemakers", my mouse pad, and a ballpoint pen. As I sat to type this entry, I tried to move a little toy cell phone and, yep, it's stuck to the desk too!

When I questioned Colby once again, his reply was, "I have no idea what I was doing."

Typical.

Yes, my house is that messy that I have various things littering the surfaces of everything.

P.S. I did take the glue away from him the first time. I obviously just didn't hide it well enough.

Creepy, creepy corn...seriously!

Last night for supper, I thought I would whip out some frozen corn...among other things. I know, fancy eh? I just slit open the top of what looked like a perfectly harmless bag of corn and proceeded to dump the corn into a bowl. Instead of normal, yellow corn, I found........



that my corn was covered in blood! BLOOD! Seriously! Can we say freaky?! This picture doesn't even really cover the extent of the blood that was in that bag of corn. I wonder what the Green Giant people will think? Oh, and NO, I did not serve this to my family. ;)