So tonight, I thought I would just make a list of things that made me laugh today. We are a quirky crew.... and I am blessed that I was chosen to be right in the center of this quite unique family God has mysteriously woven into place...
- We overslept. The way we act when we oversleep is priceless. We all run around trying to get ready fast, blaming the alarm clock (it has NOTHING to do with our hand trying to hit snooze and hitting off instead), and looking like wild Indians on a warpath.
- And every time I do oversleep... which isn't too often.... I always immediately think of my mother and the notorious chaos of her morning "KIDS GET UP! WE'VE OVERSLEPT!" that happened a minimum of two to three times in one week (my dad had to be at work at like 4 or 5 every morning and would wake her up before he left.... it did little good! She was the sweetest mom in the world on days she woke up on time. She would gently rub my back and say in her sweet Mama voice, "Robin, its time to wake up." So pleasant. But on those oversleeps... they were BIG oversleeps and we could hear her hit the floor in panic when she awoke and all sweet went out the window and was replaced by full-on panic and pure determination to make it on time anyway. I am telling you... it was FUNNY!
- having a conversation with Todd about something I was thinking and his perfectly timed reaction of "UGGGGGGHHHHHHH!" while stomping off to the bedroom, leaving me with my jaw hanging and feeling a little fiery that he had THAT reaction to what I was discussing... only to find out that on the morning we overslept and were getting ready to walk out the door, the shirt he had chosen had some major stain that didn't make it out during the laundering (of NO fault of mine let me add) and he was actually venting frustration that he had to switch shirts. Due to our time issues, he didn't have time to wait to explain... or even let me finish my sentence. A narrowly escaped argument... :)
- how he turned my razzing him to a new couple in our bible study this morning around on me so quickly... I made the comment of how her husband was a good husband because he had stepped down the hall and bought his wife a coke while I sat parched and thirsty. As Todd is famous for, without hesitation he looked at the guy and asked him if he would buy me one too. I could have died. Todd was unaffected. Welcome to our class mister! Sorry I tried to use you to give my hubby a hard time. Lesson learned.... again... for about the billionth time! He has ZERO embarrassment factor built in. ZERO!
- How flat goofy Todd and I became at watching Seth on stage in "big church". He is on the children's praise and worship leadership team (He is also on the High School praise Band....it makes me so proud!) and they were leading us today to close out VBS week. We were smiling and whispering and taking pictures of him, as if he was on Broadway (He was really good though. I couldn't help it! A natural!). After he cleared the stage and I settled down a bit, I began to wonder how many people around me were probably totally making fun of us gushing over our teen kid... yes we're THOSE parents today. Luckily it was dark in the audience so our fiasco of joy didn't affect Seth directly during his time of serving.
- Listening to Seth talk like the three Chinese boys he has become buddies with while they are here from their country. One doesn't know very good English so he says a lot of "what's" and "okays", only they sound like, "Whawwwwwwwt? Ohgay." Seth spent most of the afternoon being Chinese... and we were all laughing like we were at a comedy show. (I know... corny and doesn't translate to you, but it made ME laugh and that is what I told you I would share! Ha!)
- Halley was outside using the water hose. Apparently she forgot how slippery that deck can get. She fell... and it was PRICELESS. You know me. I love... LOVE... okay am addicted to.... a good fall laugh. 'Nuff said. That one lasted me off an on all afternoon.
- Listening to my youngest share of her ongoing adventures back home... talking ninety to nothing... with all the drama I fully expected. Best story she has shared so far was she was sitting by my little nephew Conner who just turned 3. He is still working on mastering the "poopie in the potty" issue of potty training so apparently that stays very fresh in his mind. They had played very hard and were winding down for the night and she plopped down and said, "I'm pooped!" The way she tells the story is... "Mama, I sat down and said, I'm pooped"..... 20 minutes of belly laugh giggles.... "And Mama,".... 20 more minutes of belly laugh giggles...."Mama, do you know what Conner did?"... 40 minutes of belly laugh giggles...."Mama, his eyes were HUGE!"..... belly laugh giggles.... "And he looked at me"...... belly laugh giggles....."And then he said, Meme!" .... belly laugh giggles....."She POOPED!!!!" ...... full on eruption of uncontrolled laughter..... and finally she said, "Mama! He ACTUALLY thought I POOPED my PANTS!" ..... belly laugh giggles....."And was gonna have Meme change MY PANTS!" ..... at that point I was laughing as hard as her... but mostly because she was laughing, which made her laugh harder and then I laughed harder... and well... you understand!
- How much fun we had shopping for old albums in a half-price store... and how we laughed at how funny "our old music" seems to Seth... and how embarrassing it was for him every time we erupted in a demonstration concert of the songs we liked most as we came across them.
- We stopped by some dear friends house tonight because we were graciously offered one of his many working turn tables for the records we wanted to "jam" to. (He is a music ANYTHING hoarder... straight out of his wife's mouth...so we are actually doing him a favor to take the thing off his hands... according to her anyway! wink, wink!) They have an amazing Autistic child whom I adore. We were sitting on the couch and without warning, the little guy ran up to Todd and rubbed his belly... all over. Priceless. Flat priceless!
- Heard the best love song from the music hoarder I have heard in a long time. He will be famous for it one day. Today he is famous for us. It's called, "I like you best when you're asleep!" It's one of those truer than true songs that make you laugh out loud.... because it is so stinkin true! :) And we laughed out loud!
- I made my eyes nearly swell shut, trimming my CAT'S hair (The one named Duke...who we used to call Daisey because we thought he was a she until we took her to get spayed and they laughed and said Daisy was a funny name for a BOY so instead we had her...I mean him... neutered.) because he has long hair and likes to roll in water and it mats up. What makes me laugh about this? I have never even LIKED cats. I can't breathe when they are around. Yet the Mama cat that found us and gave us her two little babies that are now big....and I love them all three and they love me most of all... out of everyone in the family.... and once I interact I look like an Alien off of a horror film.
- How we went to Coldstone.... and had big ideas... and all of us decided to throw total caution to the wind and order a large.... and then wanted to DIE when we saw what their large was.... and how none of us could finish... but almost got sick trying!
- How we have had this fish tank from my classroom at home all summer with the exact same fish in it all summer and today, as if seeing it for the first time, Todd says, "What kind of fish IS that?" I said "What? (or as Seth would say like the Chinese....Whawwwwwwwt?)" He said, "That white one. How is it even swimming? Is half it's body gone? Did they half eat him?" It is some kind of bubble-belly fish that looks kind of out of proportion.... and I guess after all this time, Todd finally decided today was the day he would look in the tank... and he seriously freaked a bit.
Sending you off to laugh now...
Robin
(And by the way... if you think this post is corny... just be thankful. I seriously thought about making the whole post a bunch of jokes.... and I can never even remember how to tell a full joke most of the time... and if I do, I never, ever get to the punch line without breaking down in hysterics because I KNOW the punchline. So be thankful for corny... it could have been worse!)
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