Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Snow in VEGAS!

Once about every ten years, Vegas gets a snow day, and everyone goes NUTS! We woke up to snow and the kids were so excited! Definitely the first time any of them have seen snow here in town. I got them up early to play a bit - Miles sporting the flip flops made it an especially Vegas-esque moment. I told the kids the snow would definitely be gone when they came home from school (it wasn't cancelled, much to everyone's dismay) and so they put some snow in a zip lock bag. The NEXT day, full of sunshine and no snow left at our house, they cancelled school. I think everyone was feeling sad they missed a real snow day.  





Sunday, February 17, 2019

Kid Quotes

Penelope says to Claire, “How many parent teeth do you have? I have mostly baby teeth still.” Claire didn’t even bat an eye. "I have mostly parent teeth," she said. 

We went out to eat and there was a huge line. I said, "Why is cafe Rio always so crowded?!" Penelope says, “WELL, it has won over 50 awards!!” 

I told the kids they could have a slumber party in the loft the first Sunday of Christmas break. Penelope said, "Summer party? Don’t you mean a winter party?!” 

Penelope and our friend Vivian's son Jackson play so well together.  While playing at Jackson's house, they got suitcases and went outside to the little playhouse like they were going on vacation.  But when I picked them up, Penelope said to me, “Miles and Claire kept bursting in on me and Jackson’s conversations. They just kept BURSTING!” They also teased them that they were on their honeymoon! :) 

Miles says to Penelope, "Your feet smell like stinky cheese that was eaten and then pooped out and then a skunk sprayed on it." Creative.  

Miles, while popping bubble wrap, says, “I think bubble wrap can solve all your problems.”  He said it was like a stress relief ... is my 9 year old is stressed?

Penelope and Ben named the ducks at Disneyland- with all that was going around to entertain them, the ducks were like the number one attraction. The names they chose for the ducks cracked me up - KEVIN, Spark, Penny and Jeff. 

Henry only wanted to ride certain rides over and over again at Disneyland. He said, “Mom, my heart wants to go on the Haunted Mansion!” How could we say no? 

After they made a good choice, I told Henry he was a nice boy and Penelope was a nice girl. Penelope said, "Soon, I’m gonna be a nice WOMAN." Oh brother. I asked her when that would happen, fearing she would say in a few years, but she said, "Maybe at 20." Phew.