Posted in the ones with prizes on January 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Congratulations to MCK Mama for guessing four out of the six songs correctly! Here are the snippets and the songs they were snatched from.
“I first set my eyes” and “through the streets wide and narrow”–Molly Malone
“virgin mama” and “silent night”–Silent Night.
“Lift your arms up”–Blue Bowl Down, Ava’s favorite book of the past year, which [...]
Posted in the ones with prizes on January 11, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Ava has knack for writing songs that contain snippets of stolen lyrics from other songs. Here is the song she sang to me this morning when she came in to snuggle.
“I first set my eyes on the sweet virgin mama.
Through the streets wide and narrow on the silent night
Lift your arms up and come to [...]
Posted in the ones with prizes on December 22, 2007 | 13 Comments »
Last Christmas, one of my favorite people who happens to house the most beautiful voice that I know recorded a lullaby CD for her friends and family. It is equally loved by Ava and I.
In addition to her own lullabies, Leah included our family’s favorite version of “Hush Little Baby.” The lyrics where take from [...]
Posted in the ones with prizes on November 19, 2007 | No Comments »
Congratulations to Huberhadley for making me laugh and laugh!
“Your call is very important to us. Please stay on the line. The approximate waiting time to speak to a representative is…“
Some days I feel as if my life is plagued by phone queues. Thanks to a healthy dose of laughter, I may be able to pick [...]
Posted in the ones with prizes on November 16, 2007 | 12 Comments »
Wow, nice work on the photo titles. This judging thing is going to be a lot harder than I anticipated. You are a creative bunch! And there is even a bona fide Kristi-pun in the mix not to mention the pressure of Jennifer’s “need” to win. What is the mama to do?
Hopefully I will figure [...]
Posted in the ones with prizes on November 5, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Ah you guys are great. Thanks for humoring me and my counting game.
So the first time I counted the candy, I counted 99. If I hadn’t found four suckers stuck in the interior knitting of the bag, Yvette would have been spot on. Lucky for late-comer Kieran and lollipop-craver Ava, I did find the suckers [...]
Posted in the ones with prizes on November 2, 2007 | 21 Comments »
I wasn’t being facetious, I really was hoping that you would guess how many sweets my sprite reaped during her Halloween candy harvest. It’s like the candy in the jar game, except you can zoom in.
If you guess how many treats were in Ava’s purse, I will send you one of my favorite treats.
My last [...]
Posted in the ones with prizes on October 31, 2007 | No Comments »
Thank you for humoring me and my imagination by participating in the bunny house poll.
The results:
Can you see the bunny?
Of course, it’s obvious: 18%
As soon as you mentioned it: 48%
Not until someone traced it out on my monitor: 25%
There is no bunny: 7%
Seers out-see non-seers by 66%, see? Si.
Posted in the ones with prizes on October 19, 2007 | 8 Comments »
So, thanks to some freelance work, my laptop has been in Nate’s sole possession for the past week. And since I’m not at all flexible, it is entirely impossibly for me to conceive of posting from another computer, such as the desktop in the office.
I have been so long divorced from my laptop that it [...]
