You Tube Time

I "click" the Next Blog button sometimes to see what's out there.
Unfortunately the blogs are usually Asian or Spanish, and written in a language I can't read much less tell what the letters are.

Every now and then I'll hit one that I enjoy being voyeuristic with and read a bit. Once you find one and read for a while, you find yourself clicking their links, and you never know what you'll find.

This is what I found today, and I had to replicate it for you because it made me laugh out loud. And laughing is one of my favorite things to do.

This is Matt Damon on the Letterman show doing an impersonation of Matthew McConaughey. HILARIOUS!

Just a little Jibberish

Celebrated Legare's 7th birthday Thursday. And Friday (the real birthday). And Saturday.

I got to share the Lion King with him (and with Julia and Mom too). He couldn't understand why we were having to drive to Charlotte to see the movie. He didn't quite understand that it was a "play".

Legare has a way of acting like a little shit when things don't go the way he was expecting them (I can understand that - I do it too), and so I was worried that he was going to decide that he didn't want to be there even though I kept telling him that it was a play.

Well - he loved it. Said "This is awesome!" way more than once and kept asking if we could go see it again lots of times during it, during intermission and after it was over.

I loved sharing this with him. He and I sat together and Mom and Julia sat with one row between us. We were only 3 seats away from the aisle, so we were able to almost touch the performers as they came down. It was fantastic. The kids really enjoyed it. Us adults did too!

The Things You Learn at Bedtime

Tucking in children can be a chore.
It can be exhausting.
It can be fun.
And it can be a learning experience.

Rewind 1 week ago:
Legare tells me without any uncertainty that he does not want to go to a spend the night camp next summer. He's going to always stay here. For the rest of his life.

Aawwhh! How sweet.

Fast Forward tonight:
L - Mom. I wanted to go to spend the night camp.

Me - Honey you just told me you weren't interested in spend the night camps. But that's not until next summer, we can sign you up if you want.

L - No, Mom. Not a long spend the night camp there.

Me - What do you mean, There?

L - I mean, not that camp! I mean the camp in Sissy's room.

At this point I'm feeling a bit bad. My cousin's little girl is coming to spend the week with us. Legare must wish he had a friend to spend the night for a week. He must think that Julia's get together with Haley is like camp here at the house.

OMG! How in the world can I handle two 7 year old boys for a week? NOT interested!

Then Legare says...
"No, Mom. Sissy's camp!"

Me - What do you mean?
(Lots of confusion - Sissy is not going to camp yet - why does he think he can go to her camp)

L - I paid her a penny so that I could have spend the night camp in her room.

Bryan and I start trying to hold in the laughter. What in the world is he talking about!?!?

Throughout the rest of the conversation I laugh out loud once and fake sneezing a lot to keep him from thinking that I'm laughing with and at him.

L - Well, I paid her a penny so that I could do spend the night camp. For just one night.

Mom and Dad - What?

L - Well I don't know how to explain it, but I bet Sissy can.

Mom and Dad - Well just try.

L - Well, I paid her a penny so that I could spend the night in her room. And she would do arts and crafts. You know where she teaches me how to make those fortune teller things. And she has Hair Put Up Time and other crafts that she knows that she could teach me.

O.K. This was one of the times when I really couldn't contain my laughter. Faking sneezing was all I could come up with.

How cute!!!

And how mercenary of Julia.

We later found out the at the penny tuition was for the entire year of camp. Seems like Legare made out like and bandit, and Julia needs to learn how to not to give away her services so cheaply.

Oh, the Places We Nap

Felix: the children's dirty, dark clothes hamper that's left in the hall on laundry day
Oscar: making a nest on the fabric that may be eventually be hung in the master bath

Felix: catching some z's in the master closet under and on top of Bryan's clothes

Oscar: under the warmth of the vanity lights

Oscar: cuddled up on the pillows on my bed. He does this frequently on Julia's as well