Let the Wild Rumpus Start: Put it on the tab

Friday, August 14, 2009

Put it on the tab

Tim and I have a running tab with each other. It's been running for the last 15 years or so. It's only a one way tab really. It works like this: Tim buys me great stuff or does something fabulous for me, and then I never pay him back for it. But all involved parties understand that this is how our tab operates. So I guess you could say that these pictures have been put on the tab. One day I might pay up. Give back. Reciprocate. But if I don't Tim, know that you are dearly loved and appreciated by me.

I first fell in love with that smile on her Daddy and now I get to see it even when he's not around

Love love love this sweet girl

I know I shouldn't love this picture so much but I do. It really makes me laugh every time I look at it. Anabelle wears such a look of absolute satisfaction; Lila's is absolute desperation and frustration. This picture sums up the sibling relationship so perfectly.

6 comments:

H.Sons said...: Love it! I love the green color! Your girls are too darn cute; August 15, 2009 at 11:47 AM
Philip and Jaime Connor said...: So cute! Can't wait for Tim to come out to Hawaii. We need new family pics! :); August 15, 2009 at 12:43 PM
Letti said...: So cute. I love the last one too. Your girls are sure cute.; August 15, 2009 at 6:10 PM
emilyy said...: I love these pictures. Tim is pretty amazing/talented. the last one is so so cute.; August 17, 2009 at 10:16 AM
Timothy said...: Thanks for the love Goat Face! It has been a great DEAL of fun!

But on the real...It has brought me a great amount of joy to help you when you want and need things that I am able to "put on the tab". That is all the payment I need. I love your guts.

All that being said the pillow is NOT on the tab and I will be collecting it when I return.; August 18, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Kristine said...: Man, those pictures Tim took are just beautiful..It helps that those girls are so photogenic - their happy, bright spirits just shine thru - and Tim caught it! Love ya, mom; August 20, 2009 at 6:03 PM

And I quote...

-"Anabelle, you just peed on my foot and leg." AB: "I'm incredible"!!
-ME: "Anabelle, don't argue with me" AB:" I have to. Because I am a pirate and pirate's say 'ARG!' to you"
-ME:"Anabelle, did you toot or did Lila?" AB: "Lila did" ME:"Are you sure it wasn't you?" AB:"ABSOLUTE!! It was Lila! And it was gross. Lila you smell skunky!"
-AB:"I need some milk. I'm really sick of this." ME:"of what?" AB:"Of eating adult toothpaste." ME: "how much did you eat?!" AB:"I just need a lil water. I'll be okay".
-ME:"Anabelle did you pee on the floor?" AB: "Yes. But I covered it up with toilet papers and towels. Just don't look Mom."
-"Little baby pigs are my favorite. Their twitchy little ears are good enough for me!"
-AB:"My armpits are yellow. And Dad's are black"
-AB forces Lila to suck on a paci even though she doesn't like them, then says, "NOW you're a normal baby!"
-"Mom! I did a family of poops! A mommy poop and a daddy poop and a lil tiny baby poop and they are a family!!"
-I taught her to say, "God Bless America" when she sees the American flag. She thought I said, "Gotta bless America". So we heard "Gotta bless America" every 30 feet driving down the road as they recently decorated for Memorial day.
-"I will never ever ever make you feel sad ever again. That's why you don't have to be all crying."
-Someone in the check-out line next to us tells Anabelle that she is smart. In a voice that would make you think she was the adult talking to the 2 year old she looks over and says, "Yes! Yes, I am! I'm very very smart!!"
-ME:"Anabelle, you made SUCH a mess of Dad's music". AB: "Oh, Mom. That's nothing you need to cry about".
-Anabelle sees Braden in the shower...AB:" Oh Dad! What's that part of your bum?!!"
- I tell Anabelle to come inside..."Few more minutes. Just a few more minutes?" ME: "Ok, but when I say that it's bath time in a few minutes there will be no whining ok?" AB: "I'll only whine about taking a bath" ME: "No. That's what I'm telling you not to do" AB: "Ok. Then I'll only whine when you put soap in our hair. That's when I usually whine".
-"A cars bum is in his trunk"
-ME: "Anabelle, do you want an olive?" AB: "Yea! I want a olive! I want olive them!"
-AB: "Vegetables hurt Lila's feelings".-
-Me: "Anabelle, please don't grow up" AB: "I need to." Me: "Why?" AB: "Because I need to get a scooter".
-AB: "AWWWWWWWW, MOM! Lila pooped on me!!!" Me: "What?!" (I look back and see that she stepped in dog poop) Me: No, you stepped in dog poop" AB: "Oh, I thought Lila pooped on me".
-Braden:" Anabelle, do you want to be in time out?" AB: "Hey, only Mom says that to me!"
-Braden speaking spanish to some guys after a soccer game...AB: "Dad, only Dora talks like that"
- ME: "What did you learn in nursery today buddy?" AB:" Um, I learned about how Jesus decorated the earth".
-"Oh, you should let me make your hair. It's kinda lookin yuck".
-I was recently crying and Anabelle came up to me and asked for a drink. I sort of whispered to her "ok". She asked me if Lila was sleeping and I told her she wasn't. She said, "Then talk louder!" Then she said, "Are you feeling sad? DID DAD MAKE YOU SAD?! DID SOMEONE SCARE YOU?! WAS IT LILA?! She totally had my back.
-While on the toilet with her first experience of having the runs, it startles her and she scares herself and yells at me in a surprised voice, "MOM! I'M POOPING FASTER!"
-Anabelle: "Mom? We are beautiful like each other"
-I begin teaching a FHE lesson about the creation by saying, "Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ..." and Anabelle shouts "AMEN!" and gets up to leave.
-AB: "Mom, what is this? ME: "It's a Q-tip" AB: "Awww yeah, it is a cute lil tip huh?"
-AB: "Mom, I smashed my finger". ME: "Oh you did? On What?" AB: "On purpose"

"You will have significant experiences. I hope that you will write them down and keep a record of them, that you will read them from time to time and refresh your memory of those meaningful and significant things. Some may be funny. Some may be significant only to you. Some of them may be sacred and quietly beautiful. Some may build one upon another until they represent a lifetime of special experience. "
~Gordon B. Hinckley

"We write to taste life twice, once in the moment and in retrospection." -Anais Nin