whatever

i have said before that i have a naughty baby.

she is always escaping.
when i can’t find her i always check the trampoline first.
i looked out the kitchen window and this is what i saw.

i put pictures of the NEW CRAFT ROOM in an album on the left bottom corner.
i can’t wait to make something.
anything.
it is going to be so much fun.
craig has joked that i will never leave it now.
maybe i will come out sometimes . . . for food and coffee.

Kansas weather is so bad right now.
tornados . . . flash floods . . . hail . . . lightening
LOUD thunder and crazy wind!

but for now it’s calmed.
we went out this morning to splash around.
annie just walked through the puddles at first – cautiously.
then watching talby she got brave and was jumping.
they were soaked!
they had to pour their boots out half way through.
finally i couldn’t stand it . . .
i put my camera away and jumped in myself.
sometimes you just gotta play.

the one of sean is from the storm on sunday.
our poor gutters.

click on the one of annie getting splashed in the face.
i love the detail.

yesterday as we walked home from the park there was a robin who couldn’t fly.
he was speed walking away from talby and annie who were in hot pursuit.
then the bird stopped at the curb and talby shouted
“He’s looking both ways for cars!”

while planting flowers i found a big fat beetle.
i showed it to annie.
it was on it’s back and it’s legs were waving like crazy to try to flip over.
annie says “He needs a diaper change!”

i told the kids that i was tossing worms i’d found in the dirt to a robin that was sneaking around me.
it would wait till i turned my head and run in and grab the worm.
seans thinks awhile and then says
“if i were a worm . . . i would HATE my life!”

sean is usually thinking about other things when the rest of us are talking.
dinner at our house is always loud.
the entire meal is spent passing & passing again & then cleaning up the milk that spilled or the whole jar of applesauce that spilled out when a 5 year old tried to pour it.
every night.
but it’s family time.
someday they will know what they are doing and maybe a meal will go smoothly.
maybe.
anyway . . . back to sean being in his own world.
each of these comments were out of the blue having nothing to do with any conversation.
moday night dinner as soon as craig said “amen” sean says
“ladybugs have a very bad smell on their legs that makes birds not want to eat them”
then later “what’s your middle name?”
little later “you should really play 20 questions sometime”
and then “i wish i was a chameleon – they have horns to push animals in a fight.”
ending his meal he says “i know how to make a really big snowman”

that was almost all he said during the meal.
no other small talk.
just statements.
he is deep thinker.
iphoto has a photo booth feature.
the kids have taken 734 picture of themselves since january.
it has lots of special effects that they love to use.
here is one i found of sean.
fitting.

i am trying everything to get out of this bad mood.
there is no real reason for it . . . logically.
craig is gone but that’s just life. i am happy for him to be with friends and golf.
the house is a mess but the craft room is almost clean!
the laundry is piling up again and the dishes are overflowing in the sink.
i haven’t slept well the past two nights.
but these things normally do not bother me.
which makes me feel that this mood is definitely hormone related.
so i am trying all my favorite things to help me beat the mood i am in.
the ice cream helped ALOT!

it’s safe to say that we had too much stuff sitting around for too long.

the craft room is on it’s way to a fresh start.
i am almost done clearing everything out.
i am organizing as i go.

my “crafts” will be so much better once the room is pretty right?

this is in our small tree in the front flower bed.
lauren spotted it a week or so ago.
the kids have a bucket leaned up onto the tree so they can look inside.
so i peeked in too.
what a beautiful color.
so unique.
the perfect blue.
a sweet little trio.
life about to begin.
i heard that when sean peeked in and saw the eggs he picked them up!
but he had never seen a bird’s nest so why would he know not to do that.
now he and talby talk all the time about human scent.
too cute.

wanted to show lauren’s art . . . i can’t remember why she made this though. she just brought it down one morning to take to school. she had made it in her room out of cardboard and crayons (when she was supposed to be sleeping). she put a real dog collar on it and what you can’t see is tucked inside the collar behind the dog is a little stuffed dog that makes barking sounds. she thought that was genius. it was very impressive.
and so familiar . . . thinking of making something and staying up till you finish just because you feel you must do it! it’s the creativity that is inside her just begging to be used. have to encourage it . . . even if it happens at 11:30 PM.
but admittingly not a great photo and she wasn’t thrilled to have a picture taken.

my 2 little girls are so cute but man . . . their fighting is getting bad! they want the same toy all the time. annie screams at the top of her lungs about everything. talby isn’t wanting to share. this morning talby had burst into tears throwing herself on the couch 3 times before 8:30. the drama!

so . . . i am on edge.

maybe getting dressed and/or showering would help. 🙂