At last! Another person who sees the evils of balloons as I do:
"Many terrible things begin with B: bears, blindness, boilers, bats, bridges, and brain tumors. But no one brings any of those to a party to up the fun quotient. When I look at a balloon, all I see is an imminent explosion. Where's the fun in that?"
Roz Chast, What I Hate from A to Z
Another Winston Churchill gem:
When Lady Astor became annoyed with a soused Winston Churchill, she blurted out, "Winston, if you were my husband, I'd put poison in your coffee." Churchill replied, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."
Oscar Wilde:
sarcasm: the lowest form of wit, but the highest form of intelligence.
That is US!
K, I need a little advice on which picture to use for our Christmas pictures. I think River looks happier :) in the bottom picture, but I like the brick wall in the top one. And I know that they are very similar so it probably doesn't really matter. But I still need to eliminate one. I think I'm going to cry uncle on taking any more pictures since both Jeremy and River were equally terrible about getting pictures done. Sigh.
Well I tried to upload this video of River playing with his blocks and his little quirk about having to have the colored side of them facing up but alas, it was taking a decade to load so I gave the internet a break. 
OK, Lisa, I'm updating just for you...River is still sleeping right now. I think I'm going to have to change his nap schedule since he's not settling down very well at night and is waking up 1 to 2 times. He goes back to sleep but I can't always. Which is annoying.
My little one year old woke up out of sorts this morning. I'd forgotten what that was like since he hasn't been sick since he was like 8 months old. Anyway a little painkiller in his system and he's acting much happier. I put him with his walker this morning - too much work for him I think. 
