Ups and d...we'll just do ups.

Today was filled with many ups and downs, but in order to avoid boring you, we'll just talk about the ups.

Up #1:  Both dogs and both cats teamed up to catch what we thought was a mouse.  This was great fun for all of us.  It made me so proud, watching them working together with one common goal.  One cat smacked the rodent across the kitchen, then all four animals tried to pounce on it.  The kitchen floor is linoleum, so instead of going where they desired, they all went sliding, which resulted in a four-animal pile-up.  Next, the high-speed chase moved near my desk.  Dogs were going under my chair and under my desk while cats were jumping over me and on top of me.  And in the end, the rodent was cornered.  This is when the Kenny-dad woke up.  He came out to see what the ruckus was and that's when he pulled out the mouse that was really a mole.  A mole?  Even the dogs looked surprised. 

Up #2:  Mae's over sized teddy bear now wears the same size of clothes as her.  This means she can dress her bear, decide if it looks stylish enough, then transfer the clothes directly onto her own self and happily skip to the school bus.

Up #3:  When we were ready to walk out the door this morning, I muttered to myself, "Where's my jacket..." only to notice Kyler standing in front of the door, holding my jacket up with his right hand.  As I grabbed it from him, I said, "Thanks, now I just need my..." and he held up my purse with his left hand.  Besides being an 'up' for the day, we also call this 'irony' because he never knows where his own jacket, shoes, socks, homework, backpack or glasses are when it's time to leave. 

Up #4:  This picture was uploaded:

This is me and my BFF.  Notice how I (left) am trying to look clever and collected while Adrienne (right) is just being her goofy self.  I can tell just by looking at this that her and the camera man were so obviously making fun of me while I was paying all of my attention to...the television?  Perhaps I was listening to an actual person?  Or I may simply have been spacing off because I do that all the time, especially when wine is involved.  Either way, I love photos like this that are not staged and catch the actual moment.  

And that's that.   A typical Tuesday around here.