Conversations with a 3 year old

Friday - 11:55 a.m. Dec. 7, 2007

Here's a recap of an "in car" conversation.
Me: Lianna we're going to "the green restaurant" (aka: Cotton Patch) for lunch.
Her: Yipee! The Green Restaurant is my favorite.
Me: Brooks, do you want to eat grilled cheese or chicken.
Him: Tzeeeez
Her: Mommy, Brooks is a boy, he doesn't eat Giiiirrrrl Cheese, he eats Boy Cheese!
Me: Ha! Sweet Love... it's Grrriillled Cheese, not Giiirrrl Cheese.


Friday - 6:15 p.m. Dec. 7, 2007

Lianna just arrived home from purchasing our Christmas tree with daddy. We proceed to trim the trunk and put it up in the living room. Everyone steps back and looks at our newly acquired (yet still undecorated) tree.
Daddy: Well, what do you think?
Lianna: Where are all the presents?
Mommy: Well Honey, they don't just appear once the tree is up.


Saturday - (every hour or so) Dec. 8, 2007

Lianna: Mommy? When are we going to put lights on our tree?
Me: Maybe tonight if we have time.


Sunday - (every hour or so) Dec. 9, 2007

Lianna: Mommy? Can we put lights on our tree now?
Me: No honey, we have to wait until we can ALL do it together.


Monday - 11:45 a.m. Dec. 10, 2007

My sister calls from Vegas. Her phone conversation with Lianna:
Lianna: We have a new Christmas tree! I really love it!
[proceeds to hug the tree]
[pause]
Lianna: It's very poky, like a pine cone.
[pause]
Lianna: No there's no presents under it, only water.

Change of Plan

Well, for the last two days, I've been trying to get a picture of our new truck, but with the time change, Darrell always gets home after dark. I will eventually post pics of the trucks for you, but until then I thought I'd share some of the out takes from our own family photo shoot.

I knew automatically that I wanted to do something with all of us wearing jeans and boots. We were trying to find a time that we could all go out around sunset and do this. I'd arranged for a friend to take the pics and we were set. We nixed the idea a couple of days ahead of time. It was going to just be too hard with nap times and driving to the location I wanted. Darrell suggested we do them out in Mississippi. Perfect! I know the exact location I want to use, and it's literally a short walk from grandma's house. His aunt (who lives next door to grandma) graciously agreed to press the shutter button for me so I wouldnt be running back and forth with a timer.

Not really as easy as you'd think. I really think next year, I'm going to talk to Darrell about having them done by a professional (one that isnt me). The majority of images looked like these.

Truck For Sale

Anyone want to buy a used truck? We have one for sale. :D She's been with Darrell and I for 8 1/2 wonderful years. She was my first big purchase as a married woman and ever! She's been so good to us. This ol' truck faithfully hauled wood, pine needles, lumber, furniture, and children the entire time we owned her. She's been a good truck. Here lately though, she's been getting pretty tired. She uses more gas and oil and sometimes needs to be sweet talked into starting on cold mornings. I'm sure she'll make some high school kid very happy one day, but for us, it's time to say goodbye. I'm sorry I can't say I'll miss her. Frankly we need something with a back seat, something with better gas mileage, and something that will start every time the key turns. I'm excited to say, we purchased her last weekend. She's a transplant from Mississippi. Her previous owner was a woman, and told me in confidence that this baby performs best when driven by a woman. ;) Darrell said she was so happy to be sporting her new Texas tags yesterday. She sure is puuurty. Here's hoping she'll be as faithful as the one before.

Out with the OLD




In with the NEW