Happy Very Belated Birthday to Hannah!!!

She's 9! This post is kinda how her birthday was .... late. We celebrated the day after her birthday by inviting some neighbors over and having a little party. She also didn't get her gift until the day after. Mommy let her pick it out herself, so of course she got a doll! But this doll was special. It cries, sleeps, and even breathes! Adam says it sounds like a horse with asthma when it's sleeping. I think he's right. Thankfully, it also comes with a switch. Store-bought babies sure are easy to care for!

Too bad this doesn't work for me..

Voice (on the phone): Johnny has a cold and can't come to school today.
School secretary: Who is this?
Voice: This is my dad.

Are There Mouses in Your Houses?

Last week Mommy went to the pantry to get something and discovered that mice had carried off nearly an entire bag of noodles! When she looked farther she found that they had also chewed of bags of chips, flour, sugar, baking chips, walnuts,and the list goes on. This reminded me of a poem.

MICE

Rose Fyleman

I think mice

Are rather nice.

Their tails are long,

Their faces small,

They haven't any

Chins at all.

Their ears are pink,

Their teeth are white,

They run about

The house at night.

They nibble things

They shouldn't touch

And no one seems

To like them much.

But I think mice

Are nice.

I cannot say I agree with the author entirely.