Sibling Rivalry????

When we were little, my nickname was Princess.  My sister's nickname was Pumpkin-Doodle-Squat-Head. 

Who do you think was the favorite?

That's right. I was royalty; she was a vegetable.

Okay, so maybe our parents didn't do favorites, but I'm always working on it.  I mean, I gave them an awesome son-in-law and three fantastic grandchildren! 

bun #3 in oven

Rebecca was just seething with jealousy!

seething

She already had an awesome husband, but she needed to take it up a notch.



smiling while plotting

Soon after I got bun number three cooking, she got her added her own bun to the oven.

very little bun

But she knew it could take years for her to catch up, so what did she do?  WHAT DID SHE DO????

I'll tell you what she did.  She broke her foot to ensure the sympathy vote.  That's what she did.  At thirty-five weeks, no less!

Gotcha

It was so not fair.  I wracked my brain to think of what I could do.  I had to stay in the lead!  Finally, I landed upon a brilliant plan.

 I win!  I win!

I decided to break my ankle.  Game on, sister.

 This picture shows what a toughie I am

I'm cute,

 Eighth grade cheerleader shot
 

I'm so not in shape,

 Sweatin' to the Gimpies shot

And I think I may have just won.

Senior picture shot

Woo to the hoo.  Oh, yeah.





If you want to see something funny...

Typically, my funny stories revolve around Ella.  She is hilarious, but so is Jack.  He's a total ham, but not in a way I can really write about.  It just doesn't translate.  While Ella's humor is verbal and usually unintentional, Jack is very purposeful, but his humor is physical.  A look, a funny face, a silly walk, these are the ways Jack makes us laugh, but it's hard to capture that in the written word.

Recently, Ella and Jack did a puppet show {they charged us a two coupon dollar admission}, which somehow morphed into a concert.  Ella performed a song she learned in VBS, and then Jack regaled us with a loose version of The Lord's Army.  Puppets made an appearance for about .4 seconds.

I thought about asking for my coupons money back, but in the end, I decided it was worth it.