The Masser Story

I wish I had pictures for this entry, but alas, it all happened too fast....

First of all, can you picture that arcade game that you've played at Chuckee Cheese with your kiddos, where you smash the gopher or whatever as he pops up -- you smash him down the hole with a bat or something, and you get points when you are faster than he is? Does that ring a bell?

Well, imagine Marshall and Claudia, 10:30 pm last night, playing "smash the crazy cute gray mouse with a broomstick" in the kitchen! Boy, what a fun game! (especially when little Gray was in the sink and kept jumping straight up in the air and we'd hit him back down, hoping he'd find his way to the disposal...) Claudia discovered the little booger munching leftover biscuits (in a sealed baggie!) and screamed. Yes, screamed. After always making fun of screaming mouse-scaredy women. Marshall dashed downstairs and the game began. Needless to say, the mouse won.

The rest of the night was spent tossing and turning, Claudia wondering if mice can climb stairs and attack. Marshall was devising more efficient methods of disposing of mice. Both of us were wondering why we are paying an exterminator to take care of these things, that are obviously not taken care of..... Rest assured, Mr. Pest Man came first thing this morning!

This morning was when we rushed all around the house in a frantic hum, after our showers -when we heard this strange rattling sound in the walls above the shower. We were just sure it was our next big home flood, or perhaps the pipes were just gonna bust through the walls this time. Maybe it was even electric! Great! Let's have an electrical fire! Marshall checked all the breaker switches while I stayed upstairs to listen for a change in the rattle..... no go. Nothing worked.

I finally stood up in the shower to see just what it could be! "it's right in this corner," I said to myself (Claudia, the "blond" one)....."I just know it!" I felt the walls, I put my ear to the wall. I looked down. And there was my battery powered razor that I forgot to turn off after my shower. Wow. That made it stop altogether! I fixed it! Marshall was somewhat pleased to hear this news, and we both got a huge laugh out of it. Thank goodness we hadn't called a plumber yet!

Posted in: on Thursday, September 29, 2005 at at 1:49 PM 4 comments    

Well, the children continue to thrive and learn...... sometimes things they are supposed to, even! We've been working on "colors" with London for oh so long now....

For instance, the other day, Marshall asked London repeatedly, "what color is your orange" (that she was eating)? London looked up & said "yellow." Last night I asked her what color my red shirt was. "Yellow." I'm not sure if I'm hoping she's just color blind or not!

We did have a breakthrough the other day, tho! During our work day at church, London watched as Daddy cleaned the church toilets with that great blue cleaner, scrubbing, and leaving blue residue everywhere in the potty. London was amazed and fascinated "Blue poop!" she chanted over and over....

Then, later that day..... when it was bedtime and we were at home, the girls got their jammies on and got ready to brush their teeth. Well, the minute I put that kiddy toothpaste on London's toothbrush, she pointed and screamed out it delight, "Blue poop! Blue poop!" Thus, I had to spend the next several minutes convincing her that it was not blue poop and that she should never under any circumstance put "blue poop" on her toothbrush or anywhere near her mouth, yadda yadda yadda! yikes! Well, at least she KNOWS A COLOR NOW!

Sydney is our budding musician. She has been taking piano lessons officially for a week. (before that, she worked all summer with Mom on informal lessons) We have our second lesson tomorrow! Her teacher keeps saying how smart she is and how she already has such good piano habits (looking at the music, not her fingers, & keeping her fingers on the keys) already just naturally. Syd really seems to enjoy it. And it's been neat to hear her practice her little pieces all week, and to hear them change from kinda disjointed to really sounding like real songs, very well played!

Her piano teacher wanted her to have a tote bag just for her piano books and materials, so we decided she could pick out something special. Daddy sat down with her on the internet last week and they hand designed her bag and ordered it. It just came in the mail the other day and she was so excited!

Syd also went ice skating for the first time today AND is beginning to sprout her first adult tooth as of this morning! yahoo!

Posted in: on Sunday, September 25, 2005 at at 6:39 PM 2 comments    

Pic that Christi took when she and Allison were visiting.

Posted in: on Tuesday, September 06, 2005 at at 2:27 PM 2 comments