It was such a busy weekend. I can barely remember enough to write. I left off on Weds., so I'll begin there. Thursday was Nancy's day to take the kids. Unfortunately she was late, which caused a little distress for the kids, but that's their Nana...always trying to fit something in at the last minute. Their daddy does a little of that, too. Anyway, she took them to the Clay Center. They seemed to enjoy their time there, and at Krispy Kreme watching the donuts made, and at the Capitol, which they drove by. LOL -- I heard Abby tell Amy that she went to Charleston for the second time ever! Cute.
Friday the kids woke up and we told them we were going to the zoo. The response was a little less than expected, but we went anyway. I think they were tired. They enjoyed what we saw of the zoo. I think we made it about 1/3 of the way through. Next time we are going to get a map. We saw my friend Kimberly Moore while we were there. It was great to see her , and her mom, who met us for dinner. The kids each got presents at the zoo, which they LOVE. Abby got a dolphin that she has been drgging around since. Giddy got an otter bath toy. Baths are more fun these days:o) The baby got a hat and a camel. Very cute.
Saturday we tried to take it easy. We were all exhausted. Mitch got sand, which the kids rolled in. Baths happened early and then we rested. Mitch and I slept for two hours!!!! Then I took Giddy and Levi shopping for groceries and Mitch took Abby on some errands. Oh yeah, one of his errands was to fix the basement window that Giddy broke...ooops. They we all went to the mall to eat and Giddy and I headed home, while Abby and Daddy hung out some more at the mall. Giddy bought a card game while he was at the mall, so he and I played it before he went to be. Abby enjoyed her time with Daddy. i think they got home at 9:30. A late night.
Sunday we went to church and then headed home. We ate lunch and then I took a brief nap. I woke up rejuvinated and made dinners for hte week. Very productive. I was busy until we left for small group. Had fun at small group...planned out our summer meetings. We need to watch Fireproof by mid month next month. Guess we'll study that for the summer. We were all tired again when we got home. I started work on my scrap book with my new pages when we got home. Half of them were missing. I was so disappointed!!! I am talking with viovio to see if they can fix it. They're really helpful when there is a problem, but I wish I wouldn't have so many problems with them:-/ Hopefully it's just a fluke.
Yeseterday I worked and then took Giddy to get his hair cut. He looks so big. Abby went too, and I was going to take her to the eye doctor, but not if I have to wait for HOURS. I need to schedule that appointement. Then home and I finished salad for dinner. Watched tv with Mitch and then fell asleep on the sofa. The baby woke me up at one...at which time I yelled at Mitch. I am so mean when I am sleepy. He's mad at me...I HATE that. Why am I so stupid sometimes. Hopefully he'll forgive me soon.
We've got to get the baby sleeping through the night. I am going to start letting him cry it out. Ten minutes at a time. I remember the advice I got with the twins...non baby ever died from crying. Hopefully I can do it.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
So busy--But I should blog...
Life has been so busy the past few weeks. I posted on the third, but it was as I was passing by at work waiting for a meeting on my day off. I have got to be better!
LOL..I think I forgot to post in the last post the surprise my kids gave me on April Fool's day. I was in the kitchen working and stepped into the bedroom briefly to do something for Levi...They took two shelves of contents out of the pantry and put it on the back porch to make an "April Fool's pie" Well, at least Giddy wanted to do that. Abby told me she was content making a special sandwich with peanut butter, jelly, applesauce and sprinkles. Needless to say we didn't get the pie made...though Giddy insists that jelly, applesauce, beeans and corn make a great pie. It was a memorable moment for sure:-)
Let's see, following that, I was sick with bronchitis---I think that's where I left off last time. So for a week I was sick and Mitch was busy with t e kids. Thankfully I started getting better around Friday. Since it is the kid's spring break I have been trying to plan fun stuff for them to do. Friday we went to the train store. It was rainy in the morning, but cleared up by the time we got to the store. The kids enjoyed playing with the trains and playing on his playground:-)
The kids went to an Easter Egg hunt as Sand Hill on Saturday, then we had lunch at Nancy's. They came home with TONS of loot. On Sunday we went to church adn then the Easter Bunny visited while we were out. The kids came home, found their treasure chest, hunted eggs, got their pictures taken, and we were off to Ed's. We ate at Ed's adn then the kids hunted Easter Eggs again! Plus they got more loot there. Needless to say we have tons of candy and toys at our house, and very little of it is from the Easter bunny. Sunday night, mom and dad came to visit. We ate dinner and then played withthe kids. They were beat by the end of the day.
