Faithism

this is from a couple of weeks ago, but Rob and I started talking about it again today and I realized I hadn't written it down. These are the things that you can't make up... and don't want to forget :-)

Picture it -- the whole family at the Louisville Zoo, trying to find the ring-tailed lemurs in their enclosure.

Rob (a few yards in front of us, pointing at a rock): Look, there is one.

me: I don't see it. I see a chipmunk, though.

*a tiny little chipmunk was jumping back and forth between two rocks* of course, this is what the girls see too...

Faith: I see it, I see it. There is the mipchunk.

They will forever be mipchunks in our house :-)

Maker's Mark

Yesterday we went to Loretto, KY (jelly) to visit the Maker's Mark distillery. I really didn't want to go, to be honest. That is not the kind of thing that interests me in the slightest, but my dear husband and his brother are sort of junkies with that sort of thing. So, we went. The whole family. It took two vans...
Going into the curing house...

Historical marker





I must admit that I had a great time. I didn't participate in the tasting, as I couldn't justify doing the two shots while 8-1/2 months pregnant (though I really wanted to :-)). So, here are some pictures!
Grace in the typical 'smell the flower' pose

Faith in the 'smell the flower' pose

Do these two look alike or what?!?

A video of how completely disgusting the process looks... this is the yeast doing its job and getting air into and out of the liquid. It was really gross to look at!

Rob and Andy tasting

Music to my ears...

I love hearing all of the new music on everybody's blogs! Music is such an insight into a person's thoughts. SO fun!!

In other news... Grace officially has a loose tooth. Her bottom right front tooth is wiggly. She is SO proud :-)

Post #2 of the day...

It is official... Faith has all of the paperwork to be enrolled into Pre-K. Please, please don't let it be too late to get her into the morning program!!

She had her eye exam earlier this afternoon. Her eyes are great, with no concerns (unlike Grace's from last year who will likely have to have glasses in the future). She doesn't know all of her letters, yet so she used the picture chart instead of the letter chart. Funniest thing, though... she didn't know what a telephone was. It was a picture of an old-school rotary phone and she called it a car. TOO funny!

(it wasn't this picture... the one she had to id was not a 'real' phone, but a block drawing that did look like a car :-))

On another note... today was the last day of the library's reading program. What am I going to do for the next three weeks?!?

Post #1 of the day...

I am expecting to write more than once today... so be prepared :-)

So, after talking about and wanting to read Into the Wild before watching the movie, I finally did it. And let me tell you, I don't know if I want to watch it. I loved the book SO much that I don't want the movie to ruin it.

Has that ever happened to you? The first time that I can really recall this happening was in the 9th grade. In my english/history combo class, we read Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. It was an awesome time to read it as we were talking about legal issues around genetic research in history and I was taking Biology and learning (basic) genetics too. I really liked the book and felt that I learned a lot. (*note* I don't think this was the best or most believable book, but it was a good read at the time - one of those made me want to find out more kinds of things) Well, the movie came out the following summer and I was STOKED!! I was there on opening night -- early -- and super excited. The movie started and within about 15 minutes I was starting to feel the glow of the movie fade. The people I went with eventually told me to shut up because I kept saying "oh, oh... watch this" and then when a part from the book was skipped, I felt I needed to fill them in ("what was supposed to happen was...").

Anyway, now when I find a book that I really do like, I am almost reluctant to watch the movie. People that have seen the movie (Into the Wild) have liked it... but I don't think anybody has read it (that I have talked to). Anybody out there read and watched? Still good? I am hopeful since this book is only 200 pgs and can maybe get all of the details in while only skimming parts (instead of skipping completely).

Robism - defender of his daughter

Okay... this is even funnier than the Graceism of the other day.

I was explaining to Rob the Jupiter comment that Grace had, since he can't check non-official sites at work so can't read my blog (plus he doesn't really get on the computer at home). So, anyway... defensive daddy comes out in Rob.

Rob: If you think about it, she's right.

me: WHAT?!?

Rob: Well, everything she knows about the solar system (which isn't much at this point) has been seen on a model. Think about a model of the solar system. Jupiter is the largest planet.

me: But that is a model, and isn't the planet on earth.

Rob: But does Grace know that?!

Graceism

Grace loves pretending to be a teacher... and her little sister and brother are *usually* willing participants. Today, she is giving a lesson on the planets...

Grace: Everybody say Jupiter

F&J: JOOPITER

Grace: Correct. Jupiter is the largest planet on Earth.

HUH?!?