A Few Funnies

I was talking to my friend, Tamara, last night and was telling her all these funny things that have happened and thought that I should share.



The fish saga: I am most likely disqualified for mother of the year, because I left Jenna's fish, Alison, in San Jose. I was prepared to travel cross country with her. I had her in her travel container and had her food and necessary supplies ready. I put the fish and all her stuff in the kitchen cabinet so the movers wouldn't pack her:) And that's where she stayed.

So we told Jenna that we would have the fish "mailed" to us. I went out to the pet store and bought what I thought was the perfect look a like fish. I was quite proud of myself, actually! The new fish totally got past Abby, but when Jenna came home, she said, "But Mommy, Alison didn't have a fin on top of her in San Jose!" AHHHH--I had to think fast. I said, "Really? Maybe she grew it on the way out here? She's getting older, you know!" Jenna totally bought it and in the end, the fish saga ended happily:)

Our first social outing at the church: We arrived here in NY and then Nate left the next morning to go to a PLI conference. He didn't want to leave me here with a house full of boxes and two kids, but I insisted that he go and I even bought his plane ticket behind his back so he had to go. That Saturday night, the youth group was hosting a spaghetti dinner, so I took the kids. This very nice gentleman came up and introduced himself to me. Here's how the conversation went:

Man: Hi, I'm Steve, welcome to Orchard Park!
Me: Hi, we're happy to be here!
Abby: My momma has a baby in her tummy!

Abby then proceeds to rub this man's belly and says, "And you must have a baby in your tummy too because you have a big tummy!"

I wanted to find a hole and hide in it.

Nice first impression, huh?

The underwear incident: We were hanging around after church a few Sundays ago talking to some members. The girls were talking to some other little girls from the church. Apparently, they were talking about what characters they had on their underwear. :) Nice. Instead of just talking, Abby decided to pull her underwear down and show the other little girls. Awesome. While I was standing there talking, someone shouted, "Oh my goodness . . .she's got her underwear down!" I so knew it was Abby! Yep. Another great first impression.

Maybe they'll realize that pastor's kids are normal too:) Maybe normal isn't the right word . . . yeah, it's not about being normal. They're just getting a nice dose of Abby:)