fun on the moon

colbys getting really good at reading. i'm using "teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons" and we're on lesson 68.
at the end of the lesson theres a very short story to read and a picture that goes with it.
the story today was called 'finding some fun on the moon'.
we read the story and as he reads i ask him comprehensive questions to make sure he understands what he's reading.
so this girl goes to the moon and meets a moon cow who takes her swimming. (don't ask questions, becuause i dont get it either). the last sentence of the story is 'the girl did not tell the other girls that she went swimming with a moon cow.'
i asked colby why he thought she didnt tell her friends.
i was expecting something like, 'becuase she wanted the pool all to herself,' or 'she didnt want anyone else to be friends with the cow.'
i personally would have said, 'because if i told my friends i went swimming on the moon with a space cow, i'd be commited.'
however colbys answer was, "because they would kill him for meat."

guess the moons not so much fun for the cows.

project 365, week 50

2 weeks away from the end of 2009!!!

with the exception of stocking stuffers, i am done with my christmas shopping! woo hoo!

we've had a busy weekend so the kids are with mimi. allen and i went to toys r us thursday and got all their gifts. friday we made a trip to ikea and target to get items to redo the kids' rooms. molly got colbys bed, taking her from her crib to a twin bed, and colby now has bunk beds, but the bottom is a full-size bed, so mimi and papa have somewhere to sleep when they come visit.

on our way home from ikea, with my car full of furniture, the drive shaft fell out of my car onto the road!! it goes without saying that we didnt go any further. praise the Lord we have a friend whos a mechanic and was able to fix my car the same day!! its been a crazy weekend of shopping, building, and reorganizing, with some car trouble, 3 'Annie' performances, and 2 christmas parties thrown in for good measure. whew!!

heres the week:

SUNDAY, december 6th

mollys been asking to dress up like mary, which means putting a blanket on her head. she walks aroun dlike this for hours. its adorable.

MONDAY, december 7th

we came hom efrmo the grocery store to ants, ants, and more ants!! they were coming through a crack in the baseboard. i've been fighting a small amount of them for several weeks, but all of a sudden there were hundreds all over the floor, on the counters, everywhere!! we had a visit from terminix the next morning, and they're gone!

TUESDAY, december 8th

cookie baking extravaganza!! i baked 3 different batches of cookies and they were all delicious!

WEDNESDAY, december 9th

i took the kids to toys r us so they could look around and give me some ideas for christmas. mimis getting colby the only thing he's asked for so i had to have something for 'santa' to bring him. when i asked molly what she wanted, she told me, "a dolly, pink, and butterflies."

i took a picture of this playscape to show allen. i would love to get this for the kids, but it would take up our entire backyard and probably require pulling up a tree. that being said, its a good dream to have. :)

THURSDAY, december 10th

after i took the kids to our drop off point, i got right to shopping. i went to pier 1, which i pretty much never shop at. i walked around for about an hour. l-o-v-e- it!! i saw these canvases, and took a picture. i'm hoping to get a few of them (believe, laugh, and home) for christmas (hint, hint, allen) to hang on the wall above the t.v.

FRIDAY, december 11th

allen was having too much fun with the cart at ikea.

SATURDAY, december 12th

the kids new beds!! they dont know we did this, so they'll be surprised when they get home tomorrow. :)

i hope you're having a fabulous christmas season!!!

stay warm!

project 265, week 49

woo hoo!!! i have a full week of pictures! and they're not all about theatre! even better!!

its beginning to look a lot like christmas. we got the lights up on our house this week, and went to a couple of different christmas parades/strolls in the area.

we pulled ace the elf out on the 1st too. you'll get a picture of him eventually and the story to go with it.

the other day we were picking up toys, and i threw something towards mollys room without even really thinking about it. i tell colby amd molly not to throw toys, so colby looks at me and says, "did you throw that?" i told him that i did and he said, "hmm, looks like you're not getting any presents."

heres the week...

SUNDAY, november 30th

this is william. he is drake the butler in annie. he's come to church with me the past couple weeks and he went to dinner with our family after the service sunday night.

MONDAY, december 1st

i came home late sunday night to a tarantula in a gladware bowl on my kitchen counter. allen had brought him home from the church parking lot that day. i seriously thought about keeping him, but i would have to come up with crickets for him to eat, and i'm not signing on for that. we kept him for a couple days, then let him go. find your own crickets, buddy.

TUESDAY, december 2nd

the weather was yucky, so a trip to the childrens museum seemed logical. leah and i had been several times, but our friend traci had never been with her kids. the 6 kids together had a fabulous time. we were there for 4 hours and still didnt have time to do everything.

WEDNESDAY, december 3rd

allen came home this afternoon with surprise donuts for the kids. with it being the christmas season they had a christmas donut, which just so happened to be colbys favorite color.

THURSDAY, december 4th

we drove to a town about half an hour north of us for their christmas parade. we met our friends the ogrady's there and walked around with them for a bit too. it was a fun evening.

FRIDAY, december 5th

it snowed!!! we got a very small flurry that lasted about half an hour. then it was done and the sun came out. but the kids were really excited for 30 minutes. colby might have even caught a snowflake on his tongue. hahaha.

SATURDAY, december 6th

we went to the christmas stroll in gtwn. i was in the parade with the Annie cast and afterwards the family walked around for a bit, palyed some games, ate lunch, etc before i had to be at the theatre for a pre-show rehearsal.

project 365, week 48

what a great week! no rehearsals, thanksgiving on thursday, and decorating for christmas on friday. it was a very relaxing, much needed week off.

i didnt get pictures for every day, but i'll post what i got.

