Another Exciting Day

Well it seems as though Kamber is right days like Wednesday don't usually happen two days in a row.  

Thursday was a good day!!!  I got my project as done as I can for now.  We had fun at a park even though it was wet.  The kids were in a good mood most of the day.  And nothing to terrible happened. 

Today, however, was another exciting one.  At least more excitement then I would have liked.  To start with Jamie has a big ugly rash on his leg from where he got some shots on Wednesday, which Brian did notice last night.  We got to call the doctor this morning to find out that he might have to go on antibiotics because some bacteria got under the skin when the shots were given.  We went in to see the doctor in the afternoon and we still don't know if that is the problem or just a reaction to the shot.  Such fun.  It is looking better though, so we think he will survive.

However, that is not all.  This morning I went to put in a load of wash and noticed that the floor was wet over by the washing machine, but didn't think much of it.  After the wash was done I went to get it out and the floor was very wet.  The door was also locked so I can't even get the clothes out.  I did take some pictures this time.  Yea, there is water on the floor.

After getting the kids down for their naps I started to clean up the water and filled up my bucket with dirty water.  I was unsure if this was a pipe problem or if it was coming through the walls as we have had a lot of rain the last few days.  I figured the best way to dispose of this dirty water was to flush it down the toilet.  Bad Idea.  Just after doing so I could hear water gusting out downstairs.  The water was right back where it had been before.  I figured out that the water isn't leaving my house as it ought to.  Brian did get to come home early to help with the mess.  He called a plumber to come, however, since it was getting late and the plumber had another job with water raining down from the ceiling, we can't send water down our pipes for the night.

Tonight we also had the missionaries over to eat.  That went well and the house was even kind of clean since we stopped knowing what to do about the flood in our basement.  Except for the bad lime juice that made it's way into the guacamole.  I hope that we don't all get sick.  They mention how they broke a mirror and one of their neighbors said they had to throw it in the river quickly, so that the evil spirits would not get out.  It made me remember that I broke a mirror about two weeks ago,  I looks like I might have 6 years, 11 months and 2 weeks left of bad luck to get through.  If so I will be a lot more cautious about braking mirrors.

My Day!!!

Today started by waking up at 8:15 and realizing that we had to get out the door in just over an hour for Jamie's doctor's appointment.  When checking on the kids I saw that Jamie was awake so I took him downstairs to get breakfast ready.  When breakfast was ready I went back for Lizzie who was awake but not sure she wanted to get up yet. After breakfast we got dressed and to the doctor in time.  The doctor gave Jamie four shots, which made him cry of course, but he got over it quickly.

Afterwards we went to do some shopping.  When I went to get the kids out of the cart, after being in our second store, I noticed Lizzie, who had been in the back of the cart, was holding an open packet of that stuff that comes in food or shoes that says "Do Not Eat".  I asked her if she had been eating it?  In not my nicest voice as I started to panic.  To which she said yes and started to wail.  I hurried and got the kids in the car then got on my cell phone calling Brian and then a nurse line and finally poison control standing outside of the car, with her crying and wailing inside the car.  During one of the phone calls I even found that she still had a piece of the gel stuff in her mouth.  She was so sad to have it taken away and I'm guessing scared, by how scared I was.  This was the first time that I have found my kids eating something that I thought might really be able to hurt them.  The nurse was helping me to find a ER to take her to, but thankfully I called Poison Control first.  I like Poison Control.  After explaining what happened, the guy on the phone asked how long ago it had happened? (15 minutes or so) and if she was coughing or choking?  and when I said no he said that she was just fine then, and that the stuff wouldn't actually hurt her.  Those little packets draw out moisture, not oxygen as I had thought.  I was then able to comfort Lizzie and let her know that what she ate wouldn't actually make her sick.  It still took her a while to calm down as we drove home though.

