Pretty Scary

Everynight when I tuck Ethan in bed we always play a game when we say "I love you more than..." and we fill in the blank. Well, Friday night when I tucked him in he says "Mom, I love you more than the whole damn world." Uhh....

I looked at him and asked him what he said. He told me again completely straight faced. He could obviously tell that I was trying not to laugh. He then told me that Donkey from "Shrek" says that. I promptly informed him that while Donkey may say it, he isn't allowed to.

Oh my goodness - I laughed so hard after I went downstairs.

Donnie Darko

Ok, what a strange movie! Holy Cow. It was an "interesting" movie in a weird kinda way. Everything makes sense in the end, but it doesn't leave you scratching your head. I liked "Momento" a lot better. That movie leaves you still scratching your head after the movie is done. It's not all laid out for you like Donnie Darko. Even the second time we watched Momento we were coming up with different conclusions as to why things happened the way they did in the end.

Anyways, just a strange movie. Don't know if I'll ever be able to look at a bunny the same way. Holy scary-ness batman!

Happy Valentine's Day

Ethan fixed Hailey dinner for Valentine's Day

She LOVES peanut butter and jelly...



So they boys fixed us dinner for Valentine's Day. It was so cute. Ethan did Hailey's all by himself. Hailey had to watch over Ethan and make sure that he did everything correctly. She kept kissing him on the head telling him what a sweet brother he was. It was really cute.

Travis and Shanna brought our picture over tonight from the dance. I don't think we've had a picture taken that we both agreed was good in like 5 or 6 years. Travis did a really good job - we love the picture. Look at my cute husband! Hubba Hubba!

Fun Times

Last night was the Valentine's Day Dance at church. We had a really good time. Had a decent turnout - about 60 people. Hoping that each year more and more people will come. I took some pictures but only one turned out. The rest were to dark to even see what I took a picture of. Oh well - this one's cute!



Joel & Wendy, Paul & Catherine, and Jamie & Kris


The coolest thing was how many new couples came last night - a lot of people I have never met before.

Oh yeah by the way Kent, you rocked the dance floor!! :)

Directions

Last night something happened that makes me really dread getting old.

I went out to get some last minute stuff for the Valentine's Day Dance and stopped by a mini-mart at Jolly and Hagadorn to get something to drink. An elderly lady came in after me asking for directions to get to 496. She told the clerk she lived at St. Joe and Waverly but didn't know how to get home. The clerk must have told her 4 or 5 times how to take 127 to 496. I could tell she was frustrated because she could not understand how to even get to 127. During their conversation I heard her tell the clerk that she had a broken hip and that it was hard for her to get around. I walked out behind her totally expecting her to get into the passenger side of the car, but she didn't - she was the driver!!! I decided that I would help her get to 127 since I live 1/2 mile from there. I told her where we would be going and that I would turn my blinker on to show her where to get on the highway. She proceeded to follow me to 127 where I turned my blinker on to show her where to turn. Well, she didn't turn. I realized she still didn't understand where to go. It was 10:00pm by this time and really foggy and hard to see. I decided to just take her to the Waverly exit off of 496 so I would know she at least got that far safely. She had told me she knew how to get home from 496 as soon as she saw the Value City sign.

I got off the Waverly exit and pulled into a parking lot to talk with her and make sure she knew where she was. Well, she still didn't. I showed her that Value City was right across the street but she was still disoriented. All she knew was her address and that she lived 3 blocks down on St. Joe. By this point I figured I was this far, why not take her all the way home. She tried to tell me which was on St. Joe she lived, but after driving that way, I realized she was wrong. We finally found her house around 10:30pm.

As I drove home I began to wonder what would have happened if she would have tried to find her way home on her own. The really scary thing is that when we got on the interstate she was going about 40 miles an hour for the first couple miles! With it being so foggy out it's a miracle she didn't get hit by another car. Just gave me a lot to think about.

No More Doctors

Ok, the whole "kids being sick thing" is starting to get old!! I had to take Ethan to urgent care last night because he has some weird infection in his eye and his pediatrician didn't have any appointments to see him. They sent us to Ingham Urgent Care. We get there are 6:00 and at 6:45 we are called back. We were placed in a room with a wonderful view of the desk where the doctors sit. I sat there for about 5 minutes watching this doctor play with his stethoscope. I kept thinking why is he just sitting there twirling around in his chair when there are 10 people in the waiting room waiting to be seen! Well, the funny thing is after about 6 or 7 minutes, he decides to get up from his chair and comes into our room to look at Ethan. This got me thinking... do they tell doctors to mess with people's minds and work as inefficiently as possible? Why in the world would he just be sitting there while we are waiting to be seen? I just don't get it.

Just a pet peeve I guess...