Doughnut fun...

A few weeks ago we made doughnuts for our FHE treat. The kids had a blast watching them fry in the fat and they were really good at rolling them in the powdered sugar. Ah nothing like some clogged arteries for a good family activity!

Early Morning Ranks

I've done it. I've joined the ranks of moms who get up at the crack of dawn just so they can do things ALONE. Isn't it amazing?

This morning my alarm went off a little after 5 so I could hop out of bed and get the grocery shopping done so I don't have to drag two or three kids with me. This is the third or fourth time I've done it and I have to say, the extra 45 minutes of sleep I would get PALE in comparison to the sheer ebullience I feel walking through the aisles with no begging, fighting, running/wrestling, grabbing etc. I buy less (no bribes necessary), I get it done faster and sometimes I even find myself whistling along to the Muzak (something I used to mock when I heard moms doing that).

Now, I won't say early morning shopping doesn't have its setbacks. For example, the only stores open that early are Albertson's and Walmart. Albertson's is just plain expensive. And Walmart is, well, Walmart. I also have been approached by JW missionaries as I'm loading groceries, in a hurry to get home so Jarad can leave for work. Actually, they had a nice message that got me thinking about the good things we have, so it wasn't a total negative. :)

Anyway, I'm a believer... in early morning shopping, not the JWs.

Scary Hands

Case has a phobia. His hands. After he's spent too long in the bathtub. Nice and shrively...

Here's a picture of him crying and showing me his scary hands (this is what he calls them) after a bath last week. Poor kid is terrorized!

They're Home Free!!

My mom and dad have finished their 2-year mission in San Diego, and were able to stop here to see us "on their way" home to Utah. It was so much fun to have Grandma and Grandpa Stastny here for a little while! They have only seen the twins a couple of times, so I was thrilled that Tess and Case ran right to them and knew who they were (Case calls them Grandma and Gramp Gramp). They were such good sports about letting the kids climb all over them, listening to their stories (and then, and then, and then), letting them play the bubble game and putting up with the noise level.

We took the older kids to see Prince Caspian on Saturday and since the theatre was pretty full when we got there, Grandpa "got" to sit with the kids and the bucket of popcorn. He said he's never seen anyone put away popcorn the way Fisher did. That's rich coming from him. My whole family knows how much Grandpa Stastny loves the popcorn!!

Poor Grandma was melting. Sunday was the hottest day of 2008 so far. 105 degrees. And as we were leaving for church the power went out, which means no a/c. I was really worried that it was going to be out for a while, but thankfully it was on and the house was nice and cool when we came home from church. Today it's 110 degrees. WHAT? It's May.

Anyway, Mom and Dad, we loved having you here and we miss you already!

I'm the boss after all!

We're leaving Costco this afternoon and Fisher notices a man and woman loading one of those behemoth inflatable waterslide doo-hickies into the back of their car.

"Oh maaaaan! That's not FAIR! They get a waterslide and we dooooon't!" (Fisher)

Me: We'll just have to talk to Dad about that when he gets home, won't we?

Fish: Well YOU'RE the boss of the house, so why don't you just buy it?

Ah, it's nice to hear that once in a while. Even if it isn't true.

Music to blog to...

Well, I finally jumped on the music-on-my-blog bandwagon. I swore I wouldn't do this, since it's just one more thing to waste my time doing online. (my other latest time waster is creating my book lists and reading book reviews on goodreads.com)

I've realized that I have NO IDEA what current music is even out there. I don't get much opportunity to listen to music these days. Unless you count American Idol (notice my nod to Michael Johns). I used to get my fix during my commute, but in the two years since I quit my office job, the only thing I get to listen to in the car is The Wiggles, Radio Disney and whatever movie my kids are watching. I think I know the words to every Scooby Doo movie out there, but do you think I've ever actually watched one of them? Nope. The screen's behind me.

Anyway, so most of these songs are ancient, but still dear to my heart. Try not to laugh. I won't be offended if you just turn the volume down whenever you visit The Curti.

Wonder Woman in training?

I was changing a groggy Tess after her nap yesterday afternoon. She looked up at me from the changing table and declared "I saved the world!"

You saved the world honey? (I had to be sure that's really what she'd said)

Yes. I SAVED the world! (a little punch to the air here, a la Superman in flight)

My little superhero-ess in training :).

You gotta wonder what these little ones dream about!!