So, while in the basement the other day, I found something thats Awesome  cool  funny... Let's just say, "blog material".  I'm planning on bloging it, as soon as I get some pictures...

For now, I just used a Facebook app to find my top 10 status updates of 2011... Since I don't blog and Facebook the same stories, these might be new to some of you... Enjoy :)

During a frustrating car ride, Mom may or may not have used the word 'stupid'. (Not at a person..I think she called the bead kit that people were fighting over 'stupid'...)
Gage: mom!! Say sorry!

Mom: Sorry, Gage...

Gage: Its ok, its just that... You said the 'S word'.

They were playing 'risk'. If you've never heard of that game, the point of it is to take over the world. By rolling dice and challenging the other players armies. Which aren't armies at all, just little peices of coloured plastic.

I think the game is pointless, because people don't really win wars by rolling a six when the other person gets a three.. But anyway.

My dad had quite a strong army in the Congo, and a pretty small army in Mongolia. My cousin, naturally, decided to take on Mongolia.

"Whaat? You're challenging Mongolia?! GOOD LUCK! Mongolia is going to KILL your army!"

"Dad, Mongolia's not in Africa. You only have one army in Mongolia."

...

**I have a feeling that sometimes people don't read to the bottom, because the first bit is sometimes boring... Trust me, I'm just giving the back up so you can 'get' it... Read to the bottom :) **

Dad looks down at his plate of stew, "So what, am I on a hunger strike or something?"

Mom: Would you like some more?

Sloan: ONE TIME!! Wendy told Bob he should go on a diet... And then Mrs. potts was like, "Mayor, you should go on a diet too!" and then they were like, 'nooo' but then they did go on a diet.

Mom: What?

Sloan: It's on Bob the Builder.

Mom: oh. Are Bob and Wendy married?

Sloan: Nope, they're just boyfriend and girlfriend. They live across the street from each other and yell 'good night' out the window.

mom: Really?

Peyton: Yup! And sometimes they have sleepovers!

Me, Dad, Mom and Sloan: Uhhhhmmm...

Peyton: What? you've never seen that episode?

This weekend, our youth group from chruch is going sledding... Unfortunately, I cannot go with them... But, it reminded me of a story that happened last year when everyone went sledding.
Sloan was at the hill, and a small person dressed in many layers (It was about -4zillion that night...) comes up to Sloan...

Person: Hey, is that a plasma sled?

Sloan: Yeah, it is!

Person: Cool! My best friend has one of those!

Sloan: Oh, really? That's awesome...

Person: Wait, SLOAN?!

Sloan: KAYLA?!

Person who we now know is Kayla: Um, you're the 'friend'.

Mom: your breath smells wonky?

Me: What? Oh, that... See, Peyton asked me how I could possibly say 'no' to her little face, so I made a list...

Mom: Well, out of all the people in our family, Sloan is one of the few that does NOT have wonky breath. Lots of people do, but Sloan doesn't.
(not naming names, *cough charter cough*... but some people in our family *do* have really wonky breath.)

Me: Mom, I said Peyton, not Sloan.

Mom: Oh. Well in that case... Never mind then...

As promised.... my little craft :)

Me and Gage went on an outing on Monday... It was pretty chilly out, so we bundled up in our boots, mittens, hats, sweaters, jackets... and went out for hot chocolate... (Actually, when we got there, he decided he wanted milk instead, so we had peppermint steamers...)

Then we decided to go to the dollar store, since mom had asked us to pick up some nail polish for the girls... (and some suckers.)

We walked in, and I saw these little canvasses... I had almost forgotten about the little craft I had seen online, but when I saw these, I knew I needed to go home and do a craft. (Not to mention they were only 50c each :)

So, I called the boys into my room and made them take off their socks.

Ephraim's tiny toes... He liked the paint so much... his got a little smudged cause he wouldn't stop wiggling!

Gage's... his feet are too big so we only did one :)

Seriously. How cute? Gage swore that I would never put paint on his feet. "Cause how I get it off and then I walk and get it on the floor. You can't do that."

But when he saw how cute Ephraim's were, he changed his mind.

Chucky. The imaginary puppy.

I had been doing a project with Ephraim and Gage (A seriously cute project that you can see tomorrow when I post pictures!!) when Peyton walks into my room and sees the dirty paint plate in my garbage... (Oh great... Now I just gave away that it involves paint.)

Peyton: Can I have this?
(why she would ask for my dirty paper plate, I have no idea.)

Me: Um. Why?

Peyton: Cause if you gave it to me you would be the best sister everrrr!!!

Me: but what would you do with it?

Peyton: I would make it into a house for my puppy.

ME: You don;t have a puppy.

Peyton: Yes, I do. Its a little golden retriever.

Me: Oh, yeah? did you just make this up?

Peyton: No.

Me: What's its name?

Peyton: Chucky.

Me: Ok, seriously? Are you just saying this because I am reading a book about an imaginary person named Chocky?

Peyton: You ARE?!

Dad: Hey, Cairo... See if you can guess what movie Gage watched today... Gage, say it!

Gage: IN-A-SEE-BABLE! (teehee - in conceivable...)


