Unexpected

Used Kia mini-van: $12,000

Crib from Craigslist: $30

New summer wardrobe: $300

Becoming the Jackson 5 this September: priceless

and terrifying.

the Joys of Room sharing

Rob woke up a couple of mornings ago at 5 AM. As he walked down the hall he noticed light coming from under the girls' door. When he went in to see what was going on, he found Grace sitting on the floor reading a book to Vivian. When he asked Grace what was going on, her reply was simply, "Her woke up!"

My little Tracy Turnblat

Grace loves the movie Hairspray. I know, it's not exactly your normal 2-yr old kind of movie. But she loves the big musical numbers and the twirly dresses. In fact, now she won't let either of us twirl unless we are wearing dresses. She goes around the house singing "Good morning, Baltimore" and she's actually pretty good :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjss4dErY9c

So the other day her friend was here, and I let them play in the basement for a few minutes while I was cooking dinner. Rob got home and went down to get them, and told me they had been down there playing with hairspray. I don't have any hairspray downstairs.... I was sure he must be mistaken.

But sure enough, when Grace came up her hair was all soggy with something. The smell clued me in that she had found a bottle of starch downstairs, and yes, the bottle does look just like Ultraclutch hairspray! What a goofy kid. I wish I had been there to see her reenactment of the movie that I am sure must have gone along with the "hairspray."

Like waiting for Christmas

There was this pizza place in Iowa City called Old Chicago. We didn't go there very often, but for the last couple of weeks I have been dying for some warm cheesy breadsticks dipped in their amazing marinara sauce. So I got on their website, and it turns out there's a restaurant just 40 minutes away! And Rob is off this Saturday! Seriously, the moments are passing so slowly I can hardly stand it.