Like I said I've been trying to plan fun stuff for them, so Monday they painted and made ice cream with Amy. That night we went to mom and dad's for dinner. We tried to play some, but Giddy ended up breaking down before the night was over. Poor thing was so tired. He fell right to sleep after we got home and took a bath. Tuesday they went to Party Hoppers with Amy and jumped for four hours!! LOL - Amy said that Giddy complained when they were leaving that they hadn't played very long. I think he could stay there all day! Last night MItch ended up working, so the kids watched tv and then headed to bed. They were tired again. I was tired too, but MItch ended up working into the wee hours of the night so I had baby duty. It just interupts my sleep the wrong way. this morning I was late because I was so tired. I hope I can catch up before Friday when we go to the zoo.
That's a pretty good update. Hopefully I will be on soon to continue the spring break stories. The kids are getting so big. Oh, the baby was laughing and laughing yesterday at Abby and Giddy. It was adorable! He's starting to get his personality. I hope his eyes always sparkle like they do now.
LOL..I think I forgot to post in the last post the surprise my kids gave me on April Fool's day. I was in the kitchen working and stepped into the bedroom briefly to do something for Levi...They took two shelves of contents out of the pantry and put it on the back porch to make an "April Fool's pie" Well, at least Giddy wanted to do that. Abby told me she was content making a special sandwich with peanut butter, jelly, applesauce and sprinkles. Needless to say we didn't get the pie made...though Giddy insists that jelly, applesauce, beeans and corn make a great pie. It was a memorable moment for sure:-)
Let's see, following that, I was sick with bronchitis---I think that's where I left off last time. So for a week I was sick and Mitch was busy with t e kids. Thankfully I started getting better around Friday. Since it is the kid's spring break I have been trying to plan fun stuff for them to do. Friday we went to the train store. It was rainy in the morning, but cleared up by the time we got to the store. The kids enjoyed playing with the trains and playing on his playground:-)
The kids went to an Easter Egg hunt as Sand Hill on Saturday, then we had lunch at Nancy's. They came home with TONS of loot. On Sunday we went to church adn then the Easter Bunny visited while we were out. The kids came home, found their treasure chest, hunted eggs, got their pictures taken, and we were off to Ed's. We ate at Ed's adn then the kids hunted Easter Eggs again! Plus they got more loot there. Needless to say we have tons of candy and toys at our house, and very little of it is from the Easter bunny. Sunday night, mom and dad came to visit. We ate dinner and then played withthe kids. They were beat by the end of the day.
Like I said I've been trying to plan fun stuff for them, so Monday they painted and made ice cream with Amy. That night we went to mom and dad's for dinner. We tried to play some, but Giddy ended up breaking down before the night was over. Poor thing was so tired. He fell right to sleep after we got home and took a bath. Tuesday they went to Party Hoppers with Amy and jumped for four hours!! LOL - Amy said that Giddy complained when they were leaving that they hadn't played very long. I think he could stay there all day! Last night MItch ended up working, so the kids watched tv and then headed to bed. They were tired again. I was tired too, but MItch ended up working into the wee hours of the night so I had baby duty. It just interupts my sleep the wrong way. this morning I was late because I was so tired. I hope I can catch up before Friday when we go to the zoo.
That's a pretty good update. Hopefully I will be on soon to continue the spring break stories. The kids are getting so big. Oh, the baby was laughing and laughing yesterday at Abby and Giddy. It was adorable! He's starting to get his personality. I hope his eyes always sparkle like they do now.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Feeling rotten
I'm at work waiting for a meeting in which I can show faculty members how to get on to the classroom evaluations. Unfortunately I feel rotten. I can't breathe and have bronchitis cough. The barky one my kids have been having for the past few days.
