Two dates in one day - not since college

I have been feeling guilty - too much time in front of the TV and not enough time in front of the three greatest daughters that a guy could ask for. In my attempt to remedy that I have been to re-institute daddy daughter dates. So on Friday it was Zoe time. Then Friday morning Penni called to let me know that she hadn't been taken out - but before she got the words out I asked her for a lunch date. So I get credit for that one honey.





So for lunch Penni and I hit California Pizza Kitchen and had some good pizza and salad.





Then when I got home I expected Zoe all ready to go but I had to stand down stairs and wait for her to get an outfit on with a stain and some shoes on. As much as possible I love to let them do whenever they want to do. Where we are going to eat is always a big decision - when I first asked Zoe she said that she was to go to Texas Roadhouse. We later settled on Rubio's because of the time factor. So we go to Rubio's and she gets her normal chicken and cheese taco. She says that she wants to sit outside - are you sure cause it is still hot - nope she wants to sit outside. Then after dinner we head over to Wal-Mart to get her some new shoelaces that fit. Then for the main attraction of the evening. Zoe has been bugging me to go play basketball. I have been holding off because I can't find a hoop short enough for her - but I took her with Kristine and I the other night and she was able to do fine. So we went to the park and played basketball.





Now let me get to what we talked about - where should I start??? She talked a lot about boys - Nichole and Kristine have not been that interested in boys so Penni and I have been lucky so far. Zoe is not going to let us off the hook. She was talking about cute boys - and I had to ask what is a cute boy? You know when the boy get his long hair wet and then shakes it head like this. What??? Are you kidding me?? Where in the world have we been look at boys with wet hair shaking their heads. We are in trouble.

Kristine Babysitting Zoe

This post is for me to remember when I am old and looking back on life. Tonight Penni and I went to Standards Night or Progress Night or Goal Night - something with the Young Women. Anyway it was a great night to be with Nichole. We left Kristine home to babysit Zoe. As we left, Kristine said that she was going to write down everything thing that Zoe did wrong. Not a good sign - because Zoe, I am sure overheard Kristine say this so Zoe was going to give her lots to write about.


We came home to find this on our message board:




Number 2 was pretty funny. Zoe said that she wished the list was longer. Love at Home!!

Egg Babies

I am not sure that I really get the educational value here but the girl's school gives the sixth graders egg babies to take care of for a couple of days. I came home the other night and was making myself some dinner when I opened the fridge and noticed this on the top shelf. I told Kristine - don't you think that it would be comfortable in the egg carton.

Like I said a lot of effort was put into this activity. I guess one of the girls in Kristine's class upset her little brother, so he went and got her egg baby and threw it on the ground and broke it. The mother called the school and told them the sad tale; then requested that her poor little daughter be able to get a new egg baby. The lesson here - don't upset your little brother.

More Gems on My Camera

Hair Saloon

All three of our girls have loved to do their mom's hair.

I am sure that their mom likes it too.

Twins

Zoe has had a hard time not jumping on the furniture ever since she started taking tumbling. So when I found this picture on my camera and I said to Zoe "Who has been jumping on the couch?" her response was "Nichole took the picture". Classic - deflect the attention off of yourself and on to one of your sisters. She doesn't get it - didn't ask who took the picture.

Sunday Morning Breakfast

I honestly can't remember the last time that I was able to eat breakfast with my family on Sunday mornings. With our recent church schedule change, my first meeting does not start until 10:00. So for the last couple of Sunday's Penni has gotten up and fixed us a great breakfast.
Many of you already know how much my kids love eggs goldenrod. Nichole would pick up her plate at my mom's house when she was younger and lick the plate. Kristine, no different and Zoe will inhale it. I guess it should make a mother proud that her kids enjoy her cooking that much that the plates are "licked" clean. I forgot how much they love this stuff until Sunday.


And I have to give it up to Penni. She even went out Saturday and got the "special" bread.

Nichole preparing her 1st of 2 plates.

Kristine enjoying herself











Zoe chowing down!!

Strawberries for dessert.

ASU - second game

I scored tickets to the ASU game this weekend - again. I knew this time that Penni would not want to go - too hot!!!! So my next option is the girls - Nichole was up in the order so I asked her if she wanted to go and she gladly excepted my invitation. Then we got a call from a family in the ward to babysit - one of her favorite families - so I thought that my date was in jeopardy. But she declined the job and even said that she was looking forward to the game and going with her Dad.


I had different tickets this time - better seats (upper desk but on the 50 yard line). We got to the game and were walking to the stadium. There was a group of girls in front of us as we are walking. One of the girls walked by a tree and grabs one of the branches from the tree, holds on to it and then lets go. It hits Nichole in the face. I was torn - is it worth making a big scene - in my last post I mentioned the guy next to me got into a fight. Well his teenage son was with him and he watched as his dad got tossed from the game. I was embarrassed for the father, thus my hesitation. I decided in stead to make it up to Nichole with a frozen lemonade and I rationalized it by telling myself that there was no mark left or blood, that would have made it a different story. I have my limit - so I told Nichole that the girl was an idiot and clueless. She agreed.


Well I am happy to the report that was the low point of the night - everything else was up from there. The tickets were great we sat around families and old people - no "funny drunk guys with pelvic thrusts". Nichole had fun picking out all the girls that were inappropriately dressed. As they were doing the introductions and I knew that we were going to see some fireworks. Nichole is scared of fireworks - not as bad a she was as a little girl but still scared. I pointed our two guys on the field and the fireworks launchers to prepare her. She did good, she still jumped every time they went off - which was a lot because ASU scored quite a few times.

We left the game a little early to beat the traffic. I was a great night to spend with my pre-teen.