Meteors, My Fanny

A couple weekends ago, we went out as a family for some late night star gazing.  There was going to be a meteor shower and even though it would be a late night, we thought "what the hay" and went for it.  We drove out to some state park about an hour outside of Houston.  We had chairs, a blanket, snacks, a cooler, camera and tripod... we were totally prepared for a rip roarin' good time.

Not so successful on all counts.

Basically, it was hot, humid and lacking meteors.  Miles was seriously on CRACK and climbing all over us driving us crazy until 1am.  It was one of those experiences that is so sucky, you start joking and having giggle fits to fill the void.  We laid on our blanket that was damp from the humidity and our sweat and made jokes and laughed the night away.  In that way, it was a great memory maker.

Here are a few of my favorite conversations I recall from that night:

-Dave: "If Miles smashes my penis one more time I swear UGHMPHARGH" (sorry, I don't know how to spell the Miles-just-smashed-my-penis sound).

-Ash: "Note to self: next time..." Dave finishing my sentence: "...come when there's a meteor shower." 

-Miles, after the crowd "Ahs" at the single meteor in the last 30 minutes: "OH! Did I miss one?!"  (He didn't see a single meteor, nor was he ever looking at the sky, so it was funny)

Other than that, we just joked about all the ways we could shine lights directly into the eyes of the grumpy people who kept yelling at anybody who so much as looked at their cell phone.  I think we gave up around 1am or shortly after.

And here are two crappy star pictures:

Yep.

Revealed

Well, I'd have to say that was a crazy exciting guessing game.  I know it's been really hard to wait for this reveal... what can I say?  I've been sorta busy.

We did have a couple of other guesses from people... an oreo, hair brush bristles, candy bar, etc.  But you're  all worng.  It is in fact this:

The mesh stuff on that speaker.  Crazy, right?

Thanks for keeping me 1 million fake dollars richer.

Guessing Game

Ah, a guessing game.  That reminds me of Albert.

Anyway, we got a $6.00 macro adapter thingy for our camera lenses so you can take pictures with your lens on backwards and you get macro photography. 

Dave took this picture and I will give you 1 million dollars if you can guess what it is.

Eh?

P.S.  I reserve the right to pay you in fake money if you actually do guess it.  Just in case.

The Things We Do in Underwear

To be realistic, everybody does everything in underwear.  But not everybody is so lucky to do just about everything in only underwear.  Today we play baseball in underwear:    

Party.

The Cruella de Vil of Spinach

Check it out:

Cruella de Vil of spinach.

Also, I can't believe I've taken so long to write what I'm about to on here.  It's old, recurring news these days, but it still gives me a good laugh.  So please enjoy story time:

Shortly after we moved here Miles and I were talking to one of the guys who works at the gate to our complex.  He's a nice Southern, African American dude and has the talk/accent to go with it.  Anyway, after we talked to him and were walking away Miles said, 

"Hey mom, what did that guy said because he was kind of speaking Spanish a little bit!"

Haha!  He frequently thinks black people are speaking Spanish.  So funny.