Happy February

Well I am back to being festive. Sorry about the messy nature of the previous posts. I don't feel like going back to edit them.  Hope you are all planning  a great February. :)

The truth about pregnancy.

So the other day I was contemplating pregnancy. Not because I am pregnant, rather I was feeling VERY grateful that I am not. Anyone that has talked to me when I am pregnant knows that pregnancy and I don't get along very well, or at all in fact. Anyway, I was wondering how I could pass along the realities of being pregnant to my daughter, without scaring her away from having kids altogether. I came to no conclusion about this dilemma. Then this morning I read " What's Grosser than Gross? " by my sister-in-law. Perhaps I will have my daughter talk to her aunt and get the rundown from her. :)

My Apologies

 I wanted to have a fun New Year's design for my blog.  I also wanted to be able to post an extra large picture.  These 2 things kind of conflict.  Sorry about that.  I will try not to say anything too important in the Blog titles as they are difficult to see off to the side like they are.

Thanks for reading.  Happy New Year.  Enjoy!

Photo Phun

Here are a couple of pictures from the beach.  There were some FANTASTICALLY beautiful days. 

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving at the beach is the BEST idea EVER. You should try it.

I didn't get any pictures of the 13 pies this year, but they were excellent.  What more could you ask for? Pies, Ocean, and Family.

We hope that your Thanksgiving was as awesome as ours was.

Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for making it possible. :)

Birthday Redeux

The second birthday celebration was MUCH better. :)

The 5 most ridiculous things ever

We have some crystals hanging in the window in the kitchen. They make pretty rainbows that the kids love to see. As the sun was setting one evening, Justin asked me why the rainbows were going away. This all led to a discussion about how the Sun doesn't actually move it is the Earth that is spinning and that is why it LOOKS like the sun is setting.

Photos courtesy of Justin Maxwell

Since then Justin has moved on to planets with rings. Specifically that Saturn has big rings and Jupiter has small rings. Last night we added Uranus and Neptune to the list of planets with rings. This all started because we pointed out Jupiter and Saturn to him in the evening sky and he knows about the rings because I have a star chart hanging in my room with a picture of Saturn and Jupiter on it.

Now that you have a little background I can tell you that this morning at breakfast Justin asked what gravity is and why it is always on, and how do the planets stay up in the sky. In an attempt to explain this to my 5 yr old, I said that the planets all move around the sun and that combined with gravity they are able to stay up in the sky. It was also mentioned that not only does the Earth spin, but it also moves around the Sun. And the Sun isn't a planet, it is a star. During this conversation Justin bust up laughing. He then proceeded to tell me that:

1. The Earth is NOT a planet.
2. The planets do NOT move around the Sun.
3. The Sun is NOT a star.
4. Planets do NOT spin, only the Earth does.
5. Stars are definitely not as big or bigger than the Sun.

What I had said was clearly the most ridiculous thing he had ever heard.

Give him a couple of days to think about it, he will come around.