Dry Clean Only

I did something stupid. I left my cell phone in the back pocket of my jeans. And then I washed my jeans. And my phone.

I found the phone in pieces in the dryer. I gave a little, muffled, strangled sort of squeak and then showed Geary. It is completely ruined. I feel like such a moron!

When I went to the Verizon store today they informed that one of my only options is to purchase a new phone. So I looked around. The cheapest phone is $150. We have $113 that is supposed to last us until the 20th. So I asked, "Uh...what's my other option?"

They said they could reactivate any other cell phone I might already have as long as it has a digital receiver. "We don't do analog anymore."

So...did anyone get a new phone recently? Do you have an old digital cell phone you would just love to let me have/borrow/buy from you? I promise to only wash it in the delicate cycle...=(

Conga

Yesterday we were having family game time with Cranium Conga. The main part of the game is writing down your secret answer and all the other players have to guess what you wrote. Noah kept cracking us up with this. Every time it was his turn we reminded him to not tell us what he wrote; to just wait until we guessed it correctly. We also told him he could draw a picture of the word if he didn't know how to spell it.

Category--Halloween Things
Noah: Okay, go!
Geary: Candy!
Jeana: Witch!
Geary: Broom!
Jeana: Pumpkin!
Noah: Yes! Pumpkin!
(Jeana opens the secret answer box and sees a picture that is very much not a pumpkin.)
Noah: Oh. It was "ghost." I forgot.

Category--If your mother was an animal what would she be?
Jeana: Hippo!
Geary: Bird!
Noah: It starts with a P!
Jeana: Penguin!
Geary: Panther!
Jeana: Pig!
Noah: Yes!
(Geary opens the secret box to see "PIG" neatly spelled out.)
Geary: There are worse things...
Jeana (chuckling): Yeah, why did you choose pig?
Noah: Because that's what I could spell!

Category--Things Cowboys Use
Noah: Hmm...How do you spell "horse?"

First Birthday Party

Tobin had a joint birthday party with his cousins, Analia (6) and Karissa (3). It was super fun to play outside with the kids at the farm. I made special cakes for each of the birthday kids and then it was gift-o-rama time. Tobin came home with some great new clothes and toys--thank you to all the generous gift givers! Thank you Lila and Eldred for hosting us at your house. And thank you to everyone who celebrated with us. We had a great time!

I made a monkey cake for my little Monkey Baby.

Feels squishy

First taste of cake

Mmm....sugar coma

Karissa's cake was a tutu (or "bawaweena dress" as she calls it)

Analia got a purse cake--she's a total fashionista!