Ode to Karen

Some of you may know her, but for those of you who don't -- I have a crazy friend named Karen. Not as crazy as me, but enough to be a lot of fun. A few months back, I find out Karen has been reading my blog, and other mutual friends' blogs, without saying a word to us. In fact, she purposely never mentioned anything she read on our blogs because she didn't want anyone to know she reads them. On top of that we find out that she has he own blog and won't tell anyone the address. "It's only for out of town friends and families" -- and Shauna Moore, I guess. Let's just say her secret blog did not last long and now not only have we all linked her, she even comments sometimes.

One thing she hates the most in the entire blog world is odes to friends. So in honor of her birthday -- I can't tell you how old she is, she swore me to secrecy -- here are five great things about her.
1. She is the only person I know who talks more than me
2. She's older than me :D
3. I spent the whole afternoon with her and laughed the whole time
4. She never pretends to be someone she's not -- no pretenses, and she's just so funny and real
5. You can totally count on her to be a friend
and yes, she has a piece of tape with her name on her shirt.

Today we had her over for an extravagant birthday lunch -- turkey sandwiches for us and chicken nuggets for the kids, and to let the kids play. Chloe and Ellie totally entertained us all afternoon by writing plays and acting them out for us. Here's a sampling -- in case anyone wants to print it out and do their own skit with it.

Chloe:
My name is Stacey and my real name is Becca
Ellie:
My name is Alysa and my real name is Malissa
Chloe:
I like your pretty close.
Ellie:
I like you fancy scarf.
Chloe:
I like your hair too.
Ellie:
I like your pink hair. You are so nice.
Chloe:
You are nice too.
Ellie:
Do you like pockadots?
Chloe:
Yes, I do.
Chloe:
Thank you
Ellie:
for coming to
Chloe:
the
Ellie:
show.

Except when Ellie read her part she said, "I like your straight hair." She explained afterwards that since Chloe took off the pink wig, she had to make something up instead of pink hair. I was pretty impressed with her improvising!

Another play -- see me for copyright
Ellie:
We are sisters and we are twins.
Chloe:
We like echuther. We whar difrent clothing too.
Ellie:
You are my favrit sister.
Chloe:
You are fun to play with.

Then there was a fashion show. I think Chloe is the only kid I know who can make Ellie look short!Nate will be auditioning for Nashville StarFairy Princess meets Hawaiian Tropics modelMadonna, that stinking ballerina costume that Nate is obsessed with, and Laura Ingalls Wilder

Sadie was here too -- she was either napping or following the kids around trying to do the exact same thing they were doing and stealing their shoes.