I hate being away from my kids — even if it is only for 30 hours.
That being said, I was happy to have a Sunday with them where we spent the whole afternoon hanging out and doing fun things.
So after church, we had a snack and then set up for painting.
Navy got a birdhouse for her birthday, and I happened to have two other mini ones, so we got them painted and out on our front tree.
This girl is detail oriented.
She takes her time, and likes to create masterpieces.
This boy is usually a quick and careless artist.
But this time around, he was pretty meticulous.
I told him if he spent that kind of time on his coloring in his English Journal that I correct every week, he wouldn’t get “Crappy Work” written across his picture.
And this boy is just crazy.
He was like a ticking time bomb.
With paint on his hands and brush, I had to watch him like a hawk to protect everything within a three room radius.
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After we painted our tree houses and got them on our tree, we decided to make chocolate chip cookies.
This boy decided to make them in all sizes.
This girl made a bunch of minis.
And this stinker — well, he just ate every bit of dough I gave him.
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Have I ever said that Sunday is the best day of the week?
It’s the best!
Dash these days is exhausting.
He still charms everyone like crazy, but his flaw has been rearing its ugly head for about three months.
My boy is ADDICTED to all things electronic.
Doesn’t he know the drill?
“Television makes your brain dumb.”
“Why play a game on the screen when you can actually go outside and play for real?!”
I despise seeing kids with their faces buried in screens!
DESPISE!
But I have my work cut out for me.
This boy wakes up from the night or a nap asking for the blue IPad.
When I say no, he asks for the black one.
When I say no, he gets smart and stops asking and swiped someone phone and hides.
Then we get in the car, and he tantrums it up to watch television.
Then he asks anyone who comes over to “watch da puter”.
It is a joke!
Good thing he still has one addiction that trumps all others.
His DayDay and his fingers.
Because after a few of these tantrums he has thrown lately, he really tires himself out!
This boy knows how anti I am about him losing teeth.
But even I am about ready for this hanger to come out.
And if you’ll notice — there is a little peek of Scout’s new tooth where his other was kicked out.
So far so good….I think it looks white and not grey!
Let’s hope.
For Christmas, Trilby and my Mom had Micah and my names. They collaborated and got us a night away at the Park Hyatt Aviara in San Diego, with all of the kids watched. There is nothing more we could have loved. We headed down Friday afternoon and walked into a really nice resort.
Our room was nice and big — and really clean!
And our view was beautiful.
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but seeing as I am not one to just hang in a hotel room for long, we made arrangements to meet up with Megan and Bryan to head out to a delicious dinner, and then get over to K2 for some racing.
We all went to “Market” and had an amazing three course meal.
My albacore tar tar was amongst my favorites.
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Then after we were as full as you can imagine, we went to K2 racing.
I was talking so much smack, because I knew I would wipe Micah out.
Unfortunately, the end scores that were posted for all to see made me eat my words.
I seriously don’t understand?
He looked like he was just cruising around, while I was whipping around every corner like a speed demon!
To make it interesting, we put a little wager on the race.
Everyone put in $10, and winner took all.
Congrats B.
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That night we went home sore and edified.
But right as we were closing our eyes, I had a tooth start to give me problems.
Too bad for me that it was giving me real problems….4 Advil problems.
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I finally fell asleep, and slept in until 10am.
After we got up and got dressed, we headed down to one of the best sushi lunches I’ve ever had.
It is a tiny shop with an old married couple making the sushi.
The word is that if you don’t get there within an hour or two after they open at 10:30, they sell out and close their doors.
Micah and I sat down to eat some of it, and it was so fresh and delicious.
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Then we packed up some of it, stopped for a Big Gulp and headed to the movies for a few back to back good ones.
Jack Ryan was great — full of action and a good story line.
Saving Mr. Banks was great, but an emotional roller coaster.
And let’s just say that I am not the only one who had red eyes leaving that film.
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Finally before we headed home, we stopped at one more place to eat some yummy food - Pamplemousse.
The food was good, but not like the night before.
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We literally had the funnest time together.
We didn’t have any cares but each other.
It was a blast.
But we were quickly back to reality when we called Dr. J. Packer and he said he would meet us at his office that night for an emergency root canal.
Nothing like a root canal with your husband as the assistant to get a girl out of “carefree” mode!
Micah works really close to Scout’s school, so if there are times when I have a few minutes to waste, I stop in for a surprise visit.
But now that Scout is older and more responsible, I let him escort Dash or Navy in.
They love to pop in and get treats, and Micah loves seeing them, and I love a few minutes of peace while Pippi sleeps in the back seat.
It was a win win for all involved.
