still life

Finally got a new camera for my birthday! Which was a couple of weeks ago, but I'm out of the groove after being without a camera for so long... I forget I have it so I forget to take it with me, or forget to use it, and then forget to upload the pics! Anyway, I just had to post a quick pic of the girls! Leah is 15 months old!!! And Beans is never far away, as there are always crumbs to be cleaned up, under the high chair, in the kitchen, or on the baby. Looks like she's just finishing something savory!

I can't tell you how unusual a picture like this is lately. All I seem to get these days is the back of her head. She is not at all interested in standing still for ANYTHING or in smiling for the camera. But I did get a sweet, still face for 0.25 seconds so I thought I'd share.

things that make you go mmMMmm....

Cottage cheese mixed with sunflower seeds

(previously would have made me go "ewww" but then I tried it!!)
(Thanks Rachel!)

things that make you go eeeew.... part 3

Today... I saw a little boy... in my grocery store... pick his nose and put it on an apple... a green apple

Shooty Bop

One time, long ago, I accidentally said Shooty Bop instead of Beauty Shop and I thought it was SOOOO funny. Like rolling around on the ground, crying, stomach ache afterwards kind of funny. I can't remember where I was though. Sara Lu, were we in college? Or maybe it was even earlier that that? Who knows? Maybe that time was just a recollection of the original time. I don't know. What's wrong with my memory? Anyway, I still giggle every time I think about it.

If you have a Great Grannie, she probably goes to the Beauty Shop on a weekly basis to have her hair "set." She may even go to the same one that Leah's Great Grannie goes to! Here's the big girl visiting with the ladies on Shooty Bop Day!

Thanks for the pics Gannie. No, that's not a typo, this is what Leah calls her Grannie, so this is what she wants to be called. I've officially removed the R. There's no turning back. Leah also calls her Aunt Leslie "Ses" or "Sessy" or "Sassy" She's only attempted it 3 times and each time was something a little different so we'll have to see which one sticks.

BY THE WAY... Blogger spell checker would like to correct "shooty" and suggests that I put a very inappropriate adjective in it's place! Why are obscenities in the spell checker? ugh!

Jimathy Update

So I googled Jimathy, to see if it was really a name. Turns out there are a few European guys that go by Jimathy... So weird, right? More importantly though... I'm switching to Bing. Google wears me out! The VERY FIRST thing that popped up after my google search was the little suggestion box:

"Also try... Jimathy McNoodle"

I'm thinking he must be a character in a book or cartoon or something... So I click on Jimathy McNoodle:

"Sorry, but there are no search results for jimathy mcnoodle. Try a different spelling, or different words that mean the same thing."

Thank you for those suggestions, google. I must admit, the more I say the name, the more it grows on me. So I'm proud to announce that if we ever have a son, he will be called Jimathy McNoodle Curley.

(I am laughing out loud... all by myself... just so you know...)
(If you don't know what any of this is about, you need to read What's Eating You?)

azaLEAHs

ANOTHER beautiful day at the Arboretum! Actually I think that IS the slogan for the Dallas Arboretum. If not, it should be. We can't get enough! (Of course this wasn't today, since we seem to be re-visiting winter again in late April!)

My sister's camera battery died after we'd been there about 45 seconds. Not the end of the world though, since the azaleas were blooming like crazy, she sort of blended into the background. Its like "Where's waldo?" We'll be back soon with the appropriate contrast in our wardrobe...

"There are GIANT goldfish down there!!"

"If I could just.... reach.... a little.... bit.... farther...."

What's eating you?

I was at the grocery store and overheard this conversation between 3 teenage girls. Just picture three 14-year-old girls (quintessentially 14 years old...) standing in line at the in-store Starbucks... wearing shorts that would probably fit my 14 month old daughter. If you have people around you, I suggest assigning roles and using valley girl accents while you act out this exchange. F-U-N-N-Y!


Girl #1 "I finally found a guy's name that's worse than Gilbert..."


Girl #2 "Not possible! What is it?!?"


Girl #1 ".... (DRAMAtic pause)........PHILBERT!!!"


