Awarded

What is currently hanging from your entry ceiling? Is it  coin purse?  Me too!

Quirky Pickings has given me the irresistibly sweet blog award. Aww. Shucks. Me? And all because of my dozen kids. That doesn't make me sweet. It makes me ornery. Forgive her.  She's not a parent yet.

Four sweet indulgences:

How about four funny kid things?

Micah, unsuccessfully trying to bounce Brad's globe (pictured above in its fractured state): "I was trying to bounce it, like a basketball." Nice try, Dude.

Benjamin, after discovering yet another decorative accessory unfamiliar to him on the shelf: "Where did you get this? Tchotchkes.com?" To which I guffawed, then he added: "If you look up 'awesome' in the dictionary, in parenthesis for origin, it says (Ben Denton)." Don't you love it when someone is really teaching your kids in school? Thanks, Ms. Martin. Best English teacher I know. Then he asked me if that comment was blog-worthy.  Uh, YEAH! (new accessory: He correctly identified it as a sharp!  Piano lessons pay off, folks!)

Lily. Let me preface this statement with a small family tradition: In the past few months, maybe six, we've started family dinner with each member telling their best and worst of the day. Hyrum's worst for the past week has been my broken arm. Sweet kid.
Anyway, for dinner last night, Lily told her best and worst. Don't remember. Then, she cleared her plate and went outside to swing on the rope swing. A few minutes later, she came in the house, barely able to breathe, because the swing had broken. She was really hurt, but luckily not broken. About three minutes later, she quipped, "I want to change my worst thing for today." I had to stifle my laughter as I nursed her back to health with some Advil and an ice pack.

Hyrum: "Are you really going to jump on the tramp with us? You never do that!" And there are two reasons for that--eight pregnancies and a 41-year-old bladder. But tonight I just said, "D*** the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" Plus, I was wearing leggings and a long shirt-dress. No one knew the difference!

Always something funny going on around here.  And if we're not enough to keep you entertained, check out Tucker's blog.  He thinks he's pretty funny.  Problem is--he is.

Thanks, Jen, for the award.  I'll try to be sweeter from now on.