Sunday, April 22, 2012
Pharmacy
Vash's new game reminded me of something that happened a few months ago. (Sorry if I've mentioned it before.) The kids and I were at Wal-Mart and had just switched to them for our pharmacy. So it was the first time we had ever pulled up to their windows. It was lunch time and Vash hadn't really been paying attention. Well, the woman behind the desk asks "How may I help you?" And before I can say I have a prescription to drop off, Vash turns to her and says "Can I have chicken and fench fies pease?" Funny, but I SWEAR we don't eat out all the time. It's something he just likes and has clung to.
Monday, April 16, 2012
Poop
We see a lot of poop in this house. Changing on average, 2-4 poopy diapers a day between two small children. And it's rarely funny. But once... I have to admit it was. Now, last Halloween, as you may well remember, was dressed as Perry the Platypus from P&F. It could have been that he ate to much candy or it could be that he was catching what I was sick with, but anyway, he accidentally pooped on the floor at Nana and Papa's house. We cleaned it up and went home. Now, the funny part. Papa called Nana at work and the following conversation ensued.
Nana: A platypus visited me at work.
Papa: Oh yeah? Well, a platypus pooped on my floor!
Nana: *Laughs* Did he now?
Papa: Yeah, it was Platy-poop.
Good times. Good times.
Nana: A platypus visited me at work.
Papa: Oh yeah? Well, a platypus pooped on my floor!
Nana: *Laughs* Did he now?
Papa: Yeah, it was Platy-poop.
Good times. Good times.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
More Disney
It took me two hours to write the blog about our Disney trip, only to finish and then remember even more things I needed to write about. So, here are a few more stories from our trip, but they are here, in Vashies blog because the last story is all him, and it's easily the funniest moment from the trip.
1) Rhyla was so unafraid of Haunted Mansion that she actually fell asleep in my arms, during the ride.
2) We rode Winnie the Pooh only twice. The 1st time Vash fell asleep in my arms while we were waiting in line and slept the entire ride. Rhyla loved it. The 2nd time, Rhyla was asleep when we got there and slept through the ride. Vash recognized everything and sang along.
3) Of all the food we ate at the parks, the only meal the kids really seemed to enjoy and eat a lot of, was the turkey leg we ate for dinner the last night we were there. Talk about carnivores! Vash sucked on the bones after picking them clean. Rhyla dripped with grease from eating big handfuls of the hot, soft meat. (Personally, I liked our desserts from the Jolly Holiday bakery best. Flour-less chocolate cake and mini cheesecake with blackberries, YUM!)
4) Josh, who is exactly two months older than Rhyla, loves her with all his baby heart. Every time we met up with the Barneys, Josh would smile at her, run up to her, wave, and do all he could to impress her. While Rhyla slept in my arms before Fantasmic! Josh came up and leaned over her, all smiles. Kelly and I laughed that he was about to re-create a scene from Sleeping Beauty.
5) Disneyland has a lot of live ducks roaming the parks. The kids got excited every time they saw some, and Rhyla would say "Dockee" which sounds like her word for doggy. (But she means duck, I promise!)
6) When I took Vash on Toy Story Midway Mania, he understood that he needed to aim his cannon, but I couldn't get him to pull the string (which fires the darts, balls, etc.), more than a few times. He would aim at things on the screen, see MY darts flying towards our targets, and I guess he thought it was his doing. My score was upwards of 150,000. But Vash did get 500 all by himself!
7) We would frequently part with our friends because of the height and gender differences of Sam and Vash, (Sam HAD to see princesses, while Vash needed another Pirate fix) but they apparently missed each other during these breaks because they asked for each other!
8) Even though Craig gets claustrophobic when we ride Nemo, he braved it twice because Vash asked to ride it again!
9) When we rode the Autopia, I rode with Rhyla and Craig rode with Vash. Craig said Vash's driving is worse than riding Mr, Toad's wild ride, and Rhyla is so small that she couldn't see anything over the steering wheel. Luckily, she was happy to just have her hands on the wheel while I did the actual steering.
10) The Magic Kingdom must have inspired Rhyla. She's been more chatty and vocal since the trip.
11) Even though she had just accidentally got kicked in the face, (Craig was taking Vash out of the stroller a little too quickly) she was all giggles and grins when she saw the flying boats of Peter Pan. She laughed all the way through the queue.
12) Our first day there, the kids cried when we got in the car to go get dinner because they thought we were going home already.
13) Vash kept all the 3D glasses on without any complaint. Rhyla actually did pretty well for her age, but only saw the first 5 mins of Muppet Vision 3D in 3D.
14) Vash asks if we can drive Papa's car all the time now because he thinks it means we're going to Disneyland.
15) Rhyla wanted a balloon so bad that she tried to take every balloon she saw. Out of other kids hands, off their strollers, even out of the big bunch they are trying to sell. She'd cry and point so finally we bought her a purple mickey balloon. She loved it, kissed it, bounced it around. I wish it could last forever, but it is a balloon and didn't make it home without popping. Good news is that the air is letting out slowly so he's not completely deflated yet.