Thankfully the kids are doing a little better. Giddy is sounding lots better and his predinisone is working its way out of his system. He's much more tolerable. The baby is slowly improving. He has a wheeze and an ear infection. He's on the antibiotic, but I can't bring myself to give him a breathing treatment. He's too little. I've learned my lesson on that with Giddy.
Nancy went to visit the school to be the helper today (It was our week, but Mitch and I haven't been able to go--I feel awful about that!) Anyway, I guess Missy was very impressed by Giddy's reading. He is doing great. He can't help but read. He told Amy that he learned to read from the words that are everywhere and he wasn't joking---He reads words everywhere! I'm glad he's excellent at something. Maybe it'll help when he's crazy in the classroom.
Tonight we are going to have a movie night, breakfast for dinner and just hang out at home. The kids are looking forward to it. After work I am going to pick them up and take them to rent a movie. Then we'll make pancakes and sausage for dinner. Giddy's favorite. Hope we get a good movie.
Tomorrow is the Easter egg hunt at church. Not sure if we'll get to go or not. It's rainy today, so it might be postponed. There's also a shadow puppet workshop in Athens tomorrow. I'd LOVE to take the kids , but it is at the same time as Mom's Easter egg painting party:-/
I don't think I've written since April fools day. LOL. The day before I'd called Mitch and told him the oven was out. When I told him April fools, he laughed, cuz I'd gotten the wrong date!!! Then on April fools day the kids brought home prank ice cream cone messes---but when I went to greet them, I didn't have on my glasses, so it was totally lost on me! We're hopeless when it comes to April fool's I guess. That's what happens when you find out you are going to have twins on April 1---The world figures you've been fooled enough and takes away the ability to prank others.
UPDATE: I didn't end up going to the egg hunt or to mom's egg decorating party. I was too sick. I hung out and did scrapping stuff all day. Levi stayed with me and Mitch took the kids. Then on Sunday I ended up going to MedExpress while the kids went to church with mom and dad. I was given a steroid for my lungs, which really helped. I missed work on Monday and then headed back on Tuesday. The whole week I had training for the registrar's office, so I was pooped each night by the time I got home. Thankfully the kids watched Candy Land over and over sagain -- the movie we'd rented on Friday. It was a long week.
Thankfully the kids are doing a little better. Giddy is sounding lots better and his predinisone is working its way out of his system. He's much more tolerable. The baby is slowly improving. He has a wheeze and an ear infection. He's on the antibiotic, but I can't bring myself to give him a breathing treatment. He's too little. I've learned my lesson on that with Giddy.
Nancy went to visit the school to be the helper today (It was our week, but Mitch and I haven't been able to go--I feel awful about that!) Anyway, I guess Missy was very impressed by Giddy's reading. He is doing great. He can't help but read. He told Amy that he learned to read from the words that are everywhere and he wasn't joking---He reads words everywhere! I'm glad he's excellent at something. Maybe it'll help when he's crazy in the classroom.
Tonight we are going to have a movie night, breakfast for dinner and just hang out at home. The kids are looking forward to it. After work I am going to pick them up and take them to rent a movie. Then we'll make pancakes and sausage for dinner. Giddy's favorite. Hope we get a good movie.
Tomorrow is the Easter egg hunt at church. Not sure if we'll get to go or not. It's rainy today, so it might be postponed. There's also a shadow puppet workshop in Athens tomorrow. I'd LOVE to take the kids , but it is at the same time as Mom's Easter egg painting party:-/
I don't think I've written since April fools day. LOL. The day before I'd called Mitch and told him the oven was out. When I told him April fools, he laughed, cuz I'd gotten the wrong date!!! Then on April fools day the kids brought home prank ice cream cone messes---but when I went to greet them, I didn't have on my glasses, so it was totally lost on me! We're hopeless when it comes to April fool's I guess. That's what happens when you find out you are going to have twins on April 1---The world figures you've been fooled enough and takes away the ability to prank others.
