Yes, indeed, everyone. I’m proud to say that RegularSis has sent me not only a picture of her feet, but also of her GIANT FROG stuffed animal. Pretty soon, she’ll be a bad ass BLOGGIN’ homeschoolin’ mama like the rest of us. (Katherine, you should grab this picture for your feet project.)
She’s had that giant stuffed frog in my niece’s room for well over a year now. It was there all through my illustrious and most coveted Thinking About Giant Frog Heads award program last April. And she never said a word.
And then, we were up at her place having a visit in early May, right after my illustrious contest had ended, and my 6-year-old came theatrically staggering through the room where we were talking, holding on to this stuffed GIANT FROG pretending it was attacking her, and I looked at RegularSis as if to say: You gotta be kidding me! You had this thing here the whole time and you never entered my contest???
Of course, I couldn’t say any of it out loud because our mother was there, and she doesn’t know about this blog, and we’re trying to keep it that way because it makes the world nicer and sunnier for us if she doesn’t know about it, so I couldn’t say it out loud. But RegularSis knew exactly what I was thinking and so did RegularBIL and we all started laughing so hard that our mother began to suspect that something was up. Which really suits us just fine. We like to leave her hanging like that as much as possible. It almost makes up for all the shit she put us through when we were kids. Almost.
Well, it’s raining all day here, so it’s a good day for a library trip. Our books are overdue again. I run up an overdue-book bill about twice a year. It drives RegularDad crazy and I don’t blame him one bit, but that’s life when you’re homeschooling with a 4-year-old in tow.
Oh, I was sooooo gonna steal that! Rain? Total jealousy here. Love, K
I love how you captured the moment of our silent communication in front of Mom; RegularBIL and I were LOL when we read that. (Precious blog-crystallized memories that I will cherish when I am old, wearing purple, and trying to remember what color hat I’m supposed to be wearing with purple.)
Ok, back to the crazy frog feet photo: don’t you love my flip flop tan lines?
I’m pleased, as is RegularBIL, that our GIANT FROG has come in handy. I bought that for our first child at a charity auction and paid far far FAR too much for it, (easily rationalized that it WAS for a good cause) because I thought our infant daughter would love it. I lugged that thing around this gala event whilst wearing a gown and then home, ignored hard stares from my husband (which may have been imagined since he spoils me rotten) and plonked it in my infant daughter’s room in easy view of her crib. That night, we were alarmed by piercing shrieks a short time after we had tucked her in for the night. When we entered her room, she was sobbing and pointed at the GIANT FROG. Abashedly, I removed the offending frog from her bedroom.
Of course, over the course of several weeks, it became one of her favorite possessions and now it sleeps in her bed with her. (RegularNieces love it too.)
I can only hope that it will crown today’s honorable mention in the prestigious “Like I Have Time For This” blog by helping me win the coveted “Thinking of Giant Frog Heads” award in April.
Planning is underway.
; >
Don’tcha hate it when the kids are terrified of the One Thing You Bought Just For Them Because You Thought It Was SO CUTE?
I’m gonna have to update the Official Rules for my award in April. Who says you have to blog to win a blog award?
And Katherine, sending a rain dance your way tonight. The rain has stopped here, but the breeze is cool enough for long pants and sweatshirts. A nice break from all that heat.
I like your spunk and your blog! Saving ya to favs.
I personally LOVE frogs!! I collect outdoor frogs. Notice the word “outdoor”. I don’t have to dust the frogs outdoor! Frog jewelry is great though.
Hi yestheyareallmine,
I do love frogs too. I’m liking them more and more as they become an unexpected essential part of my blog. But I’m also quite partial to turtles. Especially those turtles on the high speed internet commercials. My kids are always hollering at me to come see the turtles when they see one in a book or on TV. I suspect that a live turtle as a pet may be in our future.
Welcome to my blog!
Oooh, I love those turtles too! They are hilarious. Hubby rescued a turtle on the way home and brought him up to the house. We put him in a large open “cage”. We kept him for a few weeks and learned all about him. Fun and educational for the kids (and me too). We let him go this week. Hubby and I are talking about building a terrarium and getting some frogs to go in it. Wouldn’t that be cool?!