A question posed

What do you think it says about one's blog if the two posts that produced the most comments were about toothpaste and gross candy?

A tasty treat

I was reading an old email I had sent to my sister and this was the advertised, content-matched link up at the top:

POOPARCELS - www.pooparcels.com - Because Not Everyone Deserves Flowers

Poo parcels?! You're darn right, I was interested. And what a catchy slogan. So go on. Just click on it, if you can handle a small amount of crassness, and find out about poo-shaped chocolate treats you can send to friends... or enemies, I guess. But mostly friends. (A word of warning: The "sh*t" word is plastered all over the website, understandably, but I nonetheless found the idea pretty funny.) Anyway, check it out if you need a laugh or some new gift ideas, because apparently these kinds of packages can be applied to any holiday or event, as the website will tell you.

I don't even remember what kind of content was in the email to my sister that resulted in such an advertisement, but I don't doubt that it applied. You look at the website and tell me when it wouldn't be appropriate to send someone — anyone — a poo parcel.

Annacdotes, Part 4

1. Potty training with Anna has been interesting. We stopped and started several times, for various reasons, but once we finally got down to business, it went better than I ever dreamed it would. But now she's kind of over the excitement phase of going to the potty and she's currently in the "I'm-too-busy-to-bother" phase, as though taking a potty break is just asking too much. One night before bed, I told her it was time to go to the potty and she said, "But I just went!" Knowing that wasn't true, I said, "Oh yeah? When did you go?" She said, "I think, like 30 years ago." Ha. Her story totally didn't add up. Point 1 for Mom. Now if she only understood logic, I would be able to use this argument against her. Point 2 for Anna.

2. During breakfast the other day, Anna totally out of the blue asked me, "Mom, do you have a closet?" Surprised, I laughed and then started saying something about there being one in the bedroom, but then she cut me off and said, "No, you don't. Go fish!" What silliness. What a funny joke. What logic. She's a wonder.

3. She likes Raisin Bran.

4. This was how we celebrated Pioneer Day. How could you not love this girl?

So stoic. Like a true pioneer.

Yes, that is a stalk of rhubarb she's eating. And despite the look on her face, she really liked it and ate the whole thing.

This dress, by the way, was on loan from Trevor's mom who made it years ago. Isn't it amazing? Anna couldn't wait to wear it. We decided that she could be either a pioneer OR Anna of Green Gables.

5. The first line of the latest story Anna was making up: "There once was a watch named Phil."

I can't wait to hear how that one turns out.

This also reminds me of how she recently began to recount the story about the two kids who went up a hill to fetch a pail of water. Anna's version featured "Jack and Bill." Funny. (I thought it was just a terribly contemporary retelling of the classic nursery rhyme.)