Girls #2 & 3 groan


Girl #2 "That IS the ugliest name EVER!"


Girl #3 "Neither one of those is as bad as JIMATHY!"

First of all... there can't actually be a person named Jimathy... can there?

Second... what's wrong with Gilbert? Is my obsession with Johnny Depp obscuring my judgement of this name?

Third... Is it wrong that I absolutely burst out laughing? No one else who was obviously in hearing distance even cracked a smile! That's funny stuff!

It reminded me of a question I've often asked myself... "Why is no one else laughing?"

I laugh out loud ALOT when I am alone. (in this case the fact that I'm alone explains why no one else is laughing) If a thing is funny... its funny. I don't believe that part is too unusual... Its when I'm in public and I seem to be the ONLY person around who thinks something is hilarious that makes me wonder. I wish I could call that hot-line from the TBS commercial where you give the scenario and the representative tells you how funny it really is and how much laughter it deserves. I'd like to have appropriate social laughter, but how do you temper something like that? It's a gut reaction! It's uncontrollable at times. Like a sneeze or a hiccup. Is it that way for everyone or just me?

So I've just been curious today... if the things that strike me as hilarious just aren't that funny to everyone else... or if other people just control themselves a little better than me... hmmmm

My favorite holiday...

"Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12:2

Every day is Resurrection Day once you believe this truth!

Happy Easter!

Pretty 2ulips

"75 degrees outside? A picnic lunch at the arboretum? I'll drive!"

"I better hurry if I'm gonna see every single tulip at the arboretum before nap time!"

"It's so nice that my chauffeur gets me in sniffing distance..."

"Time to leave? Not yeeeeeee-het!"

"Zzzzzzzzzzzzz Zzzzzzzzz"

Thanks for the pictures Aunt Leslie!!

I've lost it...

NO, not my mind... that was years ago.

My CAMERA! It's a great tragedy in so many ways. Mostly because there were pictures I had not yet saved, but also consider this... my backup camera (my phone) is broken too! Almost two weeks of Leah's cuteness and funniness is undocumented and lost forever! I've looked and looked. It has to be in my house somewhere. The real irony of it all? I ripped all my sofa cushions off thinking it might have fallen into the black hole... and I found some REALLY funny stuff under there (thanks Leah) and COULD NOT TAKE A PICTURE OF IT!!! I'm so sad.

But I did find my favorite, missing earring.... which has been lost for about 3 years! Too bad I finally threw away it's partner a couple of months ago.

My sister took these last week when we visited the office...

tea for one

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Tea anyone?

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No? Just me then, ok!

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I'll just grab a seat while I finish this cup...

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Oh, what the heck!

eye see

My sister had this little painting done for us as a Christmas gift... and it was so good! An artist painted Leah's eye from a photo my sister sent to her, and the artist then posted this "speed painting" video on YouTube. I think the video is cool, probably just because it's my kid's eye. But if you're into that sort of thing.. click it!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP83gS5pUXI


later on!

And they call it... ducky love

We went to our neighborhood park to do some playing, swinging, lunching and feeding the ducks. (Spring is here people... Leah witnessed her first discovery channel moment with a pair of mallards... by the way, is it the least bit fair that the female duck has to be under water the whole time??)

Leah had her first Chicken McNuggets!!! Can it be?

WEEEEEE!

Party like its your birf-day

So I was really proud of my blogging frequency for a minute. I don't know what happened though! All of the sudden I'm the loser of bloggerville again. Leah's birthday was a month ago and you still haven't seen these pictures of her very first post-cake face!

But now you have! We had so much fun celebrating a bunch of different times. Truth be told we celebrated during the whole month. Its my preference to celebrate the birth-day, birthday week and birthday month. I even celebrate my half birthday, which is a tradition I believe I will pass down to my children. Why? Because why not?? Its just another excuse to celebrate.

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Here are some more shots of the girl celebrating...

Her favorite gift was a pink monkey wearing a bow tie from her Great Grannie!I'm pretty sure we're related... based on our appreciation for cake...

"I'm ONE!!!!"

Its not a party unless you pass out with your clothes halfway on and wake up with raisins stuck to your face.