Maybe we should go to Vegas

So, Brandon and the kids and I played Yahtzee tonight. For the first time we let Levi play too. He actually did a fantastic job taking turns and rolling the dice (even if sometimes they went flying off the table). The most incredible part about it though, was that all of the kids rolled a Yahtzee at least once, and Mason rolled it Twice. All of the kids were able to just magically produce what ever they needed (like, you need a Full house, POOF rolled a full house!)

After watching that, and considering that we have already banned the kids from college due to their propensity to drink, Maybe we should go to Vegas :)

Rough day and such

So, I had a bad day. Those of you I talked to today know all the crabby pants little details. I have decided that I quit adult hood. I just want to sit around and hang out with my kids, play games, and eat ice cream. Can I do that?

Other than being a kinda yucky day, the rest of life is going well, I suppose.

On the potty front; Charlotte is making big strides in the pants peeing arena. Mason has stopped wetting the bed completely (almost three months now with NO ACCIDENTS WOOHOO!!). Levi is looking like he won't be too hard to potty train, except when Gramma feeds him cherries, pits and all! He goes and hides to go poop, and then come out sticks his butt up to me and says "POOPY!" Not very impressive to those of you who don't have kids, but super exciting to you fellow mommies. Garrett was having a rough time with the number 2 this week, but, boy o' boy, did he fix that this afternoon! Did this topic just go into TMI?

I got my arm tattoo refilled today. Some of the black didn't initially heal right and then I got pregnant, so it couldn't be fixed right away. It really really hurt, but it is really really black now, so the pay off is worth it. I also made the appointment to have Garrett added on to my leg with the rest of the kids. It is funny how excited I am about going to get poked with needles!

After months of fighting the carpet store, they are going to replace my carpeting in the living room and front room. The seam that I asked them to relocate before they installed the carpet (which of course they didn't) is splitting apart and ruining the carpet. Lots and lots of reminding them that I am a paying customer and this is my house has resulted in them no longer trying to figure out how to repair the carpet that exists, and just replace it all together. Uncle Bill says "the apple doesn't fall from the tree", so I guess I am turning into my mother whether I want to or not!

Selling the house is kinda a bummer. We haven't had much activity and with the current state of the economy, I don't know if we will. I know that there is a plan for me, I am just too much of a control freak to sit back and let it happen! Other than the fact that I have to figure out how to make some money in order to stay here, I really do like my house and where I live. I could do without the traffic that has all of a sudden popped up on RT 38, but who's complaining?

This particular blog is starting to seem self serving, so I will probably quit while I am ahead. I feel good blabbing about what is going on in life, even if I didn't write it too eloquently. At least I can't be accused of making anyone cry with this one!!

More MisAdventures in Parenting

First... Congratulations to my cousin Shannon on the birth of her second baby girl! (and consequently, good friggin luck raising girls! Better you than me)

So it's been awhile since I shared with you all of what is going on in our life, but that is just because sooo much is going on.

Charlotte was sick the week before Memorial Day. She ran a REALLY high fever, 103+ for more than a week. It was scary and frustrating and draining. But, happily, after a combo of antibiotics and a few trips to the chiropractor, losing a large portion of her body weight, she is good as new. Now, as long as I don't kill her, it will be great. Last night she we had a slight tiff before she went off to bed. It ended in me telling her to go to bed, right now, no questions asked. About an hour later, I felt pretty guilty for yelling at her at bed time and I went into tuck her in and kiss her on the forehead. Surely she would be asleep by now. HAHAHA

She was laying in bed surrounded by shreds of paper. I was a little confused, and then she pointed at the ridiculously expensive Tinkerbell border on her wall. She had been tearing tiny little pieces off of the border for the last hour. But, she only got the first layer of the border, so there is still white paper backing attached to the wall. Normally, I would have just been angry, because I am getting better at accepting that stuff is just stuff and if it gets broken we live with out it. However....our house is on the market and now I have to replace the border. It is hard to dish out the consequence of "now you have to sleep in an ugly room" if I have to fix it before the next showing!

She is currently still sleeping (tearing border at 10 pm must be hard work) and I haven't decided what punishment is appropriate, so any and all suggestions would be gladly accepted and considered. And, thank you to Janelle for offering to bail me out if I kill her!

The rest of the kids haven't been quite as exciting this week. Levi is becoming more and more my brother every day and that is just so much fun I can hardly stand it! (how do you accurately write sarcasm within the text?) He sings constantly, which is fairly amusing because he doesn't say too much that is really intelligible. He also has started "bonking" when he is tired. Those of you who know my brother have been blessed by that experience before. It won't be long before I have to take apart the bunk beds to save Mason's sanity!

If we don't sell the house soon we are going to have to do some minor room moving and remodeling. Garrett is starting to wiggle an awful lot in his cradle and he will soon need to move to the crib. That means another bed in the boys room which currently will not fit. We have to swap the boys to the bigger room. Brandon is so looking forward to moving all of our furniture again!

Well, I have more to say, but Levi is currently arguing with the dog about eating his oatmeal, so I have to go re-explain why we only eat our breakfast at the kitchen table. Look for more posts later on today!