New member of the family.

Our family just grew :) and no, not in the old fashioned way...we have a new pet fish (this is number 5 by the way).

Sean has christened him 'Hunter Joseph'. You know we want to give him the respect he deserves and not just call him fishie or just the fish..

here he is. Can you spot him relaxing in his paradise?

A Frog or Prince Charming under a spell?

On one of my visits to Target last week, I found this in the dollar bins. I thought it would be a good addition to the deck with one of the potted plants for spring/summer. I put it by the kitchen sink for now.


I wonder when my someone will break my spell?

Later that night I decided to play a prank on the kids :) Here's what happened after dinner,

Me: Sean and Rhea, did you see Mr. Frog?'

Sean: Yeah Mom! Where did you buy it from?

Ignoring the part about buying it and tryin to keep a straight face

Me: This is not a frog..its a Prince under a spell. If you kiss the frog, it will turn into a Prince!!!

Hearing the Prince part, Rhea's ears perked up and I could sense that she was uncomfortable.

Rhea: But why Mom? Do you want a Prince in our house?

Me: I'm not so sure Rhea. If he becomes a Prince then we have to make sure he has everything he needs here, like his guards and his horses..

Now Rhea was really worried.

Rhea:Mom, I don't want a Prince in our house.

Me: Ok, then lets not kiss the frog. Don't worry about it.

I did't want her to be totally freaked out.

Sean: Rhea, Mom is just joking. It will not turn into a Prince. See I'll show you.

And Rhea shrieked like a catastophe was about to happen.

Rhea: Nooo Seannn don't kissss it.

Sean: Mom, give him to me, its not going to turn into a Prince.

Me: I'm warning you Sean, don't be so sure.

Sean takes it from my hand and gives it a kiss. Nothing happens.

Sean: See Rhea. Nothing happened!!! and he have a few more kisses to the frog.

I was still not ready for the fun to be over.

Me: Sean, don't be so sure. We don't know what that magic number is that will turn him into a Prince. It could be 2 or 3 or 10 kisses. We don't know. So be careful.

At that point he started to show a slight level of worry and decided to stop kissing.

And I heaved a sigh of relief that I could leave the mystery unsolved for some more time. But both of them have not brought it up in any conversations since then so maybe they just dont want to think about it.

Necklace day!

Rhea is so hilarious...she has something up her sleeves all the time and cracks us all up. Yesterday at dinner time she goes, 'Mom, today was necklace day!'. I'm trying to think if I missed some communication regarding this from her class. I did notice that she was wearing her 'titanic style' humongous pearl with the big heart rock necklace today. So I said, Hmm..really? And she goes 'Only I wore a necklace today!!' with a cheeky look and giggles away. Yeah, she totally just made that up!! Wonder what she has up her sleeve next :) here's a video that I took yesterday of her..I asked her to imitate my facial expressions and the resuts are so comically hysterical :) So enjoy!