SUNDAY, november 22nd

chorus day for me. i'm grace in ten shows and chorus in nine. this is the scene where mr warbucks goes to the radio station to announce that they're looking for annies parents. i'm one of the boylan sisters (i'm in the middle). its a fun scene.

MONDAY, november 23rd

no picture. my mom and i drove to giddings to pick up the kids from mimi and papa.

good to have them home. they were gone almost a week!

TUESDAY, november 24th

my dining room table is normally covered with all my scrapbooking stuff, but i knew i was going to have to clean it off for thanksgiving, so i finished up the stack of pictures i had. i'm still not caught up. i just finished easter '09. one of these days.....

WEDNESDAY, november 25th

clean, clean, clean. i find it odd that i spend ALL DAY cleaning, knowing that the next day my house is going to full of people and get dirty again. here's my spotless dining room table.

THURSDAY, november 26th

happy turkey day!! my facebook status was "today i'm thankful for my family, musical theater, and memaws cornbread dressing." i ate till i felt like i'd explode. soooo good. the kids got to break the wishbone. molly got the big half and when we asked her what she wished for she kept saying, "on a star!" i think she was confused.

FRIDAY, november 27th

we always decorate for christmas the day after thanksgiving. this year was no different. it was a great day!!

SATURDAY, november 28th

family hiking trip. cousin justin went with us. we actually went pretty far considering we had a 3 year old and a 5 year old in tow. i would guess about 2 miles round trip.

today justin asked colby why we celebrate christmas. his response: "cause i love it!!" i guess we need to work on that....

have a blessed week!!

project 365, week 47

please remember my warning from last week--that this weeks pictures would pretty much have everything to do with the show.....i was right. mostly.

opening weekend went well. there were a few 'snafus' and some technical difficulties, but we got through it and hopefully got it out of our system so the next 27 shows will be fabulous!! :)

SUNDAY, november 15th

rehearsal....this is ms hannigan, rooster, and lily practicing 'easy street'.

MONDAY, november 16th

today was my memaws birthday. the kids and i went by to say hello and wish her happy birthday. they also helped her blow out her candles and eat her cake. :)

TUESDAY, november 17th

my dance shoes needed to air out. ick.

WEDNESDAY, november 18th

dress rehearsal. a husband of one of the women in the cast came and took pictures of the run through. so...i didnt take this picture, but hey, give me a break. so thats me as grace, obviously with mr warbucks and annie.

THURSDAY, november 19th

the playbill for the show!!

FRIDAY, november 20th

i spent the first part of the day with my mom. the kids are with allens mom this week, so we got to enjoy some mother daughter time. she took me shopping and bought me lunch. so fun!

it was a cold rainy day, and this rain chain (probably not what its called at all) was outside the restaraunt where we ate.

SATURDAY, november 21st

you'd think i'd have all kind of pictures from my opening night, but no. i took this of myself in my car on the way to the theatre. i was literally thinking, 'if i dont take one, now, i wont have one for the day.' glad i did! i dont think my camera came out of my purse again that night!

this week will be normal, and next week i can once again join the land of 365!

project 365, week 46...or not

so i should be sharing my pictures for the week, except that i dont have any.
well, i have a couple i think, but i dont even have the energy to get myself out of the chair and go get the camera to check.
i'm pretty sure i only got a picture on sunday.
rehearsals have been nuts! i got home just before midnight last night and although i'm off tonight (yay!!!), the rest of the week will be quite similar i'm sure.
the show is coming together on very small pieces. we open friday, so its what we lovingly refer to as hell week, because we only have a handful of times to get it right with costumes, full tech, etc.
the kids are spending the week with allens mom so he gets a break. hes been so fabulous with them while i've been at rehearsals till all hours. (thanks babe!!!)
anyway, i'm sorry for being lame and not having anything of substance to post.
i promise next week will better, even if i have to post a bunch of rehearsal pictures. :)

JFK, may he rest in peace

we were on the way to my moms house the other day, and colby says
colby: "mommy, how do presidents die?"
me: "well, i guess most of them just get old and die. sometimes they get sick. different people die lots of different ways."
colby: "can you tell me about one of the presidents dying?"
me: "(what on earth????) colby, i'm not sure what you're asking."
after some thought, i remembered several weeks ago we went to the LBJ museum in austin, so of course there was a large section of kennedy stuff. we didnt spend a lot of time in that section, since the kids are so young. i didnt want to try and explain all of that to him yet, but i did mention that a bad man shot president kennedy. so i recall this and think maybe thats what he's talking about.
me: "colby, are you talking about president kennedy? the one who was shot?"
colby: "tell me about him."
me: "(how much is too much....??) we saw some pictures in the museum when we went with evan and ruth. is that who you're talking about? i dont know much about him colby. i wasnt alive yet when that happened."
colby: "what do you know?"
me: "i know that a lot of people really really liked him, but someone who didnt like him shot him and he died. everyone was very sad. you could ask grammie (thats it, put it off on the grandma...sorry mom). she was a little girl when that happened."
colby: "was grammie sad when president kenedidy was shot?"
me: "president kennedy. i dont think she was old enough to really be sad like the adults were." colby: "well, when you told me just know that president kennedy was shot i was very very very very very VERY sad."

i have no words. where do they come up with this stuff??