OH JOY! Rapture! Splendid! LOVELY!

Those are the words I have decided to teach ZuLady in place of normal happy/exciting words like...yay! or....Great! or....Fantastic!

But, I cannot take all the credit for this idea. I was inspired.

Awhile back we were spending the day in Santa Monica while Mr. Christensen worked. On his break we went to eat in this amazing outdoor food court.

We took the puppy this particular day, and the amount of attention he draws in is crazy...I've, truthfully, thought about setting up a stand and charging a dollar. I'd probably match what Brons is bringing home easily. JK, babe.

But anyways, so we're eating and this darling, tiny redhead girl comes over. She's smaller than ZuZu but speaks like a Harvard grad with an ah-mazing English accent.

After playing for a bit I ask her, "How old are you?"

She replies in the tiniest most proper English fairy voice you can imagine and says,

"I am two and a half...you have quite a lovely pet."

We start cracking up...then I ask her what her name is and she replies...

"Fennel....like the herb."

Fennel like the herb?!?! BAh! Dying.

It was honestly too much. I wanted to gobble her up. Poor Zu was soo outdone by this other 2.5 year old that I bought her new flashcards the next day.

So, Fennel, if you ever come across this, you have inspired me to teach my daughter funny words, that hopefully she will use in public one day soon. Thanks!

AND NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN!

Happy birthday to my gorgeous mama-in-law, Tammy today!

We LOVE YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

some things about her we love:

*she's never died her hair

*She's scared of bugs and creepy things

*shes one the most genuinely happy/excited people I have ever known

*shes the best cook in the World...(real hard to live up to, thanks Tam)

*Sometimes we watch sad things on the Internet together just so we can cry.

*OH! she LOVES Bon Jovi!

*Shes "low-maintenance"...my kinda gal

*She's calls it how she sees it and doesn't take crap.

*She's the sweetest nicest lady around and all our friends and the rest of the Christensen's boys friends think of her like a second mom.....she kinda is, cause she definitely feeds 'em enough to be.

*And finally, she the best mama-in-law and Grandma we could ever dream for.

Love you Tam