Mommy and Daddy Dancing.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Post Script to Sr. Ball: Hailey's List
When I told Hailey that John and I were going to a "Ball," she was both awestruck and dumbfounded.
"I didn't even know Balls were real!" Hailey complained. "I thought the were just pretend and only happened with Kings."
And then she tried to grease the wheels.
"I can come with you, you know. I could wear my Nutcracker dress and I would be really quiet and I wouldn't talk the whole time like when the missionaries come over and you get mad at me. And we could dance together, and I would just eat a little of your food."
Tempting, but no.
So a few days after this she approached me with another plan.
"If I can't go to the ball with you, I want you to take pictures for me. I want you to write down a list of everything I want pictures of, and I want you to take the list to the dance."
And I did. So in honor of Hailey, here is an abridgment of her list with corresponding photos.
The Top.
The Bottom.
The Outside of It All.
Any fancy things.
The Food.
Lights (the fancy ones).
This wasn't on her list, but I know my daughter well, and this was her favorite picture. It's the bathroom.
"I didn't even know Balls were real!" Hailey complained. "I thought the were just pretend and only happened with Kings."
And then she tried to grease the wheels.
"I can come with you, you know. I could wear my Nutcracker dress and I would be really quiet and I wouldn't talk the whole time like when the missionaries come over and you get mad at me. And we could dance together, and I would just eat a little of your food."
Tempting, but no.
So a few days after this she approached me with another plan.
"If I can't go to the ball with you, I want you to take pictures for me. I want you to write down a list of everything I want pictures of, and I want you to take the list to the dance."
And I did. So in honor of Hailey, here is an abridgment of her list with corresponding photos.
The Top.
The Bottom.
The Outside of It All.
Any fancy things.
The Food.
Lights (the fancy ones).
This wasn't on her list, but I know my daughter well, and this was her favorite picture. It's the bathroom.
Senior Ball: We actually had a good time.
Last Friday we went to Sr. Ball, and the really cool thing about Sr. Ball is that John is a Senior = only three more months of school. (Go ahead, cheer at your computer screen for John. Yea!) But there are some down sides to our dental school years winding up. We'll miss the friends we've made here, and Senior Ball was just another reminder of how much missing that will be.
The Ball was held at the extremely fancy Pfister Hotel (i.e. they had men with gloves call the elevators for you) and the food and live music were great. Here's a few photos of our great night.
Here we are.
The Girls.
The Guys.
Enjoying dessert and the jazz band and each other.
Table 23.
My awesome vintage jacket. (Before we left.)
Scary up-the-nose shot of us outside the hotel.
And here's a little gem for you dental school wives. Your husbands dancing to "Baby Got Back."
100% Sober from Jenni G on Vimeo.
The Ball was held at the extremely fancy Pfister Hotel (i.e. they had men with gloves call the elevators for you) and the food and live music were great. Here's a few photos of our great night.
Here we are.
The Girls.
The Guys.
Enjoying dessert and the jazz band and each other.
Table 23.
My awesome vintage jacket. (Before we left.)
Scary up-the-nose shot of us outside the hotel.
And here's a little gem for you dental school wives. Your husbands dancing to "Baby Got Back."
100% Sober from Jenni G on Vimeo.
Oh yeah, what about Christmas?
Saturday, January 24, 2009
2nd Annual Swimming in the Dining Room Party
Last week it was so cold that if you went outside, your eyeballs froze, fell out of their sockets, fell onto the sidewalk and shattered.
It was so cold the spit in your mouth froze.
It was so cold I considered the benefits of growing a beard.
It was so cold they canceled school in Milwaukee.
I told the girls that if they canceled school for two days in a row, I would break out the wading pool and they could swim for an afternoon, because there's nothing like being cooped up in a small space with little kids against your will.
There are requirements for holding a swimming party in your apartment:
The girls testing out the water and complaining that it's too warm!
Waiting for the water to cool down. . .
oooohs and aaaahhhhhs
Hailey needed music on, so it turned into a swimmingslashdance party. She's grooving to the "Be Good Tanyas," I think.
Jamming.
They stayed in there for three hours.
And Hailey quietly taught Nora about the body for the rest of the afternoon.
The only hiccup was that after they were finished, I couldn't remember how I had drained the pool last time. It took me a while to figure out that it is the same way I filled it- bucket by bucket.
It was so cold the spit in your mouth froze.
It was so cold I considered the benefits of growing a beard.
