A Photo a Day While We Are Away: Tuesday

This is what we're really like. And we're not even sorry about it.

A Photo a Day While We Are Away: Monday

Elvie thinks you might have a case of the Mondays. It's best to just go back to bed.

A Photo a Day While We Are Away: Sunday

Sisters, meeting for the first time. Elvie's all, "This is not my favorite!" and

Zinashi is all, "I am the BEST BIG SISTER." So much love.

A Photo a Day While We Are Away: Saturday

At the airport in San Francisco, chomping at the bit to get on

the plane and get to Elvie.

A Photo a Day While We Are Away: Friday

Galveston, Texas, Spring 2011

Heading Out

I am hours away from boarding an airplane with both children for a four hour flight. Mostly I think it will be fine, but every time I think about Zinashi possibly needing to use the airplane bathroom, I start to quietly hyperventilate. I'm hoping she can just hold it. Or that she'll remember how she and Jarod practiced last night and feel fine about going in by herself. Anything other than a crying jag, limbs flailing, scared out of her mind but not wanting to wet her pants. She will be wearing a pull up, and I hope that's enough to ease her mind if she can't bring herself to go in. I know she is six, but we are not taking chances. I can't fit all three of us into an airplane bathroom to help Zinashi pee, let alone help her change clothes. So we're taking precautions. I'm expecting the worst and hoping for the best. It's how I roll.

We are headed to Missouri for Grannie's 90th birthday celebration. You might wonder why I just said Grannie and not "my grannie," for you've never heard of her, but if you live in Grannie's town or the surrounding area, you do know her. And you call her Grannie. Everyone calls her Grannie. It's who she is.

Do you recognize this woman? You should. She's Grannie!

While we are away, I don't want you to get bored and have nothing to look at, so each day at 9am Pacific Daylight Time, a photo will magically appear right here on this blog. They're photos that, to my knowledge at least, we haven't posted here before, or at least it's been quite awhile. I hope you enjoy them.

We will return Tuesday night, and I will be back with things to bore you with tell you on Wednesday. May you have the happiest of weekends, and if it's possible to do so, I hope you enjoy some birthday cake. I know I will.

For the Fun of It

This pretty much sums up breakfast at our house:







My life: never dull since September 27, 2010.