Snoogi Sunday

*Day 60*
Woohoo! 60 days! That feels like something.

You'll never guess what we did with our snoogi this week! We were just being wild and crazy, and did something with it they never advertised on TV. We unzipped it all the way, spread it out flat on the floor, and had a picnic. I know, I know, we just get crazy around here sometimes. We enjoyed cheeseburgers and Phineas and Ferb. Then we washed the snoogi because Logan spilled fry sauce on it. But that's the only bad thing I can think of that comes from using your snoogi as a blanket to sit on.

Cats

*Day 59*
Logan Loves cats. I don't know when he started loving them. I think he loved them even before he met Macho cat. I don't remember when he got his first stuffed cat, maybe one. But that wasn't the last. I counted. We have 18 cats in our house. (If tigers and lions count as cats.) Logan has to sleep with one, or two, or three, or more every night. He just got a new cat from his Aunt Jennifer. It's his new favorite. It hasn't left his side since he got it. (Except I wouldn't let him take it to school. But, he held until he got to the door before throwing it onto the couch.) Logan's number one wish in life is to have a cat. Every time he has a wish bone, or birthday candles, I know he wishes for a cat. I know because after he's done, he tells me we need to get a house. We told him a long time ago that we couldn't have a cat in our apartment. I think he was three when we drove past a house that had a For Sale sign in front. Logan asked me if it was for sale or rent. I told him for sale. He told me we should buy it so we could have a cat.


He was a cat for Halloween when he was 2.


This is Logan with Macho cat (Steven and Andrea's). It was a highlight of his life to meet and play with a real cat. He still talks about Macho.


They do a reading with cats program at the Humane Society. I took Logan. He loved it. I thought it would be special thing to do... once. He wanted to go back every week.



With his new cat Fer. (The end of Jennifer.)

What Was I Scared Of

*Day 58*

Ok, so, I'll do real post today.

I enjoyed Jenn's book review. I admire people who are able to get through a "big kid" book, because I'm just not good at it. If I get the chance to read, it usually ends with me falling a sleep. More than once, I've checked books out from the library and renewed them my max 3 times, without finishing them. I know it's sad. I guess it's just not my time in life to be a reader. Maybe someday.

What I do know is children's books. Dr. Seuss has been my favorite since I was little. A few years ago, we came upon Dr. Seuss story that we hadn't heard before. It's called "What Was I Scared Of". It was originally printed in "The Sneetches and Other Stories". I love this story. Now that I'm older I tend to really enjoy the Dr. Seuss stories that have a hidden meaning. Like the Lorax, the Sneetches, and Yertle The Turtle (possibly the best book ever written on the subject of stacking turtles). Anyway, this story has been published (in glow in the dark form!) by itself now. I read it to Logan so much that he asked me not read it anymore. When I finally got Matt to listen to it, he laughed at the pictures, and the story. I never notice the pictures in the books, I'm too busy looking at the words. So, I had to take this one and just look at the pictures. I loved it even more then. I really wanted to scan in the whole book, but I didn't. Check it our from your library, or borrow it from me. Or, on a good day, I could quote it to you.

I will settle on my favorite quote from the book.
"I said, 'I do not fear those pants with nobody inside them. I said, and said , and said those words. I said them, but I lied them.'"

Here's a picture. I chose this one because Matt's post "The Ice Man Cometh" (Day 83) made me think of this book. When Logan got that guy with the ice, this is what he looked like. I'm not kidding!

Day 57

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Quote of the Day

*Day 56*
This is what I overheard as Kya and Diego were playing.

"The horse is my partner. That's OK if the horse is my partner?"

"No, a person, like a dog."

Sweating To The Oldies and B-ball

*Day 55*

For young women's tonight we dressed up 80's style and did Sweating To The Oldies with Richard Simmons. It's pretty funny, but actually a pretty good workout. I laughed the whole time, just to burn some extra calories. Then I played basketball with the Elders. They invited me to play because the people around here somehow got the idea that I am a very competitive person.? I'm sure it has nothing to do with the young men's president getting tackled in a mud football game. (He got revenge!)

Backyard Friends- The Chipmunk

*Day 54*


In our backyard we've had a few friendly visitors. Today is dedicated to the chipmunk that lives in tree across the fence. We actually see a lot of chipmunks around here. There are a lot that live in the park down the street. We see them running along the telephone wires and jumping from tree to tree around the neighborhood. I think it's fun to see (most) animals in our backyard.

We've watched one chipmunk a lot in our backyard. When you wake up in the spring and summer, you can hear the chipmunk outside. We watch it run along the fence and over the garage. One day we heard a lot of racket on the roof. We went outside to see what it was. There was a chipmunk in the rain gutter way up on the second story. He was there for a while making noise. He looked like he was trying to get out, but couldn't. We thought he was stuck and were wondering how we could help him. Then all of the sudden, he jumped out of the gutter, ran the power lines to the garage roof and was gone.

The neighbors had a walnut tree. Some walnuts would fall over the fence. While me and Logan were raking leaves, we collected the walnuts we found and put them in a bucket. We left the bucket outside the front door. I came home one day and the bucket was tipped over. I picked it up, but I couldn't find the walnuts. Logan didn't know what happened to them either. We picked up some more walnuts another day. The same thing happened. I couldn't figure out who would take our walnuts. Then we decided that the chipmunks were probably taking them!

My favorite chipmunk story: Logan was playing in the snow in the backyard a couple of weeks ago. When he came in, he told me that he had to come in because the chipmunk was just sitting on the fence watching him. It was scaring him. He thought it might jump down and get him or something. A few days later, he came in from playing outside. He told that same chipmunk was watching him again so he had to come in.

I know I've been talking about chipmunks, and this video is about squirrels, but talking about chipmunks made me think about this. It's a clip from Phineas and Ferb. It's pretty funny, especially if you see the whole episode. Enjoy!