May or May Not?

So, today I was alone with the kids from about 6:00 a.m. till about 2:00 p.m. For the most part it went great.

I may or may not have let Coriena spend most of the day either naked or in her bathingsuit. I may or may not have continually encouraged her to be sure to go to the potty. While we were sitting and telling stories and playing on the porch she may or may not have said, "I need to go potty" and slipped out of her bathingsuit. Then she may or may not have made it almost to the door, paused, and then did something suspicious. She may or may not have then ran naked into the house, grabbed the hand towel and layed it on the floor where the mysterious deed was done. Then may or may not have wrapped it around her naked body and continued playing. I may or may not have watched and said nothing...

I may or may not be getting a little too used to life here :)

First Experiance

Lauren Elizabeth Hersman, age 6 accompanied me as I had my first ever roller coaster experiance. The Shamu ride in the kid's play ground section of Sea World provided me with my 10 seconds of exhilleration, followed by the realization that not having avoided roller coasters for the previous 24 years was a good idea.

Along with the roller coaster I also was brave enough to try the freefall crab. A daring and dangerously scary piece of machinery, which carries you a miraculous 30 feet into the air and then drops you in waves of ten or so feet at an incredible speed.

Then there were the spinning and rising tea cups. Lauren, Meredith and I waited in line for 20 minutes in order to sit in a teacup, rise into the air, and control the rate at which we spun. We got our 20 minutes worth of waiting in spins.... till we figured out that Lauren and I get "tea cup sick".

Disclaimer: some information in this entry has been slightly exagerated for effect.... except of course that I do NOT like roller coasters and was embarased to be screaming more than my 6 year old niece. Shamu my friend, you may have the honor of being the only roller coaster that Anna Elizabeth Meiners rides within her lifetime. How's that for an honor?

Back in Orlando

Well, I'm back in Orlando for 10-ish days. And I have some more funny stories. Ill just draw from today's drama's. My two favorites are:

Today as I was helping Coriena get dressed we seemed to run into a panty problem. We originally picked out a fun pair of panties with a monkey on the bottom, what could be more fun. However, these seemed to be a bit too small as she was wiggling uncomfortably trying to get them out of her bottom and arranged properly. I suggested we try another pair. Our second pair however must have been a hand-me-down, or at the least had seen much better days. The elastic we discovered was close too.. if not all used up. Coriena put them on with ease, sat down indian style and discovered a slight problem......she discovered that the panties were not doing what they were intended too, the funny part was that she said, "my bottom is falling out", and proceeded to try to push it back in... As she pushed it back in, the elastic gave way again and again. I could see the frustration on her face, but all I could do is laugh. She laughed to. The monkeys made it back on!

Funny story numero dos:

Today we painted little wooden jewelry boxes that we got at Joann's. After the painting was finished, the bodies desperately needed to be washed. A simple task I assumed.... Coriena and Meredith headed into the bath and Lauren and I sat on the porch doing some girl bonding. About ten minutes later I heard a suspicious giggling from the bathroom. Lauren and I rushed to the bathroom only to find a tub FULL of bubbles and a Coriena hurriedly pouring the last of the bottle of shampoo under the running faucet. It was actually quite funny, however I did feel the need to give them a lecture about being wasteful and make them at least feel guilty about their actions. However, I didnt want to waste all those hard-worked-for bubbles, so I let them have their fun. Here is the result:

Ah, the joys of Aunt-Hood.

I am loving it!!

Also, Rin and I have a problem. We are either gluttons for strawberries, or we just want to find the Perfect one and in turn pick and pick and pick and pick. When I was down here last time we thought we were bad when we picked 13 pounds of strawberries. Yesterday we picked 20. Woops :)