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Hey, remember when Mary turned 7? That was awesome, right? It was especially great that she got to go to Disneyland.
Wait. I forgot to mention that? Strange.
First, Jeremy drove 10 hours to Los Angeles. 6 hours driving and 4 hours in L.A. traffic to get to Seal Beach!
At 7 am the next morning, they went to the place where dreams come true.
There were princesses!
And tschotskes!
And rides!
And they stayed all day!
Seriously, people, 15 hours. This man deserves a medal.
Mary's Stars on Stage camp had a talent show this afternoon. She played Goldilocks in the sequel to Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Goldilocks Returns.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears II: Goldilocks Returns from Leslie Ann McNolty on Vimeo.
I've gotten behind transferring videos from the camera to my computer. Here are three from last month.
Thomas loved this Barbie for about three days. Then, he threw her over for a less traditional, American Idol style boy-girl singing duo.
Thomas's Singing Girl from Leslie Ann McNolty on Vimeo.
RIP MJ from Leslie Ann McNolty on Vimeo.
Ipod Dance from Leslie Ann McNolty on Vimeo.
Mary has mentioned how much she loves lasagna a couple of times this summer. So, I made a vegetable lasagna the other day. I added eggplant, zucchini, red pepper and mushrooms to the sauce and cooked spinach to the ricotta. And after weeks of great dinner behavior, Food Battle 2009 suddenly reared its ugly head.
We had been planning to go out for ice cream and a trip to the park after dinner. But if you want ice cream, you've got to eat dinner. And Mary wouldn't. First, she ate all the cheese off the top of her piece. She picked out all the noodles and ate those. Then, she stopped eating. And started stirring the remaining vegetables and ricotta around in the bowl while singing to herself about how gross it was. For an hour.
So, we canceled ice cream and the park. And she lost it. She was sent to her bed where she proceeded to literally wail about how unfair it all was. I have a video of her door through which you can hear the ridiculousness of it (and me snickering in the background). It's hilarious; you'd think we had just amputated some of her fingers without anesthestic. I was going to post it here.
But then, this morning, I backed into the garage door. And I completely lost it. I stormed into the house and threw my coffee cup into the sink. I went back outside to look at it and started screaming about how "We can't afford this. We can't even afford to drive the car, let alone wreck it." I slammed some doors. I slammed a couple of them multiple times. Then, I sat down and cried. Wailed, really.
The door is, um, completely screwed up. And there's a huge dent in the back of the car. And we can't afford an accident like this right now. Or ever. It sucks. The one bright spot is that there is no video of me freaking out about it.
Obviously, I won't be posting the video of Mary's bedroom door. Here's one of Thomas instead.
Will Talk for Food ... Sort Of from Leslie Ann McNolty on Vimeo.
We went to the Sacramento Zoo this morning. It's a small zoo and badly in need up updating. It really made me appreciate all the work that has gone into the Sedgwick County Zoo.
Fortunately, they are doing some work on it. This sad little giraffe exhibit is being replaced with a much bigger enclosure next year. Hopefully, it won't have any concrete.
Sitting in this little dump truck was probably the highlight of the zoo for Thomas. The kid is seriously obsessed with vehicles. Jeremy was holding him at the chimpanzee exhibit when a young chimp walked right up to the glass and climbed a rope that was hanging there. It was very cool. Unfortunately, a plane flew overhead at the same time. Thomas missed the chimp because he was frantically pointing at the sky and saying "Pway! Pway!"* over and over again.
Silly monkey.
