Wicked Popular!

Elizabeth's most recent show was on Friday. 2 more to go this summer! This isn't the entire clip - I cut out where they started to dress the "volunteer" from the audience up like a princess.

Click here to hear the professional production. Popular is track 4 - wow!

Oh, We've Got It!

Another night of musical stylin' - this time with dancing!

Thanks Jake!

The kids love their new shooters!

The perfect way to enjoy a north Texas summer.

Aaarrggh!

We love our pirate face paint!

Jolly Roger - Sweetest Pirate

Elizabeth is on the left side, and has her big solo right in the middle - check out the sweetest pirate!

New Blog Title

Okay, I know there are people out there who read this. However, nobody leaves comments. Which is fine - I like to lurk on other people's blogs too. However, I now need your help. I need a snappy new name for this thing. My current title is boring and uninventive. Let's go people - I need your help.

I am currently mulling over the following ideas:

Loogey Lungs
Booger Update
Jojo's Jewels
Sinus Stories
Procrastination Published
Booger Bonanza
Nebulized Nuggets

So, come on - leave your ideas in the comments and maybe I'll post a cute picture of Elizabeth with no front teeth as a reward. I know you want to see it.

Little Dragon!

Your head is the first thing to touch the belt

Star Block

Miles had his first day of karate today! He has watched a load of Elizabeth's karate classes. So, he knew the routine. He was adorable and handsome in his "karate outfit" and he was excited about the whole thing "I got a belt!" He did really well, paid attention, didn't kick anyone he wasn't supposed to, stuff like that! He did however start referring to himself as a Little Dragon (which is what they call the class for age 3-6). "Little Dragons need to go potty you know." Elizabeth was embarrased for him a couple of times, but she has already pledged to help him learn his first creed so that he can get a stripe at his next class!

Caruso Molecular Hair Setter

My children, L O V E commercials. They especially love Infomercials. If I have TIVOd a movie, they don't want to fast forward through the commercials, they beg to watch the commercials. I, on the other hand, think the TIVO/DVR is the best invention EVER and do not watch anything that hasn't been recorded previously.

I haven't quite managed to convince them that the commercial is invented to make you buy something and that it may not be quite as good as it looks. Like for example, the Caruso Molecular Hair Setter which I saw on an infomercial in high school and I wanted that thing so bad. It said it would give you curly hair and not damage your hair and the curls would last for days. This was the 80s. I wanted curly hair BAD. I saved my babysitting money and waited anxiously for it to arrive in the mail and was crushed with disappointment when it did not work as promised. How can curls last for days when you hair is as straight as an arrow?!

Anyway, now the children are desirous of the infamous Snuggie (mom, it's a blanket with sleeves, you can watch TV or read a book), Space Bags (we have dirt, we have water, we could use those), and Bendaroos (you can use them in a car or at a restaurant!). They have the pitches memorized. Mark is the biggest softie, he actually ordered the Bendaroos and we played with them for the first time yesterday. While they seem to be safe to use on windows - they make your windows super sticky and dirty. They are like super thick waxed dental floss. The children, however, thought they were the best thing ever, so my quest to educate them about the power of a commercial has not worked yet... Mark bought the product, they loved the product - what's wrong with that?!!

I hope Elizabeth never wants curly hair.

Awww

I'm not sure how Mark is going to feel about me posting this picture - but awwwww. He took Elizabeth to her first Daddy/Daughter dance a couple of weeks ago. He did wear a tie. They had a fantastic time. She got her nails done, there were crafts, cookies and lemonade, musical chairs (she won) and even dancing to Billy Idol. They went out for ice cream afterwards, but ended up with donuts since 31 Flavors is in a combo location with Dunkin' Donuts. Elizabeth would do anything for a donut. I'm blaming Grandma for that.

Trousers

Miles has needed new trousers since about Christmas. He has been continuing to wear ones that are too short since then. I don't know what's wrong with me, why I haven't bought any sooner than this. I guess I keep hoping it will warm up so he can just go back to shorts. So I went to my favorite chic French store Tarjay to purchase a couple of pairs of trousers. They didn't have a lot to choose from, so I only bought one pair. But the funny part of the story was that for some reason he needed to wear the new ones before we went to get Elizabeth (I think they got wet or something). She finishes school at 3pm. Of course, it had started to rain at 2:50pm so we drove. We got the umbrellas out and walked down to get her. While we waited in the rain for her to come out, Miles of course is running around like usual. But it's a tiny bit wet out and the grass is a tiny bit slippery. So, he has the new trousers, that look smashing, on for literally 5 minutes and he falls in the mud. 5 MINUTES! MUD!

I just want to remember this little gem of hilarity - with new muddy trousers and a SpiderMan umbrella and running around while we wait for Elizabeth to come out of school. We will look back on this and think - those were the days.

Waffle Knocks Out Front Tooth

Okay, so the tooth was dangling by a thread - but the waffle just pushed it over the edge and out it came! This is Elizabeth's third lost tooth - but it is a major one - right in the middle at the front. She has already noticed that she can't say Fs properly - "they just disappear in my tooth!" It is a very cute look for her - especially since tonight she has a big date with Mark to go a Daddy/Daughter dance which she is beyond excited about. She is demanding that Mark wear a tie.

My New Favorite Place

This is a unpaid commercial.

I am now a huge fan of Acute Kids!! Miles has been sick on and off for a while now, coughing, not coughing, not quite himself - we saw the doctor on Monday, but by Friday at 5:30pm he started complaining that his ear hurt. We were watching Elizabeth's Karate class. By the time we got home, he was a crying blubbering wreck.

Our pediatrician - who is the best pediatrician EVER - recommended we take him to Acute Kids. The fantastic thing was that we were in an out of there in less than an hour, the less fantastic thing was that his diagnosis was a double ear infection, but they did prescribe the wonder drug Augmentin.

I was scared we were going to be awake all night, but after a dose of the other wonder drug Tylenol and starting the Augmentin - he slept until 7:30am.

So, if you are in need of a pediatric urgent care - I would highly recommend Acute Kids! They have locations all over the Metroplex. They even faxed the prescription to Walgreens AND called on Sunday to check on Miles. Crazy.

Back to Front Underpants

Miles is very funny about his underpants. I would post a picture but that's just wrong. But, he wears them backwards. Or as the English say - back to front. They are typical 4T underpants with Batman, Iron Man, and Transformers on them. But they just weren't thinking when they designed them and they put the cool superhero pictures on the butt. So. If you are 3 - you cannot see the cool pictures if they are on your butt.

Therefore, Miles shouts "back to front - back to front" whenever I try to put them on the traditional way. I think I will stop trying.

This is one of the tiny things that I know will pass one day and the sweet memory of him with a back to front wedgie will burrow down into the deep crevices of my brain never to be remembered again. Now that I have written it down I can look back and remember this moment forever. Especially when his prom date comes over in 13 more years.