obligatory cute kid photos

Sometimes I just want to look at a picture book and not have to read anything....so here's a short "picture book."

Favorite things

I have many favorite things. I keep telling myself to make a list so I can break out in song to the tune of "Raindrops on Roses" with a list of the things that make my days great. So thing #1 just so happened to save my life today. Have you heard of the beach caddy? Apparently, almost everyone I have talked to about my "new" discovery has previously heard of this amazing contraption thus lacking the enthusiasm I feel about it. My question to them is....why didn't you tell me?!! This life saving device has not only made it possible for me to brave the beach with my two small children who can't even carry a bag of sand toys because they're "too heavy," but it has made going to the beach a joy and we go with ease. It carries up to 75 pounds of beach paraphernalia and it conveniently has a place to hang your chairs instead of piling them high and losing one every 5 steps as it slides off the clumsily placed beach bucket and sand truck. At any rate, everyone should own this fine contraption even if you don't go to the beach. As we were bidding farewell to the waves today, I loaded up the cart, plopped Amy on top of it all because she was officially "toast" and Jamison claimed he was too tired to walk. So I had him on my back.... this scene caused a truck driving by to pull over at which point the gentleman rolled down his window and said "Ma'am, I think you need a permit for that." Need I say more. I love my beach caddy.

Costco benefits

Today it hit me. As a member of Costco, not only do I get to carry a cool credit card with a very attractive picture of me on the back but apparently, I have extended rights as a pedestrian. I have yet to take advantage of these extended little benefits and it still may take a while for me to get with the program. As I was leaving Costco's parking lot this morning I almost ran over 12 shoppers. At first I was put off.... I even issued a few "what the crap" looks towards the offenders but then I realized.. "wait!" this is a Costco right. As a pedestrian walking to or from the pearly slide up warehouse doors, you have the right to walk in front of any oncoming vehicle no matter what their speed happens to be. Honestly, I must have skipped that fine print. It may be because we load so many "needed" items into our cart that once moving...there's no stopping it. So that explains it for the departing offenders but what of the entering ones? Just wondering:)

Can't we all just have a bowl of cereal?

Tonight as I was about to put my armor on for the dinnertime battle when I realized that no matter how hard I try to make my kids eat healthy all they really want for dinner is a bowl of cereal. Greg is out of town again....I couldn't find my sword and shield. So we had cereal for dinner and it was the most peaceful dinner ever. I highly recommend it. Now if the whole world can follow that model and just have cereal for dinner, wouldn't everyone be that much happier? What do Arabs have as their cereal....we should order some and send it to them. I think they might like it.