It Takes All Kinds

- The great thing about being pregnant is that although it may be ridiculous to buy cute clothes right now, it is NOT ridiculous to buy cute accessories. Necklaces, big jangly earrings, and bracelets can make you feel pretty if not downright glamorous while your belly is taking on a life of it's own. Plus, they distract people's attention from that protruding belly button.

- We have, a couple of times, watched some local? polka dancing on PBS. It is hilarious. Not only is it clear that the band thinks they are studs (especially that saxophonist!), there is this one particular couple. They have matching large bellies, and most of the time don't even touch each other with their hands or arms while dancing - they just kind of wiggle along with their bellies against each other. Today they were wearing matching zebra striped Zubaz-style pants with suspenders.

- Have now shopped in two different stores for Thomas party supplies for Ben's birthday. No luck. Am ordering online, where the site refuses to accept my shipping information, and instead keeps refreshing the page. Aaron says this seems to be more important to me than to Ben - he probably would have been fine with the Elmo stuff we saw at Kmart. But he had that last year.
AND, he's only been talking about a "choo-choo party" for the last EIGHT months. Clearly, the boy knows what he wants. And you only turn 3 once.

- Aaron is growing a beard. We have both been feeling neutral about it, but I'm starting to edge towards the anti- side. Mostly because it leaves me a lot less room to kiss him on the cheek, and also because I think he's trying too hard to fit in with the other men in my family, who have all turned into Grizzly Adams this winter.

- Before heading out shopping this morning, Leah was refusing to join us. Then she declared, "Alright, I'll go, but it will have to be tomorrow!" As if she was the Princess of Everything.

- Driving around town, Aaron asked each of the kids where they wanted to go. Leah didn't know where she wanted to go, but Ben declared, "Hot dog house!" Where he got that, I'm not sure. But it still makes me giggle.

As does the polka guy wearing lederhosen. In his 60's.
It was better than the Zubaz couple, though.