Well, at least she was close...

Audrey: Mocha, do you know about your vines?

Mocha (my mom): Vines?

Audrey: Yes, Mocha. The vines in your body?

Mocha: What vines in your body?

Audrey: You know - the vines that carry your blood?

Mocha: Oh - you mean veins?

Audrey: Yeah, veins.

snow day

snow day
Originally uploaded by jen_lancaster

Oh my! I have been a rather naughty blogger. Nothing too exciting to report. Or maybe it's just me - feeling sort of blah. I'm thinking of revamping the morning routine for the kids next year. I'm trying to escape that hell known as breakfast-with-a-five-year-old-daughter. And the other hell known as trying-to-get-an-easily-distracted-seven-year-old-boy-dressed. About this time of year you should all avoid my house before school. Avoid it like the plague. If not, you're apt to see smoke coming out of my ears and my head spinning completely around, a la The Exorcist. (Well, I think that's the movie. I've never actually seen it. I did see the first Scream movie, and that confirmed my extreme loathing of the genre. But I digress...) Next year we will try getting up, brushing teeth, getting dressed, then eating. Because they can go to school hungry if it is their fault for goofing off or REFUSING TO EAT THEIR WAFFLE BECAUSE IT WAS CUT THE WRONG WAY!!!!!!!!! (yes, this happened last week), but they can't go to school in their jammies. Sorry - had to vent there. This year the routing is get up, eat, brush teeth, get dressed (while mom is screaming at you "THE BUS IS COMING AND YOU'RE STILL IN YOUR UNDERWEAR!?!?!?!?!?!?!?" Ahhh- I feel better now).

I've been taking a photo editing class online and I'm really enjoying it. I'm learning a lot, although I think I may be going a bit too far and tweaking the pics excessively. I'll have to post some and get opinions. The picture above is from the back fence after the snow/ice storm last week. It's a good thing I got this when I did - a few minutes later the kids noticed the icicles and said "Lunch!" You see, they LOOOOVE to eat snow and ice. I figure why fight it, especially if it doesn't come from directly on the ground, the car, or the garbage dumpster. Last year we also got the "yellow snow" lesson when the neighbor's dog came out, so I feel fairly confident they'll avoid that. Next week I'm starting a 4-week basic digital photography course at City Arts. Maybe this summer I can take the advanced one. I also ordered a zoom lens for my birthday. I can't wait for it to get here. Every day I check the mailbox with baited breath. (Stupid ebay merchants who don't email you and let you know when they shipped it!!) That will be great fun, especially for soccer games.

Hmmm...that's all I want to say today. I need to do the next lesson in my photo editing class before going shopping with my sister for clothes for the kids' pictures. Three kids, one toddler, and two infants in one picture. Yeah. That will be an adventure. I think it's a really good thing that I don't drink. Otherwise, I'd have a problem.