Dinner time humor...

So tonight, we had king crab legs for dinner. Since we don't eat this much (I don't like seafood at all) we were not really outfitted for the meal. We don't have anything proper to crack the crab legs. Ok, in fairness, we don't have any kitchen items proper to crack the crab legs with, and we just couldn't find the pliers either. So this evolved into Chris hitting them with the handle of a butter knife until they were bludgeoned open [mostly] -- and Megan learning this process. Then Chris graduated to a hammer for a small stubborn section of crab leg.

I was able to capture a brief bit on video, which I will upload later because I am just too tired to go find my camera and deal with that right now! But I did want to capture a bit of the dinner humor.

Megan got herself a pretend hammer and was helping to "hammer" with Daddy (or on his arm). The conversation went something like this:

Chris, AnnaLisa & Megan at dinner

Bang bang bang
Megan, what are you doing?
I'm hammering Daddy. I'm hammering you.
Ok, be careful.
Wait, I have to get my [pretend] screwdriver....
click click [hand movements of a turning screwdriver]
Megan, what are you doing?
I'm screwing you Daddy.

[gulp] cough cough [hide that you are laughing]
careful, Megan....

Megan makes sugar cookies

megan makes sugar cookies , originally uploaded by homanhouse.

Ok, so today Megan had a fever, and it was a day of ice and freezing rain all day, so we stayed home AND in our pajamas all day. I swear I even made one attempt to brush or otherwise tame the crazy wild hair that she wakes up with (the back is always wild and unruly) although you could NEVER tell that from this video.

This was just so cute as she made cookies with Daddy tonight when he got home...

We have been working and working on her little Texas drawl (trying to get rid of it). SO far we have rescued the word "b-a-b-y" (which used to be pronounced "bay-beee". Lately we have been trying to reduce the word "there" to just one syllable (with very little success) so here at the beginning you get to hear her pretty Texas pronuciation. I mean she WAS born in FORT WORTH, and she does go to a daycare with a lot of good Texas folk! (and BOTH of her parents ARE native Texans too!)

Awwww poor kid

Megan is sick this morning. She cried at 5AM, and her Daddy went to check on her. He took her temperature and she has 102°F fever. So we got her medicine, filled up the humidifier, and I went to lay down with her. She told me "No mommy -- I'm still coughing, and I'll cough on you." So thoughtful. I told her that was "ok" I was her mommy. Then she said, "I kept coughing, so I called my Daddy and asked for medicine...and milk" We traded out the milk for juice that wouldn't make her cough, and she even took the yuckiest medicine without complaint. Such a big girl.

Megan's new dollhouse

dollhouse-3, originally uploaded by homanhouse.

This weekend, Megan finally got her new Christmas dollhouse up, she really likes playing with it! Thanks Nana and Papa! Thanks Daddy too for putting it together!

Megan meets Madison

Spoon on the nose

Spoon on the nose, originally uploaded by homanhouse.

Megan with her cousin Madison. After celebrating our LAST Christmas of 2008 (in mid 2009) Chris and Megan were teaching Madison the ever popular "spoon on the nose" trick. Madison is only 18 months, so she still has some time to practice. Chris has been practicing for many years now....! The girls had a great time together and really enjoyed it!

how to peel crawfish

how to peel crawfish, originally uploaded by homanhouse.

One of Chris's favorite things is Crawfish, and he has really enjoyed sharing the love with Megan. So for Chris's birthday, his parents often send him big box of crawfish. Usually a little late since the crawfish season isn't in full force yet. Here Megan learns to peel crawfish, and Chris learns of the meaning of sacrifice -- ultimately she out ate him, and he had to peel all of them (even hers!) such love.

Mmm crawfish

Mmm crawfish, originally uploaded by homanhouse.

more crawfish

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A cool web gadget -- Wordle

I just found this in a digital scrapbooking magazine. It is easy and free, and pretty cool! You can make random word page collages, you just copy and paste the text info the generator....

Cutie Pie

Megan at dinner Jan 08 GA, originally uploaded by homanhouse.

Poor Callie

Beware of the kid, originally uploaded by homanhouse.

But she does actually love and enjoy Megan now.... a little.

Megan Counting

Megan speaks a little spanish_0001, originally uploaded by homanhouse.

This video says alot about Dora. After many hours watching the same Dora movie over and over (Thanks Grandpa and Grammie) and reading Dora bedtime books (Thanks Dave, Melissa and Annie) this evolved last week, but I only caught it on tape today.

Bows bows bows -- so fun to have a girl

megan room-5, originally uploaded by homanhouse.

I don't think I ever posted a picture of my handywork! Nothing too exciting, but a custom bow hanger that I made for Megan to match her room. Plus lots of bows too! Some homemade, and some not so much.....

Bedtime

megan bedtime 2-6a, originally uploaded by homanhouse.

Just a sweet picture of Megan at Bedtime! Thanks to Uncle Doug and Aunt Gina for her cool new Dora PJs!

Playing Candyland

candyland, originally uploaded by homanhouse.

Tonight, Megan asked to play Candyland, and we had a family game night. She is getting pretty good at it, although tonight she broke down SOBBING at the end because Daddy won. Daddy proclaimed his victory (anyone who has ever played games with Chris knows how this goes!) and then Megan cried and cried because she wanted to win.

So we had to have a little discussion about how you don't always win, and you have to be a good sport. She then perked up (see photo) and asked Daddy to play again. "Daddy -- will you play Candyland with me? but DON'T WIN, allright?"

ANOTHER Christmas!!!

This past weekend we got to have another Christmas celebration with most of Chris's family at his sister's in Houston. Megan just adores her two cousins, Lauren and Lily and talked about going to Houston for weeks before we actually made it.

She had a wonderful time, and was so exhausted from all the fun, that she was in bed, completely asleep tonight at 7PM. Wow.

We left on New Year's Day, and then on Friday we took Lauren and Megan to the Children's Museum of Houston, while poor Lily went to school! Here are a few cute pictures from that trip!

Then, Friday night Nana and Papa joined us, and Friday night's project was assembling the wagon that Megan got her cousins so we could use it on Saturday, and thenon Saturday we loaded everyone up for a trip to the Houston Zoo!

After naps for ALMOST everyone (Megan was the only one who REFUSED to nap) we had Christmas and opened presents!

This week's project will be assembling Megan's new dollhouse! More photos to come

Santa brought a bicycle

Here are a few photos of Christmas Day where Megan practiced riding her new big girl bicycle that Santa brought! One of my very favorite things that I miss about Amarillo are the beautiful sunsets, and here there is a snippet of my favorite sky too, along with our three-year old having a GREAT time!