A sign of what's to come.

In the past I've mentioned Morgan is a 14 year year old trapped in a 5 year old body.

A couple of days ago her inner teenager surfaced again.



My parents had come for a visit and were just walking out the door. Their exit is usually followed by a meltdown of massive proportions from my sweet daughter. This day was a whole different experience. Just as we were saying our goodbyes the phone rang. I was greeted by a tiny voice on the other end asking to speak to Morgan.

Morgan took the phone: "Hello?" she said "Okay! Bye!".
I asked "Who was it?"
"Ethan, I have to go."
"What do you mean 'you have to go.'?"
"I'm going out with Ethan, Bye Baba, Bye Papa!"

And out the door she ran.

Paging Elaine, paging Elaine, Call on line 3...

Last night I read this on a chalkboard in my neighbours kitchen:

"Life is like an echo, you get back what you put out".

I love it when I get reminders in unexpected places.

An interview with my kids.

I thought it would be fun to do a little interview with my kids today...


What is your whole name?
John: J - 9 - 10
Morgan: Morgan Sara *****
gee, I hope they don't ask John that question during pre-school evaluation!

How old are you?
J: 3 no 10!
M: 5

Who picked your name?
J: You and Morgan...no Jessie (smirks)
M: You
Jessie is our dog! John's name was picked by Daddy, and Morgan was a favorite of both my mom and Jeff's mom on our list of names.

How long have you known Mommy and Daddy?
J: 10 years
M: 100 years
hee hee.

How old are Mommy and Daddy?
J: Mommy: 5 Daddy: 10
M: Mommy: 10 Daddy: 100
Mommy is apparently at least HALF Daddy's age! Dirty old man! *wink*

What is your favorite thing to do with Mommy?
J: ummm....work.
M: play and do crafts together

What's your favorite thing to do with Daddy?
J: Me help Daddy work
M: Play checkers

What is your favorite thing to do as a family?
J: work
M: do crafts

What is your favorite toy?
J: tools and measuring tape
M: stuffed animal toys
John, I'm sensing a trend here!

Where did you get your favorite toys?
J: I don't know...some from Daddy.
M: The store!
My logical little princess.

What do you want to do this summer?
J: Play outside with Morgan.
M: Go in the pool.
Uh, we don't have a pool...

Do you think you'll get married?
J: yeah.
M: yeah.

Who will you marry?
J: Daddy & Jessie
M: John, then I'll always be by my brother.

How old will you be when you get married?
J: 10
M: 100 years old

Where will you live when you grow up?
J: In your house and at Daddy's work.
M: In **** (the city)

What will you be when you grow up?
J: Workman, me work all day.
M: A teacher or a Doctor.

Will you have kids? How many?
J: No (M: But John's going to be my husband, so he will have to have kids!!)
M: Yes, 3

What will you name your kids?
J: Super friend, Sara & Morgan Sara
M: Sara, Ella and Taylor
Ask me what else John has named super friend! ...ha ha!

What is the best day of the year?
J: When Daddy paints
M: Sunday

What's your favorite holiday?
J: Today
M: Valentines day
So ummm, why did we spend so much at Christmas?

What's the best thing about our family?
J: Stay home, play with Jessie and Morgan, work, work with Daddy, not when Mommy goes to work!
M: Family hugs.

A hero in the eye's of a child.

Jeff was a away in Vegas this past weekend. He had an amazing trip, and I'll have to admit that despite my "I have no interest in going to Vegas" attitude in the past, I'm a little jealous. And not just because of the outlet shopping!
The group he was with went golfing amongst the palm trees while it was -35C here, they viewed the Grand Canyon from a helicopter and shopped in Louis Vuitton (no! not for me, that would go against every cheap bone in my body...now, maybe if there was a L V Factory outlet...hmmm). On Sunday the guys went to Nascar.

I thought it might be fun to show the kids where Daddy was on Sunday and we tuned in to the Nascar race. I can't believe there are 160 000 people who go to the race! Anyway we watched a little and when it was all over I said to the kids..."look there's the winner in the M&M car". Morgan responded "That's the guy who won the race John"...and John responded with a sad and disappointed look..."Not Daddy win?....".

Hubby's in Vegas, I have no Facebook, children are cranky, I'm eating WAY too much...

AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

that is all.