the BBQ

So, I just bought a BBQ grill and am so excited to use it. Isabel said she was also very excited for it. I questioned her about her excitement reminding her that she does not really like the kind of food we will make on it. She said "But, I like BBQ chips!"

the crab incident

Isabel came running downstairs to tell us that Ansel had ripped one of the hermit crabs (our beloved pets) out of his shell. Ansel has been more interested in our crabs lately. Every morning as soon as I get him out of his crib he walks straight into the play room and gets the crabs out. Anyway, we ran upstairs thinking if you pull them out, they will die....they'll hold on so tight that they just rip in half. Also, I don't understand how Ansel could try pulling the crab out without getting pinched real bad and dropping the crab. After arriving in the play room we saw there was a naked crab (shell...less) on the carpet with all the shells in the tank. It was VERY weird. We didn't know what to do at first, but we just put all the empty shells next to the crab and he got in one of them and we put him back in the tank. BUT, we have NO idea how the naked crab got out. We are guessing that he must have just gotten out of the shell himself and Ansel put the empty shell back into the tank. But, I have no idea why our crab would just get out of his shell with no other shell in sight and outside of the habitat. Anyway, it was pretty crazy...but the crabs seem to be doing just fine.

wrestling and tackling with dad

So, I don't think I can really do this story justice, but I don't really write in journals so I just need to get this story written down here. One of Isabel's favorite things to do is wrestle and tackle with dad. She often says to me that she hopes dad will feel like wrestling and tackling when he gets home from work today. Their play is ever evolving into different variations of the same game. What happens is Joseph says he is so tired and he better take a nap. Isabel then runs up next to him and jumps as high as she can and lands on her knees on Joseph's back which causes him to moan in pain. He then slowly wakes up and inquires as to who woke him up. Then he says, "do you know what I do to little girls who wake me up?! I bite off their toes." He grabs for her feet and she screams with delight.

A few days ago Isabel added a new element to their game. She said that she was really tired and dad could wake her up if he wanted to tackle with her. He woke her up and she said, "do you know what I do to big mans who wake me up?! I tackle them." It was so funny because you could see her little brain translating what Joseph would say into what she could say. The second time she did it she substituted "big mans" with "adults." Anyway, we just thought this was such a funny story.