Our Very Own Waterpark

So, Ellabee's been begging to go to the water park or at least the pool but the thought of having them both at the pool by myself really stresses me out - I really think it's unsafe. So, when Tim came over for an afternoon playdate, I put them outside with about 12 feet of butcher paper and washable paints. Little did I know that very little paint would end up on the paper, but that they would paint themselves... "we want to be monsters, mommy" was the explanation.

So, from monster costuming to the hose to wash off, to "hey, we could rig the hose up to the rocket slide and make a water slide" to Mommy inserting, "let's put the pool at the bottom so you can go into water and not into rocks" to about a hour of pure enjoyment.

Monster Pals

Tim takes a swing at the water slide idea.

And of course, there she goes!

Who needs Toys

So, I had the 90th Anniversary at Camp this weekend and had to ferry items to Pell City (or the City of Pell as our esteemed Mayor calls it) and so the car seats had to come out. Apparently, the car seats provided two hours of pure enjoyment for the Stone girls. I need to file that one away in my "Wow, is there REALLY four more hours until bedtime?" file.

I think it should also be noted that the girls are buckled in here. I'm wondering how long this lasted... hum, I'm starting to rethink "the girls were entertained for two hours"... I'm thinking it's more like "wow, they're buckled in - I could leave them here for two hours" JUST KIDDING - don't call DHR.

Test 2, Take 2

OK, try this one....

Create your own Friend Test here

OK OK OK

I get it - my test is TOOOOO hard. I understand. Here are the answers... and I'll do another one:

Biggest Fear in life: Dying Naked

Favorite snack: Tria parfait

Most likely to read: People

Cities: 4 (Bham, T-town, DC, Arlington VA)

Cats: named after Jimmy Buffett

Beer: Pomegranate Michelob

Ashes: falls at camp

embarassing moment: took out my high school crush (freshman year). His name was Brooks - that's all I remember

wrecks: I was sitting still and knew all three of the people (friends mom, friend and AP english teacher)

first wreck attire: full puritan costume - on a break from dress rehearsal for The Witch that would not Hang, Mrs. West hit me and pinned me in my Celica where I had to climb out of the sunroof in the teacher's parking lot.

I do know that y'all know me - this is a hard test to make up. My students in grad school accused me of being too hard - they may have had a point.

How Well Do you Know Me?

So this is fun... Rachel had it on her blog and I ripped it off - thought it might be interesting.

Create your own Friend Test here

Some time with Toby

Thanks to Stephane and Brannon, I got to tag along to the Toby Keith and Montgomery Gentry concert last week at Oak Mtn. It was good. I will tell you that what was better was watching the women who got significantly dressed up to be there. WOW is all I can say about that.
Here are some pics:

It was pretty big and bad.

How do you like me now?

Thanks for taking me Steph!

Dance Pictures Finally Arrived

Wanted to share Ellabee's dance photos from this past year. She had a great little class with Miss Charla who we will take from again next year! Notice the bling that Ellabee added to her costume. One of the moms in the class was just appalled that I would allow her to leave it on for the photo but my thought is this: isn't the purpose of a photograph to capture a memory? When I think of Ellabee at this precious age, I'll remember that she loved to accessorize! And perhaps, if she grows up to become a jewelry designer or something, we can point to this picture and prove that it's always been something she was interested in.

This was obviously taken before the great haircut - I've got to admit it, I think she looks better with short hair!

The class picture: Ellabee, Greyson, Caroline, Whitney, Natalie, Annalise, Arianna, Simon & Hannah