**If any of you still don't know what movie it is... That's embarrassing... for you. ;)  Princess Bride :)

Sloan: So, umm... I was looking through your blog the other day and... There's not enough of *me* in it...

Cairo: Maybe you should be more interesting...

Sloan: Maybe I should.

Mollen: Hey, remember that mini tea set I gave you for your birthday?

Me: Ya...

Mollen: I found another part...

Me: Cool.

Mollen: Sloan said that you would give it back to me if I asked...

Me: Do you want it back?

Mollen: Yeah :D

Me: nice.

Sloan: Do you know what your problem is?

Me: (Mock offence) Do you know what YOUR problem is?

Sloan: Yes. I'm a procrastinator. But do you know what your problem is?

I had just crawled into bed at 10:45, when my phone buzzes... it is my mother.

"You still up?"

"Just going to bed... I had some school to finish up..."

"Oh... come to my room... I want to show you something funny."

I go into my parents room... My dad is sleeping, Gage is sprawled out on the floor sleeping and my mom is on her iphone... She turns the screen to me, and shows a picture with the caption, "The awkward moment when your friends fat arm makes you look naked in the group photo."
Guess what the picture was? You guessed it... Someone who's not naked, but looks naked. But its actually just someone's fat arm.

We start giggling, when all of a sudden, the bear rouses out of his slumber, "What's going on?!!"

"Mom told me to come here so she could show me a picture of a naked person."

"She wasn't naked! That's why the picture is so funny!"

"Are you kidding me? It's bed time! We have a busy day tomorrow! Get to bed!"

I go back to my room and text my mom, "Nice going."

"you didn't have to laugh so hard."

"You didn't have to laugh so hard."

"Touche. night."

Driving to the store:

Dad: So what are you trying to make?

Me: A treat with white chocolate and crushed candy canes.

Dad: What does it look like?

Me: It looks like crushed up candy canes and white chocolate.

Dad: So what do we need from the store?

Me: White chocolate. And candy canes.

'its' a 'she'

"Who do we know that's having a baby that we can pray for? We can pray for Auntie Stephanie, Carey, Ronda, Lisa... Any one else?"

Mom: I know someone else who is having a baby but its a secret so I can't tell you yet. But - I know that you will be very excited when I can tell you.

Peyton: Do they go to our church?

Mom: Not telling.

Charter: Are they related to us?

Mom: Not telling.

Peyton: ITS YOU!!! ITS YOU MOM!!!!

Mom: No. Its not me. I'm not telling you.

Sloan: When can you tell us?

Mom: I don't know... She said 'soon'.

Mollen: ITS A SHEEEEE!!!! YOU SAID SHE!!! I  KNOW ITS A GIRL!!! WOOHOO! I FIGURED IT OUT! ITS A SHE!!!

Mom: Yes, it is a she. Good job, Mollen.

Love is...

Recently, my dads cousin got married. At the wedding reception, they had little cards that you could write on. One card said, "Love is..." another said "Always..." and the third one said, "A little advice...".
We (Me, my sisters and cousins) were all trying to think of something funny and witty to write on any one of the cards (By the way, we came up with, "Love is... ... Sobbing all the way through your wedding ceremony" because Scott, the groom, did just that.)

My dad comes up behind us, "You should write, "Love is... ... learning how to courtesy flush"

"Nice dad. Yeah, if you think that's a good one, you should write it..."

Dad, "I can't. I don't know how to spell 'courtesy'."

Nice.

Menopause - The Beginning of the End

Mom and I were sitting on her bed, talking about how we think Ephraim should have a baby sister.

Mom: "Yeah, but Dad says I can't have another baby..."

Me: "Well, maybe he doesn't mean it."

Mom, " But I'm 35! I don't have many years left!!"

Mollen bursts out, "NO YOU DON'T!!!!!!!!!"

Mom: No Mollen, I seriously only have a few years left! Most women can't have babies much after 40."

Mollen lets out a relieved sigh, "Oh, about BABIES! I thought you meant about DYING!"

You know that sense of completion... When you have done everything you needed to get done, and you feel totally at peace with the world because all you have to do it sit and relax for a bit?Yeah... I'm not quite there yet... BUT... Its not 2pm yet, and I have been very productive so far today...


Family Bible reading
Family read aloud
Family poetry (By a poet who writes like he's in grade 6. Not a fan...)
Breakfast
Made homemade natural deodorant
1 Math lesson/activity
Social text reading and elive lecture (the lecture is an online recording)
French language exercises (On a website that has caused too much trouble to be worth it and used almost all of my phone minutes for the month... Oh well, if I need to use the website to pass grade 10...)
Lunch
1 hour and 10 minutes of rollerblading in the crisp autumn air...

The last thing on the list was the most fun. As of today, Sloan and I are making a goal of rollerblading for 1 hour everyday until the first snowfall. (Which I'm pretty impressed hasn't happened yet!!)

Now all I need to do is:
Practice violin and fiddle (Everyone always asks if there is a difference between the two instruments... Between the instruments, no. The difference is the style. In this case, I do need to practice both.)

Clean my room.

Then I will be at peace with the world and sit back and relax for a bit... Or go for another roller blade and get ahead in PE.. :)

EPIC - Longfellow or Captain Underpants?

"Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1807-1882
Longfellow was born in Maine, and while still a young man, he became a professor at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he lived for the rest of his life. He became one of the most popular poets of his day throughout the english speaking world. His poem, HIAWATHA, is, perhaps, the best known modern epic poem. "

"THE SLAVES DREAM - by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"

Me: ITS SUPER EPIC!

Mom: Uh, the slave's dream is?

Me: No, I was just kidding... I just said that cause he wrote an epic poem.

Mom: An epic poem means...

Me: I know what an epic poem is, I did a unit on poetry last year. I just think its funny because 'epic' is a 'cool word' nowadays.

Peyton: What is an epic poem?

Me: Pretty much a long story, told in the form of a poem.

Charter: At the begining of my Captain Underpants book, it says, "The 4th EPIC novel" so is it....

Me: No, Charter. Captain underpants does not count as 'epic poetry'.

Dinner conversation

Peyton: DAD! Tell the kids to stop calling Sloan fat!
Mollen and Charter: WE DON'T CALL HER FAT!

Sloan: Umm, they don't call me fat. And besides, I...    Never mind... I'll tell you later downstairs.

Mom: Excuse me? What do you need to tell her in private?

Sloan: Well, it kind of needs to be said in a high pitched annoying voice.

We all glance at Dad. He's not in the best mood, and we all know that Sloan is smart for not doing anything high pitched and/or annoying in his presence.

Mom: Well, could you tell me now? In a normal voice? Even if you just have to say it in an annoying voice later?

Sloan: Kay... " I hate it when other people fight my own battles"

..
..

Peyton: You were going to make me have annoying voice?

(Peyton is famous for saying that lately, as Mollen has become very over protective of her. Even though Mollen is younger by 4 years)

I wish I had a video camera built into my head....

Gage opens the door and marches into my room. I feel relieved that he didn't come any earlier as I just finished listening to a live lecture online and he's a bit distracting.
Then I notice the next person. Ephriam marches into my room no more than half a pace behind Gage.

"Hi Gage"

"Hi Roro."

"HHHHIIIIII!!!!!!!!!"

"Yes, hello Ephraim."

"Hi!" He grins proudly at me.

Gage's eyes scan the higher shelves in my room. He knows I have a bowl of candies up there somewhere...
His eyes light up as he spots his prize.

"Um, Roro? Can me and Ephyum have one of those, please?"

I see Ephraim's eyes frantically trying to follow Gage's pointing finger, and when he sees the coveted bowl, he can't hold his excitement. His mouth breaks into the biggest smile I have ever seen, he jumps up and down, or tries to jump up and down, pointing.

"PEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSEEE?!? MEEE SOOOOOOMMMMEEE!!! PEEEEEESSSSSSEEEE!!!" His smile is replaced by a desparate look.
Really, buddy? What's the worst that could happen if I don't get you a jelly bean in the next 5 seconds?

I reach up, "What flavour?"
Gage jumps up and down, "pop! pop! pop!" Ephraim just keeps repeating himself, "MEE SOOOOME! ME SOOME! PEESE!"

I hand them each a candy.

"DAY-DOO" (Ephraimese for 'thankyou')

They suck contentedly on their candies as they file out of my room.

Gage pauses at the door way, "Can I have JUST ONE more?"

"MEEE TOO?!?! MUR?(more) PEEEEEESSSSE!!!!"

What I would miss if I was at public school...

So, What Did You Get Me For My Birthday?

Mom: Whats makes you think I got you something?

Me: No reason, just that the other day you said, 'I bought you a birthday present'.

Mom: Oh... I bought you a capo. So I was going to steal it back and wrap it so you would be surprised.

Me: nice.

Mom: Yeah, Charter was supposed to sneak into your room and steal it for me.

Charter: What?

Me: Its in my purse.

Mom: OH! Well no wonder he couldn't find it!

Charter: Couldn't find what?

Mom: CAIRO'S CAPO! REMEMBER? You were supposed to try to go steal it from her room.

Charter: I was? when?!

Me: Mom, if you are trying to lie to me, and you're 'winging it', Charters not the best person to get to help you.

Peyton: Hey mom? Were you and Dad kissing last night? Cause I heard laughing... and then silence.

one lovely blog award

K, so I got this blog award from Alisha (Mercy's Miracle)

For some reason, this doesn't strike me as a blog award suited to my blog... My blog isn't the lovely, emotional or even serious type.  The only reason people would ever cry from reading my blog is because they were laughing so hard.

Anyway, Alisha. Since you are my best friend, I will do this anyway ;)
So, I tell you 7 random facts, and then pass it on, and you do the same. Here we go:

1. Every morning when I wake up, I am freeeeezing cold, so I put on long sleeves and a sweater. Once I start school, I cannot stand wearing sleeves. Its the weirdest thing! I can't concentrate (And math needs a lot of concentration, just so you know) when I have sleeves touching my arms!

2. My favourite colour is orange. Sometimes, I'll think my favourite colour has changed to lime green, or yellow, pink or light blue... but nope, it always comes back to orange...

