Summer is nearing its end and London is getting much more brave when it comes to water sports! Here are some pictures of her playing in the sprinklers at the park. The last one shows her new shoes, which she adores. She used to steal other kids' crocs that were kicked off at the park, but now she has her own! The morning after she got them, first thing she brought them to Tim to put them on her and walked all over the house with them on in her nightgown. I should have taken a picture of that! At church she was showing off her new shoes to anyone and everyone. The shoe fetish has begun...
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Summertime
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Promises, Promises
Well, it's been awhile since I've posted, so I thought I'd come up with something. First, I'm happy to see that Tim's treatise on social security sparked some conversation, and second, that we got some input on names. Unfortunately we're still not any closer to settling on one. I don't even think we'll stay with the city theme. Although it is kind of fun I guess when people speculate the reason we named our kid after the city is because that's where the kid was conceived.
Anyway, we were given a gift of some Dove Promises chocolates recently (note: my favorites are See's nut & chews for future reference) and I was surprised to learn they come with jokes on the wrapper. Kind of like laughy taffy for the more sophisticated. Granted, these "Promises Messages" are, I presume, directed toward the audience of the single, middle-aged female, Lifetime movie-watching, drown-my-loneliness-in-chocolate-eating, body-loathing, spanx-sporting, bubble-bath-taking variety, but I found them intriguing nonetheless. Here is a sampler, with my thoughts:
1. "Watch reruns, they replay your memories." Let's see, I don't remember loitering at the Max with Zach and Screech, or getting teased by my brother, Theo, or singing "it's a sunshine day" with the Brady's, do you?
2. "Go to your special place." Maybe I'll try London's Elmo tent. Works for her.
3. "When two hearts race, both win." Now that's just silly. They're comparing love to the special olympics.
4. "There's a time for compromise...it's called later." This is just a ploy to get you to eat more of their chocolate.
5. "Hey, why not?" Still trying to get you to eat more chocolate.
6. "Remember your first everything." Why are we trying to live in the past? Especially when our "firsts" can never compare with those reruns, come on!
7. "You know what? You look good in red." Thanks, Dove, for loving me despite my acne problem!
8. "Smile before bed. You'll sleep better." I'll have to try that. I didn't know smiling somehow expands your bladder.
9. "Keep the promises you make to yourself." Like, "I swear, I'm going to work out tomorrow." Again, marketing their chocolate!
10. "Sing along with the elevator music." I've thought this one over, and can't figure out how to sing along with something that has no melody!
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