Shorty Shorts

Went shopping with Sam today to pick out some spring/summer clothes.  She asks me, "Mom, can I get some shorty shorts?"  I ask her, "Well, what are shorty shorts?; you'll have to show me."  She does and I'm thinking I'm not too sure about the looks of these.  I tell her we'll try them on and see.

1.  She tries them on.

2.  I say that I think these are too short for my taste

3.  She asks "why?"

4.  I say they're a little too "fresh".

5.  "What does "fresh" mean?, she asks.

6.  I say they're a little too revealing.

7.  "What does "revealing" mean?"

8.  I say they show too much skin and they're not appropriate for her age.

9.  "What makes clothing appropriate?", she asks.
10.  "Not showing too much skin", I say.
11.  "Ok", she replies.  "I don't get it but if it makes you happy, that's fine."

Whew!  Ignorance is bliss.  It's only gonna get harder from here . . .

Sheryl

Sam's Plan for the Future

While snuggled up in our bed last night, watching TV, Sam decided she would grab her note pad and make a "Plan for the Future." 

She shared it with us when she was finished (I am copying this verbatim):

1.  Finish college

Hmmm, do you think Matt can build this?

2.  Get married

3.  Adopt from China

4.  Go on a family trip with kids

5.  Get a real house (not an apartment)

6.  Become a princess

TRAPPING TIME

Hello family and friends!  Sammy here.  today i made  a leprecaun trap.  I put a sighn in front of the trap.  We made a hat and decorated it.  My dad made some cuts on the top so when  

he walks on top he will fall in.  If he dosnt i will be mad!  The ladder is made out of sticks from the back yard.

                                                   "   HAPPY ST. PATRICKS

                                                                  DAY!"

Straight A's

As we begin to near the end of the school year, I had this recent thought . . .

Is it wrong to encourage your daughter to get straight A's just so that you can take her report card into Krispy Kreme for free donuts?

Don't answer that question . . .

Sheryl

Miss Piggy

Typewritten and posted by Sammy . . .

Today my friend Zac called me miss Piggy.  Well here is how it happend.  I was walking in to the classroom and zac came over and said "are you miss Piggy or somthing?"  I didnt know what to say! At writing i was in a group and i told mrs. munoz what zac had said.  Mrs.munoz said what!!!!!  Zac said "well she is a diva and she loves pink and she is sparkly what cant you see!'  Zac was talking about it all day and telling his best friends!  Well thats all for today!
                                     " PEACE"

Boys, Baseball and Beers

Jay and Matt arrive in Phoenix for three days of beer and baseball.  They pick up their rental car which happens to be a Kia Soul (anybody know the commercial where the hamsters are driving this car?  It's one of Sammy's favorites).  I ask Sammy, "Do you think Daddy and Jay look like hamsters driving around town?"  She replies, "Well, they are a little chubby, and a little furry and also cuddly, so . . . yes!

And, so begins their big weekend.  I think the photo and this poem (found on a t-shirt of one of the patrons at the local beer festival that weekend) pretty much sums up the theme of their trip:

Our Lager

Which art in barrels

Hallowed by thy drink

They will be drunk

I will be drunk

At home as in thy tavern

Give us this day our foamy head

And forgive us our spillages

As we forgive those who spill against us

And lead us not to incarceration

But deliver us from hangovers

For thine is the beer, the bitter and the lager

For ever and ever

    

 - Barmen

Sammy's Chinese Dragon

Sammy started her 5th month of art class at Monart.  This is her latest creation.

Samantha's Family Quote

Sammy refers to us as "The Sticky Family" because we stick together.  She wrote this quote several months ago and it has been hanging on the wall in our bedroom ever since.  Don't think I could have come up with a better one myself!

Sheryl

My Favorite Sammy Poem to Date

Sheryl

Sammy's Career Path

From time to time, Sammy anounces possibilities for her future career.  They have included such dreams as singer/songwriter, teacher, and author.

The other night we were driving around town and Sammy asked, "Do the trash guys make very much money?"  Miss Christine (a friend of ours) says they probably do because it's a job most people don't like to do."  I replied, "Well, I guess that's a possibility.  It's true that most people probably don't prefer that kind of work and maybe they need to pay people well to do it."

To which Sammy said, . . . "I think I'll be a trash picker-upper."

Looks like Matt and I can move the college fund over into our travel account - woo hoo!

Sheryl

Flannel Capris

I have a favorite pair of comfy flanel pants that I wear around the house.  I inherited them from my husband who passed them on to me after they shrunk in the wash.  They were a fashion statement at the get go- blue and orange bronco pants - but they became even more so as they continued to shrink.  I now refer to them as my "flanel capris."

I caught myself in the mirror the other day - REALLY not attractive (surprise) - but what was really shocking was the fact that I simply shrugged my shoulders and neatly placed them back in the drawer to be worn again.

Later, I felt a little guilty and thought about apologizing to my dear hubby for "letting myself go." but then I saw him walk by in his own flannel pants - arguably capri length . . . .

                                     And I forgave myself :)

Sheryl