Dude, OPEC is totally messing with my mind!

Funny times! On the way home we filled up the van for $1.62, cash only price. It would have been a lofty $1.72 to charge it. Ben gave the cashier $25.00 and had to go get change after he finished pumping the gas. Do you suppose OPEC will soon consider paying us when we fill up? Works for me!

S. was homesick and crying in Leavenworth. When Ben asked why, she said "Because I miss Hera. I'm afraid she's going to melt." Hera is our pet tarantula, who she has never seemed all that attached to. And by "melt" she meant "molt" which is when tarantulas harmlessly shed their exoskeletons as they grow bigger.

Lilly and J. were sitting together during sacrament meeting. They looked at the stamped property of "LDS FOOTHILLS BLDG" on the hymnal and asked me what BLDG meant. I told them it stood for building. J. then said; "Does LDS stand for "LIBERTY DOWNLOAD SECRETARY?" and we all got a little giggly.

I was going to attribute this next quote to R. but as I type I'm remembering that it was J. who said it. (The only funny things R. has said lately are lengthy additions to his Christmas wish list. We could spend a thousand bucks on him and it wouldn't quite cover the first half of his list.) So here's what J., who is into spelling, said in the van after finding out that he could have some gum at the rest stop; "S-W-E-E-T. All capitol letters. Three shout marks. Two underlines. Circle. Oh, and a sign pointing to it that says 'Yeah!'"

And while I'm writing about funny things, I should mention that after watching A Colbert Christmas, the phrase "I'm Delicious!" has grabbed hold around here. It's right up there with "Ginormous!" "Give me some of your tots!"and "D'oh!"

Trick or Treat from our Juvenile Delinquents

This year R. and J. are celebrating "Orange and Black Day" at school. Wearing costumes and/or mentioning the word Halloween are not allowed. Does the phrase "Bah Humbug!" transfer to other holidays? They wore black and I sprayed their hair orange. R. is lucky enough to already have black hair so he opted to incorporate both colors. S. took the picture of the boys. She didn't get a good first shot and this, her second try, evoked these annoyed expressions!

(R. has great gloomy teenager potential, don't you think?)

Here are some web cam Halloween pictures of the girls:

I'll post more pictures of the rest of today's festivities. R. and J. will be firefighters, S. will be the dalmatian firehouse dog, and C. will be a fire hydrant. Ben and I bought thrift store jammies and slippers and will be the people who they rescue from the burning building. And suggestions for creating fake billowing smoke are appreciated.

Two updates/tidbits:

First, S. went on her first field trip on Wednesday to the local fire station. She asked about flashover likeUncle Steve told her to! She said he answered; "It's when a fire goes KA-BOOM!" She also told "13 people counting the firefighter, who has a round head that's way bigger than my head, way bigger," that her uncle is a firefighter.

Second, Ben's church bag was found this morning in the bushes next door. Yay! So except for buying a new wallet, an annoying amount of credit card company calling, and replacing his license, not much damage was done. There was a check for $184.00 in his wallet that was cashed but I'm glad most of his stuff was found. Happy Halloween!

IMPROV Not your Run-of-the-Mill Shopping List

We got the tail end of this interesting conversation on video.

Quality Time Stinks

The boys, daddy included, play soccer and R. is also in cub scouts. Just two official activities. But tonight is our only stay home evening all week. Tuesday-soccer, Wednesday-scouts, Thursday-more soccer, Friday-more scouts. Can you imagine how crazy life would be if they had piano lessons or went to [insert additional sport here]? Seriously! We went from quantity time this summer to quality time. . . where did my boys go? While we're on the subject, Ben's at church on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, but that's a post for another day!