Next Time I'll Get Him A Book

Owen and I walk to school everyday and on most days my neighbor's dogs bark at us. I usually say something like "Boy, those are some vicious weiner dogs." So, the other day O asked me why I don't call them their proper name, and because I was curious if he had heard of the breed daschund I asked "What is the proper name for those dogs?" He told me penis dogs, and he was 100% serious. I guess the back story here would be that I recently gave Owen the anatomically correct words talk. I know, I know, parents are not supposed to use cutesy names for body parts, but I do. Seeing how Owie is a big boy first grader, I knew it was probably a good idea to give him a tutorial. I guess he didn't fully get it because he came out of the conversation thinking weiner and penis are interchangeable in all circumstances. Anyhoo, I'm pretty sure he understands now. That being said, I would rather not be around the next time he decides to order a hot dog in a public place.

Easter 2008

We had ourselves a nice little Easter. The weather was so warm we decided to head to the beach. When we went to Venice with Clint and Jill it was just about sunset and I didn't feel we had the total experience. We got it on Easter. Claire and O went for a dip in the ol' Pacific, the water was painfully cold. They didn't seem to notice. Venice is a very cool place, maybe too cool. This is where they have serious basketball games, handball, pickleball, and ofcourse Muscle Beach. I thought of a couple of other names for Venice: "Pitbull Beach", and "Let's Hurry And Get The Kids Outta Here Before They Get A Contact High Beach." I think next time we will go to Laguna and see how rich people hang out.

Blood, Sweat, and Tears.....literally

Here is the reason for the blog break. Bill worked his a double s off on this little (major) project. I tried to help as much as I could, I was too nervous to use the saw. Anyway, this was not a "cooking with gas" kind of job. It was more like cooking with charcoal, with wet matches, and in high wind. We are almost done, new carpet gets installed at the end of the month. The floors look awesome. Bill's poor hands may never recover.......Happy Birthday to my superstar husband!!!! He doesn't look a day past 36.

Party Like A Rock Star

Here is a little catch up...... CC's birthday party was a lot of fun, bowling Cosmic style. She is growing up so fast. In a couple of weeks it is kindergarten registration time, hard to believe. Claire and I have had more one on one time this year than ever. I feel so blessed, lucky, honored to get to hang out with her everyday, we have a good time. (exceptions: playing with my makeup and wardrobe arguments) Claire's favorite things: dogs, cats, swimming, chipmunks, hamsters, birds, popcorn, watermellon, chicken (nugget style) Animal Planet, drawing pictures, and playing Balloon Lagoon.

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