UPDATE: I didn't end up going to the egg hunt or to mom's egg decorating party. I was too sick. I hung out and did scrapping stuff all day. Levi stayed with me and Mitch took the kids. Then on Sunday I ended up going to MedExpress while the kids went to church with mom and dad. I was given a steroid for my lungs, which really helped. I missed work on Monday and then headed back on Tuesday. The whole week I had training for the registrar's office, so I was pooped each night by the time I got home. Thankfully the kids watched Candy Land over and over sagain -- the movie we'd rented on Friday. It was a long week.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Sick kids
It's been a busy couple of days. We stayed home from church on Sunday and took the boys to MedExpress. Giddy has bronchitus and the baby has an awful cough, but no wheezing in his lungs yet. We started Giddy on steroids:-/ He's going crazy again, unfortunately. Drugs just make him a live wire. On a positive note---Abby went potty twice on sunday! She hasn't had an "accident" in several days. She's proud of herself and maybe she's turned the corner.
Anyway, Sunday afternoon we hung out at home, has a popcorn party in the evening and then off to bed.
Yesterday Giddy stayed home from school. Abby seemed to have fun despite that. When I got home they were BOTH crazy. I sent them outside and then we went to Cici's for a fundraiser dinner. Giddy told me he was too sick to eat! LOL. It didn't stop him. He ate tons and she did too. It was a nice evening.
Today Giddy is still croupy...I think he may have to stay home again:-/ Poor Amy. The baby is still croupy, too, but does seem to be improving. YAY!
Anyway, Sunday afternoon we hung out at home, has a popcorn party in the evening and then off to bed.
Yesterday Giddy stayed home from school. Abby seemed to have fun despite that. When I got home they were BOTH crazy. I sent them outside and then we went to Cici's for a fundraiser dinner. Giddy told me he was too sick to eat! LOL. It didn't stop him. He ate tons and she did too. It was a nice evening.
Today Giddy is still croupy...I think he may have to stay home again:-/ Poor Amy. The baby is still croupy, too, but does seem to be improving. YAY!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
What a weekend
It's been crazy around here the past few days. Friday I took the kids to school and then visited with grandma Alice for a few hours. Picked the kids up (it was lunch bunch day, so they'd eaten), took Abby and Levi to Alexis' and headed to an MRI for Giddy. Poor thing was scared, but did a great job in the tube. They only had to restart once because of a coughing spell. We came home and had a pizza night. Can't remember what we did that evening. We went to bed and Mike called around 11pm to see if one of us could come over and watch Avery because Alexis' lips were swelling. Mitch went over and didn't get home until 4ish. That meant I was sole duty on Levi, and he was up a couple times, and Giddy woke up once too. Not much sleep for anyone.
Saturday we had to take grandma to Jonathan's so Abby, Levi and I headed out around 9:30. Mitch and Giddy went to do stuff on the car and have a boys day. They ended up watching a movie and hanging out with Matt. We went to Bellaire, Ohio. Sandy and the ladies at their congregation were putting on a ladies day, so we stayed for that too. It was a pretty nice day, considering I was so sleep deprived. We headed home around 6...Would've been earlier, but I lost my keys. whoops...We got home around 8 and I literally fell into bed. I woke up later to get pjs on and brush my teeth! Giddy woke up in the night with a fever and a core throat. Poor kid. The baby coughed through the night too. I decided we should probably stay home from church or at least most of us. We all stayed home and did home church. We learned about Jesus and Daniel. The kids wanted to do Daniel:-) Then we took Levi and Giddy to Med express. Giddy has bronchitis and a wheeze in his chest. Right now the baby's chest is clear. Hopefully it'll stay that way.
We ate sloppy joes and the kids played all over the house. I took a nap around four with the baby, and he got about an hour of sleep. He hasn't slept well all day. The I started Bible book cards on MMS. I am making search a words for each book of the Bible. I hope the kids enjoy them. It's about time for them to start learning the books. Then the kids had a popcorn party and watched Care bears. Mitch and I did some laundry. I put the kids to bed...it's card night, and then worked some more on the Bible cards. Now it's late and I need to get to bed. It has the potential to be a long night with the baby still sick.
