Things I've Seen and Heard This Week

:: A motorcycle with two occupants coming out of Costco parking lot. The girl on back was clutching a cheesecake to her chest.

:: A car with the vanity license plate "I NAIL U"... Carpenter? Lawyer? Something worse?

:: A sign advertising you can declare bankruptcy for $275. Um, if I'm declaring bankruptcy I probably don't have money. So it's just ridiculous to CHARGE for me to file the papers letting people know I don't have money.

:: A mailbox shaped like a John Deere tractor.

:: A princess in a Cozy Coupe Car accidentally running over Batman and then proceeding to follow him around saying "Sorry" every 3 seconds. Except Batman doesn't notice Princess trying to apologize and carries on with his saving the world duties. And Princess gets very frustrated and then Teacher Chad has to come over and break up the fight between Princess and Batman.

:: A couple of young girls exclaiming how cool God is for "decorating" (read: creating) the world.

:: The maniacal laughter of two very, very tired boys who are so tired they've turned into giggling blobs of nonsense.

:: A 3 year old beat a 4 year old and 5 year old at the game Memory.

:: The screams and cries and total meltdown of frustration that a 3 year old can beat a 4 year old and 5 year old at the game Memory.

:: The sheer joy and satisfaction radiating from Christian's face that he managed to make his bed all by himself.

:: All my laundry go from huge piles around the hamper to washed, folded and neatly put away in the drawers.

:: My sister explaining that from now on she is pronouncing the word "pianist" like pee-an-ist because a DJ on a classical station says it that way and it sounds SO much better than the alternative.

:: The dust slowly losing the war in my house. HUZZAH! (Confused? See HERE.)

:: A lady cramming books and toddler totes into the skinny book return slots because she didn't want to take all the kids into the library. (This may or may not have been me.)

:: My boys running around the house wildly exclaiming in joy that "WILD CRAPS" is coming on. In reality, it's a new show on OPB called Wild Kratts.

:: Various combinations and complete overuse of the words/actions: poop, fart, poopy head, butthead, burp, poopy diaper stinky head, etc...

:: The sweet, sweet, glorious sight of my children sleeping peacefully in their beds.