Jordan, my 3 year old daughter, has to be the luckiest kid on the planet. I want her to go buy me a lottery ticket or something. She wins everything. Here's some examples:
We were at Jupiter's for Ryan's birthday party and she was playing a game where all you have to do is hit a button and a ball falls and lands in a hole marked with the number of tickets you win, like 1-20 with a couple of smaller holes for 100 and Jackpot. It's easy enough for a 3 year old to play which is why she likes it so much. Jordan hit the Jackpot. Twice. She's also hit 100 on several occasions.
At Jupiter's another time she and Kayla wanted to play Skee-ball. They picked their machines. Kayla puts in her quarter and starts playing. Jordan puts in her quarter and the scoreboard starts flashing up to 850 points, and 250 tickets shoot out before she ever even touched a ball. That happened 2 more times and I told Jordan she wasn't getting off this malfunctioning Skee-ball game. Of course, Kayla is standing there with her 4-5 tickets a game wondering how Jordan was doing that since she had a huge pile of 750 tickets sitting there. Then my dad developed a conscience and told the manager the machine was malfunctioning and he shut it down. I said "Dad! Do you know how much money I've dropped into Jupiter's over the years?" I felt like I'd earned it. And I did make Jordan and Kayla share tickets for prizes, to be fair.
Saturday we were at Walmart and the kids all asked for a gumball. I had several quarters so I said ok. Kayla goes first, gets a yellow gumball. Ryan goes next, gets a green gumball. Jordan goes last and out pops a pink AND a white gumball.
Last year we were at the fair and she played a game where you shoot darts at balloons and whatever prize was listed on the tag behind the balloon you win. So she hits one that's a small prize, but she really likes this huge stuffed animal. They just gave it to her anyway.
Maybe she's just super cute or something. At parades, they throw a ton of candy at her feet, she hardly has to run for it.
Oh yeah - and she is super petite and eats all the freaking time. I've talked to her doctor several times about how she doesn't gain weight. Really from one checkup to the next she gains at the most 1 pound. She eats breakfast, 2 snacks before lunch, then lunch, 2 snacks before dinner, dinner, and 2 snacks before bed. I'm not kidding. Her metabolism is so fast. I don't know how she got that, not from me I'm sorry to say, but she is blessed and I'm sure will be most grateful for that someday. I wish I could bottle that and market it, I'd be a millionaire.
I wonder if she could pass for a very small adult? Like a little person. I'd love to take her to a casino with me. I bet I could just let her pick a slot machine and pull the handle and we'd win a ton of money.
05 July 2010
04 July 2010
What I've learned today
Here are some things I have learned recently:
I know we didn't have air conditioning when I was a little kid and I survived, but my central air is broken and I'm pretty sure I am going to suffer from hyperthermia in my own house and possibly die. I took the kids to McDonald's today just to get out of my house and into the AC and ket them play in the playland for like 90 minutes while I enjoyed the free wifi on my laptop. Air conditioning is a wonderful invention.
My dog believes anything is a chew toy. Usually she just gets a doll or something the girls leave on the floor and I figure if you left it on the floor, it's fair game to the dog. I do however disagree when it's my brand new Under Armour sandals, and my oh so sexy strappy black high heels. Shoes BELONG on the floor, and why couldn't she pick like a crappy pair of $5 Old Navy flip flops or something? Bad Dog!!! I believe the Under Armour sandals will pull through, but strappy high heels are going to the shoe heaven. That dog owes me $50 for those.
Low sodium Lays potato chips taste as good as regular Lays in the yellow bag. Yay for my salty snack cravings not having to result in massive water retention!
I have to write a 5 page critical analysis of a book I've never read, by next Wednesday to turn in on my first day of class. There are multiple problems with this:
1. I can't find the book anywhere or online ecept on Amazon.com for $230 and I'm betting that's a little overpriced. Hopefully the college bookstore sells it, God willing. And for less than $230 because for that money it better be a damn good book that I want to read every day.
2. It's due the first day of class!!! So I don't even know the professor or what she wants out of papers! I could fail before I even start!
3. and possibly most important, WTF does "critical analysis" even mean???
Ambien CR costs considerably more than regular Ambien. So much so in fact that I didn't bring the script home from the pharmacy.
I requested off the first week of August for vacation and got scheduled anyway. I'm annoyed but we weren't going anywhere anyway because I have class on Wednesday. But still I was looking forward to time with my family since Sean is on vacation. I thought on my days off we could go to the zoo or 6 Flags or something. Then I get a summons for jury duty today for that whole week. Go freaking figure.
If you get a flat tire and you drive on it enough to pull over at a gas station to air it up enough that it will get you back to Walmart to have it fixed while it's still under warranty, driving that much on the flat voids the warranty. Jerks.
I know we didn't have air conditioning when I was a little kid and I survived, but my central air is broken and I'm pretty sure I am going to suffer from hyperthermia in my own house and possibly die. I took the kids to McDonald's today just to get out of my house and into the AC and ket them play in the playland for like 90 minutes while I enjoyed the free wifi on my laptop. Air conditioning is a wonderful invention.
My dog believes anything is a chew toy. Usually she just gets a doll or something the girls leave on the floor and I figure if you left it on the floor, it's fair game to the dog. I do however disagree when it's my brand new Under Armour sandals, and my oh so sexy strappy black high heels. Shoes BELONG on the floor, and why couldn't she pick like a crappy pair of $5 Old Navy flip flops or something? Bad Dog!!! I believe the Under Armour sandals will pull through, but strappy high heels are going to the shoe heaven. That dog owes me $50 for those.
Low sodium Lays potato chips taste as good as regular Lays in the yellow bag. Yay for my salty snack cravings not having to result in massive water retention!
I have to write a 5 page critical analysis of a book I've never read, by next Wednesday to turn in on my first day of class. There are multiple problems with this:
1. I can't find the book anywhere or online ecept on Amazon.com for $230 and I'm betting that's a little overpriced. Hopefully the college bookstore sells it, God willing. And for less than $230 because for that money it better be a damn good book that I want to read every day.
2. It's due the first day of class!!! So I don't even know the professor or what she wants out of papers! I could fail before I even start!
3. and possibly most important, WTF does "critical analysis" even mean???
Ambien CR costs considerably more than regular Ambien. So much so in fact that I didn't bring the script home from the pharmacy.
I requested off the first week of August for vacation and got scheduled anyway. I'm annoyed but we weren't going anywhere anyway because I have class on Wednesday. But still I was looking forward to time with my family since Sean is on vacation. I thought on my days off we could go to the zoo or 6 Flags or something. Then I get a summons for jury duty today for that whole week. Go freaking figure.
If you get a flat tire and you drive on it enough to pull over at a gas station to air it up enough that it will get you back to Walmart to have it fixed while it's still under warranty, driving that much on the flat voids the warranty. Jerks.
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