Saturday we had to take grandma to Jonathan's so Abby, Levi and I headed out around 9:30. Mitch and Giddy went to do stuff on the car and have a boys day. They ended up watching a movie and hanging out with Matt. We went to Bellaire, Ohio. Sandy and the ladies at their congregation were putting on a ladies day, so we stayed for that too. It was a pretty nice day, considering I was so sleep deprived. We headed home around 6...Would've been earlier, but I lost my keys. whoops...We got home around 8 and I literally fell into bed. I woke up later to get pjs on and brush my teeth! Giddy woke up in the night with a fever and a core throat. Poor kid. The baby coughed through the night too. I decided we should probably stay home from church or at least most of us. We all stayed home and did home church. We learned about Jesus and Daniel. The kids wanted to do Daniel:-) Then we took Levi and Giddy to Med express. Giddy has bronchitis and a wheeze in his chest. Right now the baby's chest is clear. Hopefully it'll stay that way.
We ate sloppy joes and the kids played all over the house. I took a nap around four with the baby, and he got about an hour of sleep. He hasn't slept well all day. The I started Bible book cards on MMS. I am making search a words for each book of the Bible. I hope the kids enjoy them. It's about time for them to start learning the books. Then the kids had a popcorn party and watched Care bears. Mitch and I did some laundry. I put the kids to bed...it's card night, and then worked some more on the Bible cards. Now it's late and I need to get to bed. It has the potential to be a long night with the baby still sick.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
New job!
I am so bad about blogging, but I can't ever seem to find the time. Typing a blog with one hand just doesn't work for me, so I can't do it while I am feeding Levi, and I'm not getting on the computer as much because it's been beautiful. I am jealous of those individuals who get it done daily. You definitely have a better record that way.
So her's the overview of the past week. I got my new position as registrar last week on Wednesday. I talked to Tammi on Thursday to see about training and I started on Monday!! I still have both jobs to do, but am training a little each day. I still am working 28 hours on Title III, which is what is required for it, but still am swamped!! Hopefully I can learn lots over the next few weeks.
The kids are as fun as ever. The other day Giddy told me his teacher "Got in his face." Couldn't figure out where he'd picked up such a line, but Amy reminded me that we do tell him not to get in OUR faces. Guess someone has finally invaded his personal space. I don't think he minded, but he's catching on to the idea.
Abby has had a cold. Poor thing is constantly rubbing her poor little nose. She's been active, but definitely has a cold. She continues to be adorable with her mothering of Levi. I so wish we could get her on tape talking to him like a little momma.
LOL - I almost forgot to mention Giddy's new affinity for shortening names. Abby is Abs, Levi is Leev, sometimes Leevee, and Sammi is Sam! LOL. I think the short name for th edog is so funny.
We planted starters for our garden yesterday. We left them outside overnight. Hopefully they didn't die. I believe in making plants hearty to the weather. ROFL--Actually I am just super forgtful about starter plants.
Have tried to visit grandma Alice as much as possible over the past few weeks. That eats a lot of time, but is totally worth it. The kids love seeing her adn I think she enjoys seeing the kids. She goes back home this Saturday. it's been a good visit. I think she will be back more and more frequently since she does enjoy it.
Levi is getting so big. I took him to have his ears checked yesterday and he weighed 14 lbs 8 oz. He's getting to be a regular bruiser. He's so sweet. Can hit his toy on his carseat some. Loves to smile at familiar faces and is still as cuddly as ever. I can't wait to see how his little personility is going to come out. He's pretty pleasant, I think. His schedule has been all messed up the past few days. I've been having to feed him in the middle of the night, and I don't like it. He neesd to eat at midnight, no matter how hard it is for us to stay up---It'd give us at least five hours of uniterupted sleep. I'm beat from the middle of the night wakeups...It's amazing how a few nights can spoil you.
Last Staurday Mitch and I went shoping for clothes. I bought a good bit and paid over $200 for them!!! That's the most I've ever spent, I think . I look nicem though. Mitch is so wonderful to me. I can't imagine any other life for me. MAybe a life about 20 pounds thinner, but I just love food so much. I need to get started on a diet...ASAP. Maybe tomorrow...ROFL.
Alright, Gotta get back to business. That's pretty good for now.
