Living The Highlife

That's what we do when Michelle leaves us for the weekend - live the highlife by eating those great foods that Michelle would absolutely hate. On Saturday, with Michelle in Valencia, we tried this dish I saw featured on Man vs. Food (a show the kids are addicted to btw; better than Wizards of Whatever Losers!!). And it was GOOD. Take a good quality all beef hot dog, split it down the middle with the casing in tact on the back side; grill both sides in butter; add Swiss cheese while grilling to get nice and melty; grill the hot dog bun in butter (like grilled cheese sandwich); spread strawberry jam on the bun, and enjoy. Sounds weird, but the salty with sweet is really good. Even Malia ate and loved it, and she's our pickiest eater. Give it a try, if you like good "man food" as Michelle calls it. Then on Sunday for lunch we had hot links heaped with deliciously caramelized onions. Yummy (though I'm a little hot dog'd out for a few a while).

Kids these days...

Carter: (after watching a commercial for Toddlers and Tiaras) What is that?
Bella: That's the show where the moms rip the kids' eyebrows off...

Huh? Then I thought about it...it is somewhat true. The moms do wax the girls' eyebrows...but that's all she thinks of when she sees that?

......

Malia (talking to me): Mom, remember when I first stopped sucking my thumb at Jennifer Davy's? Wait no, before that, when I did a really good job...wait no, before than, remember when...Wait, let's start at the top.

(Seriously? Start at the top? You are 6!)

Normal...at least in our family.

An exchange between Malia and Carter:

Carter: Malia, can I have one of your candies?
Malia: Check your blood sugar first.

Yes, Malia, the 6-year-old even knows that Carter can't eat w/o checking his sugar...Can't get anything past that girl...

Memorial Weekend

We had such a great time in Cali for Memorial weekend. Thank you to everyone who made the trip so we could visit with you. We miss having family nearby : ( Just thought I'd share some highlights from our trip...

Slim enjoying a chocolate shake from In-N-Out before we hit the bounce house
Totally spontaneous hand holding from the usually feuding cousins. It was so cute! We were walking around Bridgeport after enjoying some Red Mango and Adelle just reached out her hand and Charlie grabbed it. The view from the back was even cuter just seeing those two little hands meet.
On Memorial day, we went to the park to hang out & play some ultimate frisbee. The younger kids loved the bubbles that nana got for them. And Aunt Michelle was so nice to keep blowing bubbles for them. (Check out Nates Bed Head... and what Charlie is holding in her squishy little hand... diet coke!)
Aunt Michelle sharing her diet coke with Captain Squishy... aka Charlie.
And you can't take a trip to Nana and Papa's house without squeezing in a trip to Tiny's!
This is the real reason I came to cali... Rebecca's baby shower for her sweet Lilah who has been waiting nearly 8 long years to come to this earth. Can't wait til she arrives! Michelle and Katie were too cool for their hideous straw hats.