Life Is Funny: It's A Sign

By MAD21

My family loves July. I've talked before about why we love Independence Day so much, but July for our area also means the County Farm Fair. If you love tractor pulls, monster trucks, farm animals, dock dogs, baby pig races, and all the usual children's area activities (bouncy things, face painting, etc), then you'd love it, too.

After we had enjoyed our day and were properly painted and loaded with balloons and a bag of loot, we headed back to the car. We walked past all the cows and ponies to say good-bye and noticed this sign:

One can't help but wonder... is a sign really necessary? Really?

My friend and fellow blogger Wendy at Weight..What? has a fun carnival at her blog called "Life is Funny." Every Monday we talk about something in life that we find funny. Be sure to go visit her blog to read her post along with links to other blogs who are participating.

Life Is Funny: Look Mummy!

By MAD21

I took my daughters to a birthday party this weekend. It was the usual thing: cake, presents, swimming... and games. One of the games the kids played started them off in pairs and a roll of toilet paper. I'm sure you've probably seen it... one person is the mummy that stands totally still, and the other one wraps them up in toilet paper. The first group to wrap their team mate up with the entire roll of toilet paper, wins.

Let's just say that my six and four year old OWNED this game. You would have thought that they had practiced before hand they had it down so perfectly. But they have only played this game one other time, and that was a year ago with the same friends.

We all laughed so hard. It was awesome. As great as it was to see the girls cooperate to win a game, it was even better to see the smiling eyes and cheeks peering out from under the toilet paper, listening to the giggles of her older sister as she ran around and around covering every last inch of her body.

I suppose on some level this was a way for my oldest to get back at her sister for knocking her tooth out last week. I can live with this payback.

My friend and fellow blogger Wendy at Weight..What? has a fun carnival at her blog called "Life is Funny." Every Monday we talk about something in life that we find funny. Be sure to go visit her blog to read her post along with links to other blogs who are participating.

Life Is Funny: Losing Teeth

By MAD21

My oldest has now entered the phase of losing teeth. She lost her first one the first week of June. She was so happy to have lost it before the end of school so that she could show her teacher and classmates. She was now part of the "club."

She had three other teeth that have been loose at any given time for the last three or four months. And considering the one that finally did come out took over a month of "wiggling" and two tugs with dental floss before it came out, my hopes were not high for the remaining three to come out anytime soon.

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Life Is Funny: Fireworks

By MAD21

Our family had an awesome 4th of July. It's one of my kids most favorite holidays. Who can blame them? Good food, family, friends, a parade AND fireworks all in the same day.

We had gotten a great spot to watch the local fireworks that evening. This year was particularly good as many of the neighbors around the area had acquired some pretty cool (albeit illegal) fireworks. We literally had nearly a 360 degree view of fireworks. It was awesome.

At some point in the evening, my oldest asked about why there were so many fireworks going off around us. We just explained which ones were the ones we actually came to see (the town sponsored fireworks), and that the others were from people who were probably having parties and had purchased some for them to enjoy.

When the majority of the large fireworks were done, we collected all of our stuff and started heading back for the car. Some other fireworks started going off in the sky and our youngest got excited yelling, "Look sister! More fireworks!" To which my oldest responded, "That's not for us, that's for the neighborhoods."

Apparently, we were not supposed to watch and enjoy them because they weren't meant for us. It was really funny. They were happy to know that it was ok for us to stop and watch them before we left.

My friend and fellow blogger Wendy at Weight..What? has a fun carnival at her blog called "Life is Funny." Every Monday we talk about something in life that we find funny. Be sure to go visit her blog to read her post along with links to other blogs who are participating.

Life Is Funny: Poor Teddy

By MAD21

My girls were busy playing the other day. It was the kind of fun day when the kids are really getting along and your living room looks like a giant toy box. I was working around the house and at some point I saw our poor Teddy. I'm sure it was part of the play at some point, but then she was forgotten.

I think to myself... ever have one of those days? I guess it's good that it wasn't a house!

My friend and fellow blogger Wendy at Weight..What? has a fun carnival at her blog called "Life is Funny." Every Monday we talk about something in life that we find funny. Be sure to go visit her blog to read her post along with links to other blogs who are participating.