Last weekend we were cleaning up the house before heading out to the hubby's company picnic. There was a cooler of leftover soda pop from the t-ball swimming party. The hubby was having the kids carry cans of pop downstairs to the "pop" fridge. Red came upstairs in no apparent hurry and in her "true fashion" she came up to tell us what seemed like...a story. She said it with all the dramatic flair of the story-teller that she is - waving her hands, spinning around the room as she talked, but with little emotion. It went something like this... "Daddy when I was downstairs, I tripped and fell. And I dropped the cans of pop that I was holding. And now they are exploding downstairs." The hubby immediately dropped what he was doing and ran downstairs to investigate and clean up any mess. When he returned, I just burst out laughing because instead of yelling up the stairs OR coming up to say "SOME POP IS EXPLODING!" she so nonchalantly, in the longest version possible told us what was going on downstairs. Turns out, the cans of soda pop that she dropped were not even the ones that were exploding, so the hubby couldn't even find the right ones at first.
I still laugh when I think about it...it was soooo funny.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
Where has the summer gone?
Here we are past the 4th of July and I haven't written on here since the end of May. It's been a whirlwind of summer activity....And I was so worried that we wouldn't have enough to do! Instead it's been not having enough time to do anything fun! I posted something on facebook at the beginning of the summer about our "Taxi" service. Wow! I wasn't joking. I really feel like my summer has been spent driving the kids everywhere and being a referee for their fights.
We started the summer with a week to do NOTHING!!! A week to recover from school being over, to enjoy doing nothing and to get bored. Then it was a week of shuttling kids to Bible Schools in nearby towns. Then it was my birthday! Woo hoo:) I wish that lasted a whole week! Then swimming lessons for two weeks. Then a big party on the 3rd of July and another party on the 4th of July. All the time t-ball was going on with two games a week - and the hubby coaching the team by the way. Now we are rounding out our summer activities with a t-ball tournament ending SATURDAY. Honestly, I can't wait. I loved the one hour games two times a week, but I think we are all ready for it to be done.
After this tournament, we have two weeks to enjoy our summer again. I'm hoping to do a little swimming, go to the Discovery Center and take the kids to ride the train at the park.
How have the kids changed? They are starting to sleep in a little bit. Thomas can tell time, so he knows to stay in bed a little later- at least past 7am and the late nights have Mini sleeping until 9am! Red is somewhere in the middle. They all enjoy being in the water, even if they don't like to go under, they sure enjoy swimming around with tubes and pool toys. Thomas has watched more Star Wars than I ever thought possible and if fighting like a Jedi with a light saber was a real job, I'd say he'd have a pretty good shot!
In a couple of weeks we will be heading out in the family truckster to go on our family vaca. I am really excited for that. The kids are a little older, they'll be able to enjoy things a little more. Should be a great time.
I saw a co-worker at the grocery store today. Someone I dearly love and it made me miss being at work a little bit. WOW, I never thought I would say that. I mean I only work one day a week, but I really enjoy that day. Especially when she is there. Wish I could see her more often.
Anyway, the summer is half over and I can't believe it. The month of June went by faster than a Jedi in spaceship.
We started the summer with a week to do NOTHING!!! A week to recover from school being over, to enjoy doing nothing and to get bored. Then it was a week of shuttling kids to Bible Schools in nearby towns. Then it was my birthday! Woo hoo:) I wish that lasted a whole week! Then swimming lessons for two weeks. Then a big party on the 3rd of July and another party on the 4th of July. All the time t-ball was going on with two games a week - and the hubby coaching the team by the way. Now we are rounding out our summer activities with a t-ball tournament ending SATURDAY. Honestly, I can't wait. I loved the one hour games two times a week, but I think we are all ready for it to be done.
After this tournament, we have two weeks to enjoy our summer again. I'm hoping to do a little swimming, go to the Discovery Center and take the kids to ride the train at the park.
How have the kids changed? They are starting to sleep in a little bit. Thomas can tell time, so he knows to stay in bed a little later- at least past 7am and the late nights have Mini sleeping until 9am! Red is somewhere in the middle. They all enjoy being in the water, even if they don't like to go under, they sure enjoy swimming around with tubes and pool toys. Thomas has watched more Star Wars than I ever thought possible and if fighting like a Jedi with a light saber was a real job, I'd say he'd have a pretty good shot!
In a couple of weeks we will be heading out in the family truckster to go on our family vaca. I am really excited for that. The kids are a little older, they'll be able to enjoy things a little more. Should be a great time.
I saw a co-worker at the grocery store today. Someone I dearly love and it made me miss being at work a little bit. WOW, I never thought I would say that. I mean I only work one day a week, but I really enjoy that day. Especially when she is there. Wish I could see her more often.
Anyway, the summer is half over and I can't believe it. The month of June went by faster than a Jedi in spaceship.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)