So her's the overview of the past week. I got my new position as registrar last week on Wednesday. I talked to Tammi on Thursday to see about training and I started on Monday!! I still have both jobs to do, but am training a little each day. I still am working 28 hours on Title III, which is what is required for it, but still am swamped!! Hopefully I can learn lots over the next few weeks.
The kids are as fun as ever. The other day Giddy told me his teacher "Got in his face." Couldn't figure out where he'd picked up such a line, but Amy reminded me that we do tell him not to get in OUR faces. Guess someone has finally invaded his personal space. I don't think he minded, but he's catching on to the idea.
Abby has had a cold. Poor thing is constantly rubbing her poor little nose. She's been active, but definitely has a cold. She continues to be adorable with her mothering of Levi. I so wish we could get her on tape talking to him like a little momma.
LOL - I almost forgot to mention Giddy's new affinity for shortening names. Abby is Abs, Levi is Leev, sometimes Leevee, and Sammi is Sam! LOL. I think the short name for th edog is so funny.
We planted starters for our garden yesterday. We left them outside overnight. Hopefully they didn't die. I believe in making plants hearty to the weather. ROFL--Actually I am just super forgtful about starter plants.
Have tried to visit grandma Alice as much as possible over the past few weeks. That eats a lot of time, but is totally worth it. The kids love seeing her adn I think she enjoys seeing the kids. She goes back home this Saturday. it's been a good visit. I think she will be back more and more frequently since she does enjoy it.
Levi is getting so big. I took him to have his ears checked yesterday and he weighed 14 lbs 8 oz. He's getting to be a regular bruiser. He's so sweet. Can hit his toy on his carseat some. Loves to smile at familiar faces and is still as cuddly as ever. I can't wait to see how his little personility is going to come out. He's pretty pleasant, I think. His schedule has been all messed up the past few days. I've been having to feed him in the middle of the night, and I don't like it. He neesd to eat at midnight, no matter how hard it is for us to stay up---It'd give us at least five hours of uniterupted sleep. I'm beat from the middle of the night wakeups...It's amazing how a few nights can spoil you.
Last Staurday Mitch and I went shoping for clothes. I bought a good bit and paid over $200 for them!!! That's the most I've ever spent, I think . I look nicem though. Mitch is so wonderful to me. I can't imagine any other life for me. MAybe a life about 20 pounds thinner, but I just love food so much. I need to get started on a diet...ASAP. Maybe tomorrow...ROFL.
Alright, Gotta get back to business. That's pretty good for now.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Haven't blogged in Days
I haven't blogged since last week. So much to record. I'll start at last week and work my way forward.
Wednesday the 11th
Abby woke up in the middle of the night with a fever. Since it was spring break week I had two days off from work if I wanted them. I decided I needed to stay home with her. She stayed home on Wednesday, but was better by Thursday. I felt crappy on Thursday, so I stayed home for me:-)
We didn't do much those two days. The kids were exhausted every night, so they quickly fell asleep. I worked some on my scrapbooks, but not too much. Did laundry and dishes. The usual.
On Friday I took the kids to school. I needed to pick up my planner from the office so i took the baby in to show him off. He of course was a big hit. Then I went to Mom's to take her and grandma to Gabe's and Big Lots to shop for slippers for grandma. We found some and then it was time to pick the kids up. I picked them up and then we ate lunch at Mom's. After lunch I needed to take the kids to register for kindergarten, so all of us, including mom and grandma headed to south side. Grandma and mom watched the baby while I took the kids in to register. It was pointless to take them, I don't know why they said it was necessary. I had everything I needed except for their shot records. Who knew that the page long paper the doctor gave us for their registration didn't include shot records? So they are mostly registered. I need to call and have the doctor fax in those records.
After that we went home and mom had to leave to go pick up the Ta kids and tutor. Grandma stayed with us and she was able to hold the baby all afternoon. He slept like a champ for her. I told her to enjoy it because I'm sure he won't be so cuddly the next time she visits. She agreed with me.
