jive talkin'

I cracked up tonight when I put Porter's new bike jammas on him and he smiled and said "awesome!" It made me think of all the funny things he's been saying lately and how smart he is getting with his expanding vocabulary.

One of my favorites is when I hand something to him, or do something for him and he says "you're welcome!" I tell him "no, you say thank you, I say you're welcome," and he says "thank you, you're welcome."

Whenever he bumps into me or Niles or the coffee table he says "woops, sorry!"

In the morning he comes in and tugs on my blanket and says "Out! Out! Upstairs!"

When anything is found a little misplaced he calls it "silly" - "silly car," "silly Niles," "silly cup."

He calls his flip flops "hop tops" and LOVES to have them on.

Every day when Neil leaves for work he says "Daddy, work, gone!" That's after he's already told me Daddy went downstairs to shower.

I am enjoying him so much right now and love to have little conversations with him. I am constantly amazed at how much he knows and what he is picking up.

Michael

I thought this and this were incredible.

facebook quizzes

When I was a girl I used to love doing quizzes in all the teen magazines - "find out if you're more than friends," "will your love last?" "are you popular?" ya know, those kinds of things. It really has been a while since I've taken the ol' quizzes (I think having a real relationship, getting married and having a child got in the way) but as of late I've had some time on my hands (thanks APX) and I've been taking quiz after quiz on facebook. Now most of these quizzes are laughable - not to mention the spelling is horrendous, but it's all in good fun. It's obvious I need to take a quiz to find out how fat I am, if I am missing Michael Jackson and who I was in high school. I have yet to get an answer that I think "wow, that's really me," but in the quiet hours of the evening why not sit and find out what 2009 song I am, or if I could survive a zombie infection.... I mean, I have been wondering.

Canada Day KFC

For the last few years now we have had a tradition of meeting for a Canada Day picnic lunch of KFC with Jace and Vicky, Colin and Cynthia and whoever else would like to join. This summer it's not going to happen and I'm really going to miss it. We are in Winnipeg, Colin and Cynthia are in Thunder Bay, and Jace and Vik are at home in Lethbridge. It's awesome when your best friends are family but it's not so awesome when you're all miles apart! Happy Canada Day you guys!

My MJ

I'll say it again....

A few of my favorite things right now

1. The way Porter says "you're welcome!"
2. Oreos and milk (thanks Rach!)
3. My adorable new metallic flats
4. Having a MAC close by
5. A free dinner every week
6. Afternoon naps
7. Skype
8. Really girly high school movies
9. The Bachelorette
10. Orange Juice in a can
11. Coldplay
12. Awesome new friends

Father's Day Sale!

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Curly Locks

I am constantly harassed to give this little boy a haircut. I admit I don't always do his hair and it often just looks like a fuzzy, bed-head mess but when it is done and his little red curls are being so cute is there any way you could cut them off? Neil and I have agreed no hair cuts before his second birthday. Who in their right mind would get rid of these?

It happened again....

I have this incredible knack for falling in love with a product that will some time down the road be discontinued. It's not like it's happened a few times as it does to all of us, it has happened OVER AND OVER AND OVER again, like it's a little eery honestly. Well today when I went to purchase my favorite (ok second favorite, the first favorite was discontinued) hair product that they apparently no longer make, it happened again. This got me thinking about all the products I have loved and lost and decided to make a list. Here they are in no particular order:

1. Sebastian Threads - hair product
2. Messed up Madness - hair product
3. Gap OM - perfume
4. Bonne Belle perfume that smelled enough like Gap OM to satisfy me
5. Unruly - perfume
6. Eyeshadow base from The Body Shop
7. Maybelline eyeshadow base I found to replace the Body Shop one
8. Berry Nilla Swirl lipgloss
9. Echinacea Yogi Tea
10. Fruitti Graffiti lipgloss
11. Root Beer Float OPI nail polish
12. Cool stick Mitchum deoderant

Hmmmm there has to be more but that's just a quick list off the top of my head. Argh!

