Tedx

Wm is the proud owner of cool new glasses! Here he is being a hard core nerd:

Wm came home from school super excited because he was one of only a handful of kids invited to be audience members at the Columbus TEDx event! He will miss an entire day of school in March to go and will get a free tshirt. I guess the audience is "participatory," so he's really excited!! 

I have a cold. It's definitely the worst cold anyone has ever had in the history of time and everyone should pity me intensely. I'm sure those gross college students infected me with it. It could also be because one day is 20 degrees and the next is 60 and that cycle is continuing. My body has rebelled. 

Lastly, I missed the beginning of this conversation, but I was filled in....

Steve: WILLIAM! Did you wipe toothpaste on my clean decorative washcloth?

Wm: NO!

Steve: Who else would have done it? Wm, seriously, do not do that. 

Wm: I didn't!!!!

Steve: I know you did. That is gross. Who does that? 

Wm: Oh my god. I did not!

Me: [walking upstairs] What's all the hubbub?

Steve: SOMEONE wiped toothpaste on my clean washcloth!

Me: Oh, the one you hung on the new towel bar?

Steve: Yes.

Me: Yeah, that was me. 

Steve: WHAT?

Wm: AH HA!!!! I told you!!!

Me: What? It was there, it was clean, and I has toothpaste on my face. Ba-da-bing ba-da-boom, problem solved.

Wm: Pop blamed me!

Steve: I didn't think an ADULT would do something like that!

Me: HAHAHAAH! You're weird.

Wm: HAHAHAHA! 

Steve: I hate you both. It's not that funny.

Me & Wm: HAHAHAHA!

Very Cold

It was VERY COLD this weekend and we were very displeased about it. We mostly hibernated. They put every single Indiana Jones movies on Amazon Prime, so we started in on those. Wm is a big fan and has started humming the theme music constantly. Although, he also spends the entire movie talking out loud to the screen, trying to convince Indie that what he's doing is not a good idea.

Schroeder went to the vet and was deemed very healthy. He got two shots, which he wasn't pleased about. But, he's probably the only cat who purrs so much they can't hear his heartbeat, so they have to turn on the water and threaten him with it to make him stop purring. In retaliation for his visit to the vet, he barfed grossly right outside our bedroom door last night. GOOD MORNING, FROM SCHROEDER.

And we spent way too long at Target, incurring the Wrath of William. But we now have ample towels, a new hand towel rack (welcome, guests!) and various bathroom improvements. The cleaning lady is on vacation, so we had to actually clean our own house. Which was AWFUL. I think she went on vacation just to show us how much we need her and she is going to come back and jack up her rates. We made Wm pitch in (he dusted the entire downstairs and his room, picked up, cleaned his room, vacuumed, and cleaned the dining room table) and he said, "I don't think people really do all this! Is this just some life lesson you're trying to teach me?" I told him that the life lesson is "clean up after yourself, you gross bastard."  To which he replied, "Well, I'm getting a cleaning lady as soon as I move out!"  I just laughed and laughed.

Lastly, we got an email yesterday telling us the date/time of Wm's elementary school graduation. It's real. And I don't like it. I'm not a person who dreads the aging of my child (I have a paper chain counting down until he's 18), but I'm sad he's leaving his school. It's been great - and right on our street!! Here's hoping middle school is just as good!

New Specs

We are all back to school/work and grumpy about it. Alarm clocks, packed lunches, and homework are all back in our lives. We had a great run, though! And it's been a busy week back to the grind! Yesterday, Wm to the eye doctor and go himself some new specs. Well, he picked them out and we ordered them - they won't come in for a week. But here is a sneak preview of the ones he picked out:

The eye doctor was all horrified that his eyes had gotten worse since last year and I'm like, "get used to it - he has 2 blind parents whose eyes got worse every single year." BUT, she told Wm that it's from staring at a screen too much (which I doubt, but I'm not complaining since he took it all seriously and decided he needs frequent screen breaks). She also dilated his pupils, which Wm was NOT a fan of. He sat around in our dark living room repeatedly asking, "how long do those drops last???"

