whatever

so yeah…it’s january 22nd
and i decided to take down my christmas tree.
only a month later than everyone else.
and everything still looks so pretty even in the box.

11 months in a box.
(or 10 if you are lazy like me)
it’s a shame.

new for us…
each child now has their own box for their special ornaments.

clearly scott prefers big ornaments.
he is going for volume.
i guess he will need another box.

i am feeling much better today.
thank you for the get well wishes.
but as of 6:45…
the exact minute we started dinner…
talby has it too.
and then there were 2.

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random quote: annie shouts from another room
“mom…i have a runny nose…can i wipe it on your shirt?”

this was my weekend.
totally miserable…
i got to watch plenty of tv.
some shows i’d never seen.
miss america reality check
my big redneck wedding…wow this was something else.
kids by the dozen
and i watched the nanny diaries before bed.
more tv than i have seen for a long time.
annie got sick at my mom’s.
throwing up in the movie theater.
sorry mom…thank you so much.
sean got sick starting at 5:30 AM sunday.
motherhood means you get to clean up throw-up when you are sick yourself.
lovely.
so only 3 left who haven’t caught it yet.

but before i got sick we went to scott’s games.

his first time playing on a team.
they lost both games but it was good to play.
he didn’t like losing but who does?
it was fun to watch.

if i wasn’t sick i would’ve helped with this.

we started a new project but craig was on his own.
stripping wallpaper is so annoying.
and even worse to find out it’s 3 layers.

goodbye blue flowered wallpaper and matching drapes.
we will not miss you.

just a quick post today.
i dropped talby and annie off with my parents for the weekend.
i stopped in 2 very small town antique stores on the way home.
there was so much cool stuff.
lauren was sick but is feeling better.
sean and craig are at wal-mart getting the oil changed.
then we are off to watch scott’s first basketball game in a few minutes.
i am nervous for him.

this is a picture from the craft room a few months back
i liked how the word create is in a shadow on the counter.
the beaded word is hanging from the shelves above.
my favorite picture of craig in the background…
with many others and drawings and quotes from the kids…
have a fun saturday!

i have decided to change my christmas break uniform…
to my new Thursday uniform.

after taking the big kids to school
and checking in on the blogs i like…
annie and i made pancakes.
blueberry pancakes.
mmmmmm…..

then a bath at noon.

with ponies.

then an impromptu haircut…
while watching backyardigans

with candy.
i love a fresh little girl haircut.
my kids all have straight-as-a-board hair so their haircuts look so…
blunt?
homemade?
cute.
i’m going to go with cute…but i am partial.

and somewhere in between all that…
some scrappin’.

good day today.

since the sky was completely gray today…
let’s enjoy some more color.

do you feel a little happier now?
i know i do.

i hear often from my friends…
“how do you have time to be on the computer?!!”
putting up with the mess of this game
is one way i can do it while annie is home.
we call it special delivery.
i sit at the computer…she brings me things.

“DE-WIV-A-WEEE!!!”
“de-wiv-a-wee for you mama.”
then i say
“for ME?! oh what could it be?”

she helps me open my package…
wow.
play food…lots of it.
this goes on and on.
it’s a different gift each delivery.
then i say “okay…time for a nap annie”

“one more de-wiv-a-wee mama. just one more.”
okay annie.

so if i am willing to deal with this at my feet…
i get at least an hour of computer time.
and i am wliling.

but now i have been summoned to a pony birthday tea party.
i must go.

annie like to run.

she has a game where she tries to run past you
without you grabbing her…and tickling her.
but she really wants you to tickle her.
(that’s why it’s a game)

tonight she was squealing and laughing trying to get past me.
she ran and ran.

she had to stop because she was out of breath.
suddenly she was grabbed by super dad.
for the torturous wrestling tickle fight with talby.

this could be one of my all time favorite pictures.
i love watching them be crazy like this.
i wish you could hear them too.
so much giggling mixed with screaming.

then they are thrown off.
and they love it.
still they come back for more.

i could watch super dad do this all day….

finally they tackle him.
jumping on his back until he grabs them and tickles them again.
it’s a cycle until they are just too worn out to have fun anymore.
and then we send them off to bed.
exhausted.