1:15

For as long as I can remember, Wednesday in my mom's day care home is PANCAKE DAY! Often times my mom would make mine with chocolate chips, but this morning we had left over blueberry compote from last night's crepes, and it was so yummy.

Pancake Day almost feels like a holiday - everyone gets into the spirit of pancake day. We talk about it the night before, a little Tuesday night Pancake Eve celebration. And during the feast, everyone is happy and jolly. This morning after I gave Sera half a pancake, and Grandma said, "Don't drop your pancake Sera, the doggies will eat it up." Then Noah came up to drive the point home, standing at her high chair he rattled off, "Yeah, Sera, hold on to your pancake, don't drop it, if you drop the doggies will come REALLY FAST and eat it up REALLY FAST and then your pancake will be all gone and you won't have your pancake ANYMORE." It was so cute.

Later, Xander came to help me change Sera's diaper. To entertain her, he told this joke:
X: Knock, Knock
M: Who's there?
X: Aproughs
M: Apples Who?
X: No, EYEBROWS, me saying!
M: Oh, sorry, Eyebrows who?
X: Pancakes!! (followed by lots of giggles)

I don't know what it is about my mom's pancakes that's so great. They're *just* bisquick pancakes, but when I make them, it's just not the same. Maybe it's the heavy stovetop griddle she uses. Maybe it's the half of stick of butter she uses to grease that griddle. But probably it's just the Mom factor, the love and the memories of many a Pancake Day past and the anticipation of all the Pancake Days to come that make every Wednesday morning here so special.

1:14

Yesterday I was watching West Wing, my new lazy pleasure, I there was an episode with some flashbacks. I realized that our show needs some flashbacks, to better explain where our show came from and to set up where its going.

Lets set the scene "saved by the bell" style, with a pink cloudy outline around the screen, and a little dooodle doooodle do,

Meghan and I were on the phone talking when I mentioned to her that Logan (who at the time was 4 months old) was in the jumpy jump, and having so much fun. Meghan asked me, isnt he too little for that? no of course not he loves it jumpy jumpy jumpy, Meghan then asked me well doesnt he roll around? Well he spins around but I wouldn't say rolls. Meghan so confused then asked me well does Maddi go in with him? No she is too BIG duh! Finally after we realized that we are BOTH confused, I further explained that he was in jumperoo that sits on the floor. Meghan then tried to explain to me what she thought I meant however couldnt because she was laughing so hard she couldnt get a word out. When she was finally got out that she thought that I was talking about the bounce house that my mom had given me. All I could think was does she really think I would put my 4 month old baby in a bounce house - well maybe - But I didnt!
Dooodle dooodle do - the pink cloud fades

I hope you enjoyed this flash back into our lives. Have a great day!

1:11

Today I was reading my facebook page, and I saw a post from Danny, our nephew. He got a new laptop, with itouch, now I know I am all of 27 years old but what the heck is an itouch. So I asked Danny - what is an itouch, he told me its some kind of ipod. Now I am still not on the ipod train, but I dont knock those who are, but really is it necessary to carry around 5,000 of your favorite songs in your pocket, or in your phone for goodness sakes? Anyhow, apparently Danny's itouch can "go on the Internet and get all kinds of apps and stuff." He then told me that his Internet at home wasnt working, so he was at McDonalds using his new computer. So I asked him to get me a quarter pounder with cheese (no pickles) and teleport it to me with his new itouch, since i am SURE there is an app for that! Of course he responded there is not, but I am sure apple is working on that.

This reminds me of a few other stories: this weekend when my family was in town we were outside sitting around the firepit in the evening, and Logan was sleeping in his room. My mom asked if i had a monitor on. Being the allstar mom that I am i said "nah hes fine." This is when Casey (Danny's sister) says wouldnt it be cool if there was a iphone with a baby monitor on it. I dont know if i need to say it again but I will anyway: Please tell me why it is necessary to have in your pocket a phone/boombox/baby monitor!

My last story about the "i" world is this, about a year ago I was talking to Ryan and this craze, when I said "I dont know what the big deal is with the ipod when i was a teenager I had a walkman that had am/fm radio and could play TAPES!" To me that is still better, but to todays teenagers I guess the ability to listen to songs, watch last night's episode of House, and make babysitting easier by not having to get up and check on a sleeping child is better then having the "autoflip" option!

1:9

So today Logan and I did lots of errands, nothing too exciting, sorry the blog has been a little off course this week, it's hard for me to be with out Meghan, even though we have been talking online it's not the same as being able to call her whenever I want. Also with Maddi at grandma's there really isnt much to report other then Logan is so very handsome!

Have a great weekend, and I will be back on Monday with fun stories from the weekend, and Meghan's adventures from Paris (Pair-rie)!

Here is a little excerpt from Meghan's adventure

"Today we got up at 730 and were out the door by 9. We walked to Notre Dame, took us about 30 minutes to get there, but we took some pictures along the way, it wasn't far at all and we got to cross the Seine.

Notre Dame was AMAZING! We got an audio tour player that explained stuff in English, which was very helpful. During the tour, we got to go into the 'Treasury' which holds many of the Cathedral's artifacts. The highlights of which were two reliquaries that hold actual pieces of Jesus' cross and one that holds what remains of his crown of thorns. After we toured the cathedral, we went down into the crypt museum, which we thought would be 'cryptier' but was more an archaeological history of what was on the island in the early AD centuries, when the romans were there, its so cool what people built back then without cranes and backhoes."

A little side note to Ryan and Mike, see they did just fine back then without a backhoe!!!

1:8

Hello All!! Today I went to my friend Susie's house we had a great time, apparently though Meghan had much more fun at her friend Mona's house, Mona Lisa that is, I am so very jealous, here is a bit of her update from today:

"It took us about 15 minutes to walk to the Louvre - which is HUGE. I mean, it's a castle, so I guess that's to be expected, but wow! (it was built in the 12th century, and the french royalty lived there until the 1700s when Louis XIV moved the court to the country and built Versailles). We saw alot of the Museum, including the Mona Lisa, which I had heard was small, but I was still surprised. and yes, the eyes do follow you."

Other then that, although I am not sure we can top a trip to the Louvre (which I am pretty sure is pronounced looovra) Grandma is having a great time with her grandchildren, since she has the biggest number according to "just Joey" she is in charge, Maddi clearly disagrees, she is after all the "Maddi Mae"! Enjoy Meghan's pictures from "across the pond"!

1:7

Today's show is brought to you live from Paris! I can't believe we're here. I also can't believe my boys are so far away from me. I know they're having a blast with Grandma and their cousins, but I miss them. We passed a cool fountain today, which the boys would have been excited about, and it was weird that they weren't there to see it. But maybe someday we'll all come back as a family when all the kids are old enough to remember.

Of course I miss the boys terribly, but also, I really miss talking to Libby. Even though I'm thrilled to spend one on one time with Dan, it's just strange not to be up to date on Libby's day. I'm really glad we have a computer at our Paris apartment, so at least we can email.

We haven't taken any pictures, trying to get our bearings a little, so we can get the camera in and out quickly before it's too obvious we're totally clueless about our surroundings. Tomorrow we head to Versailles, which will certainly be tourist filled, and easy to take out the camera.

Hmmm, this episode is a little dry, I'm still not caught up on sleep, we're trying to stay up a few more hours before crashing, so we can be on Paris time, so hopefully the next international broadcast will be a little livelier.

In the meantime, enjoy the new 'look' of our show, Libby is experimenting with some help from Becky, while she doesn't have me in her ear all day...