Overheard at the Lake

"I got to hold the rooster and I TOUCHED ITS WADDLE!" -Mom

"No! Dr. Seuss was definitely an alcoholic because my librarian told me that once... or maybe that was Edgar Allen Poe."- Ellyn (because they had such similar writing and life styles)

"What would you do if I woke up at 4a.m., chopped down all the trees in the area, and dropped them on the cabin?"- Zack 

"I'm principled, rare, refreshing, squeaky clean... and horrifying."- Ellyn

"Which one was quieter, Antarctica or Anne Frank?"-Ellyn on the phone with Ryan, Anne Frank won out

xoxo Hannah

Fun at the Park

Yesterday my mother and sister and I decided to spend some quality time together so we skipped off to one of our favorite downtown parks. Here is pictorial documentation of our adventures starring my dear sister Ellyn:

First we climbed a tree; the experience caused Ellyn to feel many intense emotions almost simultaneously: happiness, sexiness, rage, and finally disbelief that she had even climbed that tree in the first place.

Next we went to the playground to swing on the swings. Sadly, there were some KIDS on the swings so we had to play on other things instead.

After some initial difficulty, Ellyn eventually completed her journey down the twisty slide. Then we played on the

parallel bars. What fun!

But all too soon it was time to go home. The sun had started to set, the birds were settling down to dream little bird dreams in their nests, and the parents of those awful swing-hogging children were looking a bit grumpy at us for taking over their playground. So we said goodbye.

But not before we had one last go at the colorful plastic tubes.

As she lay here, a line of about six snotty 4 year olds waited patiently for their turn in the tube. They don't even have jobs and they're trying to take the red plastic tubes away from us hard working folks? Lazy bastards.

xoxo Hannah

Madison

On Friday I survived the death-defying car ride home with Kai who amazingly managed to obtain a license despite having a very limited understanding of the meaning behind that mysterious white line that runs down the center of the highway. He seemed to get, at least in the rudimentary sense, that to collide with one of the many other moving objects nearby might in someway impede his ability to get to point B, yet when I suggested he maybe NOT swerve into oncoming semis I was scolded for making his already bad day more difficult.

Somebody needs to get his priorities in order methinks. Like perhaps putting "living" a few steps above "the right to use every lane simultaneously when grumpy" for example. But hey, it's just a suggestion.

Since then I have:

*Gone shopping 

*Eaten Indian food

* Worked out at the gym and then directly afterward ate an entire family sized bag of cheesy popcorn by myself 

*Explained to my mother that dolphins are in fact animals and that they do indeed belong in that category in Sculptorades

*Learned to knit scarves, dish rags, and pretty much anything else that is a rectangle or square

Who who knows what sorts of adventures I will have next?

xoxo Hannah