Happy Anniversary

The traditional 4th year wedding anniversary gifts are fruit and flowers. As much as I know Ben would love getting a boquet of fruit, I decided to be a little more romantic and get him a video game about killing people instead.

Who Do Those Johnsons Think They're Kidding?

Liam was born with a fair amount of hair on his head, and now he has a whole bunch more. When I got two big bottles of baby shampoo at a shower, I thought I had totally scored. I thought we wouldn't need to buy shampoo for at least a few months.

We've been washing Liam's hair three times a week for almost 10 months now, and we've only used 1/4 bottle of shampoo. Turns out babies don't use that much shampoo. I scored even more than I thought.

So now I'm wondering whose idea it was to package baby shampoo in giant bottles.

And that's only a 15-ounce bottle. Would you believe they make baby shampoo in 40-ounce bottles?

How to Be Scolded by the Dentist

Every day when I get on the Internet, I’m greeted with a “How To” of the Day. I don’t know who came up with this, but he/she is a genius.

Just in the last week I’ve learned how to help a friend who gets arrested in the middle of the night, how to make a lava lamp with household ingredients, and my personal favorite—how to make dreadlocks.

I had to try making dreadlocks, even though I would never be able to keep them in long enough to become the real thing. In fact, I knew I would only want them for a day or two, so I had to adjust the instructions a little.

I went to the dentist on the day of the dreadlocks. I thought it would be perfect because he would see my hair and say to himself, “No wonder she has so much plaque. Look at her hair!” And then maybe he wouldn’t get after me about flossing more regularly because, you know…dreadlocks.

As it turns out, the dentist doesn’t care so much about hairstyles. I still got the lecture. And to top it off, I still have nasty, waxy, ratty Medusa hair that won’t cooperate after three days, four washings, and numerous hours of serious pleading.

You Da Ho

We went to a family reunion in Idaho last week. Family reunions and the state of Idaho both get a bad rap, but I thought it was tons of fun. Check out all the cool stuff we did.

The Good
We drove by a sign that said Dubois.

We stayed in a cabin on this pretty lake.

We tie dyed.

We went 4-wheeling.

We played on the lake.

We canoed down a river.

The Bad
We capsized our canoe. Do you think Liam knew when I took this picture that in about 30 seconds our boat was going to fill up with water and flip over? Also, do you think his life jacket might have been a little snug?
The weird thing is that even before fearing for Liam’s life, my first thought was, “Bummer...I just took that cute picture and now the camera is getting soaked.”

Good news—the camera still works AND my baby made it out alive.

The Ugly
I got a sick red spot in my eye. What is that thing, anyway? Gross.

Punk Rock for Life

You just don’t see too many 27-year-olds with mohawks anymore, and 9-month-olds with mohawks are even harder to find. I’m really lucky because I live with one of each.

Kids These Days

The other day I yelled, “Liam, come here for a minute!” but he didn’t answer so I continued to yell, “Liam, get over here and clean your room!” He still didn’t answer me so I searched the house for him while yelling threats like, “You’re not going to get the car tonight, young man!” and “That’s it! You’re grounded!” Even with all of the threats, he still didn’t answer me.

I started to worry that something was wrong, but then I found him…chilling on the couch with his ear buds in, blasting his tunes.