3. My main form of communication with my best friend is facebook... Yeah, sad, right? Its her fault for not moving with me... :P

4. Music is my life... I have an average of 4 or 5 hours of music lessons and practices in a week... I play violin and guitar.

5. My birthday is in 5 days... My first math test is also in 5 days... Happy birthday to me! And thank you for your awesome gift, Alberta school board!

6. I have never been as excited as I am this week for youth group. Seriously. It's not even something special or anything... Maybe just cause there hasn't been youth almost all summer!
I am also excited to have subway tomorrow... I know, right? HOW EXCITING! Between youth band practice and youth group, I don't have time to come home for supper, so me and Sloan are having subs. Am I an easily excitable person if having subway for supper makes me excited?

In case you were wondering, I get a six inch on honey oat bread with white cheese and green peppers, tomatoes, lettuce, banana peppers, pickles... For some reason I think I'm missing something... I actually just get every veggie they have except olives. Olives are gross.

7. I am writing this while listening to my daily announcements for school. Yes, the beauty of homeschooling you can blog AND know whats going on in the school!
Oh, I just remembered! (Actually, Mr. Macdonald reminded me) There is a school picnic tomorrow afternoon! Guess what? I'm not going.

AAAAAAAAAAANNNNNND: Since most blogs I read don't read mine (I mean, the authors don't read mine. Of course the blogs them selves don't read anything!)

If you read this, consider yourself tagged. And please post a link to your blog in my comments section so I can read seven things about you.

Mollen rushes in from outside into the bathroom... We hear water running... Minutes later, she emerges, proudly displaying something in the palm of her hand.

"Mom!! Look what I found on the side of the road!!!! Its an earplug!!!"

We look at the object... It is, in fact, and earplug. A used, dirty, 'found on the side of the road' earplug.

Me, Mom and Sloan: EEEEEEWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO THROW THAT IN THE GARBAGE!!!!! AND WASH YOUR HANDS WITH LOTS OF SOAP!!!!!

Mollen goes back into the bathroom, and when she comes out this time, her face is downcast...
"It was my best friend..."

Dreamin'

Peyton: Uh, Soo... Do I get to go babysitting today? (With the most hopeful look on her face)
Me: What?!

Peyton: do I get to go babysitting with you today?

Me: Um, I'm not babysitting today!

Peyton: Really? Is Sloan going?

Me: No... No one is going, none of us are babysitting anyone today!

Peyton: Really?!?

Me: Yes, really. You can go check my calendar if you want, but I'm pretty sure we're not babysitting today...

Peyton: ...

Was that a dream?!

While at our grandparents, a certain bedtime occurred that changed Gagey's life. He was being put to bed by my mom, when he decided he wanted to ask Jesus into his heart.
"Cause then when I pray, God will  say 'HEY! That's my friend GAGE!'" he explained.

We were all summoned to the bedroom to witness this, and sat quietly while Gagey prayed a short prayer.

As we're all getting up to leave to go get ready for bed, Charter tells Gage:

"And guess what? God loves you so much, he sent Jesus to DIE for you!"

The world came crashing down.

Through wracking sobs and torrents of tears, Gage manages to get out, " JESUS DIED?!?! HE'S DEAD??!"

Smooth, Charter. Smooooth.

You know what would be stupid?

Mom: No Charter, what would be stupid?

Charter: If they made non water proof cups...

You know what I would hate?

Mom: No, Mollen. What would you hate?

Mollen: I would hate it if I had a baby, and he grew up and learned to talk, but he spoke chinese!

Thought process of a teenager

Reading social studies text book on globalization:

" 'Globalization' is now a common word. But if you had lived in the first half of the 20th century, It would not have been part of your vocabulary. No one is sure when this word was coined or who coined it, but language experts agree that it did not appear until the 1940s or 1950s. And even then, it was rarely used. It did not come into widespread until the 1980s, when American economist Theodore Levitt made it popular by using it to describe changes in technology and social behaviour that allow huge corporations such as Coca-Cola and McDonald's to sell the same products around the world..."

Wait... What was I reading about? I could really go for a bigmac right now....

1.What Color Is Your Toothbrush?
Purple and orange

2. Name One Person That Made You Smile Today?
Ephraim... Jack Black... Lots of other people...

 3. What Were You Doing At 8 AM This Morning?
Frantically getting ready for church...

4. What Were You Doing 45 Minutes Ago?
Looking at pictures on my camera.

5. What Is Your Favorite Candy ?
umm... the ones you get for 5c at macs?

Number 6 is missing because my friend deleted it. :-) Now I am curious... If anyone knows what it is, tell me.

7. What Is The Last Thing You Said Aloud?
"I'm going to go read in the quiet of my room"

8. What Is The Best Ice Cream Flavor?
Probably mint chocolate chip

9. What Was The Last Thing You Had To Drink?
Water

10. What Is The Longest You Have Gone Without Sleeping?
I have no idea... probably not very long...

11.Have you ever made a promise you swore to keep?
yes.

12. Have You Bought Any New Clothing Items This Week?
Yes :)

13. The Last Sporting Event You Watched?
Golf maybe? I don't think I was paying a ton of attention...

14. What Is Your Favorite Flavor Of Popcorn?
Popcorn flavour? Butter, salt, pepper and a tiny pinch of cayenne pepper.

15. Who Is The Last Person You Sent A Message To On FaceBook?
Probably Alisha... We converse over facebook a lot... since I can't run over and ring her doorbell anymore...

