How can it be "LIVE" when they show previews??

So we saw previews for "Celebrity Cooking Showdown" a few weeks ago and thought it might be fun to watch. Then as we watched, they were saying that it was all live. But we were seeing the same things they had on the previews...

Then again this afternoon, I saw a commercial for David Blane. He's going to attempt to hold his breath for 9 minutes on live television. But they were showing scenes of him almost dying during his attempt. Now I can't say for sure if these are the exact scenes from the show since it hasn't aired yet, but it just doesn't make sense!!

I love 'em!!

I had so much fun this afternoon playing with our dogs!! We took them out to "grandma and grandpa's" to play. We used our tennis ball slingshot and sent the dogs running. Within ten minutes, the little one was tuckered out and just layed on the grass drinking water. The big dog kept playing fetch, but definitely lost some of his 'gusto.' After about 30 minutes, he was done too. We ended up with a mudball (created by dog slobber and dirt from the corn field) and two tired boys.

(Notice the tongues hanging out?? They've been out ALL night now!!)

In the life of a preschooler

I was covering someone's shift in the 3 year-old room at the daycare this morning. We were trying to get all the kids to the carpet so we could spell a word before they went outside to play. I looked over and saw a little girl pulling her pants down. I told her she needed to keep her pants on and she replied with, "But I want to show (insert name) my itchy" She contined to pull her pants, so finally I had to pick her up and carry her to the bathroom, where we waited until she decided to get dressed again.

The real shocker happened on Monday though. I was checking child A out and talking to the child A's parent. Child B decided to interrupt me to tell me that his mom said she wanted to break his dad's...(in a loud whisper)...penis. I was dumbfounded about what to say to child B. And to top it off, another parent was just watching and waiting to see how I'd respond. (Maybe she wasn't really, but I sure felt like she was!!)

Such a wonderful job!!

It's officially nice when...

Our cats appear out of nowhere to sit in the windowsill when they hear the plastic coming off...


Our dogs tongues spend more time out of their mouths than in, because they get to run around the backyard like crazy playing fetch...

(Isn't the little one cute with his ears flipped over??)

And last, but not least, the temperature in our house is above 62 degrees!!

Freaky-deaky blackout

After work on Thursday, I headed up to the mall to get an eye exam. When that was over, I walked out of their with two numb eyes...kind of a weird feeling. A friend of mine from Iowa City had come to Ames that day to visit friends and see Narnia in theatres. So the plan was, I'd wait for her when I got done with my eye appointment so we could go look at my beautiful wedding dress (yay!!). I did a little shopping, bought myself a new shirt and Aaron some new ties, and then decided to wait for her outside the theatres. I checked my cell phone a couple times to see how much longer until her movie was over and right about the time I thought she should be walking out, the lights flickered and went out.

I sat there, rather calmly (and if you know how much I dislike thunderstorms, calm is tough for me to accomplish) waiting for the emergency lighting to come on. And I waited...and waited a little longer...but no lights!! So I got up and walked over near the doors to see that there is a torrential downpour outside and I can't see more than 3 feet out. I start to get nervous. Then, I remember that I have a little LED flashlight on my keychain, so I get that baby out and set out to find my friend and her kids.

I find them doing much the same thing I was. Standing near a door for the small amount of light it produced and wondering what in the world was going on!! After a few minutes of conversation, I find out that her car is being fixed at Sears and is up on a lift, so she's stuck there for the count. So, instead of going to look at my beautiful dress (yay!!), I throw all the stuff in my car into the trunk, we all pile into my car, and I manuver through the dark, dangerous streets. (That's not just for dramatic effect...there were no streetlights or stoplights, so things were a little crazy!!) I was able to drop my friends off at a friend of theirs, so they could safely await the call that said their car was done. It may be a while before I go back to the mall though...