ah! free time!

I finally finished my papers and can breathe a sigh of relief! Roo is asleep, Ryan is playing Xbox in the living room, and I am gonna take some time to digi-scrapbook and read magazines! YAY!

I found this in the back of Parenting magazine, and anyone who has had to read Goodnight Moon to their kid as often as I have will appreciate it, so I thought I'd share...

GOODNIGHT MOM
(with apologies to Margaret Wise Brown)

In the messy green
family room
There was a telemarketer
ringing the telephone
And a crying toddler
because his brother
just popped his
red balloon
And a picture of-

The cow jumping over the moon
(which someone colored on
with permanent marker)
And there was a missing
teddy bear, and a girl with
gum in her hair

And one to be scolded
And laundry to be folded
And a very hungry spouse
And something stinky in the house
(that no one else seemed to smell)

And a comb and a brush and a colicky
baby who just won't shush
And a frazzled mommy screaming #*%#@

Goodnight messy room
Goodnight scribbled-on moon
Goodnight cow getting out while she can
Goodnight telemarketers and the
popped balloon

Goodnight long-gone teddy bear
Goodnight cereal bar smeared all
over the dining room chair

Goodnight spitup
And goodnight leaky sippy cup
Goodnight much-too-little house and
goodnight grumpy spouse
Goodnight comb and goodnight brush
And goodnight to a certain 2-year-old
who just needs to hush right now I mean it

Goodnight Elmo
Goodnight toys we'll pick up tomorrow,
or the next day
Hello chardonnay and TiVo -
"me" time finally

- Sarah Jio


In other news, I am officially an addicted Skype user! We have the webcam up and running and are ready to chat, so add us if you have Skype too! Our username is Hemperly Family! Roo and I got to chat with Auntie Maraka from all the way in Kuwait today, it was the highlight of my day to see her gorgeous face and talk with her! And of course Roo thinks the only thing better than Elmo on the computer is Grammy and her doggies! Mom's initial reaction to the video conferencing - "It's like something from The Jetson's"!! lol!


here's a pic of Roo from playgroup yesterday! she found this ice cream cone and came running to me to show me that it was the same as the design on her dress! Very clever, right?! I'm pretty sure it's an early sign of genius! lol!




Well nighty night folks, I'm gonna enjoy my un-productive time tonight!