this is why we can't be friends: living a lie..

So Andy is always preaching limiting how much sugar we eat...making sure we get lots of fruits and veggies and, as much as possible, avoiding super processed foods.

This has resulted in this annoying voice in the back of my head nagging at me everytime I think about eating something I really shouldn't.

SO, what  SURPRISE it was to get the in the car this morning, my first time in the car since he returned from Minnesota this weekend, to find these things:

 

WHAT???? I like poptarts, and fruit by the foot and ice cream!!!!  So, secrets out, he is a closet eating, sugar loving hypocrit.

this is why we can't be friends.

(yes, I immediately called him and confronted him...he sounded guilty. really guilty, mumbled something about wanting to grab things that were easy to eat while driving....and the braums was from a "work trip" this week.  sure it was...maybe a working on your LIES trip..)

orange you glad I warned you?

It starts out a great idea...sweetly sitting on your couch, sharing a mandarin with your 1 year old. 

But it's not.  It's really not.

At first it doesn't seem so bad, she is excited when she sees the orange and follows you over to the couch.  Excitedly she puts her little arms up and climbs up to sit next to you.

You start to peel the orange...and now things start to go awry..now she is standing at your shoulder...wondering what the crap is taking you so long to peel that orange!  

Okay the peel is off,  and she has made her way to standing on your lap.  You take have the orange and set it aside and are trying to get some large pieces of pulp off the orange...DANGER WILL ROBINSON...SHE IS NOW PUSHING YOUR FACE OUT OF THE WAY WITH HER CHUBBY LITTLE HAND...climbing up your head doing whatever it takes to get to the orange you are trying to peel just out of reach....WHAT IS TAKING YOU SO LONG --- JUST LEAVE ALL THE WHITE STUFF ON THE ORANGE AND PUT IT IN MY MOUTH....NOW WOMAN! 

and before you know it, she's eaten the whole thing.  You didn't think you were going to get any yourself did you?  silly momma.

Friday 5

Friday 5

1. Thankful our niece Evelyn is in the best hands possible.  Please read her story and send prayers for her family. More here.

2. Andy got a deer ...he's pretty excited about it.

3. It's the last week of class on campus -- which is always exciting whether you are student or not.

4. Andy was able to go up and spend time with / help out Sarah, Matt, Elias and Eveyln....super glad of this, even though Cora miss him!!

5. Cora and went to the Ag Ambassador holiday party last night and even Cora got in on the "ugly sweater" action....but to be fair she pretty much makes everything look cute.

Friday five

Friday 5...

Yes, we skipped last week as we were on vacay....which bring us to #1...

We had a great Thanksgiving in Minnesota (sorry all the good pics are on our "real camera", these were all I had on the old iphone)  But we did a little decorating, a lot of eat, a LOT of playing with cousins and hanging out.  Also got out on the ice for some great skating...little girls were pretty tuckered out by the time we left.

2: We got home Sunday night in time to put up our advent wreath and have managed to get the tree and a few other little things up since them.  Going with less is more...minimizing holiday stress thisyear!

3. Cora got to to bring this new red chair home from Grandma Klein's house..she LOVES it. 

 

4. Cora got some good quality cousin time in over the past two weeks!  Hanging with cousins Elias and Evelyn in MN and cousins Jordan and Alex in KS.  (side note send some prayers to Evelyn and her family as she is in the hospital trying to figure out a few issues)

5. Cora had her 15 month check up....and she's a little girl.  18 lbs 12 oz!...yes that's the 2nd percentile.  She's int the 12th for height, so all in all she's just petite.

bonus:

- Christmas shopping is well on it's way
- It's the holiday season
- It's cold -- enhancing the holiday season

Have a great weekend!

this is why we can't be friends: diaper duty

Tonight's conversation.

Scene: I come back into the living room from rocking Cora to sleep and notice the pile of clean diapers on the couch next to where Andy is siting...he was folding them when I left, but is now looking at the ipad.

Sandy: Oh, did you get all the diapers folded?

Andy: Yea.

Sandy: Yea?

Andy: but some of them unfolded themselves.

Sandy: oh, well that's not good.

Andy: so I'm going to have to start over with most of them...

Sandy: hmm. 

this is why we can't be friends.