Being A Kid For A Day

So today I went to go hang out with the Snow boys for the afternoon before I leave on Friday.

Bennett wanted to ride bikes =D ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM!!!

The only thing he could yell was "Faster! Faster!"

This 3 year old doesn't do anything slowly.

Plus he's adorable.

He had me help him get down the driveway.

But apparently I wasn't fast enough between holding him, the camera and another bike.

He likes to be the chaser.
But not getting chased.

And Grant was speedy on his scooter!

ZOOOMM!!!!!

But Bennett decided to take a break from all that biking.

Chillin on the bike.

Grant decide to rest too.

He was excited to show me that the bike would not roll backwards if you decided to rest.

By the way, this is the COOLEST bike ever!

The back wheels spin openly so the front wheel serves as the pivot.

It's like that swirl-a-whirl at the fair, but on a BIKE!

It is awesome!!!

I am totally going to buy one of these now. They should make them for adults.

After all that exercise we went inside to play some "old fashioned" video games.
(That's what the boys call N64....)

But to them, it is still new and exciting. =]

Good to share old school with the young ones. =]

Like Poke'mon Stadium.

They were addicted.

Bennett was amazed how "big" the games were.

Oh how easily amused the minds of 3 year olds are.

Told you he was cute!

Nate and Grant battling like all siblings do. (Or at least mine).

And Bennett continues his amusement with the games in his own way.

Of course after all this, Bennett got glue-like hair gel ALL in his hair and had a lovely time trying to get it out considering NO ONE was allowed to help him except his mother but Grant ended up bribing him with pennies.

Yup, gotta love 3 year olds. =]

Before I left I got a hug from Bennett, Nate even let me hug him and Grant gave me TWO hugs!
(Grant gives the best hugs!)

I'm going to miss these boys, having spent the past 4 or so years babysitting them.

I'm amazed at how much they have grown but wouldn't trade my experiences and adventures with them for anything in the world.

These boys truly are amazing.

Go ride your bike in a circle
Do something silly
Fuss over nothing
Get excited over the small things
Laugh always
And say cheeeeeeeesssse
as wide as you can

Meg

My Computer Has Stopped Spazzing

Therefore it obviously means I should be blogging. Though I am partially determined to be asleep before 11pm for the first time since I was 10.

Okay I feel like I sort of tell about my life but not really. Here's a little 411 on my life lately:

• I tend to work unexpected hours a bit.
• I also get called in for emergency babysitting when Grant manages to bust his chin open while riding his scooter on President's Day when ALL doctors are closed so the ER is packed.
• Occasionally I get nice little shopping trips with my friends Sam, Marissa, Kris or Yutsil. =]
• And sometimes I find great deals on belts, earrings and dresses with them =]
• I spent Tuesday shopping with Kris, then that unexpected working stuff and then sat down with Sam for 6 hours just catching up on life.
• There's always those few days I'm ACTUALLY scheduled to work and those are always entertaining with Brian causing havoc on my little stand, moving things around just to keep me entertained during the quiet moments. Always fun =] No really, we all have some good laughs there.
  
• Learning names my sort-of-coworkers a month after meeting them and talking to them every day. Thanks Brian for letting me know that other guys name is Brad (in my defense he NEVER wears his name tag)
• I've been writing letters lately (mostly to Rachel White) and I think I'm getting better at letter writing. It actually takes some skill, though little.
  
• Yutsil just gave me around 2GB of AWESOME music. Guess who is going to be listening to a different band every week for the next 6 months =]
  
• It rained today which smells AMAZING so Yutsil and I made Mexican hot cocoa (you melt this chocolate bar into milk on the stove) and it's SOOOOOOOOO GOOD!! while eating doughnuts =] and listening to said awesome music.
• I sprayed some perfume stuff on me because it smelled nice in a small dose and now I'm going loopy from the stench. O.o
  
• Waking up to the sound of rain is happy =]
  
• I have no plans tomorrow so guess who is having a pajama day? ME! =D
• They make Cheerwine cake, awesome? Yes. Why is it I never liked/drank Cheerwine until I went to Idaho, now I crave it randomly.
• 4 weeks from tomorrow I am BACK OUT WEST!!!
• Even better, I get to spend a WHOLE ENTIRE WEEK WITH MY SISTER AND JESSE!!!!! Now tell me you are not totally completely and utterly jealous. Yeah you are, don't even try to deny it! xP
• Finally.................I just REALLLLLLLY LOVE MY SISTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is pretty much the greatest person ever and I think I should kidnap her and never let her go....but then I remember I should share her with Jesse because he's pretty awesome too. =]
  

Love you sis!


Spoons on my ears
Cameras around my neck
Songs in my head
Food in my Belly
Now of to Bed
Meg

Some Pictures That Are Worth Thousands of Words

Or maybe just a few words. Like how this computer mouse is spazzing and annoying. =/

ANYWHO...

This is what my computer has looked like for the past 2 weeks...

Can you say Lie To Me? =D

And this is what Saturday nights are for:

Playin it old school!

But back to the day time:

I have 3 words for you:

LIE TO ME!!!!!

(I'm not addicted or anything...)

Then there are those moments when I think to myself

......


(Not a wonderful world you goof!) Only in North Carolina...

do we have geese crossing, deer crossing, squirrel crossing, opossum crossing, etc....

