Updates

It's been awhile since I have posted anything, and that's because my life is a total whirlwind right now. It seems that I have no time to spend with my kids, but instead only have time to yell at my kids, and believe me, they will testify to that.

This morning started off horrible, with Toby getting in around 5:30 and calling me to make sure that the alarm wouldn't go off when he opened the door. Thanks. I should have just gotten up and started getting around then because I never did fall back to sleep. Instead, I fought as hard as I could to stay in bed for as long as I possibly could, and ended up running behind in getting all of us ready to leave this morning. Came down to the last minute, and couldn't find 2 of Aaron's 3 library books. Why on earth do they let a 2nd grader check out 3 books? So I ran through the house, yelling at Aaron to get his shoes and belt on and to find his library book, and to get his backpack, and to get loaded in the car. All this family fun woke Toby up, who joined in the yelling. Yes, the extra yelling was really helpful, because the missing books magically appeared and hovered directly above my head. No wait...that was steam bellowing out of my ears. You see, it is perfectly fine for me to yell at my kids, but somehow, Toby is not allowed. Doesn't he know that rule??? Needless to say, we headed off to school with only 1 library book. But guess what? Aaron found the other 2 in his desk at school Go figure. That desk should probably be declared a national disaster, so I am surprised he found them at all.

Aaron is pretty busy this year. He is taking guitar lessons, playing flag football, and has joined Boy Scouts. And yes, he is selling popcorn if anyone is interested. So, we have lessons on Monday afternoons, Cub Scouts on Tuesday afternoons, football practice on Thursday afternoons, and games on Saturdays and Sundays.

Sadie is being treated unfairly. You see, I didn't sign her up for any extra curricular activities this semester...no dance, no gymnastics, no nothing. For the sake of my sanity, I think that was probably a good choice, but I will probably have to sign her up for something next semester...

As for me, I am swamped at work with grading and clinicals and TONS of meetings. Today's meeting lasted 3 hours. Seriously...that is criminal. People need to keep their extraneous comments to themselves. Stick to the facts! If only teacher was just teaching and not all the other BS that goes along with it!

As for Toby, he is the exact opposite of me. If I have any down time, I am going to utilize it to it's fullest potential and either watch TV, spend time on the computer, or nap. But not Toby. He just finished building a hutch, and is just about done building a bookcase for our hallway. The hutch? He built it without having somewhere to put it...He was just bored and wanted something to do. We still aren't sure where it's going to go.

So that's about it for us!

Family

I don't say this often enough, so I'm putting it out there now...I love my family. My whole family. And yes, by whole family, I mean my whole, entire, extended family. You have made me who I am. You are who I turn to, lean on, laugh with, cry with, look to, worship with, and rejoice with. Each and every one of you have a special place in my heart, and I know that I don't always show my love in normal ways. I am flawed and broken, but please don't ever doubt that I love you. I thank God for blessing me with such a wonderful family. And thank you to each of you...for putting up with, for molding me, for guiding me, for teaching me, and for loving me, flaws and all.

Sadie's Boogers

Tonight during Sadie's bath, I caught her sniffing her feet. I asked her if they stunk, and she said "No." She took another whiff and informed me that they smelled like water. Next, I noticed her start to bend her face down toward the water, sniffing. I warned her not to smell the water because she might get water up her nose. She tells me that the last time she sniffed the water, she did get water up her nose, and then she added:

"And it really bothered my boogers."

Conversation with Aaron

About a week ago, Aaron and I were in the kitchen. He was working on his homework, and I was slaving away at the stove. Aaron took a break from his math worksheet, looked up, and asked:

"Mom, do I have to get married?"

My response was "No, you don't have to."

He replied "Good. Then I'm not going to get married."

And before I could even make the suggestion that immediately popped into my mind, Aaron added:

"I'm not going to be a priest, I'm just not going to get married."

Sadie's Scare

Yesterday morning I handed my keys to Sadie so that she could go unlock the car and her and Aaron could load up while I was pouring my coffee. So Sadie grabbed my keys and her backpack and opened the front door to walk out to the car. Then I hear a blood-curdling scream and Sadie begins crying frantically, and Toby gasps. I look up, wondering what's wrong, thinking someone was seriously injured. I see Sadie running into the kitchen (where I am), still crying. I picked her up and asked her what's wrong. She was so upset that she couldn't even tell me. It's at this time that I heard Toby say, "I'll kill it." I walked over to the door, saw him grab a nearby flip-flop, and smashed a humongous wolf spider.

Sadie is terrified of spiders, by the way.