16. Ever Go Camping?
like in a tent? no... Like in a camper? no... I did spend a night on my grandparents boat though, and that's pretty much like camping, but you're on water.

17. Take vitamins daily?
No... I take them on the days that I think, "I'm feeling sick or depressed... I should take my vitamins..."

18. Do You Go To Church Every Sunday?
sure do! Most of the time... as in NOT the past two weeks... but I went today :)

19. Do You Have A Tan?
No, I am pale, like a vampire.

20. Do You Like Chinese Food Over Pizza?
Usually... unless its gross Chinese food...

21. Do You Drink Your Soda With A Straw?
I don't usually drink soda, but when I do, sure... I like straws...

22. Who Are You Currently Talking To On AIM?
No one.

23. What Are You Doing Tomorrow?
That is an excellent question...

24. Where Is Your Dad?
in his bedroom.

25. Look To Your Left, What Do You See?
My guitar, a picture I painted of a butterfly...

26. What Color Is Your Watch?
I don't have a watch... I've owned 2 in my life, one was brown, and one was black and orange. I lost both of them.

27. What Do You Think Of When You Hear Australia?
Koala bears

28. What Is Your Birthstone?
Sapphire

29. Do You Go In At A Fast Food Place Or Just Hit The Drive Thru?
Depends

30. What Is Your Favorite Number?
2

31. Who's The Last Person You Talked To On The Phone?
ummmm... I honestly don't know... Maybe my dad?

32. Any Plans Today?
Its 9pm... I did lots of things today, but I don't plan on doing much else...

33. Health Freak?
Sometimes... When I'm in the mood...

34. Biggest Annoyance In Your Life Right Now?
...

35. Last Song Listened To?
Haha - the worst song in the world... The chorus is, "Its over, were through, so I'll unfriend you." It was just on Tv... The last song I listened to that I actually wanted to listen to, was something by Abba...

36. Can You Say The Alphabet Backwards?
no...

37. Do You Have A Maid Service Clean Your House?
No, one time, my mom thought about it... For some reason it really offended me, so I got up really early the next morning and cleaned the bathrooms and base boards before she got up to try to prove we didn't need one... haha

38. Favorite Pair Of Shoes/Boots You Wear All The Time?
FLIP FLOPS!!! Pretty soon though, I'll switch to my uggs, that aren't really uggs, they just look like uggs...

39. Are You Jealous Of Anyone?
not that I can think of...

40. Is Anyone Jealous Of You?
I don't know, you should ask them...

41. Do You Love Anyone?
Of course

42. Do Any Of Your Friends Have Children?
like friends my age? No...

 43. What Do You Usually Do During The Day?
School, cleaning, eating, talking, laughing...

44. Do You Hate Anyone That You Know Right Now?
Hate is a strong word.

45. Do You Use The Word “Hello” Daily?
I think so

46. Would You Rather Be Alone?
Yes... I'm not a social butterfly.

47. Do You Like Cats?
Not really.

48. Have You Ever Been To Six Flags?
No

49.Where Did You Get Your Worst Scar From?
When I was really little, I fell down the stairs of our new house where they had take the railings off the stairs, but left the metal supporter things on... I cute my arm and had 7 stitches... You can still count my stitches...

50. Hair Color?
Super blond

51. Last CD Played?
??

52. Last Bubble Bath?
??

53. Last Time You Cried?
Thursday, while reading the last two chapters of Eric Liddels biography... Then I got laughed at.

54. Last Meal?
Nachos and whiplash chicken sauce. (Auntie jess, you have to try it... yummmmmmmm)

55. Text Or Call?
Text... If only I texted more than two people...

56. Favorite Animal?
I'm not a huge animal person... I had to do an assignment on this the other day... I couldn't decide between sand dollars, people and big foot... Sand dollars won...

57. Girlie Girl Or Tomboy?
Neither? Ere on the side of girlie girl :)

58. Have You Ever Lost Someone?
Yes

59. Have You Ever Slept Until 1 PM?
Don't think so...

60. Have You Ever Been Drunk And Threw Up?
No...

61. List Six People You Can Tell Pretty Much Anything To:
My mom, sloan (NOT my other sisters... haha) Alisha

62. List Three Favorite Colors/Shades.
Orange, green, grey, purple, pink, yellow, light blue... I like all colours... unless they are ugly shades..

63. Have You Ever Laughed Until You Cried?
Many, many time...

64. Went Behind Your Parents Backs?
I don't think so...

65. Who Posted This Before You?
Alisha

66. Gay Marriage?
no.

67. Lowering The Drinking Age?
no

Uh, 68 is deleted too. It was lame. 
Again, that was Alisha...

69. Who is the best hugger that you know of?
Ephraim's hugs are nice, when he feels like giving them out, which isn't as often as I'd like!

