Why Ask Why?

These questions come from all around & have been asked for a long time, but I still have yet to find the answers... Maybe you should give it a try! You can post your response under "Comments." If you want, just let me know which one is your favorite. Here goes...

• Why is abbreviation such a long word?
  
• Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?
  
• Why is there an expiration date on sour cream?
  
• Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it's called a cargo?
  
• Why do we drive on parkways, and park on driveways?
  
• If you're driving in a vehicle at the speed of light, what happens when you turn on the headlights?
  
• Why don't you ever hear about gruntled employees?
  
• What is a "free" gift? Aren't all gifts free?
  
• Why do they call it necking?
  
• Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
  
• If you tied buttered toast to the back of a cat and dropped it from a height, what would happen?
  
• Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
  
• If he's arrested, does a mime need to be told he has a right to remain silent?
  
• Why do they call it a TV "set" when you only get one?
  
• What was the best thing before sliced bread?
  
• If you throw a cat out a car window, does it become kitty litter?
  
• If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest have to drown, too?
  
• If a cow laughed, would milk come out her nose?
  
• What's another word for synonym?
  
• What is the speed of dark?
  

Thanks to Uncle John's Giant 10th Anniversary Bathroom Reader for the content for this blog.

The Dog Looks Hung Over!

This is how we found Sebastian on Tuesday morning. It was so funny. What's even funnier is Preston and I discovered that we each fed him a full can of wet food (a treat for him) before coming to bed the previous night. I guess his tummy got really full & he passed out next to the house. He was a bit difficult to wake up & was really slow-going at first, but he sure woke up happy!

Stephen's 1st Timeline Project

Stephen has his first timeline project due this Monday. He had to choose five things to put on there. He was not interested in the standard of starting with birth, but the project turned out great! Here's a look:

If you can't read the poster, he chose the following events:

1. January 2006 - Started preschool.

2. February 2008 - Cousin Brady is born.

3. May-June 2008 - First trip to Disney World.

4. Summer 2008 - First summer spent at the YMCA.

5. August 2008 - Started Cub Scouts.

I thought it was so cute for him to include Brady's birth. He LOVES his little cousin!

Phillip Pulls His Tooth Out at Buffet City

So funny... Anyone who has known Phillip since he started losing baby teeth knows that pulling his teeth has always been a MAJOR deal & that you'd think we were sucking his brain out of his ears by the way he screams when having a tooth pulled. Well, I think Phillip's come a long way (LONG, LONG). What a big step he took the other night. We're eating dinner at Super Buffet, one of those places with Chinese cuisine, a sushi bar, and some American faves for the pickier eaters. I was already proud that he'd just tried a cocktail shrimp for the first time, even after watching me peel it and getting grossed out. He ate the whole thing. He then took a bite of something a bit harder & it hit his loose tooth just at the right angle & he saw blood. As he's starting to get a panic look in his eyes, I look at him and say, "Phillip - it's bleeding. Just get it out. Pull it! Now! Come on, you can do it! Just get that thing out!" With all the courage and determination he could manage to muster up, he proceeded to pull his first tooth out. What followed was a time of dizziness and nausea. It was actually funny. We first thought Phillip was going to throw up from the sight of his own blood. I told him to get up and go to the bathroom to splash some water on his face and calm down. For a while, we really thought he was going to faint - from pulling his own tooth. LOL!

Starting Back to Scouts

Well, the kids are now BOTH in Cub Scouts. Phillip is now a Webelos I and Stephen is a Tiger Cub--finally! We're so happy for Stephen since he's waited so patiently as a Tag-a-Long for the past 3 years. We're also proud of Phillip for all he's accomplished since he started Scouts 3 years ago. The photo is from the night of their first uniform inspection.

Hurricanes Spare Our Family's Home

Looks like all is well with Jason, Nikki and Brady. They went back home to find a couple of broken windows from the shutters rattling so hard when Gustav came through. Shortly after Gustav, Hurricane Ike came through the Gulf, threatening areas from Texas to Florida. Our thoughts and prayers are with the citizens of Galviston, Texas, and other areas that got hit hardest by Ike. New Orleans did still experience tropical storm force winds while Ike was heading right towards Houston, TX. I heard that Jason and Nikki reported hearing the pipes rattle under the house since the winds were so fast. Goodness!

We enjoyed our week with Jason, Nikki and Brady (and their pets, too!). We're glad they were not displaced for a long period of time and are very thankful damage was minor. It is also my understanding that the rental property did not suffer any damage.

It was a bitter-sweet goodbye when they left, but we're happy that we'll see them the week of Thanksgiving. Preston and I have both scheduled to take the whole week off. The kids will have the whole week off, also. We can't wait!

Here's a more recent photo of Brady. Hasn't he grown?