Violet Eats Grits for the First Time

Violet couldn't get enough of the cheese grits at Easter Brunch. Unfortunately the video didn't capture all of her gleeful vocalizations.

Like Mother, Like Daughter

Last Friday on a walk/bike ride through our neighborhood, Veronica met a girl close to her age two houses down from ours. They exchanged phone numbers and Veronica has wanted to call her to invite her over ever since. I told Veronica that she couldn't call Madison until her room was clean so they'd have a place to play. To which Veronica replied, "I'll have her come over and she can help me clean my room!" In Veronica's defense, Harrison is the one who makes most of the messes in their shared room.

Easter Photo Essay

Folks in the journalism biz call this a "photo essay." I call it, "I'm too tired to write anything to go along with the pictures." Enjoy!

This is the Life?

Spring Break is almost over and I can hardly wait! Of course, Veronica has it all figured out. Two days ago she asked me if she had gone to school that day (I think she was delirious). When I reminded her yet again that she had all week off because it was Spring Break, she leaned back, sighed, and said, "This is the life!" Today, though, Harrison set a new record for the number of ways he could get into trouble and the number of household items he could smear all over his body (soap, toothpaste, hand lotion, and diaper rash cream). I could add boogers, but since he rubbed them on Veronica and not himself, I guess it doesn't count. He also rubbed diaper cream all over Scooby Doo's bottom and tried to put a diaper on him. And this happened while he was supposed to be in time out! Violet managed to stay out of trouble--for now.

Another Product of the Alabama Educational System

Last night David took Veronica and Harrison to the new Burger King across the street to let them play in the play room. He got a milkshake for them all to share and told me, "I had half of it; then, Veronica and Harrison split the remaining two-thirds." Yes, David received a B.S. in Math from the University of Montevallo (in Alabama). Maybe I should homeschool Veronica . . . Speaking of school, Veronica and Harrison are on Spring Break this week. And for some reason, one of their favorite pastimes is making a mess in the bathroom. They know they always get in big trouble, but for some reason they just can't help themselves! Today I sent them into our bathroom to wash their hands and face (I know, big mistake), and when they didn't come back out right away, I went in to see what they were doing. Both of them were kneeling on the sink counter looking into the mirror. Veronica had my lipstick in her hands, and when she saw me, she immediately said, "Harrison took the top off!" Yes, she has an uncanny ability to immediately try to shift blame to Harrison no matter what the situation! Fortunately, I caught them before they were able to do anything. Later, though, they were taking a bath when Veronica started screaming at the top of here lungs. I assumed that Harrison had splashed her, but when I went in to investigate, she said, "Harrison put too much paper in the toilet." And then, I found Harrison standing in the toilet! Again, fortunately, he hadn't put too much paper in--just himself.

On the Mend

For the past two weeks, we've been taking turns being sick. Fortunately they've all been 24 hr things for the most part, but hopefully everything has finally run its course. Harrison's preschool is having their annual chili supper fundraiser tomorrow night and as part of that, they also have a raffle. Harrison saw a pirate ship toy on display (one of the raffle items) and wanted to take it. He keeps calling it "his" even though we've explained to him that it's a prize and someone else might win it. I guess I have to at least buy a raffle ticket now--who knows, maybe he will win! Violet had some Cheerios for the first time today. I figured it was safe given all of the things she picks up off the floor and tries to chew up. She had no problem shoveling them into her mouth. She can use the "pincer grasp" but then she can only get one in her mouth at a time and what's the point of that? I gave her some Cheerios tonight while we were eating supper just to keep her occupied and both Veronica and Harrison wanted some on their plates too!