Sunday, November 30, 2008
Keeping Warm
Maryann asked if we could move the tredmill out of my bedroom and into the living room. I thought that was a great idea and decided that was fine, but the TV could only be turned on if one of us was on the tredmill. So far, OK. This was Maryann's turn on the tredmill. Flannel gown, no shoes and all. We decided that as long as you had walked for an hour you could watch all the TV you want. We will keep you updated. Let's just consider this the before picture. :)
I LOVE THE COLD!
Mom, Dad, and Megan came to spend the night on Thanksgiving. Meagan pulled the short straw and got stuck on the short couch. She thought it was just a little cold. Yes, she has on a fleece, two blankets, and a HAT! I think the temperature in our house is just fine. Sometimes I even get a little warm and have to turn on the ceiling fan. I took a picture of the thermostat to prove it was not too cold. :) You can see the heat is on. It is set at 56, I will admit that I thought I had it set on 58. I now remember the day I got too hot and turned it down some more. Anyone want to come for a visit?
Biltmore Trip
We took a Saturday and drove up to North Carolina. We had a great time touring the house. I thought Mia was too cute with her headphones, but we were not allowed to take pictures in the house. When we got to the end I asked the workers if we could step outside to take the picture of Mia. They saw how cute Mia is and so they said yes. This is the third picture I took. I told her to make sure she looked at me. You can see the silliness on her face. 
Friday, October 17, 2008
My Official Retirement
I know I have been threatening for years to retire from the Halloween Party Scene, but tonight has brought me to the end. I am too old and faint of heart to continue. Some of you may sigh and say, it is about time. Others might wonder what could have possibly caused this tragic separation of Aunt Ruth and her favorite holiday. For those of you who say, it is about time, I say, don't read on. For those of you who are curious as to what happened, I will tell you.
I knew there was a problem when during a rather amusing pillow fight I had the worry that someone was about to get hurt. I quickly halted the excitement and brought the gang down a few notches. Now mind you, I have always worried about such things and I feel I have kept the children safe over the years, but this was just the start.
Henry requested a traditional game of hide-and-seek. I was hoping to avoid such traditions this year, so I put him off by saying we had to wait until it got dark. It no sooner got dark than there Henry was reminding me of the promised entertainment. I set the rules and helped Henry count. Chase was very inventive and crawled to the end of his sleeping bag. When he got eerily still I started to worry that he had suffocated. (Maybe I watch too many shows like CSI and SVU) It turns out he was probably just falling asleep.
During the same round the big event happened.
The lights were out, like they are during all good games of hide-and-seek. Josh had tried to shove his sixteen year old body between the chair and the table head first and had stopped half way. It didn't bother me until he was "found" and he didn't move. All number of kids were shaking him and telling him to get up just feet from where I had been sitting the whole time. Still no response from Josh. I began to panic, but didn't want to alarm the children, so I told him to get up. Still no movement. I told him he was scaring me while hoping he was just joking, (he is a lot like his Uncle Joseph). I told the kids to pull his pants down. I thought for sure that would get him up. Well, four and five year-olds don't know that you wouldn't just pull someone's pants down and so I panicked when I started to see skin and there still wasn't any movement from Josh. By now there was no hiding my fear when I called a halt to the derobing. I could just imagine my horror of explaining that I didn't know he was dead until we pulled his pants down. At this point I will tell you that Josh is lucky I did not kill him. Makayla said she was about to cry because she thought he was dead also. He never let her get close to pulling his pants down. Josh had decided he wanted to trick us and when he heard my order to pull his pants down he failed to take into account that the four year-olds would proceed. Long story short, my heart cannot take such close calls to failure and so it is with great regret and much sorrow that I must announce my retirement.
Lucky for all the grandchildren, Landon has offered his home as the site of the next family Halloween Party. I say this is a grand idea and honestly I think it is a winner. Maybe the party could rotate among the families so everyone could experience the excitement first hand. I always wondered who would throw the cool parties for my children and now I know it is all of you. What do you think?
Pictures to follow at a later time. NO!, not of this incident.
I knew there was a problem when during a rather amusing pillow fight I had the worry that someone was about to get hurt. I quickly halted the excitement and brought the gang down a few notches. Now mind you, I have always worried about such things and I feel I have kept the children safe over the years, but this was just the start.
Henry requested a traditional game of hide-and-seek. I was hoping to avoid such traditions this year, so I put him off by saying we had to wait until it got dark. It no sooner got dark than there Henry was reminding me of the promised entertainment. I set the rules and helped Henry count. Chase was very inventive and crawled to the end of his sleeping bag. When he got eerily still I started to worry that he had suffocated. (Maybe I watch too many shows like CSI and SVU) It turns out he was probably just falling asleep.
During the same round the big event happened.
The lights were out, like they are during all good games of hide-and-seek. Josh had tried to shove his sixteen year old body between the chair and the table head first and had stopped half way. It didn't bother me until he was "found" and he didn't move. All number of kids were shaking him and telling him to get up just feet from where I had been sitting the whole time. Still no response from Josh. I began to panic, but didn't want to alarm the children, so I told him to get up. Still no movement. I told him he was scaring me while hoping he was just joking, (he is a lot like his Uncle Joseph). I told the kids to pull his pants down. I thought for sure that would get him up. Well, four and five year-olds don't know that you wouldn't just pull someone's pants down and so I panicked when I started to see skin and there still wasn't any movement from Josh. By now there was no hiding my fear when I called a halt to the derobing. I could just imagine my horror of explaining that I didn't know he was dead until we pulled his pants down. At this point I will tell you that Josh is lucky I did not kill him. Makayla said she was about to cry because she thought he was dead also. He never let her get close to pulling his pants down. Josh had decided he wanted to trick us and when he heard my order to pull his pants down he failed to take into account that the four year-olds would proceed. Long story short, my heart cannot take such close calls to failure and so it is with great regret and much sorrow that I must announce my retirement.
Lucky for all the grandchildren, Landon has offered his home as the site of the next family Halloween Party. I say this is a grand idea and honestly I think it is a winner. Maybe the party could rotate among the families so everyone could experience the excitement first hand. I always wondered who would throw the cool parties for my children and now I know it is all of you. What do you think?
Pictures to follow at a later time. NO!, not of this incident.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Happy Birthday Maryann
Maryann got her hair cut for her birthday. Here is a picture of it along with her gift from me (as if a car full of balloons wasn't enough). HeeHee!
Early Morning
I got up at 4:30 this morning. Tune in later to see what I was doing!
O.K. It is later and I am sure I will not be ruining the secret. So, we all know it is Maryann's birthday. I got up early to make her breakfast...
AND to fill her car with balloons! Happy Birthday Maryann :)
If you are wondering about the breakfast, it has crescent rolls on the top and bottom. The filling is a roll of sausage and one package of cream cheese. After tasting it, I would double the sausage and cream cheese or make it in a smaller pan. I will be trying it out again. I think I might also add some mustard :)
If you are wondering about the balloons, I started with 35 and one to grow on, but that was not full enough, so I put in 53. I just switched the digits (same number right?) I wanted to do more, but decided I would have to be happy with this full.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
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