A Matter of Perspective

A week or so ago I started noticing that my dishwasher smelled horrible. It doesn't have a disposal in it, so sometimes food that collects at the bottom can stink and I just blamed it on that. I cleaned it out several times, but the smell was still there. On Sunday morning I was doing the dishes and Kaitlin comes up and says "look mommy, with the tail." I had no idea what she was talking about, but we looked in the dishwasher yet again and showed here there were no tails in the dishwasher. This episode repeated itself twice that day. Yesterday we were making breakfast and she repeated "look, with the tail" again to Michael. He actually got down to her level to see what she was looking at (something I should have done too!) and sure enough, there was a dead mouse on top of the dishwasher but below the counter. Apparently it had climbed up the insulation and died there. He very kindly removed the dearly departed creature for me, and my kitchen smells so much better now.

I forget sometimes that those little kids see the universe entirely differently because they see it from a different perspective. Oh the gospel analogies are endless:)

CSU Homecoming Parade

Cookie time when we got off the float.

Kaitlin with cousin Corina and Grandma Bailey.

Michael's dad always helps the Colorado Academy of the Arts with their float in the homecoming parade. Basically, he and Michael set up sound equipment in the truck that pulls the float, and then a bunch of singers and dancers hop around the float doing the twist and other various "poodle skirt" dances. This year they had room for the entire family to climb on, and it was awesome! It was a bit cold (especially on the drive back to the Academy after the parade), but the music was really fun and we all had a good time doing the twist.

Care Bear Cuteness

Kaitlin's love for the furry friends has gone from adorable to borderline obsessive. She knows everything there is to know about the Carebears, and she'll talk about them with anyone that will listen. During one of our late night runs to Walgreens for teething meds for baby, we found a whole bunch of carebears on mega clearance. So, they came home with us.

"Look mommy, it's the carebear 'stair' ha ha". I just had to laugh.