A Pox On Your Vaccinations!

I'm sure this will only add to my siblings new world order/UFO/mind control/conspiracy theory about vaccinations. She's had both sets of the chickenpox vaccinations and yet...



Is there any good news from this? It is "atypical" chicken pox if it's any consolation. It's going to be so fun while mama-bear is away on the mission with our church.

Anyhoo, on a totally different note, here is my favorite sports headline of the year:

"Satan rejoins Penguins for playoffs"

the joy of home imporvement

I bought 45 pieces of 18"x18" polished noche travertine for the shower. (I know, it sounds all fancy-ish, doesn't it?)

Guess which six pieces are significantly lighter than the rest? (note - the floor is unpolished, lighter travertine by design)





So frustrating. Especially since I really like the way the everything else looked right up until those tile were put in. Allegedly the tile guys will be here on Saturday to replace the tiles with the new ones I picked up today.

Soccer practice

The difference between girls and boys. When the girl was in soccer, and basketball, she would skip down the field, twirl in circles, catch rain on her tongue, and generally do her own thing.

Boy, on the other hand, was making sure no one ran faster than him during practice. When he stopped for a water break we said "good job - you did a good job running." He said "yeah, I'm fast. I beat everyone!"



Maybe a little too competitive?

Reading in the spaceship

fat dad: "What are you guys doing in there?"
brain damaged kids: "we are reading."
fat dad: "Why are you under the covers?"
brain damaged kids: "We're not, it's a spaceship."



fat dad: "so much for the gifted program."

The angst of being 5

We have a disaffected royal five year old in the house.

bathtime

What happy children. It must be the new bathroom.



Or maybe not?

One bath finished

Yes, I'm aware that I'm tragically behind on blog updates.

So, instead of trying to think up something clever to say I'll just post pictures.