Every good and perfect gift is from above...James 1:17

Friday, December 21, 2012

Some of the latest things going on in the Daniels' house:
Daisy:  "You wanna know how to say Happy Thanksgiving in Spanish?  Elise Doddy-da."  You may be more familiar with its cousin, 'Feliz Navidad,' who of course is referring Merry Christmas.
Zekers climbed a tree, so naturally the others wanted up there, too.  Daisy tried but got scared and quit.  When she tried again Zeke encouraged her, "That's my girl.  That's perseverance."
Elijah throws down mostly good one-liners.  "Chip.  Here."  (As he's pointing to his plate.)
[Frito] Pie.  Outside.
Daisy.  Hurt.  Ouch.  (As he's pointing to a body part.)
Shoes.  On.
Car.  Daddy.
etc.
And then there's Frito Pie.  One evening Abe gave her a bunch of left-over juice from the crock pot.  Of course she loved it.  Going down, that is.  The next evening she was up and pacing all night.  I took her out once to go pee pee (recently she peed on the rug, so I thought I was being proactive).  I walked her out on the leash because she doesn't come when you call her and she likes to run and bark at all the nocturnal animals at night.  She went potty so I thought we were good.  Nope.  When morning arrived she had the cha-cha-chas.   In 2 spots. Yeah.  Ewww.

So the next night when she was pacing around, even though it was night and there is that whole wild animal-barking thing, I stuck her out back.  Not making that mistake two nights in a row.  Around midnight she would not stop barking.  When I finally went out she had just caught an opossum.  It was playing dead.  I wasn't going to get too close to try to catch the dog, who was of course all kinds of worked up.  Thinking it was playing dead and the dog would lose interest soon, I went back to bed.  For some reason the opossum got up a minute later and the dog was going crazy again.  Once again, I didn't want to get in the middle of it, so I left her.  Around 2 a.m.  I awoke from a dream about Frito Pie barking and Dad and Crystal (my niece who goes hunting) geting ready to shoot my dog.  Turns out she was really barking ~ still.  Yes, 2 hours of non-stop barking.  Our neighbors were loving us.  At this point Abe went out.  He finally threw a big toy car at both dog and opossum to distract them.  It worked.   Dog got caught and opossum got away with its life spared.

Thank goodness no more eventful nights with the dog.  She has been in the house every night since with no cha-cha-chas.



Thursday, December 20, 2012

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

The whole DanFam5 kicked in to help deck the halls this year.  'Help' is a term I am using very loosely.
"Are those ornaments glass?"  I asked Abe.  He picked one up, tapped on it and looked inside it.  The words "I'm not sure," were barely off his lips as we heard the sound of shattering glass over in the general area of where our youngest was standing.  There was the answer to that question.
The migration of all the ornaments from the bottom 2 branches of the tree to the top 2 inches of tree is taking place much quicker this year than normal.  Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year.  Especially when it comes to 22-month olds and Christmas trees.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

We're One Of *Those* Families

The evening started off normal enough.  We went downtown to experience the Christmas lights.
However, somehow it took a turn for the worse.  Before we knew what was going on, we were one of *those* families who take their children out to dinner on Saturday night to Sam's Club.

Aye-yi-yi.  What's happened to us?

Monday, December 17, 2012

A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words

If a picture is worth 1,000 words them I'm out of luck for now.   I have had blog issues and cannot post pictures.  So I will post without pics until I can get the matter straightened out.

Since I don't have 1,000 words on this subject, this post kinda bites.

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Kicking Boards And Taking Names

Zekers had his first karate tournament today. 
 
I am proud to say he came home with a gold and a bronze!

Zeke got 3rd place in the sumo competition.
He earned first place in board kicking ~ the only one to break all 3 levels of boards on the first try.
Not only did he do well, but he displayed excellent sportsmanship, too.
I'm proud of my boy!


Good For A Wildcat…

…fiiiirst TCU game.  Yes, my first TCU game and I was cheering for the visiting team.  But it was my team, and we won!  
 The first half we were cheering loudly in the K-State section.
The 2nd half someone got us into the Club Level, complete with free buffet and cushioned seats on the 50.  Good intro to Amon Carter Stadium, I'd say.
KKKKK.  SSSSSS.   UUUUUU.  
Wildcats!

Friday, November 02, 2012

A Dingo Took My Baby

I went into Cool Cuts with my baby for his first hair cut.  A dingo must have taken my baby because I left with a little boy.

The Transformation:
He may be growing up on me, but he'll aways be my Baby.