They don't get younger

My girls picked up the downstairs, that included my office. Before I learned they picked up my office, I declared, "I hope you didn't mess up my office." They did, and it looks great.

Included in my office is a sweet, sweet poster. It has all my girls' pictures on it, with their little brother. It has "1# Dad, from Madeline" and "To: DAD, from: Terra, Madeline." What a treasure. Misty has a HUGE poster in her office, Madeline taped together a 3x3 sheet of 8.5 x 11" papers and wrote how much she loves Mom, and a portrait of the two. In a few years, this will be the last thing on these girls' minds.

Then you hear Jack crying, because the girls are trying to carry him around the house like a sack of potatos and you think, "THAT'S IT!!! I've had it, he's old enough to walk and he's not an American Girl doll, he wants to walk." Then halfway to the location of the screaming, Jack is laughing hysterically as the girls chase him and you think back, they won't get younger, this won't last long. Treasure it. at least until the next time someone screams (hopefully that's not me).

Movies

Terra had a favorite movie. I watched "Tarzan" a million times, no lie. She would just sit down and watch that sucker. I'm so fed up with the movie, I can't watch it anymore. Psychologically, I wonder if that says something about me, like I should have feelings of nostalgia instead of loathing. Now, I hear the Phil Collins stuff, and I'm like, "ZOMG, no more. Make the bad man go away!"

Jack has selected his favorite movie. "Watch Buzz." That comes across much different in "Jack Talk," but it eaks its way out nonetheless. Toy Story is his favorite. Now, the movie has not usurped fire trucks, cars (in jack talk this is "kires"), or going to down a slide. Buzz is parallel to these, just his favorite one in a new track.

Does anyone else hate iTunes complete FREAKIN vanity!! "There's a new version of me out, download me!!! I love myself." I hate you, iTunes.

into the garage we go . . .

Yes! We can still fit both cars in the garage. It's getting cold in America's Midwest. I can still fit the two cars with the saw horses, the bandsaw, the jointer, the planer, the work bench, and the table and miter saws. It's come such a long way.