Dinner With the Kids

Dinner when Mr. Magoo and I were dating, was a quick trip. If we wanted the dinner to last a long time, we would max out at about 1 hour. I'm not exactly sure how we both got to be quick eaters, but I think I'm going to blame this on my middle and high school years when we didn't have much time to eat. It was go in stuff your face and head to the next class.

Anyway- now sitting down with the kids always takes forever and is quite an experience. There is never a dull moment, as you never know what incidents might happen in this small span of time.

Update

Hi everyone! (if anyone still reads this- LOL)

The Magoos are all doing well and are alive! Mr. Magoo has been traveling a lot to California lately, which is why I have had no time to write. He is settled for a long while now, so that will be nice.

We have had gymnastics start since I last posted. The girls are really loving it. Chicky Magoo 1 is getting her cartwheel down! She is very proud of herself. Chicky Magoo 2 has the bridge really well too. I don't know if any of you have tried either one of these but I did. Wow! Chicky Magoo 1 told me (and she is totally right) that my cartwheel was "kind of ugly". Then they wanted me to try to do a bridge. I thought, well I could at least try. Well- apparently I am not at ALL able to do this. Now it has become my personal goal to gain some arm strength so I can do a bridge. If you are wanting a good laugh, I challenge you to do this too. Good luck!

Thin Mint Imposter!

I'm sure most of you know that there are two cookies I just can't get enough of....Oreos and Thin Mints. It is that time of year now where the Thin Mints arrive at the door. Yea!!!! Why are Girl Scout cookies so crazy good?!?
Well- I have had a revelation! What is an Oreo WAS a Thin Mint?
I know- I just blow your mind! LOL

Ash Wednesday....Chicky Magoo 2 is not a Fan!

This morning, we went to Church for Ash Wednesday. I remember being a kid and thinking how strange the ashes were, and wondering why some people had them and others did not. Chicky Magoo 2 is no exception.

For the kids Mass today, Father and the teachers put the ashes on the children's heads and were there to also put ashes on anyone else in the congregation that wanted them. I told Chicky Magoo 2 that we were going up and what they would do. She was not in the mood apparently, because on our walk up to Father, she had covered her face, including forehead. I thought to ease her tension I would head to Chicky Magoo 1's teacher (which Chicky Magoo 2 knows pretty well). Chicky Magoo 2 walked up and STILL would not take her hands off her head. I stood behind her holding her hands out, while Mrs. Schulz knelt down and made a cross on her forehead.

After returning to my seat I realized that, okay, so maybe this is a scary thing. I hadn't thought of it before, but it could be a tad intimidating. You walk up, Mommy says they are putting ashes on you (which the only association you have for ashes is that they are in fire, and you have been told fire is hot). Then they say "Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return." Okay, okay. Maybe Chicky Magoo 2 was right to be a little frightened by the process. (And of course as soon as we got to our seats, she wiped it right off. She has also taken a few swipes at mine throughout the day!)

Did You Say "R"

My Dad turned 60 on Monday, and we wanted to throw him a nice party. So, we set out to plan some fun appetizers that we hadn't made before. Our friends, Trevor and Kim have made some GREAT things when we have been at their house, so for my portion of the eats, I decided to make a few of those. Trevor was nice enough to write the recipes down, and even fax them so I could get all of the ingredients in time. He is a great chef, and sort of took a few recipes and made up his own. It was so delicious that i just hoped I could even come close to what he had done.

I tried to make the Shrimp Spring Rolls, and was amazed at how well I could actually navigate the produce section of the grocery. Come to find out when I was done I put them in to boi-l, but the recipe actually said bRoil. Whoops!

McJackpot!

Today we decided to take the kids out for some "family fun" after school. We thought bowling and McDonald's was in order. We all bowled a 300 game....okay, not really, but BOY were we close.

After bowling, we headed to Micky Ds. There were some coupons in Sunday's paper, and thought we'd try them out. I actually have never taken coupons to MCD, but we decided to try it out. We weren't sure they would take 2 coupons in one order, so I had the buy one 6 piece chicken nuggets get one free. Mr. Magoo had the buy one quarter pounder get one free.

As we were walking into the store, two guys were walking out. One of them held the door for us and shouts "free hamburgers inside!" Mr. Magoo said "I wish!" and we went in. Next thing we know, the guy is coming back in and says "Hey Adam. (the guy behind the counter) You see these two little girls? Make sure that whatever ice cream they want today, they get! And if they want to make it, you make sure they get to do that too." So apparently that guy was the owner...

Then while we were sitting down waiting for the girls to finish their meal, I decided to check my email. Come to find out, there will be a recount in New Hampshire after all!

Anyway- what else could you ask for....
Free Quarter Pounder
Free 6 Piece Nugget
Free McFlurry (Oreo of course)
Free Hot Fudge Sundae
and a Recount!!!

McJackpot!

It's a bird, It's a plane....

NO- It's Dance Fever!














Monica (feeling the groove), Uncle Magoo 1 (doing his best Travolta) and me (belting out a great tune) getting down at Auntie and Uncle Magoo 2's "Indiana reception"

drinking + dancing = interesting pictures
(more party pictures to come)