Aubrey-Lou Who

A Poem

inspired by my Seuss' Cindy-Lou Who Look-a-like)There is never enough time in the Miller household,

with dishes to do and laundry to fold.
With errands to run and trips to the store,
when you think you are done there are always more chores.
Each day goes so fast and nothing gets done, promises for tomorrow with each setting sun.
Two kids to bathe and pick up after,
while still trying to cherish the smiles and laughter.
The house is always in such a big mess, which adds to the reasons mommy always feels stress.
Mommy tries to find silence but the kids love their toys.
And those kids oh they make so much noise noise noise noise!
That is why it is hard to find a minute or two,
to post new cute pictures and stories for you.
So please forgive me when this blog stays the same,
day after day with minimal change.
Some things are more important, like taking a nap,
or reading a story with two kids on my lap.
And now with the Red Sox playing in the post season,
and the Steelers each week, there's another good reason.
But I hope you're impressed with this poem just for you,
it took me three days and tons of coffee too,
to try to make sense and write it all down,
(just try to concentrate with two kids running 'round).

40 Years...

Today is my parent's 40th anniversary. I found a quote while making a scrapbook for them which said, "Once in a while, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairytale". This is their marriage. I only hope that when I am married for 40 years, my marriage is as strong and as beautiful as theirs is. Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad, I love you both so very much.

State Fair

We went to the Oklahoma State Fair last night with some friends, Brian and I haven't been in over 10 years. I don't know why we never took Austin before, he had such a good time. He rode all the kiddie rides, including his first roller coaster, and won some prizes playing basketball and pick the duck. We ate some yummy fair food, got a caricature done of the kids, and listened to some good live music. We spent way too much money, but it was worth it. I can't wait to go back next year, when Aubrey will be old enough to have some fun too. She mostly just watched her brother, and all of the other interesting people the fair has to offer. And all of the fun wasn't had by just Austin. Brian and I got brave and rode a ride ourselves. It was like the Superman Ride at Six Flags, which is a huge tower that we rode up on in some flimsy seats all the way to the "oh my gosh I am getting a nose bleed" top, where then the drunk carny kept us for at least eternity, before pushing the button to plummet us 200 miles per hour to the ground, stopping just shy of crushing my dangling feet. I have no idea what got into us. I swore off fair rides a long time ago when I recognized that the people who operate the rides are 14 cards shy of a full deck. But there we were, screaming like little girls all the way to the bottom. I had to have a beer after that one...

Here are some pictures of Austin's fun...

"Give Peace A Chance"

Red Sox Weekend

We made our annual trek to Arlington Texas this weekend to watch some Red Sox/Rangers baseball. Our Sox took two out of three games, which was nice. It is always such a fun weekend full of eating out, baseball, eating out, swimming in the hotel pool, lounging around, and eating out. Did I mention we get to eat out? I love eating out. I think I gained 5 pounds. This year we went with some good friends, which made the trip even more fun. And we always meet a lot of cool Sox fans at the games, hotels and restaurants (while we are eating out). It seems the Sox fans far outnumber the Ranger fans, and it is almost like a huge family. Everyone is so happy to see other fans wearing their beloved Sox gear, and Austin gets lots of high fives from everyone. We all greet each other with chants of "go Sox".

Here is Aubrey and Austin at Aubrey's first live Red Sox game.

Here we all are, they do free pics at the stadium so we get ours taken every year. Some day we will make it to Fenway...

The Scales Don't Lie

Austin likes to weigh himself whenever he goes into our bathroom. For the past year he has been right at/around 40 pounds. (Getting him to gain weight is as hard as getting him to eat anything other than hot dogs and macaroni and cheese, no surprise the two are related.) A day or so after his 5th birthday, he got on the scale and his eyes immediately started welling up and his bottom lip started pouting. His daddy asked him what was wrong, he said that the scale didn't know he had turned 5. It took daddy a few minutes to realize that Austin had related 40 pounds to being 4, and wanted to weigh 50 pounds because he was 5. So Brian told him he had to tell the scale that he had a birthday, and to get back on it. With daddy's help looking over his shoulder (and adding 10 pounds by leaning on him) the scale 'listened' and got his weight right. It is funny how kid's minds work. I guess we are going to have to set the scale 10 pounds heavier. Like I need that...