The Road Less Traveled

• Mar. 10, 2008 - My Oldest Baby's Ramblings

My 6 yo has figured out the real reason for the invention of the drawbridge. While playing with two long pieces of cardboard, he called for my attention. Once he had it, he said, "Look, this will be a drawbridge." He proceeded to lift the pieces up accordingly and make a buzzing sound to simulate the noise of the motor. When I asked him why he was doing that, he replied, "So the cars can jump! Yeah, that's why there are bridges!" How silly of me to forget that! Have I ever mentioned that he also believes that the only reason on earth to drive is to race? This is what I get for letting him watch the movie, "Cars". Often, when we are behind someone, he shouts from the back seat, "Pass him! We're gonna lose! We have to get in first place and win! We can go right over that snow bank over there. Then we'll be in first!" He will not, by the way, be receiving his driver's license until he is old enough to collect social security...

His communication skills are coming along nicely. While giving an impromptu verbal theological dissertation, he said to me, "God doesn't like it when we are mean. He is happy when we share. That's why I'm sharing my game pieces! You have a booger in your nose." His thoughts stay in one place so well! He also has his own vocabulary. My 3 yo had some trouble deciding what adjective to use to describe his game piece. His brother piped up, "Is it smallbig? Because if it's smallbig, it's medium." Perhaps I will have my budding linguist author a dictionary!

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• Feb. 13, 2008 - My House Is Buried In Snow!

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Just kidding. I am, however, considering opening my place up as a ski resort...

Here is the front of my house. Somewhere under the snow is a porch:

This is the side entrance:

Another view of the side of the house:

This is the boys' swing set. My 6 yo is thrilled- he can finally reach the top! At least, a couple of days ago he could. Now, he could probably climb right over it!

This is my garage.

Here are the boys playing on the mountain by the garage (taken a few days ago):

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• Feb. 5, 2008 - Award and contest

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Learningatourhouse has been kind enough to pass along this award to me:

I am now to award ten others. They are:

ejoyce,ink
maggieraye
LizBeth
KayinMaine
MaineMommyDeb
kelliann
4sweetums
jkestes
lahbluebonnet
MayTheyBeMightyMen

Also, The Dabbling Mum is holding a drawing for a free swaddling blanket! Please visit the site for details.

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• Jan. 28, 2008 - Scattergories

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I've been tagged by kelliann and MayTheyBeMightyMen. Here it goes:

The game is called scattergories. Use the first letter of your name and find words with that letter. The number of letters in your name determines how many people you can tag.

What is your name?: Deanna
4 letter word: door
Vehicle: DeLorian
City: Deerfield
Boy's name: Don
Girl's name: Desiree
Movie: Dead Poets Society
Occupation: doctor
Something you wear: dress
Celebrity: Desi Arnez
Food: dill pickles
Something found in a kitchen: drawer
Something found in a bathroom: diaper pail
Reason for being late: didn't leave on time
Cartoon character: Daffy Duck
Something you shout: Down!
Animal: deer
Body part: duodenum
Word to describe you: deranged (so I'm told!)

Here are the people I am tagging:

Only if you want to play!

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• Dec. 19, 2007 - Silly afternoon

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The kids spent part of this afternoon making Christmas wrapping paper. I thought that it would be good to get some nice photos of them, as they were both working hard and behaving well. At the same time! As soon as I brought out the camera, though, they went into silly mode. In keeping with the spirit of this particular photography session, I have chosen to play with my photo software. It's good for giving people blue spots on their tongues, among other things!

Black and white cartoon:

Fish eye:

Sepia fish eye:

Black and white:

Black and white fish eye:

Sepia:

Color cartoon:

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• Nov. 12, 2007 - I'm it!

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I've been tagged for the first time in my blogging life by Maggieraye. I have to write (only?) seven weird things about myself. Well, I have to come up with seven weird things about myself that I am willing to share. That narrows it down quite a bit!

The rules are as follows:

Link to the person that tagged you, and post the rules on your blog.

Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself.

Tag 7 random people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs.

Let each person know that they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

OK, here it goes.

1. I eat sandwiches and fries with a fork, but pizza with my hands.

2. I must have obnoxious amounts of cream and sugar in my coffee, no matter what kind of coffee I
     happen to be drinking.

3. I can't stand to see any article of clothing, towel, wash cloth, etc. used more than once without being
     washed.

4. I sometimes use hand sanitizer right after washing my hands, just in case I didn't quite clean them
     well enough.

5. I am more of a picky eater than my own children are!

6. Crunchy vegetables gross me out, but crunchy fruits are fine.

7. I love to study bugs with my kids, but I jump ten feet up if one crawls/lands on me.

Here are the people I am tagging:

4sweetums
eyeholler
ckbagby
jes
lahbluebonnet
ejoyce,ink
kellieann

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