A Child-free Weekend

For my birthday my parents offered to give Alicia and I a kid-free weekend.  Being the thrifty, clever person that I am, I selected Memorial Weekend to cash it in; 50% more bang for your buck.  My folks picked up the girls early on Friday afternoon and we agreed to meet them for supper on Monday afternoon.  Three whole days without the Roses.  Priceless.

Even without me there, Caitlin was making blog-worthy stories. Saturday morning my mom sent me this story and it had Alicia and I rolling:

"I had to tell you a funny KK story that happenned last night. We went to dinner last night to Meisters. The owner (35 year old male) came over and said, "My you are so cute!" and Papa replied, "thank you!" to which the owner said, "Not you! I meant the girls!" KK didn't appear to be paying attention, but then stands up in the booth so that she is eye to eye with Papa states with an attitude, "I think you are cute TOO PAPA!!! And then gave the evil eye scowl at the owner."

That's our KK!

A few weeks ago my friend Ira burned a CD for me.  He generally has very good taste in music, usually of the obscure rock and roll genre, but this time he gave me a copy of Ke$ha's latest album.  While I'm not into girlly, pop music, I must say it is rather catchy. I happened to be listening to her music in the car one day and the girls absolutely loved it.  Now Ke$ha is not your typical teenage girl pop star, she prides herself on being a drunken party slut; perfectly appropriate for three children under the age of 4.  Anya's favorite song is called "Take it off" which recants Ke$ha's fond memories of an all night rave. This is what it sounded like the first time the girls heard it:

'There's a place downtown, Where the freaks all come around. It's a hole in the wall. It's a dirty free for all.
And they turn me on.  When they Take It Off. When they Take It Off. Everybody Take It Off. There's a place I know  If you're looking for a show.  Where they go hardcore And there's glitter on the floor.'

Anya: Why is there glitter on the floor? 

'And they turn me on.  When they Take It Off.'

Anya: I wonder who spilled all the glitter?

'When they Take It Off. Everybody Take It Off.'

Anya: I bet she's singing this song so that people pick up all the glitter.

As much as I enjoy watching the girls dance to the Ke$ha's music, I thinks it's time Swiper swipes their favorite disc before they start 'brushing their teeth with a bottle of Jack.'  I can't imagine what my reaction will be if I find my girls listening to something like this when they're teenagers.  God help me.

Alicia and I had a wonderful weekend.  We went to Wausau, Wisconsin for a wedding on Saturday, went shopping on Sunday, and cleaned the house on Monday morning.  To my single readers this may seem like a pretty lame ass vacation, but I know that those of you who have kids would give your left nut for such a wild and crazy weekend. 
 
While it was great to have the house to ourselves, it isn't really home without the Roses running around destroying things.  It's great to have them back.
 
Tip of the Day: Unless you plan on having them consumed, do not include live goldfish in the centerpieces of your reception tables.  Even sober I thought it was a good idea to play 'shoot the minnow' with our party favor.