I love this shirt. I purchased it from one of my favorite websites and I get a laugh every time I see her in it.
Yesterday I went to a get-together at my cousin Jamie's house. Her sister Alisa came, and we had such a great time catching up and seeing our kids play together. I was so lucky as a child because we had a family tradition that we would go to my Grandma Barratt's every Sunday. My aunts, uncles, and cousins would be there, and we would play in the creek or the playhouse, and eat Grandma's special treats like Knox Blox or lemon squares. She always had treats for us, no matter when we went by. As a result, we all grew up very close to our cousins. We loved sleeping over with Alisa and Jamie because their mom, my Aunt Susan, would always make something with food coloring in it for breakfast. When Alisa and I were both attending Utah State, we would go country dancing at least once a week, and loved to hang out after and share the dirt about who we had met and danced with. Alisa was up for anything at anytime, and we had so much fun together. I wish I had taken a picture of us yesterday!! It had been way too long since we had seen each other, and I publicly take responsibility for planning the next one, and it WILL be before the year is out!
Kate is now on expert on slaughterhouse practices. "Mommy, if you want to eat a cow, here's what you do. You kill the cow, you take the skin off, you cut it up like a chicken, you put it in the oven, then you eat it." Also, she is trying out some slang, and she doesn't always get it right. She has this stick that she has wound old string around, and she leaves it laying around all over the place. I am so SICK of the stick. Yesterday I tried to throw it away, only she found it in the garbage, and then she was irked. I said, "Kate, you better keep that stick out of my sight or I will put it in a place and you will NEVER FIND IT!" She stalked out of the kitchen holding her stick and said, "Fine! It's your loss." I wanted to holler back, "It $#@& well better be!" but I restrained myself.
Kate is now on expert on slaughterhouse practices. "Mommy, if you want to eat a cow, here's what you do. You kill the cow, you take the skin off, you cut it up like a chicken, you put it in the oven, then you eat it." Also, she is trying out some slang, and she doesn't always get it right. She has this stick that she has wound old string around, and she leaves it laying around all over the place. I am so SICK of the stick. Yesterday I tried to throw it away, only she found it in the garbage, and then she was irked. I said, "Kate, you better keep that stick out of my sight or I will put it in a place and you will NEVER FIND IT!" She stalked out of the kitchen holding her stick and said, "Fine! It's your loss." I wanted to holler back, "It $#@& well better be!" but I restrained myself.
4 comments:
I LOVE that shirt too--especially since I wasted precious hours last night watching a documentary on Nat Geo about little people, dwarfism, etc. Fascinating.
I totally remember going through the slang phase as a kid and not quite getting it. Your stories always make me laugh.
Hope we get to meet up soon!
Kate is so funny!!
Reading this gave me some good laughs while at work...and I needed it!
To use a slang phrase from our house....what am I, chopped liver??! No mention that cousin McCall was there to. Apparently, you move to Texas and are written off the family memories. OK, I'm done ranting. Wish I could have joined you all at Jamie's yesterday though. Sounded like fun!
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