Steve got his annual bonus (WOOT!) which we are going to use some of to spruce up our WC. I also read an article that leads me to believe we are not changing our bath towels out frequently enough. So we are spending our weekend getting ALL the towels and commencing plans for Project Bathroom Improvement. And also Schroeder goes to the vet for his annual check-up and gets a thermometer stuck up his cat butt. Which is definitely deserves after the Christmas tree debacle.

Vaca

Wm and I have been enjoying our winter break! Wm went to the dentist and got a clean bill of health (and went back alone for the first time!) Suzanne and I went to lunch and took a walk (and ate Christmas cookies!) Today, Mimi took us to see the movie Sing. Steve took a half day and he and I took a walk after lunch, then he took Wm to his violin lesson. It was great!! I think today may end the warm(ish) temps and sunshine, so I'm glad I got lots of walking in!! Wm has been playing with his Christmas haul and having a grand time.

This weekend, we plan our annual pizza and apps and movies for New Year's Eve. I'm looking forward to it!! Steve and I return to work on Tuesday and Wm goes back to school Wednesday. So the end is nigh. But we are going to enjoy every last minute of our winter vaca!

I can't wait to take the Christmas tree down (which we do every New Year's day). I am so sick of the devil cat and the tree. Here he is looking super guilty after he was busted:

Notice the water bottle aimed at him

Shortly thereafter, I tried to read and he decided it was Schroeder Snuggle Time. He's a pain in the ass. But he's also a soft, warm, purr-machine - which is very soothing!!

And now we are having what appears to be a crazy wind storm.  Here's hoping the power doesn't go out!!

Christmas '16

I wrote a long post about Christmas and then it got erased. So now I'm going to do a fast version. Here we go...

Xmas Eve cookie making

Frosting!

Sprinkle Master!

Cookies!

Christmas Eve: Great dinner (pork roast, whipped sweet potatoes, baked apples, and homemade bread), Xmas movie (Home Alone), and one present for Wm (warm, soft jammies).

Xmas Eve present!

Christmas morning: up at 6:30, favorite present is weird robot thing named Cozmo. Very pleased!

Cozmo!

Wm disappeared with Cozmo and we didn't see him again until the grandparents showed up with more presents! I spent my time hanging with people instead of taking pictures, so I've got nothing. Other than what the tree looked like once everyone was here! It was bananas! The presents weren't the best part - spending time with everyone and having a great visit was the best! It was a great Christmas!!

Present overload!

Even more!

Sickly

Wm is officially on winter break. And officially has a man-boy cold. I took him to work with me this morning and he was so pathetic that we left at lunch and came home. He scurried up to his room and after I didn't hear from him for a while, I called up.

Me: How are you feeling?
Wm: TERRIBLE.
Me: Do you want some medicine?
Wm: No.
Me: Do you want me to bring you a warm blanket to snuggle in?
Wm: No.
Me: Do you want to be evil and disagreeable?
Wm: Yes.

So then about 15 minutes later, I texted him this. His reply killed me.

Here's hoping he's better by Christmas and doesn't manage to infect us with his germs!

Siri

Best Siri conversation ever. (It is important to note that I changed Steve's name in his phone so that it thinks he is named Turd Ferguson. So every time he talks to Siri, that's what she calls him. Because I'm awesome.)

Steve: [To Wm] Are you SERIOUS?
Wm: Huh?
Siri: BING BING. [thinking Steve said "Hey, Siri"]
Steve: I said, are you SERIOUS?
Siri: I'm always serious, Turd Ferguson.

YESSSSS. That is the best possible outcome of changing Steve's name to Turd Ferguson in his phone.

Also, I made shepherd's pie for dinner last night. In with the meat, I mixed onions, garlic, carrots, peas, and green beans. Of course, on top were mashed potatoes. And guess what. GUESS. Wm ate it!! I have no idea why or how or what happened. All I know is that he ate it. HE. ATE. IT. (Perhaps it was because we had our office cookie exchange and party and I had a giant box filled with delicious cookies for dessert!)