we woke up the other morning to pistachio nuts all over the kids' bedroom floor. when i asked them what the mess was, elizabeth piped up.
"your nuts, mom!"
this is a time, where the correct punctuation was VERY important!
Thursday, July 26, 2012
visits
oh, how i love visits from my family! the problem is that they never last as long as i'd like.
my grandparents normally go visit my family every july/august. they are getting on in years, and no longer like making the 20 hour drive (can't say as i blame them. i'm only in my early 30's and I don't like making the drive). this year, they brought my family out here.
mom, dad, benson, and nathan, left home early evening on friday the 20th, and got to my house in sugar city early afternoon on saturday. they stayed with us until monday evening. they had to be in provo to help spencer and molly move tuesday morning. how the rest of their visit went and will go, i don't know.
the problem they run into when they come out, is that they have so many people they should go see. we are the only ones in idaho. grandma and grandpa perry are in the ogden area. grandma brady and spencer are in provo. it's hard when you have to divide your limited time among so many people
my grandparents normally go visit my family every july/august. they are getting on in years, and no longer like making the 20 hour drive (can't say as i blame them. i'm only in my early 30's and I don't like making the drive). this year, they brought my family out here.
mom, dad, benson, and nathan, left home early evening on friday the 20th, and got to my house in sugar city early afternoon on saturday. they stayed with us until monday evening. they had to be in provo to help spencer and molly move tuesday morning. how the rest of their visit went and will go, i don't know.
the problem they run into when they come out, is that they have so many people they should go see. we are the only ones in idaho. grandma and grandpa perry are in the ogden area. grandma brady and spencer are in provo. it's hard when you have to divide your limited time among so many people
neccessity is the mother of invention
we had quite the day yesterday. we had some errands to run in town, and decided to take advantage of the free lunches still going on at the park. while we were there, shannon had to go to the bathroom, so i sent her off. she didn't make it in time.
i didn't have any extra clothes for her. i also didn't have the time or the gas to go back home and get some. so, we took a dish towel that we did have, and made a "skirt" for her. i keep some safety pins in the emergency kit in the car. it kept her covered, and we were able to finish our errands.
when we got home, we put a pair of undies on her, and she continued to wear the dish towel until it was time for bed.
as the day continued to be crazy, unfortunately, i wasn't able to get a picture.
i didn't have any extra clothes for her. i also didn't have the time or the gas to go back home and get some. so, we took a dish towel that we did have, and made a "skirt" for her. i keep some safety pins in the emergency kit in the car. it kept her covered, and we were able to finish our errands.
when we got home, we put a pair of undies on her, and she continued to wear the dish towel until it was time for bed.
as the day continued to be crazy, unfortunately, i wasn't able to get a picture.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
sigh
I thought it was Tuesday. But it sure felt like a Monday this morning.
I was nursing Michael, and Shaun was trying to wake up. The older two were allowed to sleep on the porch again, and the two little girls went out there after they woke up. Everyone was inside for breakfast, except for Ashley. Shaun called out to the older kids to find Ashley. Elizabeth came back in saying that Ashley had blood on her chin, and all the way down to her toes. Shaun went out to investigate. He came back in just after I finished feeding Michael. As Elizabeth had said, she did indeed have blood on her chin, and it had dripped all the way down the front of her to her toes.
Shaun discovered that she had been in or on the back stairwell, and had fallen. There are blood drops in the stairwell.
I got her cleaned up, and decided that she needed to go in and get stitches. I finished feeding Michael, got dressed and took her in.
3 stitches, and 2 x-rays later, we are doing better. We did the x-rays because she was complaining about her arm, but there was nothing obvious. Nothing showed on the x-rays, but she's kept complaining about her arm. The doctor told me to come back in on Thursday if she's still complaining about her arm. I'm a little frustrated that he only put 3 stitches in. after we got home, she started bleeding out of one of the corners. I made a butterfly and put it over the corner. If he had started a little closer to the end of the cut, he could have gotten 4 stitches. I know that the butterfly will hold, so I'm not too concerned.
I was nursing Michael, and Shaun was trying to wake up. The older two were allowed to sleep on the porch again, and the two little girls went out there after they woke up. Everyone was inside for breakfast, except for Ashley. Shaun called out to the older kids to find Ashley. Elizabeth came back in saying that Ashley had blood on her chin, and all the way down to her toes. Shaun went out to investigate. He came back in just after I finished feeding Michael. As Elizabeth had said, she did indeed have blood on her chin, and it had dripped all the way down the front of her to her toes.
Shaun discovered that she had been in or on the back stairwell, and had fallen. There are blood drops in the stairwell.
I got her cleaned up, and decided that she needed to go in and get stitches. I finished feeding Michael, got dressed and took her in.
3 stitches, and 2 x-rays later, we are doing better. We did the x-rays because she was complaining about her arm, but there was nothing obvious. Nothing showed on the x-rays, but she's kept complaining about her arm. The doctor told me to come back in on Thursday if she's still complaining about her arm. I'm a little frustrated that he only put 3 stitches in. after we got home, she started bleeding out of one of the corners. I made a butterfly and put it over the corner. If he had started a little closer to the end of the cut, he could have gotten 4 stitches. I know that the butterfly will hold, so I'm not too concerned.
Friday, July 6, 2012
What?
The kids and I have tried to start reading every night. Our track record is pretty bad with this. I think we've only read one once. I suppose I should start the book over again. We only got one chapter into the book, so it shouldn't be too bad.
We started the Percy Jackson series. One night at dinner, we were talking about it, and the fact that there is a movie came up. I told them that the book came first, and the movie came later.
Elizabeth all of a sudden pipes up and says, "They decided to make the movie, like a head in a cake."
WHAT?!
We started the Percy Jackson series. One night at dinner, we were talking about it, and the fact that there is a movie came up. I told them that the book came first, and the movie came later.
Elizabeth all of a sudden pipes up and says, "They decided to make the movie, like a head in a cake."
WHAT?!
Funny daddy
Michael, last night, spit up quite a bit.
Shaun, noticing this said, "you'd better be careful, or we'll have to start calling you Barfolomew!"
AH! We laughed SO hard!!!
Shaun, noticing this said, "you'd better be careful, or we'll have to start calling you Barfolomew!"
AH! We laughed SO hard!!!
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