The Adams Family

So I've always loved this song and music video. Look at all those beautiful Glorias!!!

Youtube won't let me embed the video though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq2KgzKETBw

I realized the other day, that my wildest Bryan Adams fantasies have finally come true.

I guess I need to start growing my hair out.

Love Justin Bieber, or else.

So today, Gloria and I were talking about going broke. Gia chimed in with, "I'm not going anywhere. I'm going to stay here."

Then later, Gia was asking Gloria if she loved Justin Bieber. Gloria said that she didn't like him, but it was okay if they liked different things. Turns out Gloria isn't as big a fan of Taylor Swift either. Gia then said, "Mom, say that you love Justin Bierber."

Gloria: "No, I don't really like him."

Gia: "Then I'm not gonna be your daughter."

Ouch

Monkey Bizness? More like Monkey Bruises.

We went to Monkey Bizness today. We were there for about 20 minutes before I went down this:

and then had to go get this:

I swore in front of children, then ran all the way across the gym to lay on the floor between the drinking fountain and trash cans because I thought I was going to vomit. Turns out nothing is broken (I did hear/feel a sickening "pop" though), and it is only sprained. I guess I get to wear this for 7-10 days.

Kirsten and Maddy were there as well, but no one saw anything except me laying on the floor.

What about Gia? Well, she enjoyed watching the X-ray technician take pictures of Daddy's bones. When I was looking for the correct picture to post on here, Gia said, "That blue one hurt my daddy."

It is also pretty funny to hear her version of the story after hearing me tell it 5 different times today. It goes something like, "My dad's thumb was in his shirt, then he went down the slide, then he heard a snap, then he was hurt." She was telling another toddler on the phone.

Gia and Gloria have now signed my splint too!

The Locking Dead

This last weekend, we were driving Gia and her cousin to a book reading at The Bookery Nook. I guess some lady writes children's books, and wanted to read some of them out loud to kids. Anyway, on our way there, I drove passed a cemetery (1).  As I was driving by, I pointed and said, "See all those things over there? They are called head stones, and that is called a cemetery. That is where they bury dead people, and each of those stones has a person's name on it, and the date that they were born and when they died."

The girls looked over and made "oohs" and "aahhs." After driving for another mile or so, Gia asks, in a very small voice, from the back seat, "Daddy? Do the dead bodies get up at night time and walk around?" We've been watching a lot of zombie shows/movies over the last year. I answered, "No hunny, they stay in the ground the whole time. That is just something you see on TV. No dead bodies get up." She said, "No, I think they do get up." I told her that I was sure that they wouldn't get up, and I'd even take her to a cemetery at night and prove it to her.

After the Princess book reading, I pulled over at the same cemetery to let her get a closer look at all the head stones. I did make a small parenting mistake when I explained, "See all those words? Each grave has your name and your birthday on it so people know who you are and when you lived." Gloria quickly corrected me by saying, "It's not your name that is on there sweety (and glaring at me), it's other people's names."

Gia started at the cemetery for a while, then woke her cousin up so she could look too. Then, right as I'm about to start driving again, Gia lets out a startled gasp and says, "Dad! Look! I just saw someone get up and start walking around!"

"You did not!"

"Yes I did Dad! They're right there!" (pointing)

At this point I leaned into the back seat so I could see what she was seeing. I scanned as far away as I could to see if there happened to be a person actually walking around the cemetery at the time. I couldn't see anything but a flag waving in the distance. "Gia, there is no one there. I see a flag and that's it. Maybe you just saw your reflection in the window."

Her cousin piped in, "Where?! I don't see nobody!"

We asked Gia if she saw a boy or girl, but that tripped her up and Gloria determined that she was making it up. We had to check though, because we were afraid that she really could see dead people, and didn't want to torment her. Just in case.