Daughter's Day

We set out on our trek to find the perfect Mother's day gift for mom. Like a good hubby, I have already bought her gift weeks ago. We need the penultimate 4 year old to Mom gift. What do we get?
Nicole suggests a candle.
Good choice.
We have to smell every candle in three different stores.
My nose may never work again for days. I have been assaulted with cinnamon buns, sour apples, strawberries, and all manner of olfactory annoyances. We settle on a cherry jelly bean smell and some other vanilla mix concoction. By this time my nose had put out picket signs and went on strike. I am glad I have a unionized nose, my contract allowed for only 100 total sniffs.
I said, "Do you like you Mother's day gift for Mommy?"
"Sure." Then she adds, "When is daughter's day?"
The kid sure knows how to work the crowd.

I love my little Italian

My little girl definitely has Italian blood. She talks in the most animated ways while telling a story.
She waves her hands.
She gestures.
She's Italian.
She's beautiful and sweet.
She comes by it honestly.

Back to Work.....in Several Ways

Mickey Mouse has issues.

The little one has a collection of Mickey Mouses (Mickey Mice) of all different sizes. She likes the life size Mickey the best, well it is her life size.

She holds him and pretends like they are dancing. She even refers to him as 'my king.'

Well good luck with that. If he hasn't committed to Minnie in 80 years, I am not sure he is ever going to be anybody's king. We are talking about a mouse with serious commitment issues. Of course, his best friends are a duck with equal commitment issues and a very tall, dorky dog with a speech impediment.

Mickey is perpetually twelve years old. He needs to grow up eventually and join the real world. But then again, he is filthy rich! Maybe if you are that rich, you don't have to grow up.

I'd still live in a clubhouse, if I was stinking rich.

He can do it!

My in-laws are staying with us this week. I get along great with them so it is not that much of a hardship. My pa-in-law also likes to fix things....added bonus.

A cabinet didn't close perfectly. Grandmom said "Maybe Grandpop can tighten that screw."

Nicole (3) says "We'll get Grandpop to screw it up."

Out of the mouth of babes.......

A Danish friend of my family says only children and drunks are completely honest.

I AM SOMEBODY!

Man, I feel important.

Since Sunday, I have been called by Hillary twice, Barack once, Bill C. once and Chelsea C. once.

I realize that now all political people are stuck up. They wouldn't even answer my questions. I tried to be nice to them, but they wouldn't listen.

Makeovers....

The little one looks at me yesterday while holding one of her dolls and says "she needs a makeover."

Right then it hits me how our television watching has changed. TLC, HGTV, A&E, Discovery, and the Food Network are our only safe havens. Gone is any semblance of violence or sex.....Darn. Maybe, we ought to shoot the tv all together, we only watch it from 8-10 at night on most days anyway. Of course, I tell my wife we watch The View everyday.

I am interested in one thing about the doll makeover --- What will she do with the molded plastic hair?