The Mommy Survey

The Facebook meme that Andria posted and I couldn't resist: I surveyed Ella to find out about myself.

1. What is something mom always says to you? Ella, I love you

2. What makes mom happy? me asking you to read me books

3. What makes mom sad? let's see... when I ignore you

4. How does your mom make you laugh? by tickling me

5. What was your mom like as a child? you had long hair

6. How old is your mom? can you give me a hint? My pick is... 55

7. How tall is your mom? my pick is 11"

8. What is her favorite thing to do? Your favorite thing to do is... sit down and watch TV with me

9. What does your mom do when you're not around? clean up (so astute!)

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? dress up like Ariel

11. What is your mom really good at? organizing stuff

12. What is your mom not very good at? fixing things

13. What does your mom do for her job? you, well, work

14. What is your mom's favorite food? shepherds pie and bierocks

15. What makes you proud of your mom? getting the TV right to set up a movie (last weekend I fought and fought with the DVD player to get it hooked up right with the satellite receiver, but I finally got it! I was pretty proud of myself for that one!)

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? Sleeping Beauty

17. What do you and your mom do together? What we do together is that... I don't know. I just have no idea.

18. How are you and your mom the same? we both have the same color hair

19. How are you and your mom different? we don't have the same things (I ask for clarification) panties

20. How do you know your mom loves you? because you hug me a bunch

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go? Wal-Mart (I stinkin' KNEW that was coming!)

23. How do you know that Daddy loves Mommy? because he kisses you a bunch

24. What is your mom's favorite color? green

25. What is mom scared of? bears (what?!)

26. What is mom's favorite TV show? the taxi show (Cash Cab)

The Daddy Survey

Andria posted this on her blog (via a Facebook meme) and I thought it was so cute. A little interview, of sorts, of Ella about her daddy. The interview about me will come soon.

1. What is something dad always says to you? Ella calm down

2. What makes dad happy? When he reads me Hank (Hank the Cowdog)

3. What makes dad sad? Giving me a spanking

4. How does your dad make you laugh? by tickling me

5. What was your dad like as a child? I don't even know

6. How old is your dad? I don't know

7. How tall is your dad? I don't know

8. What is his favorite thing to do? Read me Hand and eat M&Ms and pecan bars

9. What does your dad do when you're not around? watch TV

10. If your dad becomes famous, what will it be for? fixing my bike's chain

11. What is your dad really good at? training horses (you should have seen the big smile on David's face when he heard this)

12. What is your dad not very good at? now that's a tough one... I don't know (again with the smile)

13. What does your dad do for his job? move rocks, plants and gates

14. What is your dad’s favorite food? cookies and chocolate pie

15. What makes you proud of your dad? fixing my (play) hay fork

16. If your dad were a cartoon character, who would he be? Mickey Mouse

17. What do you and your dad do together? we used to go to the horse unit together

18. How are you and your dad the same? we both have the same color jeans, we almost have the same color boots

19. How are you and your dad different? we don't like the same foods as each other

20. How do you know your dad loves you? he hugs me, daddy tells me he loves me

21. Where is your dad’s favorite place to go? go work with cattle and at horse units

22. How do you know that Mommy loves Daddy? 'cause y'all hug a bunch and kiss a bunch

23. What is your dad’s favorite color? blue and green

24. What is dad scared of? nothing (again, the smile)

25. What is dad’s favorite TV show? the news

How things go

Yesterday I ran across a stuffed animal that I use for Easter decoration that Ella had gotten a hold of prior. I got a good laugh out of it (and thought that Marisa would too) so I decided to take a picture to share.

I have no idea what inspired me to go upstairs to take the picture, but I did, and the best I could come up with was posing the dang thing in the window for the light. Here's what I went upstairs for, and what I subsequently took pictures of. It's just how things flow here.

Little bunny foo foo with all those baubles (He says 'Let me out, let me out!)

I got distracted by the lovely view from our bedroom window, but then got called away because of a ruckus downstairs

Ella had pushed the Bug into the living room, but added Coon as a passenger. Back to the bunny, A.D.D. girl!

Again with the sparkly bunny by a window. This light looks nice, so I call Ella over.

And then there's an intervention where someone tells me to put the camera down.

This is the kind of stuff that clouds my brain

Here and There, in no particular order:

* On Ashley's take home note from preschool the other day: Ashley ate enough for TWO toddlers! She really loved her macaroni and cheese with ham!

* Did you know that you can unclog a toilet with dish soap? I didn't either before this weekend and a little Googling, but I'm here to testify that it works!

* I added a little thing over on the side that shows the cities of all of my visitors, which I think is really cool. Now if I could only stop checking in on it and padding the visits with my city! :)

* Today I finally got off my arse and bought a web cam so that we could see the Wallace fam! We had an appointment all set up and Skyped tonight. It was so good to see all four of them (and how big Makenna has gotten!). Ella couldn't stop looking at herself onscreen, however. We may have a problem for future Skypes. As I sit here and type, knowing full well that the camera is off, I can't help but imagine that it's on and somebody, somewhere is watching me. Must take camera down between meetings.

* I made this recipe for a Cheesesteak-esque But Not type sandwich Sunday and it is really, really good. David especially liked it.

* The other day Ella told us that she was leaving for a rodeo in Texas and would be gone six days and she's taking the little Barbie VW Beetle motorized car (that was handed down to ASHLEY by a friend) and off she traipses to fold herself into it. I told her that it might take her a long time in the Bug and she hollers back 'So Be It!' What?! What five year old says that?

* I swear that camera is still looking at me.

* Last week I was on the local AM station for their weekly special about the UGA campus in town. I went with Jen and she was the primary interviewee, but I got just a smidge of talk time. No big deal, though, because I'm pretty sure about 9 people listen to that station. Let me put it to you this way: The segment on before us was sponsored by the funeral home and listed all of the people who had died. Didn't we seem rather lively, then?

Evel Knashley

Ashley Kate likes to live the life of a daredevil sometimes. A daredevil that doesn't know she's being a daredevil because her mother has been kind enough to stop such behaviors before she figures it out the hard way. Take the case of the rocking chair:




I turned the chair to the couch so that she couldn't flip backwards, which is what she comes so close to doing otherwise. Also, I thought the post-ponytail hair made the video all the more special! (Please look past the big basket of laundry to be folded and Ella coming in and doing I don't know what.)

You encourage 'em to write

and this is what you get.

Slipperyous Preschoolerous

Apparently the early part of spring is the molting season for this rare creature.





(I have no idea how Ella got her pants off like this. One minute she's wearing them, the next she has on a skirt and it looks like another version of herself met an early demise, a la the Wicked Witch of the West.)

Snow in Georgia?

It's been 2 1/2 months since we've seen snow, but once it started coming down today you would have thought Ella had never seen the stuff! The stars and the moon must have aligned just right to make middle Georgia see snow all day long. It didn't really stick to speak of, but it was impressive enough for our latitude! I can imagine that there were little children all over the county who where going nuts over it trying to make snowballs and such.

I don't think this area has seen the likes of this... in ages? Ever?

The cows huddled up close underneath a group of trees at the back of our yard.

This was big, WET snow, so this mama cow is probably glad she's got a layer of leather to keep her dry.

Like I said, big, WET snow. With a side of attitude. (You can see it in her eyes, can't you?!)

I'm totally indulging myself with this one. I just thought it was a cool picture.

It's a veritable blizzard but of course the turkeys are out. Can you see 'em?

Poor jonquils! I told them not to come out yet! Just a little overzealous, I guess.