Can't remember why she was telling me about it, but she told me a story about her mom. She said her mother's real mom died at a very young age. From what grandma knows about it, she believes she may have had a cancer similar to Aunt Mil's. Anyway she said that no one knew her mom's real name. They all knew their grandmother was their step-grandmother...It wasn't a secret, but that no one wrote down her real grandmother's name. She said she'd like to find it out if she could. Not sure I can help, but I figured I'd better write about it to remember it:-)
Back to Friday...Around dinner time mom called and said her students didn't show up so she was going to go grocery shopping and dad was going to pick up grandma when he got off of work. I asked her if she wanted to go to Ollie's that night, and she did, so she decided to come over when she got done with shopping. We ate leftover chicken noodle soup and then mmom arrived. Her, grandma and I went shopping and Mitch stayed with the kids. Dad went home. We enjoyed shopping. We were out for an hour and toured the whole store. Grandma enjoyed it. She said she would be exhausted the next day, but she really did seem to enjoy the wandering. We all got some goodies...my biggest find was individual size pudding mixes. The kids tried them on Sunday. SO FUN!!!
Saturday was a goof off morning. Mitch had to cover bonds and we cleaned around the corners of the house. The kids watched tv all morning. Hope they don't get used to that! After Mitch was done we went to Sam's. I picked up the conversation cards I ordered for Hannah and mom. They are beautiful. (Thanks Summer Driggs for the beautiful conversation cards.) Then Mitch got called to do a bong in Pleasants County. It's about a forty minute drive, but I thought we could all go. It was a nice little trip. The kids and I hung out at Wendy's. They got cool I spy things in their kid's packs, so we played with them while we waited. After we got back home the kids wanted to paly games. I remembered I had Paddle Pool in my closet, so I told them they could play it. I put it together for them, then made dinner. We ate, then they bathed, and then we played it for about an hour. It was fun.
Sunday we were super late for church, but we did make it. Then we went to BK afterwards for our small group, but noone else made it:-/ Then we were off to home. The kids played in their room adn Mitch and I did a little house work. Then we were ready for a nap, but the kids were ready to come out...guess that's what happens. We were going to go to church with Mom and Dad, but Mom called and said she was sick. So we stayed home. nancy came over and looked at my scrapbooks. I love showing those off:-) Not much else happened.
Yesterday I got an email that said Hannah and Caleb were baptized on Sunday night. Praise God for that. What an awesome thing! It was cool because we got to see them last night too. They came down for Hannah's birthday. We all got together for a party. It was nice to see everyone and fun for the kids. LOL - On the way home we told the kids they needed to wear green today. I told them that you'd get pinched if you don't and Abby would not beleive me. She kept saying " Mom, you are just being silly. People will not pinch you if you do not wear green." She's such a skeptic.
Another grandma story. Last night we were talking about playing games and she told me she just never was a game player, but she did learn to play some games in the Army. She said that on the boat to England she would sit on the deck because you weren't carry anything around the ship. She said after a few days a guy on deck told her he was going to teach her how to play cards because she needed to know how. The guy was in the calavary and so his job after arriving in england was to pick up and tag the dead. He taught her to play Pinoccle and bridge, but advised her not to play bridge because he said people who play bridge are really serious about it. She said she gave him her information, but never did hear from him again. She suspects he got killed during a Christmas massacre by the GErmans. She said on that day their hospital reciieved 964 patients, which was their capacity. She said many, many were killed in that raid, and this guy wasn't armed because the calvery was no longer used at that date. His capacity was more like the redcross. Just wanted to remember another story.
Wednesday the 11th
Abby woke up in the middle of the night with a fever. Since it was spring break week I had two days off from work if I wanted them. I decided I needed to stay home with her. She stayed home on Wednesday, but was better by Thursday. I felt crappy on Thursday, so I stayed home for me:-)
We didn't do much those two days. The kids were exhausted every night, so they quickly fell asleep. I worked some on my scrapbooks, but not too much. Did laundry and dishes. The usual.
On Friday I took the kids to school. I needed to pick up my planner from the office so i took the baby in to show him off. He of course was a big hit. Then I went to Mom's to take her and grandma to Gabe's and Big Lots to shop for slippers for grandma. We found some and then it was time to pick the kids up. I picked them up and then we ate lunch at Mom's. After lunch I needed to take the kids to register for kindergarten, so all of us, including mom and grandma headed to south side. Grandma and mom watched the baby while I took the kids in to register. It was pointless to take them, I don't know why they said it was necessary. I had everything I needed except for their shot records. Who knew that the page long paper the doctor gave us for their registration didn't include shot records? So they are mostly registered. I need to call and have the doctor fax in those records.
