If She Doesn't Scare You No Evil Thing Will...

Cruella, Cruella DeVil.

I'm watching some friend's kids for a few days. Their 4 year old is Claire. She's a great kid but has the hardest time pronouncing/remembering Clara's name. You'd think it wouldn't be too hard since its almost identical to her name. But, maybe that is what confuses her. The name she most frequently (and lovingly) calls her is Cruella. Cruella. And everytime she says it and I laugh on the inside I'm glad thats not what I really named my little baby!

This last picture is Emmalynne blowing raspberries on Clara's back. Obviously, Clara thought it was hilarious.

Good Cop

A couple days ago I was getting onto the interstate and noticed a motorcycle cop sitting on the on-ramp. I automatically figured he was checking to for tabs. Thats when I remembered that altough I had renewed mine, I hadn't put the sticker on. I immediately got nervous and was relieved when he didn't seem to be following me.

It was a few miles later when I caught myself going 80 in a 60 and slowed it down. At some point I looked in my rearview mirror and saw the cop pointing to the side of the road. A little bit of panick set in since I had no idea what speed he may have caught me going. I wasn't too worried about my sticker since I knew it was in my purse. I had 3 lanes of traffic to get across and I got by the first two with no problem. But that last one...

I guess I didn't check my blindspot soon enough. When I did look in my blind spot I saw the guy that was swerving off the road to avoid being hit by me. He threw his arms up at me in disgust until he saw the cop behind me. I guess he felt a little more sympathetic.

So when I was finally safely to the side of the road and the cop got to my window he looked in the backseat at my sleeping baby and said, "ohhh, you've got kids...." Which was shortly followed by, "You almost took that guy out!" "Yah, I know." What else was I supposed to say? He said,"You scared me half to death." "I scared myself half to death," I said back. With a big smurk he said, "I think you scared that guy half to death too!"

He confessed that he was pulling me over because of my tabs, said he believed me that I already had the sticker, and told me to "be careful pulling out of here..." He had a couple of good reasons to give me a ticket but didn't. Thanks cop.

That was when Carman, on his way to class, passed me on the interstate, called me on my cell phone and said, "BUSTED!!"

A New Pair of Shoes

I've been running in shoes that I've had for 5 years. It was ok to start with but I've been having issues lately and I finally decided to get new shoes. I got expert help and went to the Run for Your Life store for my big, exciting purchase. I found out all sorts of things:

Most people pronate to some degree when they run (running on the inside of your feet). According to the lady, "its not that I'm weird but I do the opposite and run on the outsides of my feet." I have fat toes and a medium arch.

After I tried on the first pair of shoes she brought out, she watched me run in them and asked how they felt. Compared to what I was used to, anything would be heaven. She went to get a new pair anyway. When she got back I told her that although the first pair were really nice in the toe area, they felt kind of funny. She said, "like there's space between the arch of your foot and the sole of the shoe?" Exactly. Then she said, "Yah, I noticed so I brought out a pair that should have a little more support."

How do you notice that there is space in someone's shoe?

Anyway, I got what seemed like the perfect pair of shoes and now I can't wait for tonight's run! Seriously, I'm so excited!


On a more interesting note,
Clara has 3 teeth now. She has her 2 bottom front teeth. On top she has one of her side teeth and the next one that looks like its going to pop through is on the opposite side. If her 2 front teeth don't come in soon and her fangs get to grow out all by themselves, she is going to be the cutest vampire-looking baby ever! She also crawls all over the place, loves dog food, and pulling herself up on anything. She has also taken a liking to being naughty and laughing about it.

Emmalynne has really started talking a lot. She loves to visit her friend Corrina, whom she calls, Rarrina or Rima. Very cute. She likes to ask me what I'm doing all the time. Right now she is knocking on her door because she just woke up from her nap. (We lock her in :)