Breath Mints & Dog Treats

Yesterday was just not my day.  I had groceries to get for our house as well as the church pancake supper.  I had a lot of groceries to get.  I wasn’t really interested in loading and unloading them in the pouring rain, so my trip to town was postponed repeatedly.  I had decided to just go this morning when, at supper last night, Gary suggested we all go in together…after supper…when people (I’m not saying who) get grouchy.  Since he suggested it in front of the wild things, I couldn’t exactly say no.  Off we went.  I believe I mentioned at one point that we are NEVER doing that again, but that’s beside the point…

While wandering Wal-Mart with the three girls (Gary was in the car listening to the NFL draft), Hope smacked her lips and said, “Whew!  I really need a breath mint!”  Now, I can’t adequately convey her tone of voice, but it was hilarious.  She’s such a quick-witted little stinker and has the gift of funny. 

As we were standing in the check out line some 30 minutes later, Addie was examining all of the impulse items, particularly the honey-roasted cashews (she thinks those would be amazingly tasty) and the slim jims.  While I didn’t mention it to her at the time, I should have…  When she and Hope were learning to “eat” (I use quotes, because at the time they were not eating and swallowing anything) at around 8-10 months old, they gnawed on slim jims often.  It was one of their absolute favorite “chew toys,” for lack of a better term.  We have lots of pictures with them sitting in the floor gumming up slim jims.  This wouldn’t be quite so funny (odd, perhaps, but not funny), except last night she saw those in the individual packages and asked, in complete seriousness, if they were for dogs.  No.  Not quite.  If she only knew…  The do look like Pupperoni… 

Spring, Spring, Spring!

I am loving this beautiful weather!  Maybe it’s because the winter was so horrendous, but this spring weather is absolutely amazing.  Yesterday on my way home from taking the girls to school I saw (and hurried home to take pictures) a beautiful ring around the sun.  I felt like God was smiling on me! We have spent a lot of time outside lately.  We spent a couple afternoons at the lake playing, got the garden worked up and planted a few things, and have just generally played outside a lot. 

We went south for Easter and had a perfect weekend.  The girls had Friday and Monday off, so we made a 4-day weekend out of it.  We made a trip to the creek to play Sunday afternoon and had a ball!  The girls were in their rubber boots splashing through the creek and crossing the dam for no other reason than to do it.  Zoe (Meme & Papa’s dog) went with us and loved it as well.   Jonathan even convinced her to climb a tree.  It was a little unexpected!  She was a new addition to the family last summer and has become part of the gang.  She has a little trouble listening sometimes, but so do the kids! :) 

The Avon business continues to grow, slowly but surely.  I am thrilled to be able to try out some wonderful products and share them.  Every woman should feel beautiful, and sometimes it only takes some fantastic moisturizer and some fun new products to do just that.

We’re hoping to spend the weekend outside and will try out all the fun outdoorsy toys the girls got from the Easter Bunny.  We also plan to have a weenie roast and roast some leftover Peeps.  If you haven’t tried them roasted, you should do it, and soon!  But be careful, that caramelized sugar is hot, hot, hot!