a snow day in march!

what to do on a snow day-the possibilities are endless...a whole day with no school!

well, first we invite our cousins ashley & lily to sleep over the night before so we can stay in our jammies the whole day. then we:

make up our own recipie for breakfast rolls, toast a little bread, present it on a bed of lettuce and call everyone for breakfast.

listen to everyone say how good they were!!

sled down the slide

carry water for the thirsty sledders

play on the swings

surf the web: american girl, webkinz, email...


clean off kayt's car for her


hug lily


beat up our sister


take pics


cozy up by the fire and read a good book


trash the kitchen!

every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man

or so the song goes...

just because jake needed an ego boost (NOT!), he was voted best dressed by the high school girls. great-they do that and now WE have to live with him!

my life according to mady

what's my favorite thing to do?
scrapbook and take pictures

if i could be with only 1 person, who would it be?
daddy

what's my favorite sport?
do you have a favorite sport?
me: yep
is it like gymnastics or something?
me: nope (for the record: baseball!!)

what's my favorite season and why?
summer because there's a lot of things to take pictures of

who's my favorite kid?
mady ;)

what's my job?
working for daddy

do i like my job?
yes? do you? (yes, mat, i do!)

what do i do during the day while you're at school?
work and shop

where do i like to shop?
let's see, this is a hard one...ann taylor

who's my best friend?
your sister

what makes me happy?
well, if you're crying i can make you laugh...
me

what makes me sad?
lurlene mcdaniel books

if i could go anywhere right now, where would it be?
chicago or michigan or lynden

who do i always miss?
aunt traci and beppe

what makes me proud?
your kids

what's my favorite book?
the bible

jake was here!

tonight livie opened the dishwasher and said 'WHOA! i guess jake loaded this last'!

typical jake!...i know it's not mady because she'd have them lined in some kind of pattern ;)



(and where is that picture i have of when the twins had to bring 50 spoons to school and he was helping them count them out and they were all lined up 'spooning' each other...he could hardly deal w/the fact that i had to mess them up to put them in a bag...)


help!! i'm being held hostage in a house where i feel like i'm related to NO ONE!

what's a prime number?

this is how i start my day:

jake: we're out of snapple

kayt: (making a senseo off in another corner of the kitchen) you JUST bought it!

jake: (to me) why don't you go to costco and buy an 87-pack or something

kayt: (without even turning her head) you can't do that, 87's a prime number

jake: what does THAT have to do with anything???!!!

kayt: it would be impossible to package

mom: what are you talking about? (i never claimed to be smarter than a 4th grader, much less teenagers!)

kayt: (in a you're-so-stupid tone of voice, of course) you can't package it evenly so they'd never do that...

seriously...who's kids ARE these??!!

mom's life according to livie

i 'stole' this idea from my sister, but i'm not doing all the kids. liv is sitting right here so i asked her...

1. what is something i say to you often?
livie-you're on pans

2. what makes me happy?
diet coke

3. what makes me sad?
when i tell you about lurlene mcdaniel books

4. what about me makes you laugh?
there's a lot of things-can't narrow it down...how 'bout things you say

5. what do you think i was like as a kid?
explorer-like curious...DEFINITELY not spoiled

6. how old am i?
41

7. how tall am i?
5'10"...and DON'T ask me how much you weigh!

8. what's my favorite thing to do?
scrapbook & take pictures

9. what do i do when you're not around?
how would i know?

10. if i became famous, what would it be for?
photography

11. what am i really good at?
photography

12. what am i not really good at?
not bruising yourself

13. what is my job?
you don't have one, [because] you're a mom

14. what's my favorite food?
chili, maybe. you like that, right? ok, make that your favorite

15. what makes you proud of me?
you're very outgoing and you like all my friends

16. if i were a cartoon character, who would i be?
hoops & yoyo