Blue Kool-Aid

I came into the kitchen the other night to see Jeromy dumping my plant food down the drain. It was Miracle-Gro I had mixed with water in a pitcher to feed my plants with.

This is what happened from Jeromy's perspective. He came into the kitchen and saw a pitcher of blue Kool-aid. He was thirsty so he picked up the pitcher and haphazardly started chugging. He had about 3 big gulps before he realized, this tastes terrible! So he threw the remains down the drain.

I said "Why are you throwing that away?" He said, "Because it tastes terrible." Then I just started laughing. I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard. At some point I got out the words to tell him it was plant food. He, of course was horrified. "What's in it?" he wanted to know. "I don't know probably Nitrogen, you breathe Nitrogen, it can't be that bad."

So we raced out to the garage to read the label. It did have nitrogen and some other trace compounds. It didn't have any poison symbols or contact poison control if ingested or any other warning. So we figured it couldn't be too dangerous. It did however have a number to call if you are not completely satisfied with the product . . . Jeromy said if he doesn't grow an inch, he's calling, he wants his money back!

So We Know You Can't Dance

On Christmas Night after our big fancy dinner we had a dance competition based on the popular tv show, "So you think you can dance." A week before we all drew dance styles out of a hat and we had a week to practice for the competition. Costumes were mandatory.

Beth and Gregory were by far the cutest couple. I would say they probably won best dance as well, their style was swing. They actually used real dance steps and followed the beat of the music, etc.

Michael and Courtney did the Napolean Dynamite Dance for their Hip Hop routine. Their shirts read "Vote for Pedro." They were hilarious and Courtney seemed to really know what she was doing.

For some reason I have had people requesting me to put pictures of myself on this blog. My answer is always, who wants to see me big and pregnant? Well, whether you want to or not here I am . . . yikes, in sequins no less. Our dance style was disco, can't you tell by Jeromy's shirt unbuttoned to his navel? Our dance was not pretty, but Jeromy never broke character.

Paul and Heather did a contemporary dance. Paul was actually leaping through the air. I was impressed by his spread.

Tyler and Stephen were the last to perform. I don't know how I failed to document their costumes, Stephen wore Davey's soccer shirt, it was a tight, belly shirt on him. And Tyler wore Beth's short red sequin Junior Prom Dress. I don't remember the last time I laughed so hard. This night was one of the funniest nights of my life. We may not be talented, but we definitely know how to enjoy ourselves.

New Heelies!

I have to laugh at this picture. Only Jeromy would make his son wear wrist guards, elbow pads and a helmet to try out his new Heelies. I'm surprised that Jeromy let him get away without any knee pads. Cody has now mastered the Heelie art and don't tell his dad, but he doesn't wear any pads.

Snow in Sacramento?

We got a phone call one Sunday night from my brother . . . "Send your kids over, we have a truck load of snow in our front yard!" I was so confused. Turns out their neighbor brought them snow down from the Sierras. He shoveled it out of his truck onto their front yard and Presto! Snow in Sacramento! My kids had a ball! They played out in the snow for 2 hours and then they brought keepsake snowballs home to put in our freezer. I still have the snowballs and just yesterday I wondered if anyone would notice if they disappeared.