Carmi cracked some eggs for a cake she wanted to bake for Sunday lunch.

The second egg contained 2 yolks.

Twin chickens. That was our excitement for the day.

Zane and I had to suck it up and go shoe shopping with the ladies this afternoon. Eliana is some more tough on shoes and desperately needed a new pair.

Zane also needed a new pair otherwise he and I would have gladly stayed behind and held down the fort.

I wish you could have seen Karys in that store. She was like a pig at slop.

She and Carmi are d-a-n-g-e-r-o-u-s together. Seriously. They feed off of each other’s energy.

Trouble was… Karys didn’t need a new pair of shoes. But that didn’t slow her down.

Everytime I turned around, she was plopped in the middle of an aisle trying on a different style or color.

If I told that child once, I told her 20 times…

Karys. you. do. not. need. a. pair. of. shoes.

So for number 21, I threw a change-up…

Karys. you. are. NOT. getting. a. new. pair. of. shoes.

Finally realizing that I was more determined, she backed into a corner and hit me with this game breaker.

But daddy didn’t cave.

We were supposed to get together with a group of friends from church on New Years Eve for a marathon evening of food and Wii.

Unfortunately I fell ill and the Hendersons didn’t participate.

Fortunately, they had such a great time anyway (I’m not sure how to take that) that we decided to rotate homes and get together on the first Friday of every month.

Tonight was our inaugural First Friday event. The menu was tacos. The game was doubles tennis.

We drew names to create the teams. Carmi and I were the last two names in the pot but she really wasn’t interested in playing. Zane did not intend to play either but graciously substituted for his mom.

Thus Terra Cotta Warriors was born. Or TCW for short. A name that invoked fear in our opponents.

Except maybe for Karys.

She was paired with Chris, our Music Minister. And I believe at Karys’ suggestion they named themselves Heiney Kickers. Or so Chris claimed.

She held her own and played well. HK made it into the semifinal round of our double-elimination tournament but eventually fell victim to the Tigers (Eliana and her good friend, Rachel).

The Tigers took on TCW in the finals.

Rachel danced.

Eliana disputed a call.

Ultimately, TCW would be victorious and proudly wear the banner of Wii Tennis Champions.

My drinkin’ buddy…

Back in the 1920’s, Ernest Hemingway supposedly made a bet with several writers around a lunch table that he could pen a complete story in only six words. He quickly wrote six words on a napkin which he promptly passed around. He won the bet with the following narrative:

“For sale. Baby Shoes. Never worn.”

I challenged myself to write a story about my life in only six words. Here’s my mini-memoir:

Carmi. Three children. On cloud nine.

What’s your life story in six words?

1. As a child, I prayed for snow days to come. As an adult, I pray for snow days to go away. Our routine gets all out of whack when school is cancelled or even delayed.

2. I really don’t like having to take a half-day vacation before lunch and then going to work in the afternoon. See #1.

3. Speaking of prayer, I registered the ‘streamingprayer.com’ domain name in conjunction with this post.

4. Lately, Karys has been making a HUGE issue out of going to the potty. As in whining and complaining and arguing when we tell her to go. She wants to do everything else by herself so why the big deal all of a sudden?

5. Since Karys turned 5 on Monday, she now thinks her preschool class is a “baby” class.

6. Am I the only person on the planet who has never been inside an Ikea store?

7. Has anyone seen my other bedroom slipper? It’s been MIA since the weekend.

8. I watched last night’s 2-hour season premiere of LOST this morning. Thank you, ABC, for streaming my favorite television show on your website.

9. My favorite character on my favorite television show is Hurley.

10. My favorite line from my favorite character occurred when Jacob and Hurley were conversing by the van about what to do with Sayid.  Hurley warned Jacob that Jin was on his way, but Jacob seemed unconcerned. “Jin won’t be able to see me.” “Why not?” “Because I died an hour ago.” “Sorry, dude. That sucks.”

Karys’ birthday celebration was pretty low key. But I don’t think it bothered her one little bit.

‘Cause she was gettin’ a DS, baby! Anything else was just icing on the cake.

And speaking of cake…

Here was hers… complete with the accessories that any diva needs: a bracelet, a tiara and a mirror.