Hurricane Season

It's hurricane season, and that means it is time to get prepared!
Christine, having already lived through the apartment flooding last year, has taken it upon herself to get her and her little ones prepared.  (None of these pictures were staged.  This is truly how Christine recommends we all get prepared.)

Christine's Lecture on Emergency Preparedness

First, gather everyone together to explain what to do in the case of a hurricane or a flood.  Take roll,
"Tangy Bear, Lamb Chops, and Baby doll.  Good everyone is present."

Then you must gather together everything you could possibly need if you had no running water, electricity, or access to stores for 72 hours.  You don't have to copy my list exactly, but I've pretty much covered all the essentials. (oh, and its best to keep these essentials in a pretty purse because it's practical and looks good).

 In my purse I put an enormous bag of jelly bellies for food, a baby bottle with fake milk for my baby doll, and ranch dressing which has enough calories to feed us for 72 hours.

Now it is essential that you dress properly during an emergency.  You need rubber boots to keep your feet dry, your purse full of your essentials, and your Dora shirt because it matches your boots.  Pants are not recommended if you're in a flood.  They can get wet and add a lot of weight.  I prefer just wearing a diaper!  It keeps you cool and dry.  You could also wear Dora panties if you are potty trained.

You also don't want to be bored so you should bring some reading material and a pretty necklace to play dress up with.  Lamb chops gets cold so I'm going to bring a small blanket.

 Now it's time for role-playing.  If the apartment starts flooding, we would all pile into this big basket in my bedroom (this is also a good spot to hide during tornadoes and when Dad is vacuuming)

Then I climb in on top.

And now you we are all prepared for hurricane season! 

 If ye are prepared, ye shall not fear.

Mommy Shoes

It's been quiet over here on the blog. We haven't been up to much. Jeff is doing his OBGyn rotation right now. During his weeks of Labor and Delivery he got to deliver a bunch of babies (so exciting!) and now he is ready to deliver our next baby (yep-I definitely want Jeff to deliver our babies)

While Jeff is at the hospital, Christine and I play at home. Christine has recently discovered all the "mommy shoes" in my closet, and loves to pull them out and wear them around the house.

Vote for me!

Shorts on the Line voting is up!

go here: http://imaginegnats.blogspot.com/2012/07/viewers-choice-voting-begins.html and vote for my shorts! Mine are #55 #59 and #64 (pick your favorite)

You can vote once a day per computer every day this weekend.

A little secret

Have you noticed that I finally stopped posting every other week about my latest craft projects? I thought I should take them to a place of their own. Their own little blog. It's not a real blog, but sometimes I fantasize about it becoming something. 

I named it after Zuzzy (The blue guy here, more formally known as zizzer zazzer zuzz)


It's craftingzuzzy.blogspot.com


Zuzzy's given me the chance to participate more in the blogging community. I don't exactly want to send strangers over here to look at my craft projects along with our family stories. I'm just getting it going, I started it two months ago. This week I entered three pairs of shorts that I designed and sewed into a blogging contest called "Shorts on the Line." The event is being hosted by three bloggers, and each blogger is featuring their favorite entries yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Yesterday my box pleat shorts were featured  on Imagine Gnats. Then today my peplum shorts were featured on Small and Friendly. It's an understatement to say I was excited. There are some amazing prizes for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners of this contest and for the "reader's choice" award. The reader's choice will be determined by voting this weekend. So I will let you all know on Friday how to vote! 


Now the secret is out!


How many of you thought the secret was that I was pregnant when you read the blog title??? ha ha ha, no prego ladies over here.

Dora

I saw this on facebook and watched in about 5 times, and every time I couldn't stop laughing. 

 

 We watch Dora the Explorer almost every single day. It mesmerizes Christine. It's like a reset button for her when she is in a hyperactive state, or just a great 20 minute distraction that let's me cook dinner.  But it's more than that. Christine's favorite shirt is her Dora Shirt. She drives a Dora truck. Her favorite story book is Dora's Backpack. We eat Dora cereal for breakfast. We color in Dora coloring books. When it came time to buy underwear, there was no question, we were buying Dora panties. I think Dora is slowing taking over our lives.

When we go shopping, if there is something with Dora's face on it, Christine WILL find it. There are lots of stores that I'm surprised to find that Dora has infiltrated. Example: the fabric store. I was buying fabric and Christine goes "Dora Dora!!" I look around thinking, "No, she must be saying something else." Then I see the Dora fleece... then I think "Ooooh! Christine would love a Dora fleece blanket...I need to buy that! (Don't worry I resisted. I haven't bought it yet. But as you can see I sure am a sucker when it comes to indulging Christine's love for Dora)