Like Father, Like Daughter

Sick day, again, at the Fry house.
Jorey got a fever, everyone got to go home - Well, everyone except Dad. Ear Infection.

It was another long day trying to accomplish work-related tasks while not losing my mind.
The night progressed, it neared bedtime and Macy was getting tired.
She wanted to go to bed, but we were watching one more thing on TV quick. I was holding her with my hands right under her butt when she ripped a huge long toot!

When she was done, we all laughed and she felt like it was pretty funny. Dad wanted to have a hug and a kiss goodnight and I mentioned that if she had any left, she should save it for him and toot on his arm, too. Then, Dad asked her to go ahead and do it again if she had another one. She, very simply, replied, "Yep, I've got more.", squinted, strained, and then pushed out another one and smiled a big smile at me.

It was cute and disgusting all at the same time.
We definitely live in a house where farts are funny.

To Eat or Not to Eat...

I have heard the far fetched tales of when my sister Natalie and I were taking baths together and the big brown shark came. Apparently, I would forget that the bath is not the place to do these things. Well, the other night, Macy and Jorey were taking a bath when Macy said she had to go potty. While helping her [on the toilet], Jorey suddenly says, "Out, Oh no, Mommy!" I looked over to the tub and saw her holding something...that something resembled...yep...it was a pea! Where the heck did a pea come from? In all my bewildered wondering, I noticed her considering the pea as a snack just as I noticed the load below her butt. Yes, she had a bit of a situation in the tub, the peas must have been eaten at lunch, and I stopped her just before she threw it in her mouth for round 2. Yikes. There are times in my life when I feel like a failure and times when I feel like a super star. That night, I felt like both. What a failure for averting my attention the 40 seconds it took for my near-2-year-old to drop a bomb in the tub, and then a super star for fishing her out, cleaning her up, not tossing my cookies when scooping the remainders out of the tub, and for stopping that pea from round 2 of the digestion. Macy will forever be traumatized by that sight and brings it up often since then.

Now, for a little quizzicle. Macy and Daddy were sitting in the kitchen this week after a bath...but not the bath that ended with the bomb session. This was a bath with auntie Buggy's wonderful heart sprinkles. They were both smelling sweet and clean. Well, Dad came over and let loose a big loud one right on Macy. What do you suppose her reply was? Vote to the right.

And, for those of you that participated in the last quizzicle, you were all correct. Macy informed me that she sucks her snotties up her nose and swallows them because she "likes them and they are delicious." It's true!

What a Crazy Bunch of Goyles

Well, you'll see a quiz over to the right, here. One that could be as troubling to you as it was to me...but, I don't want to ruin the quiz by giving you the answer right now. Macy has started the sucking of the snot through the nose and then the obvious swallow. I gag every time. What is it that makes people really want to do this? This is one of those times when I struggle to remember she's only 3 and doesn't realize how gross that is! Friday night, we let the boys go out and raise a ruckus, while the moms and kiddos played. Misty, Laura and I enjoyed some classy wine in a box. White Zin. They were dazzled by the elegance of it all. Yellow Gramma even stopped by for a little sip of the good stuff. The kids played all day. They loved running around and taking out EVERY toy we own. But, they did help put away so it was pretty cool. Macy and Jorey now have new friends in Abby, Brandon, and James. We played so hard that some didn't make it through the 10pm showing of Little Rascals...Macy's favorite movie. She has a crush on Butch, who is the bad boy. I don't know why she couldn't choose the dorky, sweet little alfalfa. If this continues, Ken's going to have his hands full in a few years.
The girls all dressed up in high heel play shoes and wrapped their blankies around themselves like dresses. They said they were princesses. How funny - Here they are "cheesing".



On Sunday, our family enjoyed the MN Zoo and "Under the Sea" at the Imax theatre. It was supposed to be 3D, but Macy and Jorey were not going to wear their sassy specs for very long. I'm wondering if they made these specs large enough...I'm not sure anything smaller would have covered my eyes! Well, regardless, we had a great time. When Macy was wearing her specs, she was reaching out trying to touch the fish and SNAKES as they swam toward us. It was really entertaining.

Macy told her dad the other day, that when she's mommy's age, she wants to have 2 babies and name them Mitz and John. Hilarious. I'm not sure where she comes up with this. She's also named her babies Bandy a lot...where did Bandy come from?