Until I learned from a coworker named Wade Decker that he heard the microwave door open and close a bunch one day. After wondering what it was, he got up to check it out. Apparently it was my kids trying to pop their own popcorn. When he asked if he could help, they agreed because “[their] dad isn’t in his office”. And when he commented that he was impressed they found the place, Scout explained that it took them a really long time and a few offices before they did. Upon investigating, I found out that he went to the right place at first, but then left and looked around because Micah wasn’t there so they must have gotten it wrong. When they came down with a bag of burnt popcorn, I didn’t think much about it except that Micah had blown the popcorn. Then Scummy called me with “the funniest story from Wade Decker”. Oh crap! Looks like I will need to call Micah to make sure he isn’t away at a meeting the next time I let my little guy escort anyone to Daddy’s office!
I signed Navy up for “Dance and Song”, and she could not have been enrolled in a more fitting class!
They are currently working on a routine where they do a choreographed dance and then sing a bit to “Let it Go” from Frozen.
Did I say Frozen?
Enough said!
This girl is in Heaven!
This boy is even smiling when he has the nastiest nose on earth!
I am not sure if I am blinded my a mother’s love, because I still find him as cute as ever with the world’s longest snot string.
But so did Bella, so either we are both blind, or we are both his mother.
ON our way to school the day after Navy’s birthday, we made sure to gussy her up.
We didn’t want anyone to mistake this day for just another day.
So she wore a bright pink crown.
And made sure to buckle up Panda — her new backpack Auggie bought her from the zoo.
Because it was pretty important that Panda, who was carrying all of the blow pop suckers she was going to hand out to her classmates, was really safe!
It is absolutely unreal that Navy turned five today. How this girl is growing so quickly kind of makes me sick! But we had quite the day (especially after an entire day of sickies) where we celebrated until late into the night.
It all started off at 4:30 am when I surprised Navy in the “middle of the night” for a mommy and me date to donuts.
All of my kids love a night time donut run, and she has been asking for one for a long time — so jumped right up when I woke her.
After she picked out a donut for herself and everyone at home, she and I sat in the car as I told her about the day, five years before, when she came into my life as “the cleanest baby ever”!
Then I told her my five favorite things about her, and then we both went into the warm house and went back to bed.
Then this girl wanted to spend the day with cousins at the zoo.
So we met up with the Brockbanks and had a super fun day!
Foot massages.
Shoulder Rides.
Cousins!
Checking out who knows what?
Hanging with the hippos — the best attraction of the day for the second zoo visit in a row.
The Pips hanging on Megan’s shoulder.
Dash getting scared of the fake gorilla.
The hummingbird whose life I saved.
A group of Chinese tourists actually applauded me when I finally got this bird to safety.
These besties.
This tired little one as the day wore on.
Nothing a stroller ride couldn’t cure.
Apparently this was one great stroller ride because Dash conked out!
And the icing on Navy’s cake today was when Auggie told her she got to pick something from the gift shop.
I poo poo’d this backpack, but she loved it and Auggie ignored me!
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After a long day of walking around, we headed to Bluewater for a yummy dinner with everyone.
Let’s just say it did not disappoint.
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And then it was time to head home where Micah had a surprise waiting….
Her present all set up (a stand that serves a lot of purposes)…
…with a homemade cake made by him (with purple “Frozen” cake)…
…that was dug into immediately!
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I don’t think that anything we could have done that day would have beat out a day with cousins at the zoo, except possibly Frozen with the cousins.
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Happy Birthday to the spiciest/sweetest little 5-year-old girl in town!
Both of my boys woke up sick this morning. It started with Dash feeling warm, and being as whiny as ever. I took his temp, and it was 102. So back to bed he went. And then poor little Scout started saying his eyes hurt by the middle of the day. Soon after he had a 101.2 temp. Good thing Nurse Navy and Mommy took over. We took temps, made food, handed over the remote, made sick beds, etc.
At the end of our shift together, we talked about our two patients.
Patient 1 was as good as gold.
He never asked for anything, and just kept staying upbeat through chills and hot flashes.
He would try to be part of what was going on in the household, and before we knew it he was gone.
He kept ending up in different beds throughout the house back asleep.
The few times he could bear to eat, he asked for toast with butter and honey.
He would eat half, go back to bed, and wake up later to finish it off.
His constant rest had him feeling a bit better by nightfall.
And the next morning, he was all better.
So good, that he was up at 6:00am, got himself bathed and dressed, and came to find me to tell me he was ready for the day!
Clearly, he was sick of being cooped up!
Patient 2 left lots of room for improvement.
He drank like a camel all day long, and the second he was finished with his Gatorade, he demanded more.
He whined about EVERYTHING!
He threw a few tantrums, but even when sick, Mama doesn’t do tantrums.
His saving grace was that he went to sleep without a fight.
But when he was up again, he had a torrential tantrum when the “Blue IPad” was out of batteries.
I plugged it in to charge it, and five minutes later, he found it and pulled it out to play with it again.
Then ten minutes later — when the batteries were out again….you guessed it!
Tantrum central.
When night time came, Nurse Navy and I were thrilled to get him to bed.
Good thing he went happily, and slept like a champ throughout the night.
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The moral of this story….
Scout is uncommonly good for a sick male.
Dash is right there with the rest of all males.
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