hookah, shook, weejsh and 'stu'

nothing like having someone else around to point out the weirdness of 'every day' life. here's some favorite events of our time with grandma:

-grandma came bearing gifts. as we're in the van driving home she pulled out something for both isaiah and alaythia. for alaythia it was a little key chain that said, 'special sister'. because we all know we'll NEVER find anything with her name on it. for the next 10 minutes, i kid you not, she looked at it, then looked at grandma and said, 'shit! ... shit!' grandma stared with wide eyes and matt and i laughed hysterically and shrugged our shoulders. who knows what she was really trying to say. but every time she looks at the key chain she says it.

-it was such great weather that we went to a bunch of different parks. at one park there was another boy slightly older than isaiah that quickly became his friend. they ran and chased and laughed all over the park. to our surprise when we got close enough to hear what they were talking about, we found that the boy was calling isaiah 'stu'. come to find out, when the boy asked isaiah what his name was he told him 'stu'. who the heck knows where he heard that name, and why in the world he wanted to be called it. but for about an hour and a half, isaiah was 'stu'.

-we have yet to figure out what it means, but out of the blue alaythia will pop off with (in this order), 'shook!' pause, wait for someone to repeat it. then 'weejsh'. we have NO IDEA what it means or what the heck she's referring to.

-we were trying to be adventurous and try a new restaurant to eat at because to be honest, we're chain people...so in an effort to break free we went to a street that is filled with smaller places. grandma, the kids and i walked up and down the street checking out each place we came to. we even walked into one, got seated at a table and decided to leave because it was just too nice for kids. so after walking for quite a while, and becoming hungrier by the second, we thought we found one that looked promising. we walked up, turned the handle to walk in but quickly turned back around to leave when we saw people smoking from large pipes at the center of the tables... come to find out, we were trying to take the kids to a hookah lounge for lunch!