Connors Invention

Connor created a system to water his plant. As you can see it involves my fridge, 2 bar stools, blocking the freezer and access to my kitchen from one side, so it may not last long, so I am immortalizing it by video and blog. The plant does not lack from water, but it defiantly needs a bigger pot, even I knew that without my plant classes in college. Thanks Dad for my college classes of course! I'm not sure I enjoy hearing just how young my voice sounds on the video, still don't think thats a reason for me to have been given a kids menu...

Lost teeth and Murphys Law

Another last for me!! My baby girl lost her first tooth! She wiggled it for days and days and finally pulled it out! Of course it was at 10 pm meaning she was once again to excited to sleep! I've told my kids about Murphy's laws, one being a child loses a tooth late at night and so won't go to sleep, or Connor and AJ getting sick the day before school starts after a long holiday, all of these are Murphy's law. Of course Brig showed the biggest evidence of Murphy's law by breaking his arm the day before going back to school, that may be a bit extreme. But he will learn to fake ear infection or stomach aches soon enough! AJ has something like a bladder infection and I admit I laughed as hard as he did when he had to tell the Dr that his "pepsicles" hurt. It was a funny moment and AJ's laughter is the most infectious of all my kids.

New Years Eve Party

Happy New Years everyone!! we had a fun party with all the kids and cousins and aunts, uncles, grandparents... it was fun! The kids and I blew up almost 200 balloons and stuffed some of them with confetti! I sewed one side of a fitted mattress sheet to the upstairs banister, then stuffed all the balloons in it and I used just one stitch on two corners to keep it up against the banister, then I sewed my bathrobe tie so it hung down, so at midnight all we had to do was pull hard enough to break the 2 stitches sending ballons and confetti raining down on the kids. It sounds silly but I have a lot of fun doing it, this was my best set up! Then we toasted with sparkling cider and had the house clean and the guests left all by 10:45!! Of course I will kiss Kirk happy new year at 12 and then leave right away to go get Matt from his first New Years party!! AHH the life of a teenagers parent!! Hope everyone else had a fun night and I hope and wish all the best for all of you!! May I get to see you all this year! Love!!

Christmas Chaos, I mean Morning

Ok i want to write a much more detailed accounting of our morning, but i have no time!! Living by family means holidays are not relaxing! We opened presents this morning around 7, and I went to bed around 2:30. then I made breakfast to take to the Hansens house at 10:30 came home at 1, roll out the dough I had rising, throw them into the oven, get a 5 minute shower and then race with the kids to movie theatre by 2:20 to see a 2;30 movie hoping I can still get seats since I know Susan and Tiff are usually late and now I am as well!! Then run to Johnstons for dinner, and I better remember Kirks inhaler because he already left for the "Guy" movie and 2 nights at his parents house is hell on his breathing. I won't excuse myself using that word, because that fits it the best. :-) So MErry Christmas and I will write better later, it was really fun this morning! Matt had NO idea what he was getting and it was priceless seeing his face!! Worth eating mac and cheese for the next month!! Lol

Christmas Quilts

There is no way I can write this witty enough, or with enough excitement or gratitude, all my words are unequal to the task! My kids were the lucky recipients of the most beautiful Christmas quilts ever!! The kids love them, they are soft fabric with darling bright prints!! On one side is a tree made out of different green fabrics and even little presents underneath!! Thanks mom these ROCK!!

Firm party

So we went to Kirks annual law firm party last night. It is always fun to get dressed up and go hang out downtown! Tradition goes that there is a football game that pits the partners against the associates, and of course the partners always win. Kirk last year left there with road rash all the way down one leg which made wearing a tuxedo very painful, this year his legs were fine but he got a cleat right through the palm of his hand! He came home and it had grass and mud in it, pretty gross. He put band aids on it but as people would greet us at the party we all shook hands and of course it's his right that's injured so he kept having to go to the bathroom to put new band aids on as it was bleeding everywhere. I told him to hold a drink and that stopped some people from offering their hands. The food was good, a steak the size of a golf ball, and a small piece of salmon, with 3 half stocks of asparagus and one carrot. The dessert was a compote of some type with raisins just dumped on the top, which was a bit odd. And instead of a bread basket it was a basket with warm buttery saltine crackers, I found it very funny. They had a live band and a few people go out and dance, but not as many as I would have liked. His last firm everyone went out and danced all together, maybe they drank more at the last firm... not sure. But all in all it was a fun night.

Book group

I had a really fun, after the stress of getting ready, time hosting the church book group at my house this week! We read Charles Dickens, the Christmas Carol. I was given the award of being the only person to finish the book, lol. It's a very short book, but unless you're used to ready that type of writing I guess it can be hard. I didn't find it nearly as hard to read as Tale of Two Cities, or the Robe, and I loved both of those. But everyone has seen at least one version of the Christmas Carol either book or movie, so we had fun discussing it. Of course my favorite movie version is Scrooged, with Bill Murray. I made cinnamon rolls and sweetie pie which is a apple pie made pizza style, very good!! And at 6:30 I still hadn't showered and it was supposed to start at 7, so I jumped in the shower and tried to figure out what to wear. Most of my favorite sweaters have gotten holes in them, and then I thought I bet I could dress up and look like the time period, so I did. Mostly because no one was there to stop me and it was fun, but I think several of the members didn't get that i was in costume. oh well. Anyway it was fun and I smiled the whole night every time I thought of Ken and Kristen's big news!!! I'm still smiling, it's like I'm going to be a parent or grandma myself!! My little Ken having a baby!! Well his wife and him! I do miss my old book group where we stayed up until 2 or 3 in the morning talking about books and life!! I miss Sheri and Leslie!! I'm afriad those of us who are left here just aren't strong enough to do it without them!

I joined a new book site called Shelfari. com. It's fun you put in all the books you've read and read reviews for other books. SO if anyone wants to join, please put me in as a friend so we can share book ideas, because I am always looking for books!! I've entered 216 books so far, and I think I have to admit most of them I read this year, I realize I have an addiction. Is there a spa I can go to for a week and try to cure myself?? And I will secretly cheat and read and have to go back again? Maybe one in Mexico???