"Sticky" Somethin'

Good evening! So far Molly has come down to say her cheek hurt, Mike has come down twice, the first time to see what time I'll come up and check on him and the second to get a puke bowl for his supposed stomach ache. In the middle of those visits we hear a thud and cry start, Jack was headed down the stairs to tell us he's too hot to sleep. He's ok, slipped on the freshly cleaned carpet on the steps was all. Why is bedtime not stickin' tonight?! The freshly cleaned carpeting came this morning from the professionals. We had to call 'em in after the puke incident night before last. Picture if you will, me totally conked and thinking I'm dreaming, talking out loud, only for Erk to wake up and say "what's goin on?" in a confused voice, waking me up from my dream. Only it wasn't a dream, Jack was standing there in the pitch dark telling me he puked. I startled awake and sat up to head upstairs with him. Rounded the floor and stepped in something wet at the bottom of the stairs. So on went the upstairs hall light. Yep, it was puke. I limped with my toes pointing to the ceiling into the kitchen for paper towel. Grabbed the whole roll figuring I'd need it. And a plastic garbage bag too. Wiped up the puke on the laminate floor and saw it was also on the bottom 2 stairs in a trickle effect. Wiped that up best I could at 12:35am half awake and continued on to find my treasure. Not quite to the top of the steps I am greeted with even more. Step 10, 11 and 12 caught supper too. Wiped those with my nifty paper towel and continued around the corner where it was almost laid out snake like down the long hallway. I could mentally picture him covering his mouth, trying to keep it in but seeping out (sorry for the visual, I'm just sayin'). Wipe, wipe, wipe, and into Jack's room where I thought we'd be done. The couple of stairs and hallway were only crumbs compared to what was waiting for me in there. Poor Jack, in the shadows asked me if I was mad. "Of course I'm not mad, buddy! I'm just not really with it, cleaning up puke." The cleanup in his room took the longest with a lot of stepping on paper towels and dabbing. Knowing they had had pizza for dinner and not really being able to see if I was doing a decent job cleaning it up or not, when the morning came we decided a carpet cleaner would be best. And it was, the carpets have never looked so good up there! And this isn't the first time we've had them cleaned. Nice to feel fluffy and clean under our feet... And today was met with some fun for the boys especially. Both of their baseball practices got cancelled due to weather but they, along with Daddy's help with the chain saw, started to make their bike trail that's been talked about for months. Thru the "sticky forrest", leading down into the "tall grass" and around and up our side yard. Just after dinner they wanted me to come see it, so I headed out with Erk's coat on to see what they'd done. We walked the trail, with the exception of Molly and Jack, Molly was lagging behind carrying her pink scooter thinking that would work as her ride down the trail. Once she made it to where we were waiting to watch Jack, she set the scooter down and around the corner he came (on Mike's bike cause his brakes aren't working so well). Around and into the tall grass where he met a small tree that took him out. Then it was Mike's turn, down he came, around into the tall grass where he tipped over. They walked us up and around to show me the trail, how fun it'll be once they have their path all worn down.

T-Ball

Jack passin the time

runnin away! Papa and Jack (Nanny was there too!)

I love this pic of bro and sis watching Mikie practice

Sprinkler Effect

Even with waking up ornery today, the Lord provided for me in a big way! The kids were with Nanny and Papa today so I got to fly some things solo. I got to enjoy a nice lunch with my wonderful friend Phyllis. We always share many laughs and walk down memory lane. Great times! Then I got to see Lindsey and her little dude Greyson. It was great to catch up and visit over hot chocolate. After that I came on home to work on some bizz stuff, watched GH, ate some leftovers and headed out to see Mikie's first t-ball practice of the season. He's SO FUNNY. He surely showed his compassionate side tonight going over to see if he could help another boy who was crying. Running to pick-up baseballs so the coach wouldn't have to. He's a good boy :) I had a riot running around the playground chasing Jack after being asked 14 times to play tag :) He's quick! Certainly has me beat. My moves to slither from getting tagged aren't as sharp as they once were. I ain't as good as I once was... I truly enjoyed his laughter as I ran after him! Just giddy, I loved it! Miss Molly had to pee (of course, one of my biggest fears being porta pottys). So we ventured on over only to find the JON was locked. "Oh darn!" I thought in my own mind laughing at my own joke, til I realized that didn't change the fact that she had to go. So I had the brilliant idea to hang on to her while she leaned back in a sitting position. I forgot to figure in the "sprinkler effect" us ladies have and got some pee on my Uggs as well as her undies and pants that were at her knees. Good thing I had a change of clothes in the truck parked not too far away!

Meet ZOE

Zoe was a big hit for the kids :) Even with Papa putting her in Jack's face!

wondering what she'll pull next!

i'm lovin' my new colorful earrings

Em and Mousie

Molly loves Emily, even with some shyness, she wants to hang with Em. It's SO cute!

Some digital scrapbook pages to share

look how young Jack is!

i love this new kit i got, cute papers or what!?

Jack's Album

Just this past week, Erk had 170 of my digital scrapbook pages printed for me, all for Jack's album. It sure is fun to look back on him and how much he's grown! WOW! Pages from 2007 - current, it was fun piecing them all together in the order they need to go in for his album. I can't wait to do the same for Mike and Mousie once I get organized. Good thing I know someone who prints pages, otherwise this would be quite costly! :) Church was nice this morning, followed by Little Caesars pizza (I ate too much). The kids are doing quiet time right now, although it's more like LOUD time, but that's ok. They are playing together and no one is yelling or mad. Bean is zonked on the couch and Erk is dinkin' around. In a bit, we'll go over so Jack and Mikie can meet Nan and Pa's pup, Zoe, before they head back home tomorrow. Have a wonderful evening!