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Well, he survived! I can't believe that Joshua is almost 4 1/2 and is in preschool. I remember when he was a baby, thinking I'd never sleep again. I remember when he was a toddler, thinking he'd communicate through screaming for the rest of his life. Well, last night he didn't sleep well, and he screamed almost all the way to preschool...we actually had to stop for a nervous-potty break halfway to school...serious anxiety! When I picked him up, though, he was smiling, and he talked my ear off about his day. All of a sudden he's so big!

And, I'm off to rescue Sam...the boys are mauling her...so that's it!

(Ewww, did you notice how badly my porch needs to be painted? Gross.)

Tagged

Alright, Lyndsey, here goes....
(these all have to be one word answers)

1:Where is your cell phone? ~ diaperbag
2:Where is your significant other? ~ school
3:Your hair color? ~ brown
4:Your mother? ~ protective
5:Your father? ~ quiet
6:Your favorite thing? ~ baseball
7: Your dream last night? ~ random
8:Your dream/goal? ~ lots
9:The room you're in? ~ office?
10:Your hobby? ~ many
11:Your fear? ~ spiders
12:Where do you want to be in 6 years? ~ here
13:Where were you last night? ~ home
14:What you're not? ~ messy
15:One of your wish list items? ~ pancakepuff
16:Where you grew up? ~ nutley
17:The last thing you did? ~ poopydiaper
18:What are you wearing? ~ jeans
19:Your TV? ~ off
20:Your pet? NEVER
21:Your computer? ~ junk
22:Your mood? ~ serene
23:Missing someone? ~ always
24:Your car? ~ needstobevacuumed
25:Something you're not wearing? ~ jewlery
26:Favorite store? ~ target
27:Your summer? ~ whirlwind
28:Love someone? ~ of course
29:Your favorite color? ~ purple
30:When is the last time you laughed? ~ fewminutesagowhilereadingmysister'sblog
31:When is the last time you cried? ~ thismorningcausewehaveanewneice!!!

I don't like one worders. That's very difficult! I tag whomever would like to do it!

Remembering...

The House that Ruth Built.

Last night I set out the kids' church clothes, and this morning Luke (our daddy is home! Yay! (He's been gone for 28 days...) got the kids dressed while I got ready. Over the hum of my blow dryer, I heard a low rumble, increasing, until Luke the hurricane blew in saying, "THESE ARE NOT CHURCH CLOTHES!!!!" It was Samantha's Yankee outfit, which she proudly wore to church today.

Fast forward to after church, kids are napping, Luke finds me in our room in my jammies, wrapped up in my Yankee blanket, watching ESPN. He dons his Mariner's jacket in protest, and flees...I think I caught the word "infidel" in his mumblings.

(And, probably in direct result of my bad Sabbath-day habits, my worst nightmare was realized today...I got called as the Primary Chorister.)

So, I'm sad to see Yankee Stadium go. For Christmas, I want the giant scale model Yankee Stadium that they have at Mickey Mantle's restaurant in Manhattan, okay?!

My great-uncle, talking to Luke yesterday, made mention that my grandpa would probably be there in spirit today. Grandpa, I'm jealous, have fun!

New Trick

So excited!!!

I did it! Look at me!!

I did it! Look at me!

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Observations about COSTCO

I love Costco. My kids love Costco. Here are some funny things about Costco and it's shoppers.

*Husbands and wives come together. They hit the sample stands separately and strategically, saying, "I'm just going to grab one for my husband." Double the samples. Admit it, you've done it.

*Old guys go there for tube socks. Every single old man I see at Costco has a huge cart with nothing but tube socks...and whatever was up for sampling that day.

*Your grocery total has an uncanny (and unappreciated) correlation to the time of day. $210 at 2:10...I'm not kidding.

*They already have their Christmas stuff out. The worst part? I zombied over to the Christmas displays today, thinking, "I DO need more wrapping paper," before I snapped out of it and decided to make Halloween plans instead.

Speaking of Christmas, Joshua asked me today how to spell, "Injured turtle." Apparently, it's time to write to Santa, and Joshua wants an "injured turtle." (Heroes in a half-shell, turtle power.)

Worst night ever...

Falls asleep at 11 p.m. (three hours after the other kids, not cool)
Up at 12:30
Up at 2:30, watches Fresh Prince until 4:30
Up at 5:30
Up at 7 a.m.

I suppose every baby is entitled to a few bad nights. But she picked the wrong night to go on sleeping/nursing strike. I think I'm getting sick which made it even worse. My fingers are even achy...I can't type correctly, much less put together a coherent sentence. Poor Joshua is so bored sitting here at home while EmJ is at school, but I don't think I can go anywhere today. He's going to have to learn to entertain himself because as soon as naptime rolls around, I'm going to sleep, too. If I don't drop right here at the computer first.

