I'll never think of it the same...

I saw this last week and laughed and laughed and laughed, and am still laughing.  I ABSOLUTELY LOVE Sesame Street and we try to catch it in the mornings.  I didn't really love the original song before, but I like it a lot more now.  

State Fair

While many of you are nestled all cozy in your homes preparing for a cold winter, we headed out to the AZ state fair today for a nice hot, smelly morning.  The fair was everything it was supposed to be; bad food, bad smells, bad rides, and bad prices.  Somehow even with all of that, it is still a really fun place to go on an annual basis.  The best part of the fair this year was the petting zoo which included a young giraffe, a kangaroo, an ostrich, and seriously the cutest "kids" (baby goats) ever.  Savannah LOVED it all.  Her hands were all over everything and I couldn't keep my eyes off of her for one second for fear that she would start kissing the animals, or better yet, sucking on the fencing.  
Piglets.  I'd forgotten how MASSIVE a sow is.  This rather seedy looking couple came up behind us as we were admiring the sow and her piglets and I heard him say to her, "That is one big-a** pig."  I thought, "Yes.  Yes, it is.  I couldn't have said it better myself."
Of course.   Is this any surprise?
So, we all know that people-watching at the fair is a real treat.  Check out this health-conscious lunch.   A corn dog, plate of onion rings, and a year's-supply of french fries.  

"Can I get you a double bypass to go with that?"  Oh, the fair!!!

I know what you're thinking.

Isn't Savannah a little young to be stealing and hiding?  That's what I thought, but apparently not.  She has found all of the little hiding spots in our house where she can escape to enjoy her stolen goods including entire packs of gum, (yes, the gum obsession lives on) the wireless keyboard for our computer, items from my makeup drawer, chapstick, pens, you name it.  While this kitchen cupboard is pretty good, it is in a high-traffic area, so it is used a little less often than my PITCH BLACK closet with the door firmly shut.  Many times I have walked into the bathroom just in time to see the closet door swing shut (pulled by the tie on my robe which conveniently hangs on the back of the door).  I call to her...no answer.  I open the door and am immediately met with a distraction technique..."mama...tubby!" (points across the room to the tub) or, "mama...shoe!!!"(discretely pick up a shoe as if that was the original reason for retreating to the dark closet.)    I know what you are thinking.  "Oh boy Katherine, you are really in for it on this one."  Yes, that's clear.  So let's change the subject.

Butter Bandit

S & I were making rice krispy treats to take to friends (and enjoy ourselves) and I had to step out of the room for just a moment.  I had left the marshmallows and butter sitting out on the counter after we had added them to our pot.  I came back in to catch her just taking her SECOND bite of a totally mangled stick of butter.  (See her little teeth marks all the way down the entire left side??)  Funny?  Yes, but even more so when you know that it was on multiple occasions that my mother caught me doing the same thing as a young child (including right at the grocery store!)  I suppose I am no longer the only butter-lover at my house.  

Then and now

I got to see two of my oldest friends in SLC this week.  None of us live in Utah, but happened to be staying on Browning Ave all together this past weekend.  Alli, Jane, and I became buddies in kindergarten and they are two people that I still love and look forward to seeing whenever I can, which has been infrequent at best for the past several years.  Well, the next generation got together with us this time.  Can you tell whose is whose???  (Sorry Alli, not the best picture, but it was the only one I have with the two of you!  On my birthday, 1989!)

 They were so cute.

A little trip

We escaped the heat to Utah for a quick trip to visit family and to see the Utes beat Oregaon State.  Wow, what a game.  I would have WALKED from Arizona just to see the last two minutes of that game.  Loving the season tickets this season...

We took a great drive up big cottonwood to see the leaves.  Spectacular as expected.  Here are our pics from our little trip up there to listen to the Sunday AM session of conference.   It was an even better way to experience conference than asleep on the couch in our PJ's, which is often the alternative.  :)

We'll be back for the TCU BLACKOUT!!!  GO UTES!!!

What do you say?

tuesday morning:

Trevor: "Savannah, when you see Boss Dog, you say, 'Sit!'

Savannah: "Sit!"

Wednesday evening after Grace spent 15 minutes pushing Savannah around on a little bike:

Me: "Savannah, what do you say to Grace for pushing you on the bike?"

Savannah: "Sit!"