How to look like Spiderman, according to a 5 year old

I don't have any pictures of this, which is too bad, because they'd be really great if I did. Anyway, on Thursday, Olivia's friend Kiran and her nanny came over to play. We let the girls play upstairs in Olivia's room, for possibly the last time in a very long time. Why? What could they have possibly done that was that bad, just playing in Olivia's room? Well, they decided that they wanted to look like Spiderman. And apparently they needed to be red all over to do that. So what did they use to be red? Markers, paint? No, no. They used Carey's bright red fingernail polish. They managed to completely cover their hands and their shins. I think they must have run out of polish, or else decided they should wash up before we found out. So, about 5-8 minutes after they went upstairs, Tasha checked on them and called down, "We need fingernail polish remover. Lots of it." We scrubbed them in the tub and then doused them and scrubbed them with fingernail polish remover, and then scrubbed them down again, and they were good as new.
They had planned to paint George next, but he said no. According to the girls, "He knew better." And also according to the girls, "Our head said we shouldn't do it, but we still did it." It wasn't such a big deal, except they got it on Olivia's carpet. We had a neighbor Google it and she found out that Windex takes it out.

Cutest dog in the world

You know when parents claim that they have the cutest baby in the world, there's probably just a bit of bias in their claim? Well, I think that I have one of the cutest dogs in the world. I know it sounds biased, but everywhere I go, people just go crazy about him. Everyone that sees him says that he's the cutest dog they've ever seen. I was telling Heidi this yesterday, and while I was on the phone with her, I went to Starbuck's. So I put my phone on Speaker, and ordered my drink. When I pulled up to the window, this girl saw Bodie and literally squealed. Then she called all of her coworkers to come see the puppy and they all saw Bodie and literally squealed. So, do I think Bodie is the cutest dog in the world? Yes, I do. But more importantly, everyone else does as well. So here's some pictures to prove my point.

So, now that we know I'm not lying. I have to point out that I also have the two cutest nephews in the entire world. I didn't lie about the dog, and I'm not lying about the boys, either. You can take my word for it.

Sorry it's been so silent

Well, the end of a long run of super extreme busy-ness has finally come to an end. Hopefully I'll be busy now and not extremely busy. The boys were in town, the weekend of the 21st. Then the following weekend (last weekend) Josh was finishing up his time here. He left earlier than expected, last Monday. He has 11 days left before heading off to Iraq, so I spent his last weekend hanging out with him as much as possible. This weekend, I babysat from Friday night through Monday. And then there's Bodie. My wonderful and amazing dog that won't give me any peace. Ever. And of course he has to poop in the house. And pee in the house. Always a lot of fun. Today he managed to sneak into my mom's room and crawl under her bed ands poop. I couldn't reach it and there's not enough room in here to move the bed. But with my incredible ingenuity, I was able to remove the poop. First, I took my mom's reacher (a tool she got when she had her knee replaced. It can pick things up from a distance). Then I covered the reacher with a plastic bag. And I was able to get all the poop up on the first try. And after that, thank goodness for Swiffers! I really hope he learns soon how to not poop on the floor. It's driving me insane. Anyway, I would love to continue typing, but I tied my dog to a post outside, because he didn't want to come in, but I think I should probably go get him now.