It was so cold they canceled school in Milwaukee.
I told the girls that if they canceled school for two days in a row, I would break out the wading pool and they could swim for an afternoon, because there's nothing like being cooped up in a small space with little kids against your will.
There are requirements for holding a swimming party in your apartment:
- You must own 1 wading pool, 1 bucket, and 15 old towels.
- It is nice if your apartment runs on the warm side, like 78 degrees.
- You must have already lost your deposit.
- You must have lost about 60% of your sanity.
The girls testing out the water and complaining that it's too warm!
Waiting for the water to cool down. . .
oooohs and aaaahhhhhs
Hailey needed music on, so it turned into a swimmingslashdance party. She's grooving to the "Be Good Tanyas," I think.
Jamming.
They stayed in there for three hours.
And Hailey quietly taught Nora about the body for the rest of the afternoon.
The only hiccup was that after they were finished, I couldn't remember how I had drained the pool last time. It took me a while to figure out that it is the same way I filled it- bucket by bucket.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Successful Gilbreth Family FHE ALWAYS involves FOIL
Tonight it was the 2000 Stripling Warriors and the Armor of God. It was a yawner until we whipped out the foil armor, and then we had two little wanna-be stripling soldiers totally ready to smack down the fiery darts of Satan. We also learned that Nora has some real prowess with a sword. Watch out neighbors!
We had a great evening attacking each other while wearing a helmet made of a strainer and foil, and shield made of a packing box and foil, sword made of a wrapping paper tube and foil, shoes made out of crocs and foil, and a breastplate of just foil.
The girls even played with them the next morning, but foil is not durable and it all disintegrated by lunchtime. While Nora was napping, I wadded up all the foil into a ball about the size of a volleyball.
Now here's the payback: when Nora wakes up she looks around and asks, "Hey, where is the Helmet of Salvation?" Combat really drives a concept home for her. After that she was content to play with the foil ball as she pretended it was a giant snowball rolling and crushing all of her little people as they tried to fight back. Combat, I tell you.
Foil Liahona- beloved object in the house for several weeks until it got lost. Was found a few months later in the refrigerator. It was mistaken for leftovers. Which shows how often we clean out the fridge when an unusual shaped foil object can lurk in the corner without being noticed.
Foil Golden Plates- Hailey was really bugged by this because the golden plates were in fact supposed to be gold, and not silver, but I think there was some confusion with her about the authenticity, or lack there of. On the way to primary the next week, she asked if she could invite her primary class over so the could see the golden plates too, so they would know the Book of Mormon was true.
We had a great evening attacking each other while wearing a helmet made of a strainer and foil, and shield made of a packing box and foil, sword made of a wrapping paper tube and foil, shoes made out of crocs and foil, and a breastplate of just foil.
The girls even played with them the next morning, but foil is not durable and it all disintegrated by lunchtime. While Nora was napping, I wadded up all the foil into a ball about the size of a volleyball.
Now here's the payback: when Nora wakes up she looks around and asks, "Hey, where is the Helmet of Salvation?" Combat really drives a concept home for her. After that she was content to play with the foil ball as she pretended it was a giant snowball rolling and crushing all of her little people as they tried to fight back. Combat, I tell you.
feet shod with peace and crocs.
When Nora's armed, she means business.
John being slain with the sword of the spirit.
Other foil successes:Foil Liahona- beloved object in the house for several weeks until it got lost. Was found a few months later in the refrigerator. It was mistaken for leftovers. Which shows how often we clean out the fridge when an unusual shaped foil object can lurk in the corner without being noticed.
Foil Golden Plates- Hailey was really bugged by this because the golden plates were in fact supposed to be gold, and not silver, but I think there was some confusion with her about the authenticity, or lack there of. On the way to primary the next week, she asked if she could invite her primary class over so the could see the golden plates too, so they would know the Book of Mormon was true.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
The begining of 2009.
Happy New Year to you all. We've had a great vacation in Utah visiting family, and it has been unexpectedly extended a few days because of flight cancellations.
Here we are celebrating the New Year in Brazil at 8pm so our children could go to bed without missing the revelry.
Best part of the New Year so far? I scored 900,000 in Bejeweled 2 last night. (That was just for you, Jay). It's gonna be a great year.
Here we are celebrating the New Year in Brazil at 8pm so our children could go to bed without missing the revelry.
Best part of the New Year so far? I scored 900,000 in Bejeweled 2 last night. (That was just for you, Jay). It's gonna be a great year.
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