Thursday

We went to Costco, our little party of 5.  I love it when the stars align and we get to go on these little random weekday family outings.  My Mr., he is something special, taking time out of his limited, busy workday to sneak off for a shopping trip with us.

We strolled past the jewelry section at Costco, I told Ryk that someday he could buy a girl a diamond.  Paul asked him if he knew which girl he'd buy a diamond for, I secretly was hoping he'd say me, but Ryk's rather loud response..."not sure, but it'll be a sexy girl, that's for sure!"

Right after he said that, he came back with..."and hot too."  I asked him what he meant, he said "you know, how daddy thinks your hot."

He might of made my cheeks flush in embarrassment with that comment, but it sure made several other shoppers smile.  Oh to be 5 years old :)

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My middle guy has figured out who he is, and it is adorable.  He points to himself and says "I'm Piplin."  Today at Costco - "this Piplin's smoothie!"  I'll be sad the day he says his name the right way.

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We couldn't escape Costco without ordering lunch from the food court, cause we are classy like that.  Ryk wanted "a smoothie, icecream, and a stick," so I told the cashier he wanted a smoothie, swirl frozen yogurt, and a churro...Ryk said "guess I don't get a stick today, awe nuts!?"  Once again, my little 5 year old made more people smile, and embarrassed his mama.   

So for the first time, I admitted to him that the "stick" he loves at Costco has a name, churro, and if he starts calling it that instead of "stick" I'll be sad. 

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When we got home, Paul quickly changed into his suite, his only suite, so he could be ready to present at a conference.  He put his one and only white, non-Nike shirt on.  Apparently it is his "painter's shirt" cause he tells me it has paint on it.  He fussed about his shirt being itchy, I said maybe it is your mad scientist hair.  He informed me that he just reuses his dress shirts more than once before washing them, cause he has a working wife and 3 kids and well if he washed them, they wouldn't get ironed, and he'd have nothing to wear...

he is probably right.  I put his dress shirts, all of them, in the wash today.  And as of this moment, they are still in the washing machine.   Perhaps it is time for him to learn to iron, but since he is 29 and still doesn't know how to tie a tie...

So my Mr. left the house, looking all fancy, to do the PhD thing. 

While he was presenting at this conference, Pandora starts blaring Eminem music from his droid...

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and now Jovie is screaming in her crib, and I have nothing more to say.