I need a vacation...and a massage.

In other news, I attended EmJ's back to school night last night. For the last week and a half, she has been begging to buy lunch. I told her that she could pick a few days to buy when we get a calendar/menu. Every day, I reminded her to ask her teacher for one. Then, last night, as I was going through EmJ's desk in her classroom (like any good mom would!), what did I find? The lunch menu. It's been there all year, she just never brought it home. I found an inch high stack of important papers, which, had I known about, would have saved me a little bit of grief. Did you know picture day is next week? Neither did I. Good thing they had curriculum night when they did.

And the saga continues..Sam is clearly tired (suprise!), but will not eat, sleep, or be comforted. Sigh...fussy babies are new territory for me.

Doctor Fun

Samantha's six month stats: 16 lbs. 4 oz., and a sinus infection, no longer fond of sleeping...

But that's not the fun part of going to the doctor. The fun part is that cool doctor stool. You know, the one that rolls?! Yup. It's super fun to get a running start, jump on it, and sail across the doctor's office. Of course, the office is only six feet wide...so a certain four year old went right through the wall. Think tazmanian devil.

Okay, it wasn't that bad, but there is a forehead-shaped dent now in a certain exam room. I swear, every time I take my children to the doctor the nurses and doctors smile at us with a certain wariness as we walk down the hall...

And it doesn't end there. After the doctor, we went had a few minutes before I had to pick up EmJ from school, so I went to get my ring cleaned. Guess what they have at the jewlers? Yup. Little rolling stools! Oh yay! Apparently the four year old did NOT learn his lesson. He didn't break any glass, but I have a gash and bruise on my ankle. As we left, the sales lady said, though clenched teeth, "You have such cute kids!"

He makes me tired. Just looking at Joshua makes me tired.

Speaking of tired, since when do babies who have slept through the night their whole lives decide to start waking up every half-hour?! Seriously?! I know I'm whining, but I'm going to continue to whine until she starts sleeping again.

Kangaroo Power

Joshua got into preschool!!! He was on the waiting list, but I just got a call today that a spot opened up!!!! Yay!!!!! He starts next week and is, uh, really nervous...but I'm sure he'll do great. It's funny, again, to see the contrast between he and EmJ. For Emmeline, I would have to talk to her every day about school, what she's going to do, when I will pick her up, etc. With Joshua, I dare not say anything because thinking about it scares him. I'll just have to drop him off on the first day and nonchalantly call, "Goodbye!"

A few other notes:

Sick babies are no fun. The bulb syringe is the devil.

Sliding down the stairs headfirst is the new, approved method of transportation around here.

That's it!

Disneyland

This past weekend we were able to take a family (as in the WHOLE family) vacation to southern California. We spent two days in Disneyland (and I pulled out the camera only once), then spent Saturday at Luke's Aunt Karen's wedding. During the course of the trip I thought of many witty treatises on family dynamics to write about on this blog...but basically I'm still too tired, trying to recover from the whirlwind. I will say, however, that 12 adults, 16 kids, luggage, and carseats all traveling together are quite a sight. Use your imagination, then realize that because it's OUR family, your imagination is woefully inadequate!



Let's get, hmmm, Nate and Laura and their kids, but not Liv. Put Avery in there instead. Oh, and Benjamin. Perfect. Now smile!



Benjamin was sick during the trip. On this particular morning, he slept in (hooray), so I made the kids play in the bathroom until he woke up. Three square feet, that's all you really need, right?



I said, "Benjamin, where are we going today?" This was the face he made when he said, "Dineywand."




The kids were sooooooo good on the plane. No joke, no sarcasm. It was a small miracle. They were amazing.

Karen's Wedding

Aunt Karen's wedding was wonderful. Isn't she a beautiful bride!? I love to attend weddings and the accompanying celebrations! Thanks, Karen, for the awesome day and for giving us a reason to take a "vacation"! (Vacation is in quotation marks because traveling with the kids dang near gave me an aneurism.)

Happy Mail!

Check out the goodness that got delivered to my doorstep today! Thank you, secret admirer!

First Grade

Welcome to first grade, EmJ! She looked adorable last week in her monkey dress (the product of the dressing room trauma that I mentioned in a previous post) and her monkey hair tie ("These shoes are a part of my outfit!"). EmJ came home and told me that her teacher was the "best teacher ever!" I'm so glad that she enjoys school.

Happy Birthday to You!

Luke turned 32 this past weekend! Happy Birthday to you! (Dear reader, this video is a small taste of the famous (or infamous) ***** family birthday song. You're going to want to get some earplugs!)

Thanks to his siblings for the celebration. It was wonderful!