16) Yes, sweet sixteen. The mother of all Disney stories. Vash, as mentioned before, wanted a green pirate gun for his souvenir from day one. So the last day we finally bought it for him and he was shooting up a storm. He loved the sound it made and the fact that it shot a pirate skull cross and bone image wherever you pointed. So we told him not to point it at people but trees and posters were fair game. So we rode pirates and Vash was ready to shoot up the villains. But Craig thought the light would be distracting to other people so Vash was forced to put it away for the ride. Again, Craig had Vash stow his weapon while we visited the happy haunts in the mansion. But when it came time to ride Small World, we figured it was so loud and bright, no one would notice Vash's pistol. Well, here we had depraved him of taking out plundering pirates and grim grinning ghosts, but were now letting him have free range on the happy singing children of the world. His first victim: a happy Mexican boy with a balloon. Next, a group of dancing penguins. Then a yodeler, and Cinderella's mice. No one was safe from his fury. We watched as countless paper mache animals, and bejeweled instruments were blown to bits in Vash's imagination. I imagine, had it been a real gun, people would wonder what prompted such violence on an innocent, albeit annoying, ride.
1) Rhyla was so unafraid of Haunted Mansion that she actually fell asleep in my arms, during the ride.
2) We rode Winnie the Pooh only twice. The 1st time Vash fell asleep in my arms while we were waiting in line and slept the entire ride. Rhyla loved it. The 2nd time, Rhyla was asleep when we got there and slept through the ride. Vash recognized everything and sang along.
3) Of all the food we ate at the parks, the only meal the kids really seemed to enjoy and eat a lot of, was the turkey leg we ate for dinner the last night we were there. Talk about carnivores! Vash sucked on the bones after picking them clean. Rhyla dripped with grease from eating big handfuls of the hot, soft meat. (Personally, I liked our desserts from the Jolly Holiday bakery best. Flour-less chocolate cake and mini cheesecake with blackberries, YUM!)
4) Josh, who is exactly two months older than Rhyla, loves her with all his baby heart. Every time we met up with the Barneys, Josh would smile at her, run up to her, wave, and do all he could to impress her. While Rhyla slept in my arms before Fantasmic! Josh came up and leaned over her, all smiles. Kelly and I laughed that he was about to re-create a scene from Sleeping Beauty.
5) Disneyland has a lot of live ducks roaming the parks. The kids got excited every time they saw some, and Rhyla would say "Dockee" which sounds like her word for doggy. (But she means duck, I promise!)
6) When I took Vash on Toy Story Midway Mania, he understood that he needed to aim his cannon, but I couldn't get him to pull the string (which fires the darts, balls, etc.), more than a few times. He would aim at things on the screen, see MY darts flying towards our targets, and I guess he thought it was his doing. My score was upwards of 150,000. But Vash did get 500 all by himself!
7) We would frequently part with our friends because of the height and gender differences of Sam and Vash, (Sam HAD to see princesses, while Vash needed another Pirate fix) but they apparently missed each other during these breaks because they asked for each other!
8) Even though Craig gets claustrophobic when we ride Nemo, he braved it twice because Vash asked to ride it again!
9) When we rode the Autopia, I rode with Rhyla and Craig rode with Vash. Craig said Vash's driving is worse than riding Mr, Toad's wild ride, and Rhyla is so small that she couldn't see anything over the steering wheel. Luckily, she was happy to just have her hands on the wheel while I did the actual steering.
10) The Magic Kingdom must have inspired Rhyla. She's been more chatty and vocal since the trip.
11) Even though she had just accidentally got kicked in the face, (Craig was taking Vash out of the stroller a little too quickly) she was all giggles and grins when she saw the flying boats of Peter Pan. She laughed all the way through the queue.
12) Our first day there, the kids cried when we got in the car to go get dinner because they thought we were going home already.
13) Vash kept all the 3D glasses on without any complaint. Rhyla actually did pretty well for her age, but only saw the first 5 mins of Muppet Vision 3D in 3D.
14) Vash asks if we can drive Papa's car all the time now because he thinks it means we're going to Disneyland.
15) Rhyla wanted a balloon so bad that she tried to take every balloon she saw. Out of other kids hands, off their strollers, even out of the big bunch they are trying to sell. She'd cry and point so finally we bought her a purple mickey balloon. She loved it, kissed it, bounced it around. I wish it could last forever, but it is a balloon and didn't make it home without popping. Good news is that the air is letting out slowly so he's not completely deflated yet.
16) Yes, sweet sixteen. The mother of all Disney stories. Vash, as mentioned before, wanted a green pirate gun for his souvenir from day one. So the last day we finally bought it for him and he was shooting up a storm. He loved the sound it made and the fact that it shot a pirate skull cross and bone image wherever you pointed. So we told him not to point it at people but trees and posters were fair game. So we rode pirates and Vash was ready to shoot up the villains. But Craig thought the light would be distracting to other people so Vash was forced to put it away for the ride. Again, Craig had Vash stow his weapon while we visited the happy haunts in the mansion. But when it came time to ride Small World, we figured it was so loud and bright, no one would notice Vash's pistol. Well, here we had depraved him of taking out plundering pirates and grim grinning ghosts, but were now letting him have free range on the happy singing children of the world. His first victim: a happy Mexican boy with a balloon. Next, a group of dancing penguins. Then a yodeler, and Cinderella's mice. No one was safe from his fury. We watched as countless paper mache animals, and bejeweled instruments were blown to bits in Vash's imagination. I imagine, had it been a real gun, people would wonder what prompted such violence on an innocent, albeit annoying, ride.
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