We're Free!!

I was so excited to be getting away from my downstairs neighbors that I was going to make up a little diddy along the lines of Andy's "Oompa Loompa Dwight's gone" song. Until strep throat robbed me of the will to live and it was all I could do to get through the day. That lovely illness was followed by some wretchedly painful episode involving my tonsils. My doctor's office is always being too busy to see someone who is actually sick send me to the Urgent Care where some 18 year old PA glanced at my throat (with no light or tongue depressor I might add!) declared me fine and said I probably had mono. Ummm thanks so much for wasting my time and money dingle beary. Can I get a refund please? Anyways I'm much better and back to making fun of the world around me (obviously) It is so nice to not have to yell at the kids all day everytime they so much as begin to hop. Our new place is not without its faults but it is a million times better. We have a yard, storage, and no downstairs neighbors. This is the best thing we've had happen in years. (man that is sad)

One downfall of this move is that I'm now driving the girls to school, which means 3 trips a day at 30 minutes each. Good times. Since I am the current record holder for the latest mom in the world, this obviously is causing a problem. We are always late. (although I have made the recent discovery that when going places without the kids I can usually manage to make it on time, so my blaming it on the kids must be sortof legit) All of the driving is really cutting into Connor's nap so rather than pick the girls up at the school, they ride the bus back to the old place and I pick them up. If I'm late they're supposed to go to McKenzie's friend Eriana's house. The first time I was late, I didn't know it and sat there waiting. I was surprised when the girls walked up from behind the car. They said they were walking to Eriana's when Kenzie felt that she should turn around. I was late again today (only the 2nd time yeah me) but I knew I was so I drove straight to Eriana's. The girls were there but told me this story. When they got off the bus and I wasn't there they didn't know what to do, even though they've been told. They couldn't decide if they should wait for me or walk to Eriana's. So they walked all around until they found a dry spot, then knelt down and said a prayer. When they got up they felt like they should walk to Eriana's. I was so impressed that my girls thought to do that. I would have loved to have seen my two little girls kneeling in prayer on the sidewalk over a problem. Needless to say McKenzie is getting my old tracfone for these occasions so she can call me while they walk straight to Eriana's with Eriana.

Out of the mouth of babes

My kids seem to continually say and do the goofiest things. I sometimes wonder what people think goes on in our home. Sunday I left Sacrament meeting because I really had to pee. When I came back Hailey wanted to know where I was. Now when Hailey talks in church she doesn't whisper. She talks just like your half way across the room from her at home and she wants to make sure she's heard.
"Mom where'd you go?" Whispering I say, "To the bathroom Ha." Getting louder now "Oh did you have to poop?" "No, I had a bunch of water to drink before church and I had to pee really bad." Very understandingl she replies "Oh did you pee in your pants?" "No Ha I did not" "well then what took you so long?" (I had to fix my tights.)
I can only assume she thought this because I usually try to restrict Sacrament meeting bathroom trips to emergencies only. But I really had to pee.

Greg of course came to Relief Society with me because you know how mean those primary teachers are. Usually when I lead the music he stretches out across every available seat and takes a rest from his strenuous tantrum throwing. However, during the closing song on Sunday, he perked right up and sang along. I could tell it was nowhere close to what we were singing (How Beautiful Thy Temples Lord) or even the same rhythm. When our song ended Greg kept right on singing loudly as can be "Truly Scrumptious you too are truly scrumptios..."

When we were walking in from the parking lot home Greg slipped on a hill he was climbing and slid down on his bum. He proceeded to continue walk in crying and fussing. When I said "Oh Greggers you're ok", he immediately stopped fussing and said "Yeah I know" and ran off. What a drama boy

Tonight we went to my parents' house for my Dad's birthday. During dinner the kids kept asking Dave to get them things over and over. Finally my dad said to one of them "why don't you go get it yourself, you know where it is, your dads not your slave." Greggers piped up "No mommy's my slave." To which Hailey replied " No mommy says she's NOT our slave." Umm, I think Greggers definately has some mommy issues. Sa's going to have to retrain him because I'm obviously doing a poor job.

Hailey's 1st lost tooth

Hailey's had this loose tooth for long enough that I'd forgotten about it even being loose. Sunday afternoon Dave was swinging her upside down and it just popped out. She was so excited to loose her first tooth! It makes her feel like such a big girl. The tooth fairy even left her a gold dollar and a note. (in case you're wondering how the tooth fairy knows when to come to your house, she has a giant map that lights up on your house when someone there loses a tooth.)

Lessons from primary

Greggers has quit going to primary because his beloved Cameron and Markus aren't there anymore after our ward split. How do you explain to a three year old that his ward has been split into pieces and now there's no one there he knows anymore? As you can imagine church now consists of Greg clinging to me, sucking his lip for comfort. When we try to walk into the primary room, he wraps his arms and legs around me and screams "Noooo, no primary! I no like primary!" When I asked him why he said "because Cramwron and Markus not there." I tried to convince that the new kids and teachers were nice too to which he said " NO they bite my fingers like this (demonstrates) and hit me and are mean." I highly doubt it. I think he's reliving some afternoons with Hailey, not primary. Apparantly he must have accidentally absorbed something while we sit in there with him crying, because tonight during family home evening he started rambling on about primary and a bunch of stuff we didn't get but at the end he said "and then the Holy Ghost went home." To which Dave replied "it must have been to our family home evening."

Little Twilighters

My kids are totally obsessed with the Twilight soundtrack. They are constantly requesting it. This is them singing their favorite song, track 5 by Mutemath. They call it the Aaaawwww song.

Being Late

So most of you know that I have a chronic lateness problem. It seems no matter how hard I try or how much time I give myself, I am still late. There is always a reason, but I'm sure it just sounds like I'm making excuses most of the time.

To reinterate my point let me share with you today's experience. We had an appointment to meet with our new landlord at noon. I ran down to warm up the car while I got shoes and coats on. I got Connor ready, then went to snag Greg, only to find that he'd used this short window of time to poop in his underwear. Never a quick cleanup. I raced through as quickly as I could and redressed him. As I'm putting Greg's shoes back on, Connor crawls by with a very telling odor. Are you kidding me?! By the time I get my second stinky boy changed and redressed its now the time we should be there. Had they held out for half an hour we could have been on time. It seems like no matter what I do, I destined to be late.

Hailey's birthday party

Despite the neighbors intentions, Hailey's birthday party was a lot of fun. The girls made necklaces and put on makeup. Hailey's friend Hannah got her a Barbie swimming pool. You haven't lived until you've played with a Barbie pool that actually holds water! Luckily I made them fill it up in the bathroom because when they were done they decided to just dump it out on the floor rather than the sink or tub.

Maryann, Hannah, McKenzie, and Hailey

Hailey's very excited about her birthday cake.

Hailey really wanted a ballerina cake like I made McKenzie a few years back. Of course she decided this after I'd already been shopping for her party. Lucky for her I had to make a milk run so I could get the extra stuff for this mondo cake.