Size does matter

Anyone ever play with a POLLY POCKET? I tried to avoid them, I've seen other Mothers cringe when they mention the dreaded "P" word. It's a doll that is VERY TINY, so of course all of her shoes, purses and accessories are even more tiny. I have a friend who has twin daughters **Hi Samantha!* and they had a HUGE bag of Polly Pockets. We went to visit her once and Faith dumped out the whole bag of miniatures, and I was like, "Oh my god, PLEASE don't stuff a doll up your nose!" I have another friend that has 2 daughters that collect another miniature nightmare called MY LITTLEST PET SHOP *Hi Diana!*, and of course when we went to her house Faith gravitated to their huge stash of itty bitty dolls. You'd think that as small as Faith is she'd want to play with big things, but I guess she figures she'd stick to stuff more her size.

This past birthday Faith got a LITTLEST PET SHOP set from her Aunt Kel, and at first I was thinking I might have to put that box up in the closet for about, oh, let's just say 10 years or so. But I digress, I opened it up and Faith fell in love with all things miniature. Want a cake the size of a pea? She's got one. Would you like to brush your hair with a brush the size of belly button lint? She's got one of those, too.

To add to the miniature horrors I bought Faith a POLLY POCKET limosine ( every girl needs a miniature pink limo you know), and it came with a POLLY POCKET doll, several fashionable plastic dresses, a few pets and shoes...lots and lots of shoes. And can I tell you how small these shoes are? Well, let's just say that I've pulled boogers out of my nose bigger than these shoes. When she brings them to us she just stuffs them in our face, and with our big adults hands we have to maneuver these itty bitty shoes onto these itty bitty feet. It's no easy feat (er, feet?). I keep schooling Faith on the need to keep all of these little pieces in one place, because if any of the pieces are left on the floor they will sucked up in the vacuum ( but alas, a mother must vacuum first for that to happen, and I don't think she's worried about that). Her response: " why would your vacuum want to eat the shoes?" Logical question from such a little girl.

I don't like those little pieces, but for now I'll put up with them because Faith really does love playing with her POLLY POCKET and her LITTLEST PET SHOP. I'll just have to learn to embrace the smallness of the pieces.

I tried taking some pictures of the pink high heal shoes ( they're very stylish, yes?). I thought that I'd set them next to a postage stamp to illustrate how small they are. Faith's response: "OHHH, Stickers!!!'" EEK! no, honey, not stickers. So then I asked her to hold the shoe in her tiny hands, I figured that ought to show how small they are. But I got so distracted by her messy hair and her big brown eyes that I don't think I accurately captured the smallness of the shoe. But either way, I'm still posting the pictures.

Thanksgiving means..

...it's time to make the traditional American Indian Headband. Because as well all learned in school, American Indians wore colored macaroni on their headbands, as well as dyed feathers that are glued onto construction paper.

It's all very authentic.

Temecula Childrens' Museum

We took the kids to the kids' museum in Old Town Temecula. It's really cool! Ethan has been there a few times but this was Faiths' first time. It's a really neat place for kids her age. There is the neat glow-in-the-dark room where you have to work your way through a maze in the dark. I think that was her favorite part. There are little passageways and secret hiding places throughout the museum. It's very hands-on. I like that a lot of the activities are science-based so the kids are learning while playing. Faith really enjoyed being able to bang away on the piano. It's so nice having a great museum like this right in our own backyard.

Ethan's birthday party

We had a small party for Ethan with 3 of his friends from school. We started the party off with some Wii bowling and then we had the kids take part in a building contest using toothpicks and marshmallows. Instead of having a birthday cake we had an ice cream sundae bar, the kids had fun topping their ice cream with gummi bears, oreos, sprinkles and M-n-M's. Finally Ethan opened his presents, and this was what Travis had been waiting for for months. We bought Ethan "Guitar Hero" several months ago and it had been hiding under our bed, and every so often Travis would beg to open it up. So once Ethan opened it Travis got right to work on putting it together. The kids had fun jammin' on the guitar. Overall it was a fun party. I still can't believe my baby is turning 11 next week!

The cutest couple EVER

Maybe I'm a bit biased, but I think Trav and I make a pretty cute couple. After 11 years of married bliss we've still got the hots for each other.

My Christmas list

Dear Santa,

I have been a pretty good girl this year ( as long as you don't count the obscene amount of donuts I've eaten or the fact that I don't do the laundry as much as I should). But other than that I've been way better than any other girls I know.
Therefore, I figure that I should get pretty much everything on my xmas list.

** A wife. I hear they do EVERYTHING around the house. I have heard from a secret source that a wife will pretty much do anything you ask as long as you say, "thanks" and bring her flowers once in awhile. This is something I think I can handle

** A goat. I think this would eleviate the weeds in the yard. And although Travis is the one that does the yardwork I figure that if the goat can take care of the weeds I can have Travis in the house longer so he can load the dishwasher for me.

** A hot air balloon. I will fill this up with all the hot air dispensed in my house via the rearends of my lovely husband and kids. I only ask that if you can't supply me with the hot air balloon that you instead enroll me in the Glade Stick-Up of the Month Club

** A tattoo of my name across my husbands back. I only ask for this because I am hoping that one day he will actually do what he's been telling me he's going to do for years now. And we all know how important it is for a woman to mark her territory. Step off girls, he's mine!

** Menopause. Because that monthly visitor I've been having for 20+ years now has outstayed her welcome. Frankly, I wish she'd get hit by a bus.

Sincerely,
Shawna " ain't misbehavin' " Romine

Dishwasher Hell is cooling down

We finally got the new dishwasher. It works, it doesn't leak. So I should be jumping for joy, right?
Nope.
And of course I only have myself to blame.
When we were at Best Buy looking for our THIRD dishwasher I was in such a pissy mood that I pretty much just picked out a new one without really looking at it.
The new one is small..it holds half of the dishes our other one did. Not only that, but it's too small for the hole in the kitchen where the dishwasher goes, so now there is a 2 inch gap between the kitchen counter and the dishwasher.
For Crissakes, can't I get a break here?