70. Do You Believe In Love At First Sight?
depends...

71. Is There Something You Want To Tell Someone?
Yes.

72. Are You A Flirt?
I don't think so...

73. Are You Easy To Read?
I don't think so!

74. How Many Kids Do You Want To Have?
for a long time, I've thought 9... I know I don't get to choose, but I think girl, girl, girl, boy, boy, boy, boy, and then twin girls to end off would be fun... haha

75. Do You Want To Change Your Name?
One day hopefully my last name will change...

76. Last Time You Saw Your Father?
an hour ago or less,

77. What Time Did You Wake Up Today?
7:50am

78. What Were You Doing At Midnight Last Night?
Sleeping

79. What Is Your Favorite Thing In Your Room?
I like my bed, my ikea shelves, by guitar, my violin, and new laptop, my curtains, chair and book holder thing that are all covered/made out of matching fabric...

80. Where Is Your Best Friend Right Now?
I don't know...

Quote of the day

Dad: Is EVERYONE in this house dumb, or is it just me?

Tucking in a 3 year old...

Mom: Ew, what stinks? Did you just fart or is there a poopy diaper somewhere in here?

Gage: I farted! :D
...
Is it funny when I fart?

Mom: Not really, its kind of gross. I don't like the smell of farts.

Gage: oh... I love it... but only the smell of my farts I love...

Peyton: Cai? Do you have a pair of ear phones I could use? I want to listen to those narnia CDs while I fall asleep, but sloan doesn't want to listen to them while she's reading.

Me: I already told you. The only pair of earphones I have are broken, so even I can't use them. And if I did have a working pair of earphones (Which I don't!) then I still wouldn't let you use them, because I'D be using them for listening to music and stuff!

Sloan: So, pretty much peyton cannot use your earphones?

Me: Yeah. Pretty much.

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Hmm. This conversating doesn't look very funny typed out... It seemed really funny when it happened...

what I love about holidays...

What I love about holidays is that a nearly 15 year old girl can go out side wearing flip flops, jeans rolled up past her knees and her grandpa's rain jacket to pump the water out of a paddle boat (While its still raining) so her and her siblings and granny can go hunt for treasure. I also love that while sitting in the pumped out paddle boat that you can't tell was pumped out 5 minutes before, getting drenched to the bone (Despite the rain coat belonging to my grandpa) and getting stuck in the mud because we couldn't wait for the tide to come in, she can sing all the verses to 'there's a hole in the bottom of the sea', 'I know an old lady who swallowed a fly', 'The ants go marching one by one', 'down by the bay' and 'lukeys boat is painted green' with out feeling the slightest bit weird.
What I love about holidays is that I can be that girl and no one thinks twice about it.

P.S. I am on holidays right now and having a great time on the west coast! There will be many posts coming (With pictures!) about my time away!

Hey sloan, what song do you think I have stuck in my head?

Sloan: (singing) Its the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fiiiine.

Me: No

Sloan: OH! Baby, give me one more chaaaaaance. (To show you that I love you) Won't you please let meeeee (Back in your heart)

Me: No

Sloan: WAY-HEY-HEY ITS JUST AN ORDINARY DAY!!! (Me: No) AND ITS ALL YOUR STATE OF MIIIIIIIIND!!!

Sloan: The old black rums got a hold on me will I live for another day (-Me: No-) (Raises her hands in the air with gusto) HEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!

Sloan: Oh! I can't believe I didn't guess this yet!!! A boat like Gideon Brown!

Me: No

Sloan: WWWWEEEEE'LL Rant and we'll roar like true newfoundlanders... We'll rant and we'll roar, on deck and belooooooowwww! (See, you have to read this like she's singing...)

Me: No.

Sloan: I'm tiredof this game.

Me: I'm loving it! You have to guess at least three more before I tell you. I'll give you a hint. We listened to it while I did our nails today..

Sloan: I KNOW!!! We were far from the shores on England!!

Me: Yes!

Sloan: Far from our children and wives!!!

Me: Yes, Sloan. You got it right...

Sloan: To play our hand, in the newfoundland!!!

Me: YOU DID IT WRONG!!! You have to say it more like three words in this song: New Found Land

Sloan: Where the wind cuts like a kniiiiiiiiiiiiiife.

Well... If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!

Both of us:  WE WERE FAR FROM THE SHORES OF ENGLLAAANNNND!!

kissing

Bet I caught your eye with my title, hey? haha

This morning, over breakfast, charter announces, "Mom, Mollen said..."

At this, mom stops him and says, "Just cause mollen said I said it, that doesn't mean I did. Ok, what did mollen say I said?"

"She said you said she was allowed to get married, but not date."

Mom: "I never said that. I said I don't want her dating someone that's not marrying material. Like, if there is no way you would marry him, you shouldn't date him. What do you think are some reasons you shouldn't marry someone?"

Peyton: "Like if he was way to young?"

Mom: "Yes, or too old."

Peyton: "But it shouldn't matter how old they are, what if you have feeeeelings for them?"

Mom: "Well, if you're 11, and he's 30... He has problems and I'd rather you not go out with him."

Peyton: "good point..."

Mom: "Any other reasons you can think of?"

This is where Mollen pipes up, in her high pitched little voice, "IF HE'S NOT A GOOD KISSER??!!"




***FYI - This conversation was referring to the future. No persons mentioned are going to be allowed to date for years to come...
Especially mollen...***

Dessert for 17?

