blog stalking...but isnt that just "following"?

so now that ive sufficiently stalked this lady (katie did) and her cute family via her blog (along with lots of other readers...which makes me feel better), I have found my favorite post.

Her CHILDREN WANT TO BE MERMAIDS.

um i think these are my children.
look

little mermaids

"nearly every day for the past year eve and ruth have asked me one or all of the following questions: "why aren't we mermaids?" "why can't we be mermaids?" "can we, at least, please maybe be real mermaids when we grow up?".. after each round of questions and answers, their slumped little shoulders move to the next room to talk about sharks and crabs, to sing (or demand that i sing) ariel's songs, and to lament the fact that they are just humans.. "