Quotes from this evening...

Will and the kids are having a "Basketball Party". With the Celtics seconds away from their first National Championship in 22 years we are all pretty stoked. Like our Football Parties, the kids got treats for various achievements by the Celtics. A Good & Plenty or mini peanut butter cup for every steal, slam dunk or three pointer and a frosted mini donut (donettes) or Tootsie Roll if the Celtics were leading at the end of each quarter. Of course we set these rules not knowing that this would be the game where Ray Allen would tie the Championship three point record and the Celtics would break the Championship steal record. Thankfully, the Celtics made up for our sugar overload by simple lay-ups instead of the more entertaining slam dunk. Here are a few of the more memorable quotes from the evenings festivities:

All: "Slam dunk--uh, nope." "Three points!" "Steal!"

All singing with the crowd on TV: "Nah-na-na-na, Nah-na-na-na, Hey, Hey, Hey--Good Bye!!!"

Lorien after Daddy asks: "What's in your mouth?": "One of Momma's pills." (A Good & Plenty)

Wyatt with Daddy's arm draped over Wyatt's shoulder and waist: "This is my hairy seat belt."

I should mention here that I stepped out for a little R&R at the start of the game. The kids had been fighting for the last several hours and I was toast. When I left I mentioned to my hubby that the kids all needed baths and Wyatt could use a hair cut. When I came home I found all three of my darlings: cozyed up to Daddy on the couch, clean, pjammaed and styled. Wyatt sporting a sharp hair cut and Clare all done up in pig-tails. What a guy I've got!