I can handle that!

First, you need a HUGE bowl... Ours is about a foot tall with a diameter of one and a half feet. It fit perfectly. If you A. are making dessert for less than 17. B. Making dessert for 17 people who are deciding to eat lightly or are on a diet (Actually, if thats the case... Don't make this... Make fruit salad) Or C. Have a giant glass bowl, it looks prettier in  glass bowl, use a glass bowl if you have one.

Next, you fill the bowl:

Layer 1: just over half of a 9 by 13 cake, cut into small cubes.

Layer 2: 1 package of instant chocolate pudding.

Layer 3: 1 package of  Oreo instant pudding.

Layer 4: 2 cups of whipped cream, slightly sweetened and 1 crushed skor bar.

Layer 5: The remainer of the cubed cake.

Layer 6: Another package of chocolate instant pudding.

Layer 7: Another package of Oreo instant pudding.

Layer 8: 1 cup of whipped cream, slightly sweetened.

Layer 9: 3 crushed skor bars sprinkled on the top.

I titled this "Dessert for 17" but it could also pass as, "Sloan's birthday cake". Or "Dessert for 100."

*Driving home from the park*

Mom: EVERYONE CAN HAVE A FREEZIE WHEN WE GET HOME!!!"

All members of the back seat at once, "OOOHH! You bought freezies?!"

Mom: No, but there is a box of them down stairs. Dad must have picked them up...

Me: Uhh, me and sloan bought those with her gift card.

Mom: Oh...

I gave one to Gage the other day...

SORRY GUYS, THOSE ARE THE GIRLS... YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE!

Why in the world would anyone decide its a good idea to blow their nose on someone elses towel?! ESPECIALLY when that person is using the towel at the moment of blowing?!

I have no idea. You'll have to ask Sloan.

So, while at the park as mentioned yesterday, there was a chinese church group also meeting there. We ate lunch, they had their own picnic... No one was bothered by anyone.

Until Mom broke out the oreo cookies.

There was this little boy playing near us (He belonged to the chinese church group) and as soon as the bag of cookies opened, he decided that we should be best friends.

At first he just walked around our blanket... Occasionally kicking our ball, inspecting Gage's tricicle.... Then he tuged at Mom's skirt and held up his hand for a cookie. Mom didn't know what to do. What if he was allergic to something in the oreos? What if his mom didn't want him eating cookies given to him by strangers? Obviously it was not a wise decision to give this child a cookie.

But he was so awfully cute. How could anyone say no?

So, instead of dealing with the issue, my mom pranced around the picnic blanket, keeping the box of oreos out of the reach of tiny hands.  She went around once, the little boy followed her. She ran around the other way, so did he, laughing and giggling at this fun game.
All this time, my mom is trying to communicate with this boy that if he asks his mom, she will give him a cookie. Its not working. (It was a chinese speaking church, and some members were not very fluent in english)

Finally, I look him right in the face and say slowly, "Go ask your mommy first. Then you can have one."

All of a sudden, a worried look comes into his eyes. He exclaims, "Mooooommmmyy!" And runs back to his family.

We decide maybe it would be best to dispose of the cookies quickly, before anyone else wants one.

 So I did.

The End

"Living in a big family is like living in a big canyon... It echos."

The other day we were driving to meet a friend at a park. I glance out the window and notice a red minivan next to us, "Oh, for a second I thought that was Fawne! I guess its not though, since there is a man driving!"

Not five minutes later, we hear from the back seat,

"HEY! I think I see FAWNE! Isn't that her car? The red one right beside us?!"

"No! Cai already said that! There is a man driving, so its for sure not Fawne!"

"Oh..."

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"HEY!!! THAT'S FAWNE RIGHT NEXT TO US!!! IS THAT RED VAN HER CAR??!!!"

Me and Gage were in my bed... I am reading and he is supposed to be sleeping. For some reason, he takes his pillow and hits me with it.

"Gage, lie down."

Whack.

"Stop it!"

Whack.

"You little fart face!"

"HUMPH!!! CAI-ROO!!!"

This is my favourite part...  the part where the truth comes out... Still in his angry voice,

"GRR! I STILL LIKE YOU A LITTLE BIT!!!"

CRAP! I'm in my underwear!

The other night, me and Sloan were babysitting. Upon arriving home, the lady we babysat for (who is one of my moms friends) came to the door to say 'hi' to my mom. When I walked in the door, my mom was upstairs putting Gagey to bed and my dad was in the living room talking on the phone.

**in his underwear**

I was like, "UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMM.... DAAD!! You don't have any clothes on!!!!!!"

He just looked up as if thinking, "What? You've never seen me naked before?" Then he noticed me and Sloan were not the only people at the door. (The other person, I think its safe to say, has never seen my Dad naked before)

"OOH! I'm in my underwears!!!" He said to whoever he was on the phone with. (At this point, I start laughing uncontrollably and wondering : A. What the person on the phone is thinking and B. whether or not my moms friend has the same view I have. (I think not))

My dad quickly ducked behind a wall, all the while keeping up his phone conversation.