After that we went home and mom had to leave to go pick up the Ta kids and tutor. Grandma stayed with us and she was able to hold the baby all afternoon. He slept like a champ for her. I told her to enjoy it because I'm sure he won't be so cuddly the next time she visits. She agreed with me.
Can't remember why she was telling me about it, but she told me a story about her mom. She said her mother's real mom died at a very young age. From what grandma knows about it, she believes she may have had a cancer similar to Aunt Mil's. Anyway she said that no one knew her mom's real name. They all knew their grandmother was their step-grandmother...It wasn't a secret, but that no one wrote down her real grandmother's name. She said she'd like to find it out if she could. Not sure I can help, but I figured I'd better write about it to remember it:-)
Back to Friday...Around dinner time mom called and said her students didn't show up so she was going to go grocery shopping and dad was going to pick up grandma when he got off of work. I asked her if she wanted to go to Ollie's that night, and she did, so she decided to come over when she got done with shopping. We ate leftover chicken noodle soup and then mmom arrived. Her, grandma and I went shopping and Mitch stayed with the kids. Dad went home. We enjoyed shopping. We were out for an hour and toured the whole store. Grandma enjoyed it. She said she would be exhausted the next day, but she really did seem to enjoy the wandering. We all got some goodies...my biggest find was individual size pudding mixes. The kids tried them on Sunday. SO FUN!!!
Saturday was a goof off morning. Mitch had to cover bonds and we cleaned around the corners of the house. The kids watched tv all morning. Hope they don't get used to that! After Mitch was done we went to Sam's. I picked up the conversation cards I ordered for Hannah and mom. They are beautiful. (Thanks Summer Driggs for the beautiful conversation cards.) Then Mitch got called to do a bong in Pleasants County. It's about a forty minute drive, but I thought we could all go. It was a nice little trip. The kids and I hung out at Wendy's. They got cool I spy things in their kid's packs, so we played with them while we waited. After we got back home the kids wanted to paly games. I remembered I had Paddle Pool in my closet, so I told them they could play it. I put it together for them, then made dinner. We ate, then they bathed, and then we played it for about an hour. It was fun.
Sunday we were super late for church, but we did make it. Then we went to BK afterwards for our small group, but noone else made it:-/ Then we were off to home. The kids played in their room adn Mitch and I did a little house work. Then we were ready for a nap, but the kids were ready to come out...guess that's what happens. We were going to go to church with Mom and Dad, but Mom called and said she was sick. So we stayed home. nancy came over and looked at my scrapbooks. I love showing those off:-) Not much else happened.
Yesterday I got an email that said Hannah and Caleb were baptized on Sunday night. Praise God for that. What an awesome thing! It was cool because we got to see them last night too. They came down for Hannah's birthday. We all got together for a party. It was nice to see everyone and fun for the kids. LOL - On the way home we told the kids they needed to wear green today. I told them that you'd get pinched if you don't and Abby would not beleive me. She kept saying " Mom, you are just being silly. People will not pinch you if you do not wear green." She's such a skeptic.
Another grandma story. Last night we were talking about playing games and she told me she just never was a game player, but she did learn to play some games in the Army. She said that on the boat to England she would sit on the deck because you weren't carry anything around the ship. She said after a few days a guy on deck told her he was going to teach her how to play cards because she needed to know how. The guy was in the calavary and so his job after arriving in england was to pick up and tag the dead. He taught her to play Pinoccle and bridge, but advised her not to play bridge because he said people who play bridge are really serious about it. She said she gave him her information, but never did hear from him again. She suspects he got killed during a Christmas massacre by the GErmans. She said on that day their hospital reciieved 964 patients, which was their capacity. She said many, many were killed in that raid, and this guy wasn't armed because the calvery was no longer used at that date. His capacity was more like the redcross. Just wanted to remember another story.
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