RoyalMom

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Looking more like Jason? Ummmm, yes I think so!

Still has the furrowed brow thing going on...

You can see the chickens are so very eager to keep laying more! I don't know why, but one nest box has always been more "fashionable" than the others. Can you tell which one? They will pace back and forth, just outside the door, waiting for the first box to be free. I guess they couldn't hold it any longer and decided to try and squeeze in together.

1. I once was a "carny." At age 16, I worked the games at the local carnival for about a week. I was appalled to learn the games were all rigged, or nearly , mathematically impossible. After getting scolded for three people winning one of the impossible games (three stacked bottles knocked down with a softball) because I let them throw from an angle, I was really disgusted. After that, I pocketed about $20 each day and "treated" myself to lunch. I figured it was already stolen money. haha!

2. I smoked cloves and thought I was pretty cool for about 6 months, during my 23rd year. I think that was when I aged ten years in one. Luckily it was also the year I met Jason and he made me cut it out. Thank God.

3. I also love potty humor and reciting, while pointing to respective body parts..."milk, milk, lemonade, round the corner fudge is made." will always crack me up. Third grade was the best!

4. I hate to cook but love to eat. I once took a Thai cooking class, thinking I could save a lot of money by making it myself. After the class, I had a new excuse to get take out several times a week, because I told myself it was cheaper than going to the specialty store and buying all the ingredients and spices.

5. Favorite movies: Napoleon Dynamite, Danny Deck Chair, Murial's Wedding, Shirley Valentine...and more recently "300" and Pan's Labrinth.

6. Low maintenance girl? Yep. Although recently I had my first and second (gasp!) pedicure, in an attempt to polish my image a bit. I'm not sure if it helped, but it is nice to be pampered a little. If I could just get over the weird feeling of having someone practically sitting on the floor and taking care of my feet. It makes me feel so guilty, even after I hand over my $25 plus tip.

7. My side of the bed is always closest to the door. In our last house it was on the left side and in this house its on the right side. I'm not sure why but there ya go. fact number seven.

8. My best life moment so far is meeting Jason. We had a blind date arranged for dinner. He was only five minutes late, but by minute one I had decided he wasn't showing up (girls and their low self esteem!) so I ordered my salad and dinner without him. Four minutes later, when he did show up, I had already scarfed down most of my HUGE salad and had a bite of bread stuffed in my mouth. He had to stand and wait a few seconds for me to finish chewing before I could say hello. Geesh! What piggy I am!

Whew! I usually pass these things up, but my loyal commenter asked and I couldn't say no. :)

Isaac made this "statue" (as he calls it) with several transformers:

Optimus (original)
Optimus (new movie version)
Bumblebee
Grimlock
two minicons names unknown

I thought it was pretty cool. One month until the new Transformers movie comes out and we can't wait!

I stumbled upon an episode of Dr. Who on PBS tonight. It is such a sweet show! I used to watch it when this guy was the Doctor...

The rainbow coat and blonde fro, the sixth Dr. Who. I had to look it up and it says he ran from '84-'86, so I was about 10-11 years old. I guess we had just gotten a TV for the first time in my life, so even Dr. Who was totally cool. It must have been a Saturday night TV allowance because all I remember of TV those days was Dr. Who, Monty Python and Portland Wrestling. It was the PBS Saturday night line up.

Aside from the childhood nostalgia, the new series does look good. And feast your eyes on the current (ninth) doctor...

One sexy bloke:) It looks like I'll be netflixing to catch up. Its in the third season, with only two episodes left.

Isaac says to me:

Mommy, if you were wanting your piggy bank from up high and I was bigger than you and not feeding Simon but said that I would not get it down for you, would you be not happy?

I think he had even more parts to that sentence than I could remember. I like how he added in the "not feeding Simon" missing the whole point that I was feeding Simon.

Jason just got back from a week long business trip (I won't go into the details of how the house completely falls apart without him, because he is the better parent...shhhhhh!), and he brought home a baby gift from his very cool boss.

Here is Simon doing his leg exercises in the new Onsie. Click image to biggie size:)

Three months. Still a plus sized mama and I start back at work this weekend <sigh>. All is going in the right direction though. 12 hour shifts are going to be rough getting used to again. Luckily, I'm spoiled and only have to work every other weekend

I should wear that tee shirt that reads "I'm blogging this" so my friends will be forewarned our get-togethers will be on the internet shortly after. Well, only the ones that include absolutely adorable baby cuteness such as Pablo...

Six months old. I could eat him on a hamburger bun.

My friend Andra:)

Isaac's ballet/tap class is having their recital this weekend. We were only allowed to film/photograph during the rehearsal and like a total doof I brought the wrong lens for the job. Jason took some video, so we'll get some closer shots with that.

Isaac had no fear! He made his mama (and papa!) proud.

Click on the image to play the movie. Be patient, they're backstage and come out after a few seconds or so.

snuggle time...

Took some portraits of Isaac in his costume. The show was fabulous and Isaac and Xander are looking forward to continuing next year.