Not that I'm Counting

Oh, and did I mention?

32 days until school starts.

:-)

Resolution

MB had minor surgery on Tuesday to correct a problem with her bladder, where urine was refluxing back up to her kidneys. Long story short, what we thought were UTI's since December were probably really kidney infections. Fortunately, she's been on low-dose antibiotics since April. We have one more follow-up to make sure this corrected the problem, and then it should be ancient history. She came through with flying colors, and we learned that she is a "happy drunk" when under the influence of certain medications :-). The nurse anesthetist said she had them in stitches until they put her out, because her mouth just kept going and going...

I don't know where she gets that from. Must be her dad's side of the family...

Slacking again

OK, so I totally stink at this daily (or even weekly) blogging thing. When it's fresh in my mind, it's ok, but then I sort of forget about it, it falls off the radar, and here we are at the end of June already. I'm such a slacker.

Anyway, here's a picture of what happens when you don't lock up the camera to keep it away from your husband: he sends your almost-three-year old over to ask you for a drink. While you're sleeping. And because you haven't padlocked the fridge yet, same child brings you the bottle of juice & a cup (look closely behind my head). And because you're sleeping, you take it all in stride :-)

Spring was here...and gone!

Wow, I don't know what happened to spring! It was here & now I'm looking at the calendar & it's gone already. Time sure flies! School's over already...we survived third grade & kindergarten. We also survived the Brownie camping trip & the kindergarten field trip. We're looking forward to a summer full of cub scout activities & soccer. There may even be an art class in there somewhere. There will be a trip to Canada for Mary Beth & some field trips for her & Jonathan with their friends, and a third birthday party for Ethan. And not least of all, a new baby cousin sometime before that birthday party!

It's going to be a busy summer, that's for sure!!

The Royals have bullies too...

We took a walk around the neighborhood this evening...all 5 of us have been suffering from cabin fever today & we can't seem to get enough sunshine & fresh air. As we're strolling along, Jonathan says, "If we're really lucky, we might even get to see the Royal Bully Alice tonight!" Mike & I are looking at each other like, Do you know what he's talking about? Even Mary Beth didn't get it right away. Then he followed up with, "You know, the lights in the sky!"

I will never think of the Aurora Borealis in quite the same way again...I think I prefer Alice :-)

Spring is coming!!

Driving past Herman's today, we saw the sign: Opening March 19th!! That's as sure a sign that spring is on its way as any old robin, and not a moment too soon!!

Trivial Pursuit

If you've ever wondered exactly how large an item you could flush down a toilet without clogging it entirely, I can tell you that a 4-inch plastic toy boat will fit down the toilet & allow some water & such to pass. I can also tell you that at some point after flushing said boat, you're going to have to pull the toilet off & remove it from the toilet so that anything else besides water can also pass. And I could also add that plumbing is just about my husband's favorite thing to do, but that might be a teeny tiny bit over the top....

...and I mean business!

The other day I asked Mary Beth how I looked before I went to work. I explained that I had a meeting where I had to lecture someone about not doing what they were supposed to do & said, "So, do I look like someone you should listen to?"
She responded, "Yeah, Mom...you should call that your 'I mean business!' suit!"

Out of the mouths of babes :-)

Live & Learn

Note to self: Next time, when you're taking a photo of your adorable youngest child doing something that you would otherwise discourage him from doing, take away the mashed potato container before grabbing the camera...

...or else. Is it any wonder we recently got a new vacuum cleaner? :-)

Contentment...

...is listening to siblings bickering, Star Wars actions figures & their sound effects, the sound of cheerios dumping on the floor. Much better than sick kids laying around! We dodged the bullet this time & Mary Beth is feeling so much better. E just bumped his head on the table - isn't it great how well the "magic boo-boo words" work? Hailey, hailey, hinkle dreck...he hopped down off my lap & said, "All better, Mommy!"

Jonathan's kindergarten class does something called "kid writing." Sometimes the teacher gives them a theme to write about, other times the subject is up to them. It's amazing to see the progression from month to month, and then from the beginning of the school year to the end. This was a page from J's January journal:

I like Ethan. He is my brother and I got a sister. Her (name) is Mary BeF. Too cute!

Coming storm?

OK, today feels less than hilarious...MB is sick with we-don't-know-what & came home early from school. Jonathan announced this evening that he has a headache (& just doesn't look so hot). Ethan's got that non-stop runny nose that sort of glazes his face. Ick. So everybody's tucked into bed with barf buckets close at hand. I still have traumatic memories of the other year when everybody except E was throwing up at the same time...eeeeew.

On the other hand, there were cute moments: E smiling and giggling while we played this little piggy as I put him in his jammies. MB asleep on one end of the couch & E curled up on the other end. Michael & Jonathan trying to count out 100 smarties for 100th day tomorrow at school (and having to start over a couple of times when they got interrupted & lost count!). J repeating, "Oh my gosh Mom! Oh my gosh!" as he turned the pages of his new book about archaeology & mummies. He really did say it about 25 times :-) He was so excited...his student teacher read his other book about Egypt to his kindergarten class today, and the kids were all suitably wowed. Pretty big day for a 6-year old!

It's all good...

Here we go!!

OK, we're finally moving into the 21st century, blog and all! So often funny things happen, or things that are so unbelievable, I think, "Oh, I have got to tell so-and-so!" And then something or someone else intervenes, and I promptly forget all about it. We're going to try to use this as a way to share all the hilarious things that happen at our house :-)