Slush Puppies

I found slush puppies today! Growing up, Jamie and I used to get Slush Puppies at Murray's, a gas station in Vidalia. Then when Murray's closed, there was a Chevron Station that had them. Eventually the Chevron closed and I have rarely found a slush puppy since. Well, today I found one!! Joel and I took the babies to the park and on our way, we passed a gas station that had a slush puppy sign outside. I figured that it was probably an old sign and they probably didn't sell them anymore. I was beginning to think that Slush Puppies no longer existed because it had been so long since I had found one. So Joel and I stopped at the station on our way home, and lo and behold a Slush Puppy machine! I got a watermelon one of course, Joel a grape, and Kailey a strawberry. They were excellent! Also, I recognized the guy who owns the store almost immediately, but I have never met him. Its late, so I don't have time to go into the story right now. Just out of curiosity, Jamie or Erika, do you know how I know the convenient store owner? I'll put the story up next time.

I don't have any deep thoughts or fun baby stories, but I have to post something because of NaBloPoMo, so here is a photo of Kailey when she was Eli's age and a recent pic of Eli, to compare. I expended all of my creativity in a "facelift" for Jamie's blog, so I'm not promising anything great in this post, but I do recommend that you take a look at Jamie's new beautiful background!

I think that they have the same nose and mouth.

For my birthday, Joel gave me Little Big Planet. It is a super fun game. If you get the chance, give it a try. It is really cute; I like cute games. Actually those are the only kind that I play. I don't play any games with shooting. I'm not coordinated enough for those, and don't care for the violence. If you recall the last game that I posted about was Beautiful Katamari another cute game.

Eli: Obsessed, curls, and a lonely tooth

Eli has recently become obsessed with toilet paper. Every time that he gets a chance he speed crawls to the bathroom and goes straight to the toilet paper holder. Much to his dismay, I have removed the rolls from the holders and put them on the back of the toilets. Tonight as I was getting ready to bathe the babies, he came into the bathroom, opened the cabinet doors below the sink, crawled in and got to the extra rolls. He was in heaven.
Eli finally got a tooth. He has one lonely little tooth on the bottom. (it's kind of hard to see, but if you look closely, it is there).


Also, I noticed the other night after I got him out of the tub, when his hair is still a little damp it is curly in the back, kind of like Allison's. It will be interesting to see what it does as it grows.

Shoot, hate, stupid, kill

Those are a few of the words that I am having to edit out of my vocabulary lately. Kailey has recently taken on a more colorful vocabulary. Lately she has started saying things like "I hate _______, " or "_______ is stupid." So I have been telling her not to say those words and giving her a nicer alternative to express her feelings. Well, the other day I said one of the "bad" words, I think it was stupid, and she gasped and said "mom, you are not supposed to say stupid!" So now I am having to be very careful what I say. I'm not trying to be super strict about the words, its just that sometimes she says them very dramatically and sometimes superfluously just for attention.

Sorry Turkey, you just aren't as good as candy

This morning, I was in the bathroom getting ready for the day. Kailey came bouncing in, and here is the conversation that followed:

K: "Mommy, I want to have Halloween next week!" (getting more and more excited as she speaks, starting to bounce again, as she realizes that she might be on to something, and that it could work).

H: "Sorry KK, Halloween only happens once a year."

K: Look of disappointment

H: "Do you know what is coming up in a few weeks?"

K: "No" (with a hint of anticipation and hope)

H: "Thanksgiving! We will get together with our family and have dinner. We will have a big turkey and lots of other good food."

K: wrinkles nose like something smells bad, turns dramatically and walks away.

Go Vote!

Don't forget to vote today. I always like to do a little search before I go to vote, and check to see what is going to be on the ballot (there are always little things that I didn't know would be there, propositions, other offices than the ones you see over and over and over on tv). Happy voting!

To get in the voting mood, you might take a look at this little clip. (this digital short starts out kind of slow. I was skeptical at first, but give it a minute, it is hilarious).

Holiday Card Giveaway

I saw this on a friend's blog. This girl has some cute holiday cards, and I would love to win. You should check it out too. For a chance to win all you have to do is leave a comment.