On The Lake

*Arrow Point Resort on Lake Coeur d'Alene

I heard it is supposed to snow up there over the weekend, so hopefully we don't get too much dumped on us. I'll be thinking of all of you while I'm sleeping in, swimming and soaking in the hot tub, eating yummy food, shopping, and relaxing.

Later friends!

Don't save the Drama for this Mama

Last night as I was literally walking out the door with the kids to head to the Blue and Gold Banquet, Kendle starts freaking out and yelling that her tooth fell out. [One of her top middle teeth has been loose for weeks and weeks.] She was half-crying, half-laughing with triumph that the darn thing finally came out on it's own. I was already running late, so we gave her mouth a quick rinse, grabbed some tissue to blot at the blood with and ran out the door.

A while later while I'm setting up and decorating at the Blue and Gold she runs up to me and is crying again with blood dribbling down her chin. Low and behold, her other middle top tooth is now really, really loose and looks like it is about to come out. It was sitting at a horribly awkward [almost comical] angle and I kept telling her she looked like she had "hill billy" teeth.

After we got home really late, she was so tired but so excited to show Riley her lost tooth and the other one that was about ready to come out. I think exhaustion and anxiety kicked in on turbo-boost because she just started crying hysterically that she wanted us to pull the loose one out, but every time we got near it she'd scream. I wiggled it a little and gave it a little pull, but I do not think it was quite ready to come out, I just felt bad thinking about sending her to school with her crazy hill billy teeth the next day.

I finally got her calmed down and in bed, and got her some more tissues for her tooth. These were her main worries:

a.) That it would come out while she was sleeping and she would swallow it.

b.) That if the other tooth did come out, she wouldn't be able to talk at school.

c.)That she wasn't going to be able to eat.

Kendle is such a worry wart [ya, I know she gets that from me] and I have to really reason with her to get her little mind to stop being in distress.

Luckily the tooth fairy remembered to pay her visit last night, or there would have been even more drama.

Sheesh......

Journal Thoughts

*For Today February 23, 2009*

Outside my window...
It's dark and drizzly. We've been having some wet days. Yesterday morning it poured down rain, which would have been nice if I didn't have to go out in my church clothes and high heels and carry a heavy toddler through a parking lot of puddles.

I am thinking...
About everything I need to get done today. I have a few more things to pick up for the Blue and Gold Banquet tomorrow night. I'm also thinking that I feel a sore throat coming on and I can't get sick this week. What to do for FHE tonight?

I am thankful for...
Blessings and a Heavenly Father who watches over his children. This weekend some of my younger cousins (Mitch, Parker, and Megan) were involved in a bad car accident over by Othello. I'm so very thankful they are all OK.

From the kitchen...
I'm thinking of making chicken enchiladas for dinner tonight. I haven't made them in a long time and they are one of Riley's favorites (and mine). I think I've got all of the ingredients on hand. Yummy.

I am wearing...
Pj's. I am so tired this morning. I was hoping I could get Kendle off to the bus and then sneak back to bed for a little bit until Morgan woke up, but he heard the hustle and bustle going on today and woke up a little earlier than normal.

I am going...
To straighten up the house and then do some quick shopping. Don't think I'll get a workout in today, maybe this afternoon when I put Morgan down for nap.

I am reading...

Still working on Edgar Sawtelle, but I've been distracted by all of the magazines I've been getting in the mail. I love all of the spring articles and ideas that start popping up this time of year. I love Better Homes and Gardens and Real Simple.

I am hoping...
That I can be really organized this week. We have a lot going on and I hate the feeling of things being chaotic and crazy. We're leaving Friday morning for our trip, so by Thursday night I need to have everything done and ready to go, including bags packed up for the kids to go stay with grandma and grandpa.

I am hearing...
Dora the Explorer. Morgan will come running when he hears the theme song. I don't know what it is about that show that sucks kids in the way it does but they all love it.

Around the house...
I need to go gather up all of the "randoms" that have made their way into the family room over the weekend - like one of Morgan's stray socks, pages of the newspaper, blankets, books etc...Little by little it starts looking like a lost and found.

One of my favorite things...
Every week in school, Kendle writes a new story that her teacher helps them make into a little book. They illustrate them and it is quite cute. They bring them home, we as parents read them and write little comments on the back, and then send them back to school. I love them - Kendle comes up with some really funny things and draws some great pictures. We really get a kick out of reading what comes out of her six year old imagination.

A few plans for the rest of the week...
Shopping, Blue and Gold Banquet, packing, finish my book so I can take books back to library, hopefully work out almost every day. Get to bed early.

Something I want to remember...

Last night I taught Morgan how to say "I love you". I was trying to teach it to him in sign language, but he kind of did his own thing. He points to his eye, then folds his arms, then shouts "you". It was the most adorable thing ever. He has been such a fun guy lately. He is talking a lot more now and just plays and laughs all of the time. He likes to come snuggle with me at night while I'm relaxing on the couch.

Have a great Monday!

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A Good Way to Start a Friday Morning...

Since Riley is going to be gone at a coaches training in Seattle all weekend, he thought he'd take Kendle out for some donuts this morning before school. She was so excited. [It's so fun for girls to do things with their dads like this every once in a while. She'd been having a hard couple of days, so it was exactly what she needed.] Kendle was up even earlier than normal this morning because she did NOT want to miss going. Even better, Riley came back home after dropping her off at school and brought me a delicious donut as well.

Awwww shucks...... nothing speaks to my heart like a yummy donut.