Every once in a while...

you have to take a chance at doing something that has the potential to be really cool...if that is what you are expecting to read about, perhaps you should come back later.
We are quite fond of Ty Pennington (I mean, who isn't?) and the show Extreme Makeover Home Edition. So when we found out that they were filming up in Voluntown we jumped at the opportunity to be a part of it. So what if I had to take Haley out of school a few hours early? So what if Clark wasn't there? So what if it was 40 degrees and raining? We sat outside on 4th of July in the rain for about 9 hours on the mall in our Nation's capital and it was fun, a memorable experience!
We were totally decked out with leggings, pants, snow pants, hats, boots, snacks, baby carrier (no strollers)....Hazel was happy in the carrier for all of 15 minutes and I left her binky in the car. My left arm is actually sore this morning from holding her for 2 hours as we stood in the rain against the barricade waiting to yell "move that bus!" The girls and I watched an episode the night before to get ready. We were so excited but our enthusiasm waned with each. and. every. take. of the empty limo driving by to get the shot of the crowd cheering. After those two hours (and lots of pleas to leave) we cut our losses and got back on the warm shuttle to go back to our car. Here is our very exciting video of us yelling "move that bus" for real....psyche...they didn't move that bus. Just kidding. I was loading it but it was taking 4 years and then suddenly it was gone. Let me set the scene...it looks just like the pictures but add a thousand or more people chanting "move that bus" with the obnoxious group of middle school girls behind us saying "whooo!" after every phrase. I think I know why they had to do so many takes. I don't tolerate obnoxious middle-schoolers well...(you don't count Sadie...you may be in middle school but you are very mature and cool, not obnoxious.) See how that works?

TV is not real, you know. When we got home and everyone got bathed and warm we turned on the TV only to find reruns of Extreme Makeover Home Edition on at that very moment. I was too irritated to watch. I felt a little deceived at the TV magic of it all. The girls were such troopers. No one had a major breakdown, just minor whining and Hazel definitely wasn't happy to be missing a nap while being held in very stiff baby bunting for two hours. Did I mention my arms were sore and I didn't even get a glimpse of Ty or even Paige and her pink tool belt? This episode will air on February 8th. Tune in to possibly see the look of pained enthusiasm on our faces.In short, we did not "move that bus".
Oh well, you can't win 'em all.

In other news:
We had our first snowfall last week...it lasted for a couple of days and made everything real pretty-like.
The girls typically get a new ornament for the Christmas tree every year...this year we made our own. I have decided to store the super glue with the ornaments...I've glued more than I can count already. These however, are all still in one piece (so far.)