Girls Night!

I just wanted to post really quick, and say "Thank You" to my dear friends for the fun Girl's Night Out tonight. It was so fun to get together and have a night out, talking and laughing so much that the employees at Rumbi were surely laughing at us!!!!
However, we missed you Linda- you have to make it next time!

And, in almost-typical Dani fashion, I have no pictures of our fun night- but not because I forgot the camera, as I usually do. Nope, this time I remembered my camera, I even got it out of my purse and everything, I just flat-out forgot to take any pictures!
That's what happens when I am having so much fun talking and laughing with my friends!

Football Brings Out The ____ In People...

Today, as we were watching the football game, it occurred to me that football can bring out the best and worst in people.
Let me explain.


Colby has always been a New Orleans Saints fan. For baseball, it's the Red Sox, for football, it's the Saints. Today, the Saints are playing against the Minnesota Vikings. Obviously, we want the Saints to win, not only because they are the household favorite team, but also because we DETEST Brett Favre. Since it is Sunday, and I should probably be truthful and honest, we would be not-very-sad if Brett Favre sustained some form of injury in this game. We'd like the Saints to win, and not only that, but we'd like to make the Vikings suffer a terrible and humiliating and ego-crushing loss.


It didn't turn out quite that way. At the time of this post, the Saints were tied, but awaiting the outcome of a challenged play, that, if goes in our favor, would put the Saints on top.

But, just a few minutes ago, something happened, and it appeared that Brett Favre was hurt. Now, Barrett and Colby have been yelling and shouting "Come on Saints!" and "GO GO GO GO GO!!" at the top of their lungs the whole game. So, when we saw that Favre was probably hurt, we were all not-so-secretly rejoicing!!

Except for Savannah.

The dreaded killjoy that she is, in all her amazing sweetness and niceness and goodness, said something like "Oh, how sad, he's hurt bad!" To which we replied something like, "Who cares? It's not only a Viking, but it's Brett Favre. Yay, injuries!"
Then Savannah said, in all seriousness and sincerity, "It doesn't matter which teams they're on, we should be worried and care about everyone the same."

Obviously, Savannah does not understand football at all!!

But, she does understand genuine kindness.
How on earth did she ever come from me?

Mom's Book Report

So I love to read. I don't really get to read as much as I used to, or would like to. But I have been reading a lot more often the

past few months.

Just a small piece of advice, though....DO NOT try reading when you are trying to stay awake on a graveyard shift!! Not very effective. It is quite effective at making you feel very, very sleepy very, very quickly, however.

Anyway, I have been reading more these past months, and I'm not sure if it's because of Savannah's age, or the fact that she likes to read, or what, but I have been reminded of all the wonderful books I read when I was her age. So, I thought I would give you a small book report on my reading lately! Aren't you excited? Well, you should be!

These are the "Spiderwick Chronicles" books. They were only published in the last few years, but I read them because Savannah received them as a Christmas gift in 2008, and since she did not read them, I thought I would. They were fun. Savannah has since read the first two books, and even did a book report on the first book for school this year. Nice!

These are the "Anne of Green Gables" book series. This is actually the exact same set I had as a kid! I have to admit, though, I only read the first three books in the series, and they were not my favorites. I have only seen a few episodes of the TV series that was produced when I was a kid, and I wasn't a huge fan of them either. Apparently, I am just about the only girl who has read these books, and not really fallen in love with them. Oh, well.

These are the "Little House on the Prairie" books. These are the same exact books I had as a kid, and that I still have!!!! I LOVED these books. I bet I have read these about 15 times each, and I love them just as much every time I read them. I have tried to get Savannah to read them, and she just doesn't seem very interested in them at all. You know what? It almost hurt my feelings!! Isn't that weird? I totally adore these books, and I almost take it personally that she doesn't like them, not yet anyway. So, since she won't read them, I am currently reading them again. I am on the fourth book right now. It has been at least 15 years since I read them last, so this has been so fun!!! And yes, I realize it's just a wee bit lame-o that I am so wounded over my daughter not liking the same books I do, but....

I'm working on it!!
:o)

These are the "Chronicles of Narnia" books. I loved them and read them all as a kid. I actually re-read the whole series about a year ago, and I was surprised at how much I still loved them. I think I had an entirely different perspective reading them as an adult, compared to reading them at the age of eight. Savannah won't read these either. She just likes to watch the films. Grrrrr!!

These are the "Wrinkle in Time" books. I know I read all of them in third grade, and so I bought them for Savannah for her birthday last year thinking she would love them too. Any guesses on how sharp and accurate I was?!?!?! Yep, you were probably right- she has zero interest in them! So, I read them all again. Kind of funny, I remembered the first book pretty well, but the second and third books did not seem familiar to me at all. I liked them all though.

"Island of the Blue Dolphins." I know I read this one a few times and loved it. Savannah just barely got this for Christmas, so we'll see how long until I realize that she has no interest in it either, and then I will read it again!!


I have had a lot of fun reading these "children's" books, and maybe I will start reading "big people" books again someday,
but I don't think it will be any time soon. First I need to finish the "Little House" books,
and then I think I am going to re-read "Sherlock Holmes" again!


And then, I am going to try and pound it into my head that Savannah does not have the same taste in books as I do!

Ha! Good luck with that one..........I know........

Happy New Year!!

For New Year's Eve this year, we decided to let the kids stay up as late as they wanted to, and if they pooped out before 2010, so be it. And honestly, for our kids, staying up until 9:30 is staying up REALLY LATE, so it was an ambitious goal for them!!

We decided to eat dinner, and then watch a movie and let the rest of the night unfold. The movie we watched:

"George of the Jungle" with Brendan Fraser.

It was so funny! Yes, we realize the movie was produced in 1997, and therefore not new at all, but we had never seen it, so it was new to us!

The kids LOVED it! They were giggling like hysterical maniacs throughout the whole film! And afterward, they were jumping off the chairs and couches- hands outstretched as though holding a vine- and yelling like Tarzan.....or George, in this case!

It was so funny, and Colby and I were laughing like maniacs watching them!

So, Happy New Year!!

We hope that your 2010 is a good one, worthy of jungle-swinging, Tarzan-yelling laughter!