Our Latest Adventure

Today we went to the Jell-O Museum. I know it sounds like a strange choice, at least we thought so, but Liz explained that she needed to visit a museum in order to complete her latest homework assignment. She wanted to go somewhere she had never been so she could get an honest first impression. The Jell-O Museum is reasonably close, and somewhere she had been curious about for a long time. http://www.jellomuseum.com/

Well, let us just tell you - the Jell-O Museum totally rocked! What a great place! Did you know that Jell-O has brain waves?! It's true! Years ago some scientist hooked a plate of Lime Jell-O up to a brain reading machine thingy and voila - brainwaves almost the same as a human would read. I wonder what would happen if we were hooked up to one of those things? Hmmm.....

In this first picture you see us in one of our favorite positions - we call it "just chillin'." This section of the museum is where you can sit and watch historic Jell-O commercials. Did you know that Lindsay Lohan was in a commercial for Jell-O Jigglers? Maybe if she'd stuck to jigglers instead of shooters she would be in better shape now. He he.

In this picture we are hanging out in the sock's, er, children's play area. Want to buy some Jell-O?

Later we headed downstairs to another awesome exhibit about transportation. We found it particularly interesting since we play a key role in transportation ourselves. After some groveling Liz finally consented to letting us get a closer look at the crazy bike on display. Maybe when the weather gets warmer she will take us out for a bike ride...

Our final destination for the day was someplace Liz called the most important stop of all. It smelled really good and Liz spent a lot of time walking slowly and deliberately through the aisles. Before we left she paused and lifted her pant legs up just enough so we could get a good whiff and see what all of the fuss was about.

Liz would like us to apologize on her behalf for the crazy messed up nature of this post. She says it was a miracle she got more than one picture posted at all and knows that what she is looking at now will not look the same once it is published.

Special Delivery

We couldn't be more excited! Even before we arrived in New York, Liz had been working hard on a special project to send back to where we came from - Newton, Kansas. We've been watching her incredibly slow process but having to keep mum so as not to spoil the surprise. Finally, Liz finished and packaged "it" up to ship to our home state. As you can see in the picture, we made sure to take the time to give it a few pointers before it began its journey. We told it how wonderful Kansas was and how much fun it would have once it arrived. We even took it for a test-run and had a little nap. In other words - we bonded.

Liz was worried that it was too "girly" for a baby boy but we assured her that with all of the frogs, snails, and bugs all over it, it was plenty masculine for "Bubba." He isn't really old enough to know the difference anyway!

A Typical Day

Just look at us. Hanging here between common socks. We are so bored. Liz has this idea that socks have to be hung out to dry - it seems she had a terrible incident a few years ago where she shrunk several pairs of expensive socks to the point that they wouldn't fit over her big feet. I suppose if hanging out to dry will keep us healthy and beautiful, we can live with it.

We just wish she would put us in the drawer once we are dry! In the drawer we are safe and cozy and can just hang out with the other socks. If we move, she'll never know. It's not like she folds us all neatly and arranges us in the drawer in a sensible manner. At least she manages to keep us together when we go in the drawer, but beyond that she seems unconcerned with keeping her socks tidy. Hanging out in the open like this, though, means we have to stay glued to our spot like soft little statues or she'll notice something is up.

And waiting out in the open like this. Watching other socks get chosen before us. Seeing her come in and out of the room in preparation for all sorts of adventures. Seeing her eyes hesitate on us and then move on as she chooses socks for her next outfit. Half of her clothes are blue! We go with almost everything! Come on already! Let's go! It's like waiting to be picked for Dodgeball. She keeps telling us that we are special and the only reason we can't go out today is because she is saving us for a unique adventure. Heck, going almost anywhere would be a unique adventure - we've only been out of the house twice! (On adventures, that is. We're already over the "excitement" of the laudromat.)

Butterfly Pics from Super Tuesday

Super Tuesday

February 5 turned out to be a super Tuesday indeed as we headed out on our second big adventure. Today Liz took us to the Strong National Museum of Play http://www.strongmuseum.org/

Although the museum was geared towards younger kids we had fun exploring. Here we are stepping out of Cinderella's pumpkin coach - It's hard to really appreciate our stripes from this far away but we wanted to get the coach in the shot. We tried to convince Liz to get a shot of us admiring Dorothy's ruby slippers but she said there were just too many people around for her to take her shoes off, get on the floor, and raise her legs in the air high enough so we could see them. We plan to spend some time in the future working with her to get over these silly inhibitions.

The museum was showcasing a new exhibit called Grossology. We explored a skin climbing wall where the hand and foot holds were moles, pimples, scabs, and warts. There was a machine all about farts that had ways for us to see who could make the best farting sounds. Liz really had fun with this part but her mother seemed to be getting a little embarassed by her childish enthusiasm and delight over the flatulent fun.

The exhibit was interesting, gross, and also a little anti-sock. There was a large poster exclaming that if humans simply stopped wearing socks and shoes, their feet wouldn't smell anymore.

The coolest part of the place was the butterfly exhibit. We went into a very hot and humid room that was just full of butterflies. They were flying everywhere! Liz took some pictures: (which she will post right after this because the blog isn't cooperating!)

Once we left the museum we drove home and participated in our very first Presidential Primary. It was very exciting. Apparently we are Democrats. Liz says we are really Independents who are too lazy to fix our standing with the board of voters.

All in all it was a great but tiring day. We are looking forward to joining the other socks in the hamper so we can all share our recent adventures.

Welcome!

Welcome to the Adventures of Sock and Sock!

We were born in Newton, Kansas (near Wichita - the Air Capital of the World). This is a picture of us on our very first adventure after arriving in New York. Notice how lovely and stripey we are. We went to see a movie called "27 Dresses." It was nice, well, it sounded nice. Once the movie began we had to go back in the shoes.

A little about us - We have very different personalities. Left is the arty one, which sort of makes sense since she is on the leg with the tattoo (pictures to come). Left looks pointier at the toe than Right does. Right is more practical and does most of the real work and decision making. Since arriving in New York in early January we have made good friends with some of the other socks in the drawer. We would like to be able to say we were Liz's favorites but we are no competition with the speleosocks - they are a beautiful bright blue and have bats on the soles. Even though they are her favorites, we get to go on all of the really cool adventures.

Our LEAST favorite season: Summer (no need for socks!)

Our favorite activity: Dancing (Liz has some really varied musical tastes - but she likes to move!)

One of our favorite places is the hamper. We know it seems odd but when we get to the hamper it is because we have just had another adventure. Once we are thrown in we can compare and share with the other socks that were out recently. Sometimes, we can even still smell some of the scents they picked up on their adventures.

The best part about the hamper is that it is always followed by a trip to the waterpark. We get to swish and spin and tumble all around with our friends for almost 30 minutes. The only bad thing about the waterpark is the music. It's country, and we sure don't hear any of that when we are at home. Thank goodness!

Well, we are off on a new adventure today...we'll report back soon!