Jul 23, 2009

Singing, Dancing and Flags everywhere!

*Caution bad words ahead*

Audrey is learning so much so fast. She has a new skill and that's singing. She loves to sing. When she hears songs on the radio, or on T.V. She start to sing...and dance. The dancing is so cute. She jumps up and down and spins round and round. She loves it and does it all the time at home. In the car she's restricted to singing but doesn't have any less fun. She'll make up words to sing about. She'll sing about people she knows. She'll also sing about objects she sees. Whenever we see someone towing a boat she sings about grandpa. But most of the time she sings about her favorite stuffed animals pinks and puppy.


Before the 4th of July Patrick and I spend time teaching Audrey what the American flag was. She actually caught on really fast and loved that she knew a new word. She was also excited that she was able to say it all the time because they are every where. At first the word sounded a lot like flag. But in the past few weeks she has gotten lazy with the word and it has turned into the F word.

On University Parkway (the main road between UVU and our apartment) is a huge auto mall. And in the center of the large mall is an incredibly ginormous American flag. Yesterday we were driving home from UVU when she saw the flag and started singing a song about the flag. It went something like this.

"F***,F***,F***,F***,F***,F***,F***,F***,F***"

Now please, try to imagine a very very sweet tune with the profane lyrics.

I've made it my mission to teach her how to say flag properly. But not too quickly, it's pretty funny.

Loves,
Elizabeth, Patrick and profane Audrey.

Buttons

Mom is working on a movie again. It's called "The Last Eagle Scout" or "The Last Boy Scout." I'm not too sure. It's set in the future, like 50 or 60 years from now. But, I really don't know too much about the story. All I really know is it's alot like George Orwell's 1984. (good book by the way).

Mom is the costume designer and the director, kels, wanted some buttons, or mom wanted some buttons made. Anyway, She asked if I would make some buttons for the movie. Here is what I came up with.

I lay no claim to the phrases, she gave me what she wanted them to say.

I made these two first. They are not my favorite but they work.


I thought that this was a good idea. I like it.

This is my favorite. Isn't he cute?



I thought this one was just fun and a good idea.


The lips make this one really cool.

Jul 16, 2009

Moving

Sorry that I've not posted anything in a while. It's been a pretty busy week. I've been packing up my office. No, I did nopt get fired nor did i quit. We're moving to a different location. As I speak everything in my office...but my computer...has been moved over. It's pretty empty in here.

There is only one draw back about the move. I've lost an office. Now I'm just in the front area. It's more of like I've lost an office but gained a window. I have an entire wall about 15 feet long of just windows. I don't care too much that I have to share my "office" with the receptionist and the foyer. I got a window...and a door to the outside. I can open the door and get fresh air. I think that's a major plus too.

Well..I have to get back to unpacking and organizing everything.

Love,
Elizabeth, Patrick and Audrey

Jul 9, 2009

So Last Night...

...we went to Carrie and Nates and had dinner. Carrie and Nate provided the house, the flour, the pots and pans. We provided the food.

It was really fun. I cooked wienerschnitzel and Spaetzle (Spätzle). We were going to have applesauce as another side but nate had a really great idea and we had pineapple instead. By the way that pineapple was really really good.

I think the highlight of the night was when we grabbed their swivel chair spun Audrey around a million times and then had her try and walk across the room. She looked like an 8 month old trying to walk. We should have gotten some pictures. No, It was not torture. She loved it and was sad when I told her she was all done.

We were going to go swimming but by the time we finished making dinner, ate and watched the movie hoodwinked.

I loved it! I think my favorite part of the movie was the wolf. The character was mimicking chevy chases character fletch but with the voice of Cronk. It was awesome. As you can see in the poster he is even wearing the Lakers jersey and blue sweatshirt.



It was about 9 o'clock. Oddly enough we found things to entertain ourselves (mainly throwing audrey around and listening to her giggle) until about 10.

We had a lot of fun. We're going to have to do it again soon. Michelle, aren't you jealous?

Love,
Elizabeth, Patrick and Audrey