The Burrs In Our Saddles

Last weekend my in-laws came into town so they could see M1 and M2 clog. The girls were excited that they came and I really appreciate the lengths they will go to in order to see their granddaughters. If this works, you'll get to see them "clog." If not, you'll understand just how computer illiterate I am. BTW, M1 is on the far left in the front and M2 is on the far right in the back. Enjoy (and I'm sorry about all the shaking in the beginning. I was moving from one bleacher to another and wasn't paying attention to the fact that I was videoing. And I don't know how to edit the video)!

So I finally got ahold of the pictures that we took with the Girls' cousin, K, in Phoenix. Here they are. Enjoy--I sure do. By the way, K will be 3 in April. M3 is 5 1/2. Notice the difference in size--not much. Fun though.

Do you ever get that feeling? M3 is my mischievous little munchkin. She is naughty. She gets into anything and everything. If she wants something she can't reach, she finds a stool or a chair and drags it. If a toy is closer, she'll climb on it to reach whatever she wants. If she finds a package of gum (heaven forbid) she'll open every piece, chew it once or twice, remove it from her mouth, and leave it so she can chew the next piece. For all 18 pieces if the pack was full. We use cornstarch on her sore bottom (sure, we have the other unhelpful ointments available), and she has dumped 3 entire boxes (yes, brand new, used maybe 3 times to sprinkle on said bottom) into the carpet. At 3 different times. In 3 different rooms. Why do we leave them where she can reach them, you might ask. See initial 3 sentences of this blog. AAARRRGGGHHH! M1 nor M2 were like this. They didn't get into cupboards. All cupboards that have things M3 doesn't need to be into hav...

Hooray!! My in-laws returned from their adventures in Hong Kong. The girls were so excited to go to Arizona to see them return. Oh the excitement--it was palpable. We left home after M1 got done with piano lessons on Wednesday and drove to my mom's house to sleep. We got up early and got to go to the airport to fly on an airplane (it was a lot better than our flights to Asia) to Pheonix. "Are we there already?" "That was fast!" All 3 Ms were excellent and behaved beautifully. My sil, N, picked us up from the airport; all 4 suitcases, the stroller, carry on bags, diaper bag. What a sight I'm sure the 4 of us travelling was. So we got to PHX the day my in-laws arrived. We had a list a mile long of things we needed to finish before we were supposed to be at the airport to pick them up. Finish the banner, make signs (each of the Ms and our niece, K, all got to make their own), make the menu/grocery shop...the list was plenty long for the amount of t...