This was more difficult than I thought it would be

1. What song do you sing in the shower?
   I don't usually sing in the shower. When I was a kid and my mom still bathed me we always sang "Sing" by The Carpenters. I sometimes sing it to Porter in the bath now. I wonder if she knows that.
   
2. What's your best karaoke number?
   I remember doing a group karaoke number in high school (don't remember the song) but that was the first and last time it happened. I'm not sure why though, I love to sing.
   
3. Favorite Christmas/Holiday song?
   Ok, I don't officially 'hate' Christmas music but I certainly don't love it, or listen to it more than I have to. Laura gave us a beautiful Christmas collection this past year and I truly enjoyed that. I love, love, love Oh Holy Night and Ave Maria sung by Pavarotti and every year I know it's really Christmas when I hear "Wonderful Christmas Time" by Paul McCartney.
   
4. Best song for getting psyched up?
   I love AFI, or did, before every 14 year old girl found out about them.
   
5. Best melancholy, rainy day mood song?
   Most anything from Hayden and Lost Cause by Beck
   
6. What song did/will you dance to at your wedding?
   We didn't have a dance but I think both Neil and I would tell you our song is Embers and Envelopes by Mae. It got us through a lot.
   
7. Best breakup song?
   Carried Away by Hayden - "...maybe you could tell him that from the day you met him you've been liking him less and less..." I had a relationship I should have used that on.
   
8. What song takes you back to High School?
   Whew, there's a lot - my favorite is probably Drive by Incubus. Sharlee, Czar and I would steal a car during our spare and rip around town listening to that song over and over.
   
9. Do you sing a certain song to your kids?
   When I was pregnant with Porter I would sing songs to my belly, my favorite being "Mother Nature's Son" by the Beatles. I still sing it almost every night to him and he giggles when I start the doo doo dooo doo part.
   
10. What song makes you cry?
    Oh, there's a few in there, mostly attached to my Neily - Daisy by Ben Lee probably made me cry more than any song ever has.
    
11. What song do you want played at your funeral?
    I can't really say I've thought about it.
    
12. What song do you wish would start playing when you walked in a room?
    Hmm, the only thing appropriate would be Michelle by the Beatles I guess, that or It's Getting Hot in Here... bahahaa!
    
13. What's a song you know every word to by heart?
    My Way by Usher - even the rap - I'm so awesome.
    
14. What was the first 8-track/cassette tape/CD that you owned?
    What's the Story Morning Glory by Oasis - I've still got it and still think it's brilliant.
    
15. What's your work-out jam?
    I'm sorry, what's a work-out?
    
16. Best road trip song/album?
    Guster - the entire collection. They go on every trip, I'm pretty sure it's the first thing packed.
    
17. Ever had a song dedicated to you?
    Yeah actually. Jon Vornbrock (of Atrophy Manuscript fame) dedicated a version of "Paint it Black" to me during a show once, cause he said "she likes old stuff like that."
    
18. What song gets stuck in your head that you can't stand?
    Something lame from the radio probably.
    
19. Favorite classical piece?
    The theme to Somewhere in Time, composed by John Barry. It's absolutely beautiful and haunting. It makes me think of my dad. That's another one that can make me cry.
    
20. No. 1 favorite artist? The Beatles obviously.
    
21. No. 1 favorite album?
    There is no way on this earth I can answer that. I can narrow it down to a few favorites but I still don't feel good about singling anyone out - The Juliana Theory - Emotion is Dead, Morcheeba - Big Calm, Guster - Lost and Gone Forever, Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's and even though it's a compilation I think the soundtrack to Garden State is genius.... Oh I don't even feel right about naming those few, there's many.
    
22. No. 1 favorite song?
    That's constantly changing - as of late it's been American Boy by Estelle/Kanye (Porter and I watch the music video), I love Cathedrals by Jump Little Children, the Scientist by Coldplay - anything that makes me think of my Neil or good times with friends.
    
23. What's the last song you listened to?
    Careful by Guster - I think. I just had my iTunes running through their collection and I think that's where it ended.

Just so ya know I could do this all again tomorrow and have completely different answers. As George Martin once said if you hung me upside down you'd have music notes coming out my ears.