Kate's Ghost Friend

Kate has a ghost friend. I don't know if this is Jack (the ghost who hung out in the boys' room), or a new entity. She just refers to him as her "ghost friend."

I'll also tell you that on Sunday night Kate came into my room. The lights were out as I was alone in bed reading (only the light from my tablet was on). Doug was in the basement. She started to get in my bed, but stopped and looking into the darkness said, "Why's he in here?" And I asked, "Who?" And she answered, "That boy over there! What's he doing in here?"

Aaaah...so I promptly hopped out of bed and turned the light on. I asked her if she was talking about Flash Gordon (he was also on the bed). I hoped to everything holy that she was talking about that damn cat.

She just changed the subject and crawled on into bed. Like she wasn't the creepiest child on earth.

Anyway, remember the other day when I posted the picture below on Facebook? Kate on the swing. She had asked me if I would push her ghost friend.

Doug took that picture and adjusted the contrast and brightness to try to see if anything was there. Below are the results. Pay attention to the ladder. Also, please send over a Priest.

A Book by Julian

Kate and the Two Two. By Julian

Kate and the Two Two

One day Kate wanted to dance. And she find a two two.

And a stage. Kate is going up the stage.

Oops! [Author's note: Kate forgot her tutu.] Now Kate is ready.
[She found her tutu.]

Kate is on the stage. [Author's note: She is holding a sign that says, "Kate."]
DONE!

Kate says, "The End!"

Snacks from Poland!

When I got home from work today, there were 3 wild children anxiously waiting on me. A new Universal Yums box arrived and they could hardly wait to tear into it. I couldn't bare to make them wait until after dinner, so we promptly opened the box and dug in!

This month's treats were from beautiful POLAND.

Jules checking out some Poland trivia. Did you know that
 in Poland they put ketchup on their pizza?

Poland's treats: Tapsy cheese and onion chips (the kids' favorite; Jonas and Kate got into a fist fight over them), Walwel Milkizz, Krowki milky cream fudge (almost made Jonas barf), Soleo caramel pretzels, Dobosz chocolate plum (naaasty), Aksam peanuts with paprika (my favorite), and Raczki lobster tails (almost made me barf).

Those paprika peanuts were delicious, man.

Seriously, though. Wonder if I can order them from amazon...

Kate giving a thumbs up to those cheese and onion
chips. Pictured right before she punched Jonas for trying to eat one.

Cute little Jonas showing off the fancy wrapping for
the chocolate-covered plum. No offense, Poland, but this gal
is sticking with chocolate-covered cherries.

Kate and Tiger

Tiger has been with Kate for nearly all of her life. She got him for her first Christmas from Aunt Boomer in 2014. This is the first picture of the dynamic duo, taken in August 2015. (Yeah, it's August and she is already sporting Halloween jammies. You know how we do.)

August 2015. 

Their bond first developed on vacation of 2015. Here they are snuggling in Charleston. They've not been a night without each other ever since!

September 2015.

Here they are on the road to Charleston a year later in 2016. Snacking on some Doritos and dressed as Chase.

September 2016.

One night, we couldn't find Tiger and all hell broke loose. So, being the smart parents we are, we immediately went out and purchased an identical Tiger! Ha ha! She would never know the difference and it would save our nerves the next time Tiger was misplaced...WRONG!!! New Tiger was rejected. She only has room in her heart for her Tiger.

Summer 2017.  Tiger is comforting our little Kate
while she is at the clinic for a quick check.

Tiger has been through it all, and though he is not yet 4 years old, the dude is starting to show his age. This morning when we got him out of the washer, he had a big boo-boo!

Concerned Kate.

Luckily, Raykul saved the day! She stitched our dear friend back together. Kate held his paw through the whole ordeal.

Kate and Rachel doctoring up Tiger.

Happy Little Monster tucked in tight with her best buddy. 

Nighty night.

My Book About Cars by Jonas

Today when I cleaned out the boys' backpacks, I found a special treat: a book by Jonas. When he becomes a New York Times best-selling author, you can always say you read and loved his work before he was famous.

My Book About Cars by Jonas

there was a boy who love cars / his car was cool

he got a toy car / he got a lot of cars

then he loved his cars / the end.