Crazy!

Yesterday Jared didn't have to go to school, so we played all day. We took the kids to Chuckie Cheese, and had a great time. Then in the evening we decided to go to a drive-in movie theater to see Ice Age 3. Great movie. Here's the crazy part. We drove an hour and a half northeast of where we live to the drive-in, and got there an hour earlier than we expected. How, you may ask? We live in the Eastern time zone, and yet if you drive an hour and a half northeast, you end up in the Central time zone. Does that seem backwards to anyone else? Whoever planned the time zone boundaries for Indiana was on something that day. At least it wasn't the other way around, which would have made us an hour late.
Anyway, the kids loved watching the movie out the back of the van. We collapsed the back seats and put up an air mattress in the back. We brought popcorn and drinks, blankets and pillows, and watched the movie through the open back door. It was a blast.

Evolving

So E's latest phrase has evolved. It makes me laugh even more. Yesterday he saw the leaves falling off the tree in our front yard and he said, "Mommy the leaves are falling. The leaves are kibbing me!" Then we were playing candyland and he drew a yellow card. "Mommy I got a yellow. The yellow is kibbing me!" He says it no longer with a tone of frustration, but one of humor. It is soooo funny.

Cracks Me Up

E's latest phrase just cracks me up every time he says it. He picked it up from his dad who says it while playing a game and doesn't do as well as he wants. E also says it when something doesn't go the way he wants it to. Ready, here it is. "You have got to be kibbing me!" (and no, I didn't spell kibbing wrong.)

Big Ugly Bugs

So I just love living here in Indiana. Love the home, the people, the area. But if there was one thing I could change it would be the bugs. I do not love the bugs. Here are some of the bugs I have encounterd.

First is the cricket. I really don't mind the crickets, except that these guys seem to have taken over the garage. Every time I go into the garage and turn on the light I see them skatter into their hiding places. For some reason they seem bigger here, too, about 1 1/2 inches.

This I believe is called a crane fly. Big and ugly. When it flies, it looks like a giant 3 inch mosquito.
Here is the House Centipede. I usually see these guys in the bathroom or the kitchen sink. Yes, the sink. These not so little suckers can really move. Big and Ugly. Not my favorite shower companion.

Meet the wolf spider. Found this guy crawling across the kitchen floor. Again, Big and Ugly.


All of these critters are hamless, just freaky (except the cricket).

I almost forgot to mention the yellow jackets that we had burrowed in the back lawn (sorry, no pic). They are not harmless, but they are gone now thanks to a wonderful thing called Sevin Dust.

Other than that, I am really enjoying Indiana.