Piano recital

Tonight Simon had his second piano recital. This was a casual summer recital so he was happy that he didn't need to wear "church clothes".

After the recital, we agreed to go to Cold Stone for dessert. It was only then that I noticed what Max was wearing.

Are you kidding me? He then admitted to knowing they were different before we left but decided to go with it anyways because he couldn't find a matching pair.

Why do we have a dog?

Look how sweet and innocent he looks. DO NOT BE FOOLED!!! I was literally dragged by my own dog today. I'm being completely serious. It may have looked a little like this picture, except my body was actually scraping the ground. Cody has made a fool of me for the last time! (oh that's right...FOR THE LAST TIME!! He made a fool of me last week when he wrapped himself around a pole and then took off running, slamming and pinning my arm against a pole. I still have the half dollar size bruise on my arm to show for that.) He just earned himself a choke collar. Oh and did I mention I was walking the kids to school when it happened, so every other mom walking or driving their kids saw it, along with the crossing guard and the cop that happened to be stopped by the curb. I'll be the laughing stock of the neighborhood. I heard the whispers as I picked myself off the ground and tried to brush off the dirt and grass from my body. And then, to top it all off, he pooped on the way home and I had to pick it up in the bag. Who's in charge here?

Smells like fresh cut grass

Recently our dog Cody has come to live with us after staying with Tommy's parents for far too long. So in an effort to make sure our house doesn't smell like "dog", I may have become a little obsessed with doing almost anything to prevent it. So at Target today I purchase the Method aroma sticks. I opened the package and began reading the instructions on assembly. They go as follows:

"Remove cap from bottle and carefully pour fragrance oil into the vase, making sure you don't spill. That would be messy, and we're against that."

Wow, they are right! That would be messy, and I am also against that. Finally, instructions that make sense. Thanks Method.