Brian lost his tooth during Sunday School this morning.
Mom, I lost my tooth but then I found a tooth on the floor and I knew it was mine because it was an exact match to the one I lost
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Jumping into the van this morning I exclaimed about the 20 degree weather while shivering: Whoooo, baby, it's cold
Allan (16): Really. My ankles in my too short church pants could hardly tell
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On Tuesday this past week, Valentine's Day, it just happened that the little boys thought it would be funny to trade seats. If your house is anything like our house - we migrate to the same unwritten seating chart for every meal.
What happened next, is that everyone just impulsively decided to take another persons seat, and then portray the part of the person whose seat they had taken.
Dad was me, I was Wendy, Wendy was Allan, Allan was dad, Mark was Brian and Brian was Mark.
I'm only amazed that nobody choked. It was the most laughing we've ever had at a dinner table as Dad was trying to mimic (failing miserably) my restless leg tapping that drives him nuts every night, and as I (Wendy) was laughing until her gut hurt, tears rolling down her face and then turning around to whine about having to do the dishes and that it's officially the worst day ever - laughing tears quickly switching to misery tears. Wendy, portaying Allan had to keep poking me (Wendy) and then announcing that he was off to Matt's to get his second dinner. Allan made an attempt at being a stern and serious dad who loves to tease his daughter and the boys - who had started the whole game of charades were trying to keep up with the game and mimic each other. Mark is always full and Brian always wants more, which you would never actually guess looking at the two of them.
It was a scream.
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Wendy cleaned out her closet this week, and I had her tallymark her outgrown pile because I like to itemize our donations on the taxes.
Her tally sheet read:
t-shirts - 8
skirts - 2
jeans - 3
shoes - 2
tits - 1
Me: Um - Wendy? Tits? 1?
Wendy: That's supposed to say tights!!!
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I had bought a new necklace at an estate sale this week. My husband, seeing it on the dresser in the hallway picked it up and commented on it.
Oh, I bought that at the estate sale up at the condo's, I said. I like the longer necklaces that fall below the chest and above the bellybutton.
Studying it, and the three pieces of intertwined metal he asks, but does it do anything? Does it move?
Oh honey, I said, I can make it move.
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Keeping it real -
Oh - and if you come here for the layouts - you can see one that I was honored to create for this week's sketch on the Studio Calico Blog. Has me all anxious to start photographing hot air balloons again!
Haha! This was a fun post. TFS!
Posted by: Rockermorsan | February 19, 2012 at 03:06 PM
It sounds like you had a fun week. I love the idea of everyone swapping seats and personalities for a meal.
Posted by: Claire T | February 19, 2012 at 10:37 PM
To think that he saw a tooth on the ground and figured out it's his, that's proof that Brian is smart! I pictured your Valentine's Day game in my head, and I bet that was one of the funniest Valentine 's Days that ever happened.
Posted by: Jenna Schrock | February 20, 2012 at 12:46 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Good post. Love the pants comment.
This was a fun post. Way to go, Sharyn.
Posted by: Mindijo | February 20, 2012 at 02:06 PM