Rainbow Cake

I baked the wutz's birthday cake today. It was an exhausting process, but I am very pleased with the result.

Here are a few pictures of the batter before I baked it:

I'll post the results tomorrow. I'm exhausted.

A little bit on the trashy side...

Sometime this weekend half of a Bounce dryer sheet migrated into our shower. I'd be willing to wager that it hitched a ride on the back of one of the towels that gets unceremoniously slung over the shower door. No matter how it found its way into the floor of the shower, it has been there for nearly a week.

One might think that I, being the dutiful wifey that I am, would have picked it up by now. However, if you think that, you obviously do not know me well. Oh no, I have spent my hour-long showers each night pretending not to see this little vermin looking thing that was sopping wet by the time the hour was up and the water had grown cold.

I have surreptitiously avoided the thing in hopes that dear ole DH would finally cave and slog the nasty thing to the trash can. A girl can dream, right? Not surprisingly, though, that has not happened.

Fast forward to yesterday evening when the wutz and I showered together...

He looked down and his eagle eyes zeroed in on the abandoned Bounce sheet. Immediately, he swooped down upon it, gripping his prey in his little talon and holding it up like he'd found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

"What's that?" he asked in his inquisitive little voice.

"Trash." I replied.

"Oh." he said as the little cogs in his brain began to work. Then he nodded sagely.

"White trash." he declared.





Yes, little grasshopper, you may never know just how right you are.









Seriously.

BedHead

A New You?!?

This past year was, obviously, the first year that the wutz began to grasp the concept of Christmas. He still doesn't quite get the true meaning of the season, but he's got the whole Santa thing nailed.

In fact, I believe it made a pretty big impression, since we are half way through January and he's still talking about it.

He was playing with a toy train that he got for Christmas and as he was pushing it around he said, "MERRY CHRISTMAS! And a Happy New You!"

I know we've all high hopes for the new year, but he's wishing me a new you?!?

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Christmas Morning!

I ask for so little...

Today was the annual Santa Fly In. Santa, as always, arrived in style.


(That's my sister in black, btw.)


Once Santa and Mrs. Claus settled in, Mrs. Claus read a book to the children. After the book the kids got to sit on Santa's lap and tell them what they wanted. The wutz loved it. He told Santa he had been a very good boy.


Then when Santa asked the wutz what he wanted, he proceeded to point to the object of his desire:







What was it that my dear child wanted, you ask? Here, let me show you:

Best Friend

Today the wutz nestled in beside me on the couch and gave me a squeeze. Then he told me I was his best friend.

Merry Christmas to me! I think that was the best gift ever.

First Sentence

The wutz spoke his first sentence today! He's been talking in three word sentences more recently, but today, for the first time, he said:

Colter, good day at Gramma's house!


I think it may make Granny a little jealous, but I'm excited he made a sentence! Yay Colter!

Decorating the Tree!

Helping put the lights on the tree:




First Ornament of 2008:






Bits of the tree:

Belated Halloween Pictures

Disney World!

Mom and Wutz at Animal Kingdom

Animal Kingdom

Epcot