Is anyone else starting to think this is feeling more and more like a princess movie?

I'm just waiting for the birds, bunnies and chipmunks to burst into song ANY MINUTE NOW.

Speaking of Disney, remember The Sword and The Stone?

Bennett doesn't. But he does like to point his sword in the air. And leave the toilet seat up, like any other 3 year old.

Dude, tonight, I almost got beat by him at Mario Kart Wii.

He's 3.


I'll go to my little corner and sulk now....

On to some sweets that will PROBABLY make your mouth water...

Except the onion. That would make your eyes water....if it wasn't actually CAKE! =D

Man that cheese looks so good!

Anyone up for a Burger King run? RIGHT NOW! I'm driving!

Or we could have a jam session...

Anyone play the guitar? How about the ukulele?

Anyone? Anyone?

This last one, I just wanna package it up and take it home.

Too bad it looks TOO sweet to eat.

(Sorry about all these bad puns....I'm tired, can you tell?)

Finally some hats for the runway:

This is jenny featuring the Alaskan pilot hat.

That is secretly too small for her head or MY head.

Next we have

Some best friends that are bored at Target on a Saturday night =D

But for all those foreigners

The prim and proper English ladies hat, for those moments when you want to sip tea in the garden and eat bread and butter, for cake is rarely seen in the best houses nowadays.

Finally for those days where you don't want a tan but still want to be outside

The unbrella hat, keeping you pasty in the great outdoors, or while laying out by a pool.

Now for the giant sunglasses...JK

Now being so pasty, you're probably hungry and what should one eat while rocking video games and pastiness at 3 in the morning?

Cookies, cheese & crackers, and chocolate milk.

The perfect night time snack.

Thank you and goodnight.

=]

Chocolate milk
make life
better
Meg

A Catherine Moment

We all go to extremes for things we enjoy.


In my case, I am downing as many Yoo-hoos as possible for Grant.

He wants to make a bottle cap necklace but I left all my caps in Idaho.

And now I am drinking Yoo-hoos so he may have a fun craft project to do tomorrow.

Yay craftiness!

Also, this picture reminded me of my darling sister, she is so cute and recently took a picture like this.

I love you Catherine!

8 weeks until I get to see her and Jesse!

And if you're partial to the night sky
If you're vaguely attracted to rooftops
Hannah takes the stairs
Cause she can't tell that
its a winding spiral case
Is she right side up
Or upside-down?
Meg

A Mix of Old News and New Humility

In old news, here is a lovely picture I drew. I know, I am quite the artist:

Basically I draw the same as I did when I was 7.

Grant is ADORABLE!!!!
Can I just package him up and keep him???
He also happens to be THE perfect child!
If you ever wanted to know what one looked like, here he is.

Bennett is the most stubborn, persistent 3 year old I have EVER met.
More often than not, it makes me laugh, mostly because he is just so darn cute.

Klaus's family collects singing hamsters from his grandparents. I always wanted one of these. I used to go to the store and squeeze all their little hands so they all started singing and then I would run away. This was like......2 years ago.....yeah....

I have to announce to people whenever I win Mindsweeper because avoiding 90 bombs takes skills! Kidding. But seriously.

I love crazy earrings, I am addicted to them and I always want more. I can match them to anything and everything I own. I feel naked without earrings.
Yes I realize I can't wear these when I have kids. But I have a few years =D

A Winter puzzle for all y'all Westerners.

This one was intense with the WEIRDEST shaped pieces I have EVER seen! Plus the gaps and swirls. I did 95% of this puzzle by myself.

In new news, I got totally crushed at Mario Kart by a 7 year old tonight. I also failed at Wipeout (like the show) video game.

Bennett didn't want to sleep in his bed tonight so he ran into the older boys room, under Grant's bed and held on to the underside for dear life.

I was trying so hard not to laugh, it was just so cute!

And now I am going to bed at a decent hour. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

GOODNIGHT!

I love going to Bed, Bath & Beyond
And smelling
EVERY SINGLE SCENT
And then getting free samples
of their new scent,
enough to cover my hands,
arms and then some.
Meg

More moments like this

make me love my life. =]

So this evening I have been just chillin at the apartment with my roommate Rachel when my phone starts spazzing because I have a call. Who from? My dear little brother.

Aaron was quite upset and I could hear a noisy little munchkin in the background. Aaron sounding quite frantic explained that Bennett would not go to sleep though he had tried everything.

Rule #1) Don't freak out, children can smell fear!

I went through the routine list of offering him a bottle, little snack (as a last resort, kids do NOT need sugar), little show, more stories, etc.

But Bennett kept yelling "NO!"

Finally I had Aaron put me on speaker phone to talk to Bennett. Eventually I convinced him to watch a little show with Aaron and then go to bed.

This made my night. I am not sure why. Maybe it's because Aaron called ME on how to handle children, or that Bennett actually listened to me even though I was over the phone, or that I knew exactly what to do even though I haven't talked to any little kids in months.

Either way, this made my night. =] I wouldn't trade the knowledge and skills that I learned from those 3 little boys, for anything in the world. =]

Also it was weird to talk baby talk for the first time in months. I am quite sure I sounded ridiculous, now I know how mothers must feel. But yeah, I am happy now.

I can't wait to see those little boys when I come home. Oh I hope they don't forget me, not yet anyway.

I want a cheese burger
Megs