Life Updates of a Larger Magnitude

This week we are flying out to Denver to spend 5 days with the Schumachers.  WOOOOOOOOOO!  Since we're doing our PA/MA trek for a healthy 3 weeks at Christmas, we thought this would be a prime opportunity to connect with our *other* family.  Not only that, but we are going SNOWBOARDING in gorgeous, powdery, Colorado snow.  (We have sadly lost touch with fun winter sports down here in Florida.) Now that we have kids, and are actually allowing the little urchins to come along, traveling requires a bit more prep.  Kind of like mobilizing an army.  We started shopping for winter clothes last week, laundry began 5 days ago, and packing started 3 days prior to take-off. Yesterday we packed everything that could be done prior to plane day, and today I focused on food.  Yup, almost a whole day focused on food, because (as you have unfortunately seen) I cannot think past my stomach.  And sometimes my children exhibit that same terrible tendency. ...

I just came back from the soul-sucking process known as getting my kids to school/daycare.  (It's like groundhog day, but with a lot of, "Let's go brush our teeth!  Brush your teeth.  BRUSH YOUR TEETH!  Please go get your shoes.  Put on your shoes please.  Put on your shoes.  WHERE ARE YOUR SHOES?!  *get in the car*  "Mommy, I forgot to brush my teeth!")  I try to be as pleasant as possible, but I don't always win.  ANYWAY. I walked back into my house, and with an air of defeat said aloud to myself, "All I wanna do..."  at which point, my Fowler brain-washing kicked in and I finished, "is zoom a zoom zoom zoom and a BOOM BOOM!  JUST SHAKE YOUR RUMP!" True story.  This is who I am, people, even when you're not around.