My new number one?

I was delighted to find this little gem. Seriously, what did we do before YouTube?

Word is that this is from a beauty pageant in Arizona. I don't know what kills me the most, her outfit, her dramatic moves, the fact that a beauty contestant thought playing a trumpet was a good talent, the fact that she is way off key, or her little dance interlude. It's probably the last one.

Anyway, this has the real potential of knocking off my all-time favorite YouTube clip of the little Indian guy. I'm not prepared to decide yet. What do you think? Which clip is the best?

Enjoy:

Joey turns 4

Yes, we're a little delayed on the blog posts--chalk it up to busy days at work, a trip to California (we'll blog on this soon), and all of us taking turns puking our guts out for the past week or so.

But, before all of that happened, Joseph turned four years old on November 8th. We had a small family party and he got a few gifts that he really enjoys. He got a bowling set that he and Charles like to play with, but it has quickly become a game of "set up the pins and hurry and roll the ball before the monster (Tori) speed-crawls over to the pins to knock them down."

He also loves his new DVD's about fighter pilots and aircraft carriers. He is convinced that he is going to be a pilot when he is older because, as he told me confidently one night, "Daddys know how to fly fighter jets." He was delighted to get some more jets from Grandma and Grandpa Martineau and Uncle James. Every morning he lines up all of his planes for an air show and flies them around the house.

Liz began to ask him what kind of cake he wanted a week or so before his birthday. The first time she asked, he thought about it for a second and then said, "I want a bumblebee cake with a stinger." She asked him a few more times in the days leading up to his birthday and every time he would answer, "I want a bumblebee cake with a stinger." So, being the good mom she is, Liz made him a bumblebee cake with a stinger, even if it was totally random and off-the-wall (she's just happy she got out of making him a fighter jet cake).

Here are some pictures:

Very proud of his bumblebee cake with a stinger. Liz must have gotten it right.
Carefully opening a present. Predictably, he started with the largest one.

Tagged - Part II

My name is Tori Kewish and I was tagged by my Aunt Ashley.

Rules:* Each player lists 5 + 1 Facts or habits about themselves.* At the end of the post you list 6 people that you will tag. Leave a message on their Blog in their most recent post in the comments.


1. I often cross my fingers for no reason at all. This might be because my Dad often crosses his toes for no reason at all and it drives my Mom crazy.


2. I love to play with my brothers. In fact, if any of them (or anyone for that matter) makes the mistake of lying on the ground I turbo-crawl over to them making a horrible sound that sounds like a Pterodactyl, pull up their shirt, and smack their stomach with my hand (we call it a "tummy pop" in our family).


3. I eat really well and love people food as well as baby food. Even if I'm full, I will eat as many bites of Daddy's dinner as he will give me. However, in the rare circumstance that I don't like what I'm given, I will cover my eyes with the back of my hand because I think it makes me invisible.


4. Even at a young age I am very aware of what is good and what is bad. Usually when I pick up something I know I'm not supposed to, I will do it very slowly, keeping an eye on my parents. Then, if either of them see me and say anything, I will fling it across the room as fast as I can and hide my hand behind my back.


5. I puked three times last Sunday, which mark the first three times in my life I have puked. I puked all over my Mommy and Daddy at the Cobb's church in Vista, all over my Mommy in TJ Maxx when Daddy was buying a bigger suitcase to carry home all the stuff we bought at Trader Joe's in Newport Beach, and all over myself in the car on the way to Oceanside Harbor. So instead of going to Oceanside Harbor, we went to the Target parking lot and Daddy bought $40 worth of wipes, sanitizer, new clothes for me, bags, and other supplies to clean us up and prepare us for our 3-hour flight back to Texas. Throwing up is overrated.


6. I absolutely adore my "Lullaby Gloworm" baby (their spelling) and will constantly hug it to see its face light up and hear its music play. Then I'll say "aawwwwwwwwwwwww" for a long time. It's really cute when I do this.

I won't tag anyone because everyone I know has already been tagged. I need to make more friends, but all the babies my age are idiots.

Tagged

I was tagged by my sister Laurel.

Rules:
* Each player lists 5 + 1 Facts or habits about themselves.
* At the end of the post you list 6 people that you will tag. Leave a message on their Blog in their most recent post in the comments.

1. I think I have man hands, in fact they are larger than Joe's hands.

2. I love to travel and go on trips (without kids). With kids is fine for now but I dream of the day when Joe and I can go out and explore the world together.

3. My two least favorite chores are cleaning the bathroom and ironing. I should be doing both of them right now but there is always tomorrow.

4. I think that peanut butter and chocolate is the best combination ever.

5. I wish I had a babysitter that was willing to come to my house at 5am on Black Friday so I could shop the great deals with Joe. Any Takers?

6. Why does it say 5+1 facts or habits? Why not just 6 or maybe leave it at 5?

These are the people I tag

Joe Kewish
Mom Kewish
Dad Kewish
Jon Kewish
Ashley Kewish
Sammy Kewish

Air Show

This past weekend was the annual air show here in San Antonio--this time at Randolph Air Force Base. The boys were very excited to go and enjoyed it very much. Not so much when the F-15 did a full afterburner takeoff right in front of us, but they enjoyed everything else. That was really the only super-loud thing this time around. I reminded me of last year when we were treated to several afterburner passes that shook our insides and Charles turned to me and said, "when is that plane that keeps tricking us going to LAND?!?!" This one was a lot more relaxed (read: boring). It's been about 55 hours since we left the base and Joseph hasn't stopped talking about it and flying his little fighter jets around the house.

Here are some pictures:

Here are the boys enjoying the show. Notice our killer spot right on the flight line.



It gave us a good chance to see the planes up close and personal (a little too close for their liking, at times). But cool to see the Air Force heritage flight come by close.

And to see the F-15 rolling by right in front of us. (Notice the guys--I call them Air Show Nerds--that insist on wedging themselves between little kids and the fence so they can take pictures with their gigantic lenses to upload to their nerdy message boards and discuss the air show with other nerds. Yes, that is an approximately 60-year-old man waving to the pilot.)
The flight displays were pretty good at the air show, but the boys enjoyed the static displays even more (maybe because their engines weren't on?).

Hanging out the door of a C-17 Globemaster III.
On the tarmac with a B-52 Stratofortress behind them.
We really had to back up for this plane--and I still cut off the tail and the wing! The C-5 Galaxy.
Sitting in the rear portion of a Huey.
And piloting the Huey.
Posing in front of an F-16 Fighting Falcon with a curious paint scheme.
Inside one of the more rare statics, a CV-22 Osprey
Another shot on the tarmac, this time in front of the C-17 Globemaster and the RC-135 Rivet Joint.
About 20 yards behind where we sat for the entire show, the F-22 Raptor.
In front of the B-17 Flying Fortress.
And finally, taking a picture with the pilot of a T-38 Talon.