Later that night, while I was still laughing, my dad says, "Well, if you think its so funny, why don't you just BLOG it?" (You know, cause I like blogging funny to me, embarrassing to other family members stories)

"Sorry, dad. I don't think I could describe the look of pure shock and horror on your face." (On the other hand, thanks for your permission.... I think I just might)

Dressing up: part 2 - pictures

Ok, so these are not the best pictures, but hoefully you can get an idea of what the dress looked like... These are the only two good pics of the dress I could find... (See, I took most of the pictures we have... So I'm not in alot)

 In case you were wondering, from left to right: Sloan, my cousin Baylie, me. (In my dress :)

 Me dancing with my cousin Gabi.

Like it?

Do You Mean Yes?

Ephraim gets his 'yes' and 'no's' mixed up... alot of the time, our conversation goes like this:

Ephraim: GLURGLUR! (Water)

Me: Do you want some water?

Ephraim: NO

Me: Do you mean yes?

Ephraim: Esh

Me: Ok, here is your water.

Ephraim: Daydoo (Thankyou)

Today was slightly different. The conversationg went like this:

Mom: Ok, everyone! Lets do our read aloud.

Ephraim: POOOOOO

Mom: Do you want your bum changed first?

Ephraim: ESH!

Mom: Sloan, can you go change his bum quickly before be read?

Sloan: Oh, Ephraim... Did you mean 'no?'

Ephraim: NO

Texting with Granny

Granny:  I an junketing around-the-clock Vancouver situation the parking group.

Uhhh... That was weird...

Me: Hi granny!

Granny: Hi! Whisky there? Haha I neanmoins whos there?

Me: Cairo... Mom doesn't text with this number anymore because she got an iphone.

Granny: i mean

Me: Your phone is being weird today, hey? haha

Granny: How?

Uh... Nothing...

Me: The spellcheck!

Granny: O... Mu spellcheck. Crazy. I an on a bus. in Vancouver

Me: Fun! Are you spending the night there?

Granny: What the? No... on the est home

Est?

Me: Oh... Where you just in Vancouver for the day?

Expecting an answer such as, "yes" or "no, we came over yesterday"

Granny: Ors Mike or gants go speal spanish. Yes. With the walking group.

Walking group? What happened to your parking group? Who's Mike?

Granny: Nice pics from the wedding... Running out of battery.

Maybe cause your spellcheck is working over time?

This has been: Texting with Granny

dressing up

I found this pretty dress...
I wanted to get a pretty dress to wear for my cousins wedding next week...
Only thing is, I'm not sure this is the perfect dress..
Its not really expensive, but since its so fancy, I don't know how often I'll wear it... (Other than my other cousins wedding in the fall...)
I hate making decisions...

I not cute

Me "Gage, you are so cute."
Gage "No I is not tute."
Me " Yes you ARE!"
Gage "NO I NOT! I handsome. Eph-nums is tute."

Ephraim's Favourite Things

Ephraim's favourite things are as follows:

Mommy
Sitting on Mommy's lap
Snuggling mommy
When Mommy holds him and no one else tries to take him away
Snacks
"Glurglur" (Water)
Playing outside
Wearing Daddy's shoes
Typing on the computer.

That's about it. Notice how I'm not on that list? He *likes* me, I just don't make the faves list.
Today, Ephraim had probably one of the best moments of his young life.
He sat on Mommy's lap, no one tried to take him away or bug him. (That in itself is cause for celebration!) But, he was not only sitting on mommy's lap undisturbed, he was sitting on Mommy's lap in the backyard with the wind blowing in his face... eating a snack and drinking a cup of 'glurglur'...
He looked pretty pleased sitting there, but I'm pretty sure I heard him say, "Pass the size 12s and laptop, please"

Dreams

Half a year I posted a dream. Today I'm posting another dream I had the other night. This one is weirder.

Ok, so in my dream I was hired by president Barak Obama to nanny his two daughters. (In my dream, the girls were younger than they are in real life... They were about 3 and 5. )
So, I was taking care of them in their fancy nursery in the White House, when Mr. Obama walks in. I don't remember what the girls were doing at that moment, but it upset the president. He took a wooden spoon (Where did he get the spoon? I don't know. It was a dream) and hit each of the girls on each of their cheeks. The girls burst into tears and ran to me (I was also almost in tears, horrified at what had just happened)
Mr. President was still pretty angry, and said to me, "When you are around they should behave. They get double punishment." He then took each girl from me and hit each of their cheeks with the wooden spoon again.
The President then stormed out of the room leaving me to care for the girls who were sobbing and clinging to me while their cheeks swelled up by the second. I treated the swelling with potato peels (??) and put the girls in their pajamas.
Then I woke up.

What in the world is that all about?! Why was I babysitting for President Obama? I don't know. It was a dream.

:D

Shoot... My internet just shut down and erased my whole post.

Never mind. It was boring anyway :)

Here's some pics instead:

Cheeseball...

Isn't he adowabow?
These are kind of old, but look how cute he is... And - They are new since last time I blogged :) teehee

I'm baaaaack

I know. I KNOW! Its been almost half a year since my last post.
Today - I am starting again.
I will blog.
Promise.
Deal?
Deal.

P.S. Ephraim is deliciously cute.