Are we coming or going?

Last week, I went to pick up Evan from school. There are only 2 floors, but we ride the elevator because Jaxon loves it! He thinks he's so grown up by riding it! He knows what to push and when. Anyway, we go up the elevator. Go pick up Evan and go back to the elevator. We get in and there is a man and his daughter, a woman and her daughter, and us. Here's how things went after we all get on:

Man: (to his daughter) Here, push this button. (points to #2)

Me: (wondering what he is doing)

Lady: (to me) Your kids are so cute! You can definitely tell they are brothers!

Man: (Still trying to push #2 and get it to light up.)

Me: Thanks.

(Elevator doors close, but we aren't going anywhere. I'm wondering why in the world this guy is pushing #2!! Evan's also beginning to wonder, but he doesn't say a word.)

Man: Well, I keep pushing this button and it's not lighting up. Wonder what's wrong.

Lady: Well, maybe it's broken. But, I just rode it up here two minutes ago. But, you know how elevators are.

(Doors open on the elevator and we're still on the 2nd floor. So, man pushes the close door button and the door closes again)

Man: (to his daughter) Here, honey. Let's try this one more time. Push this button (points to #2)

By this point, I'm wondering how in the world to tell this guy what is wrong without making him feel really stupid. But, I'm also thinking that if I don't tell him, we'll be on this elevator FOREVER!

Me: (acting like I just realized what the problem is) Push #1.

Man: Well, don't I feel stupid! I guess I just don't know if I'm coming or going!

Woman: Well, so do I! I'm sitting here telling you that it's probably broken! I didn't notice either!!

Elevator starts to go down and the doors open -- this time, on the first floor!! On the inside, I was laughing hysterically!!

Randomness

More randomness. . . .

Evan spray painted his fort. Before he went outside, I explained that the wind was blowing and that he wanted to wind to blow in his back so the spray paint wouldn't blow back and cover him. He didn't listen very well. He came in and one side of his face had so many red "specks" from the spray paint, that it looked like he had a terrible sunburn!! The right side of his face looks a little bruised in this picture, but it's the spray paint.

Jaxon eating waffles. I love that he likes to use a fork. . .
actually, he HAS to use a fork. He doesn't really like to eat with his hands.

The boys' valentines for their classes. Baseball was for Payton.
Hearts was for Evan. They are sour cream containers filled with candy.
I found the idea last year, but didn't have a paper crimper. Went to the scrapbook
store last weekend and found one for $1. I knew exactly what I was going to do with it!!

More randomness posts to come . . . and an update on Cambodia.

Cambodia

I am now also able to blog from my iPhone, so bear with me if there are typos!

Just came back from a Cambodia planning meeting. We leave in less than 5 weeks!! I found out tonight that we will be doing a children's crusade after all! Just loving on kids and having fun with them! Over the next few weeks, I will also be brushing up on my Cotton-Eye-Joe dance moves for the trip. I guess Cambodian people think that's pretty cool! I learned how to do that in the 2nd grade & my teacher told me that I would use it someday... Guess I learned it for Cambodia! ;)

Anyway, it's late & I need to get to bed, but please continue to pray for those that are going on this trip! ;)

Project 365 . . . or 358 or 300 . . or however many pictures there are at the end of the year!

Thought I would just post an update and some pictures. . . of random things. There was a scrapbook kit at the beginning of the year that was called 365 scrapbook. You were supposed to take a picture of something every day. I thought it was a great idea, but forgot to take a picture on days 3-8, so I kind of quit. But, when I think about it, I take random pictures of things around our house -- everyday things. So, here are a few random things from around our house.

First off, Evan and his CARS collection. Every time we go in a store that MIGHT have them, we have to look and see if we can find ones that he doesn't already have. We are always on the look out for them. To tell you the truth, I'm not sure who is more obsessed with them -- him or me.

Here's another picture of Evan. He goes to Trish's house on Fridays while I do backpacks and she lets him bake things. It's kind of their thing. This is a cake that Evan baked and frosted all by himself. . . well, he said Trish only did one thing and turning on the oven doesn't count. ;)
Here's a picture of the boys on the day that it was so icy. They thought it was fun to run and slide on the patio.

This is one of my favorite things I got for Christmas -- my hair straightner. I've had more compliments on my hair since Christmas than ever before!! This thing is amazing!! It takes my morning wild hair and makes it smooth and straight!!

These are Jaxon's new shoes that he got today. He puts them on and he loves them, but once he stands up, he hates them! I paid just as much for these little shoes as I do my own!!


My biggest pet peeve lately: Leaving the lights on!! Seems like at any given point in time, I can walk through the house and EVERY SINGLE LIGHT IS ON!! So, I go through and turn them off. Within a few minutes, there are at least most of them back on!! Not sure how to fix this problem!!

So, there you have it. My "randomest" post ever. . . the most random things in the Laughlin house.