Too long for Flickr

I am sitting here posting some of my old pictures on Flickr. I started filling out a description for this picture. When I realized it was pretty long, I decided to blog it.

"An amusing story about this visit to the Empire State Building. When I was a junior in high school, and the seniors went on a trip, Andrew, Andrea and Jeremy all talked to me from the top of the Empire State Building. I was filled with jealousy and sadness because I wasn't there with them. My senior year, I forgot to call them when I was on top of the Empire State Building. A few years later, I returned to New York City with my friend Anna. I told her that this time I was determined to call Andrew, Andrea and Jeremy from the top of the Empire State Building. Maybe they could share in some of the jealousy I had once felt on the other side of that phone conversation. We get to the top, look around a bit, and then I busted out my phone card (old school!)

I call Andrew... no answer. I call Andrea... no answer. I call Jeremy's parents house. Jordan answers the phone.

"Hey, Jordan. Is Jeremy there?"

"No."

"Ah man!" (I think "Hmmm, maybe ~but probably not~ Jordan will share in my excitement!)

"Hey, guess where I am!"

"Where?"

"The Empire State Building!"

.....

"Why?"

Ugh.

Still seeking some kind of a response from someone... I call my mom, no answer. I realize that Meemaw is always an enthusiastic listener. I call her up: "Hey, Meemaw! I'm on top of the Empire State Building!"

"Oh, that's nice, dear...

Where's that?"

Nodding and Standing

Just a few things Evie has been up to lately.







(OK, so maybe I was encouraging the head nodding in the first video a little.)

Snowflakes keep falling on my head.

I wake up and there is snow EVERYWHERE! Yesterday it was 73 degrees. Now it's 27.

Gotta go get Jack's snow boots out.

Little bits

A couple of days ago, the weather in Casper finally reached 60 degrees.... for the first time this year. But when I look on the weather for tomorrow it says "Rain/Snow."

I've decided that a baby can't do anything more pathetic than crawling and crying at the same time.

Yesterday Jack experienced his first rejection from a girl. He was happily waving at his friend Mady, who is his age, and said "Hi, Mady!" She looked at him and said "Don't talk to me, Jack."

My heart melted the other day when Jack gave me a big hug, sighed, and said "my friend."

To me, these are the cutest things in the world:

-Jack reading this excerpt from the book Big Red Barn: "...with some little puppy dogs all round and warm."

-Evie waving.*

-Jack singing "Rudolph the Red-nosed-reindeer"-- particular this part: "...had a very shi-NY nose!!!"

-Evie's chubby little legs.

-Jack standing at his gate in the morning greeting me with "Good morning, Mommy!!"

-Evie, while sitting in her high chair, kicking her legs in excitement when you walk into the room.

-Jack making Evie laugh by tackling her with hugs and tickling her.

That is all.




*For those of you who do not have Flickr accounts, or are else not one of my Flickr contacts but would like to be, give me your email address. Most of my pictures are private and you can only see them if you have a Flickr account.

Time to eat cookies!

It's morning.
Cookie Monster: "Good time to eat!"
It's a good time to eat breakfast.

It's playtime.
Cookie Monster: "Good time to eat!"
It's a good time to eat a picnic lunch.

It's afternoon
Cookie Monster: "Good time to eat!"
It's a good time to eat snacks

It's evening.
Cookie Monster: "Good time to eat!"
It's a good time to eat dinner*.

It's nighttime.
Cookie Monster: "Good time to eat... COOKIES!**"



*The book says "dinner", but if you read it that way, Jack will correct you by saying "supper."
**It's important for kids to learn to sneak cookies into their room to eat after their parents are asleep.