Quotes and Tickling

Today is passing by...slowly. Here's a quote on one of our calendars that I like..

"I am an old man and have known a great many troubles,

but most of them have never happened."
-Mark Twain

Funny, but true! Most of the stuff we (I'm talking about myself here) worry ourselves sick about never even comes to pass! Anyway...I'm already thinking about doing some Christmas shopping for the kids. I'm probably not the only one. I was thinking of doing the layaway thing this weekend. Question is, how do we get the stuff without them seeing it? I guess we'll have to split up and one of us take them elsewhere in the store. We've done that before. Lily is all Princess-crazy. But they DON'T need any more TOYS!! They have too many as it is. So I'm thinking, clothes, I want to get Seth a desk, I want to get Lily a trunk for all her dress up clothes (one that she can keep for a long time) but what else? That's probably enough. (Ha!) My mom got Lily a Cabbage Patch doll (on sale!!) which she's going to go wild over. I'm glad she still likes to play with dolls, cause if not for that, I'd think she was a teenager! She gets so mad at me sometimes that she blocks her door with her doll stroller and crib so that I can't come in! And sometimes she'll say things like, "Hellooo?" Geez. I'm not supposed to have to deal with that attitude yet, am I? Truthfully, though, she's not half as bad as I've seen some teenagers act. She has her beautifully sweet moments too. Like at night when I tickle her after putting her in bed, her laughter and the smile on her face is so sweet and wonderful to see. Seth too. They both just bask in the glow of attention and a good tickling fest. :)