Yes, I know...trivial. But it makes me chuckle.

Thing that I learned this past week that had nothing to do with terrorism, pressure cookers or neighborhood lock downs:

1.  I never realized how amusing it is watching an older sister being mimicked by the younger sister.  Growing up as the older sister, this was always my nightmare but listening to little Rachel repeat EVERYTHING that Laurel is saying with her bad enunciation amuses me every time.  Granted this is the first week of the mimicker known as Rachel.  I know this is going to get old.

2.  Bikes are freakin' expensive!  And Laurel Long Legs needs a bike a little larger than the average kid.  The bike is so large that it can't have training wheels so it sits as Laurel is practices her balance on her Razor scooter.  The longer the bike sits unused, the more expensive it seems.

3.  Why are cartoon dads portrayed as bumbling idiots?  Rachel refers to them as silly but all of them seem so stunted and challenged.  Daddy Pig from Peppa Pig, the dad from Calliou, the dad from Olivia can't seem to do anything practical.  Christ, they aren't even given names.  

4.  I watched Argo last night.  First of all, who would have thought that Ben Affleck would make Matt Damon look like the other guy with big teeth?  Secondly, I was 7 and 8 when the hostage crisis happened in Iran.  I remember it but didn't fully understand it and I am glad I didn't.

5.  Ching and I found a way to get Rachel out of the tub.  Thirty minutes seems kind of long for a bath and we don't like to leave her unattended so we have been trying to lure her out with different bribes.  Creepily,she gets out to watch Laurel take her shower.  She is very amused and Laurel doesn't seem to mind.  But it is weird to say, "Hey Rachel, do you want to watch your sister shower?"  Yeah, I feel wrong just saying that...

6.  I buy V-8 Fruit Fusion juice.  The girls love it and it's a primary source of vegetables.  But it's expensive at $4.19 a bottle.  They drink the light version for less sugar.  As I read the label, I notice that the light is 50% juice as opposed to the non-light that is 100% juice.  I thought I had the bright idea of buying one bottle of the regular, cut it with water and I could get two bottles of the light for the price of one.  No-way.  As soon as Laurel took the first sip, she called my watery bluff.  Now I am stuck with 2 bottles of watered down juice and Laurel sniffing around my juice box stash that is used for lunch packing.

Yes, I know...trivial.  But it makes me chuckle.