Which of my blog readers knows Dave's mind the best?????

Dave informed me this morning that he bought me something on eBay. Which of you wonderful people will be the first to correctly guess what said item might possibly be? **Lady Leslie is forbidden to play this game because she already knows the answer. Wendi is forbidden to ask Facebook Bill because he also knows the answer.**

Too Trampy????? Yay or Nay?

The story goes like this: Dave and I went shopping last Friday because I needed to get a dress to wear to his cousin's wedding. He saw this dress and wanted me to try it on - even though it's blue - so not my color! After I put it on though, I thought it was cute, but too trampy for a wedding. What say all of you? (Try to overlook the tags at my armpit :)

A. Too trampy, period. You need a scarlet letter.

B. Cute, but not for a wedding.

This morning I took Coco to Pet Smart for her second grooming appointment. She was shaking like a leaf when we went inside (not that I blame her, the other dogs were all bigger than she is - for example, a huge German shepherd and a humongous sheepdog!!!) Anyway, after I dropped her off, I shopped for treats for her Easter basket (yes, I got my dog an Easter basket, deal with it :) Dave had already bought her the blue hippo weeks ago and we picked up the mini tennis balls on a past trip to Wal-Mart, so all she needed was something edible. Mmmmm, there's nothing like beef and carrot flavored treats and Jumbone minis!

When we were at World of Values shopping for Coco's Easter basket, I scored this suh-weet deal on the next two Lord of the Rings books for Ryan - only $3.99 each!!!! I could get ONE new on Amazon for $8.76 - so, I spent less for two than one would have cost (did you catch that???? It's late, sorry.)

And, in honor of spring, I picked out two new nail polish colors today - Dave picked out three, but they're for me, not him :) We have fun colors named: Iced Merlot, Hot Tamale, Wild Thing, Jamaica Me Crazy, and Flirt Alert!

*****Yes, I realize that this was a highly uninformative, non-cohesive post.*****

The "Must Have" Desk Accessory of the Season

She's so high-maintenance; she always has to be with "her people." She started out on Dave's lap, but he needed both hands to draw a model. He plopped her up on the desk and she slept there for about 40 minutes until he got up and went into the other room........... she, of course, followed.

4 years ago..............

Check out how absolutely tiny the boys were! Ryan has chubby little cheeks!

Dwarf Planets

Nothing warms a homeschooling mother's heart so much as when her child, who she has spent countless hours instructing, understands and remembers the information taught and brings it up in casual conversation stating the facts correctly. Ryan commented that a certain individual who we know has a backside that could possibly be classified as a dwarf planet. Then he began to list the criteria and his explanations: 1) A dwarf planet must be in orbit around the sun - said individual is on earth, which orbits the sun - CHECK! 2) A dwarf planet must be nearly round in shape - no explanation needed - CHECK! 3) A dwarf planet has not "cleared the neighborhood" around its orbit - we are all still around and have not been "sucked into" or "flung out of" the area surrounding the person, so, no clearing of neighborhood - CHECK! 4) A dwarf planet is not a satellite. Now, don't get me wrong, I was impressed with his recall of the information and attention to detail - and he argued his points well; however, he WAS comparing someone's bum to a dwarf planet - I'm not so sure I'm overly proud of that................ but I did laugh :)

Where Mid-Terms Were Completed Satisfactorily and Rank Was Achieved

Everyone did a fantastic job on Wednesday evening! Forms were sharp, sparring was enthusiastic, and boards snapped with the sheer force applied by elbows, hands, and feet! Here's Cam during his first run-through of the form - you know, the one prior to "Yes Sir" asking, as always, to do the form again:

Check out that beautiful backstance!

I think Dave was feeling a little woozy when he took this picture - or, maybe he was just switching his bum position on those oh-so-comfy chairs:

Ry's lookin' a little intense, wouldn't you say? Another nice backstance - and weird, crazy toes! Holy cow, I could park my car in the space between his toes!

Camron made quite sure that his board would break this time. He picked two awesome holders :) and he gave an amazingly loud yell.

And here's where testing got interesting..... Kim and I were pretty much sitting in each other's laps to hold this board for Kyla. As expected, Paparazzi Dave was taking advantage of our rather risque positioning and snapped some pictures.

Here we have Ryan and Andy singing the ATA Anthem after receiving their rank stripes.

My handsome black-recommended boy with his new belt: