Birthday Party

(2011) Well, Lily is indeed her mother's daughter: she knows what she wants ... but then changes her mind!  She now does NOT want a Belle birthday party beause she doesn't want Beast to have any part of the party, and he's on all the party goods, etc! Sooooo... we have now moved on to a My Little Pony birthday theme to be sure that Beast will not attend. Sorry, Beast, I tried!!

Breakfast in Bed

(2013) When I woke up this morning, I saw on my nighstand that Dylan and Lily Claire had served me a fantastic breakfast in bed!  Just because all the food was either wood or plastic from Lily's pink kitchen in her room was quite alright!

Text

(2014)

I can't stop laughing at this autocorrect snafu in this text conversation between Bran and me when he ran in Kroger a minute tonight!!!!

Super Bowl

(205) Yes, Lily Claire is my daughter!  This afternoon she said, "I feel sorry for Papaw because it's raining on his birthday." I answered, "Well at least it's the Super Bowl so he'll like that!"  To which Lily responded, "What is the Super Bowl?"  Oops.  Hahaaaaa!!

Hero

(2013) This evening, Dylan had to interview a hero/special person in his life for a school writing project ... I love that he called his Dad.

Pretty Words

(2013) Oh dear.  Lily Claire came skipping up to me in her PJs all ready for bed and proudly told me that she had already said her goodnight prayers by herself.  She said, "And, Mama, I only used pretty words when I talked to God like flowers and butterflies, not ugly words like shut- up or booty."  All I could manage to say was, "Well, I'm sure God appreciated that, Lil."

Wealth Management

Dear Wells Fargo,
Thank you for your diligence in having my back with your daily "wealth management" email alerts. Considering that ..
1.  I'm a teacher
2.  I have a son in college
3.  It's basketball AND baseball season
4.  Christmas was last month,
5.  and we got paid six weeks ago ...
my current "wealth management" today was a staggering $3.15.  Is it time to roll over or diversify?  Kudos for keeping my amassed wealth protected and managed! Trying really hard not to spend all my wealth in one place before pay day!  Hahahaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Survival

Skeet and I are watching a survival show called "Dude You're Screwed" where these Navy Seal guys kidnap you and drop you in some impossibly hard survival situation.  The guy in this episode is British and was dropped at the top of a glacier in Alaska, 200 miles from anything.  Skeet said, "That would be fun to try."  I said, "I'd just roll up in a ball and die in the ice."

Soap

I got Mom and Dad an automatic soap dispenser for their kitchen sink that squirts out soap when you pass your hand underneath it. I have been laughing so hard at their tales of trying to get used to it and remember it's there! Mom forgot it was there and reached her hand over to get her coffee cup from the Keurig and ended up with a big blob of soap on the top of her hand!  Then Dad had two sausage biscuits on plates that he took out of the microwave and when they sat down to eat, his plate had a huge blob of soap on the plate right beside his biscuit!  He didn't realize he had gotten the plates too close to the dispenser!!  I could not stop laughing!!  Well, at least they are guaranteed to be sparkling clean at all times!  Hahahaaaa!!

Pirate

(2013) Dylan and I were watching some cartoon that had a pirate in it and he said, "Mom are there really such things as pirates?"  I said, "Yes, there were pirates a long time ago and today there are still some pirates that go around stealing from other people's boats."  Dylan answers in complete seriousness, " Who in the WORLD would want to be a baby then grow up to be a pirate?!  Lily will NOT be a pirate when she grows up!"  Very true, Dyl!

Claires

Conversation when Lily and I got home this afternoon from our excursions ...
Skeet: Hey Lil!  Where did y'all go?
Lily:  To Claire's!
Skeet:  What did you get to eat there?
...Really? Step your game up, Daddy!!  Seriously!!

God

Lily just informed me that she knows what God looks like. Apparently, He's "big and sunny." 😄

Candy Bar

Tonight solidified why Hallmark channel movies are totally for women  ... The GUY in the movie I am watching actually just said,"Wedding bouquets and table settings and gowns are just the shiny wrapper on the delicious candy bar called love."  Hmmm .. not really recalling ANY man in the universe EVER saying anything remotely close to that! Glad Skeet wasn't in the room at that point ... there would have been no end to his ridicule of my beloved, cheesy romance shows! So I say, carry on, Mr. Candy Bar Love Guy ...I like you, even if you make Skeet nauseous.

Presidential Inauguration

(2017) Not kidding. Lily just asked me when we were getting eggnog for tomorrow. I had no idea what she was talking about so I asked her why we needed it. She said, "Because tomorrow is the eggnoguration."  Still laughing!!!

Breakfast

(2012) Skeet has been gone on a business/band trip since Wednesday.  When I asked Dylan and Lily what they wanted for breakfast this morning, they said, "Daddy."