Once home there was lunch and a failed attempt at nap time.  In which I hoped to finish a project that I was working on.  So the kids were up again and ready to play.  As I was still working on my project the play involved standing on the coffee table, right on the glass part, and playing in the curtains.  Thankfully nothing to terrible happened.  Then I decided that they had to get out of the house and we went for our daily afternoon walk.  After our walk, we played in the backyard and I saw the little birds still in their nest.  (More on this later.)  Then to a very unorganized dinner, as Brian is off running in the JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge and I was trying to get some more work done on my project, which is still not done.  

I then started to get them ready for bed and after changing Jamie's diaper I decided to try and take off his Band-aids.  I took one off just a bit and he started to cry, so I stopped.  he just kept scratching at it and acting like he wanted it off, so I took off his band-aids as he cried and wailed.  I figured that after I stopped he would be fine again, but no such luck.  He cried as we got ready for bed and most of the time brushing teeth.  Lizzie also decided that she had an oowwy and needed to cry with him most of this time.  He did calm down and play puzzles with his sister so that I could read scriptures and say prayers.    I was so happy to put him in bed, even though he cried again, he soon fell asleep.   Now it is quite and maybe I can get my project done before Brian gets home and sends me to bed.

Memorial Day

We I have been really slow getting this up, considering the two other posts above it got posted before I got around to posting this one.

For Memorial Day we decided to go to a farm.  Our neighbor told us about Alstede Farms.  It sounded like fun, so off we went and this is what we found there.

They had some animals that our kids enjoyed looking at.  

But what they enjoyed the most was the corn box, similar to a sand box but filled with corn.  They played in there for a good hour and still didn't want to get out.

I just love this picture of Jamie, he looks so cute.

They also had strawberry picking and a fun market where they sold different things from their farm or little businesses nearby.  As well as other garden accessories.  It was a fun day even if the drive seemed a little long.

My New Look

Yesterday, Brian gave me the morning off, as I called it.  One reason for this was so that I could get my hair cut.  I also got a call before leaving for my morning out that my new glasses were in so I could go and pick those up.  I dropped one of my contacts down the sink a few weeks ago.  I had only my 10-15 year old glasses to wear.  A week or so later when I finally made it to an eye doctor he told me that I was nearly functionally blind with my glasses on.  I opted to get new glasses and then decide about getting contacts again later.  

Well, after a relaxing and productive morning out my dear husband could hardly recognize the woman who entered his house. 

I finally listened to what my husband has been trying to tell me for years and cut off all of my hair.   Thankfully he likes it, I am still deciding if I do or not.

The decision to cut off all my hair was made at the salon, so we didn't get a before picture of what I did look like and since I am usually the one taking the pictures the most recent picture I have of myself is from Easter.  It may not be the best picture, but you can see what my hair was like.

Baby Bunny!!!

Lizzie stared at this bush for a lot of today.  We first saw the bunny when we came home from church hiding in a big bush in our front yard.  After dinner we went for a walk and found the little bunny sitting under the little bush that Lizzie is looking at.  Seeing bunnies around here where we live is quite normal, but they usually run away when we get close.

Here is the little bunny in question.  So very small and cute.

Lets see the little guy again.  

We were considering bringing him inside and making him our pet, but we were afraid that he still needed his mommy to feed him, plus we don't have any bunny food or anywhere to keep him.  Lizzie surprisingly was all for the idea and didn't want to come inside without the bunny.  If the bunny continues to live in our front yard without any signs of a mommy rabbit then we might have found ourselves a  new pet.  Yesterday, we did see quite a large bunny in our back yard and we wonder if that might be the mommy bunny.

This was just a cute picture tha I took while we were looking at the bunny!!

Well I can now say that I am up to date with my blog, Yea!!!  I guess now I better take more pictures and find more things to write about!!!

Splashing in the Rain!!!

I know I showed some of these pictures before but I thought that I would put up more of my kiddos playing in the rain!!!  I really did enjoy watching them.  I guess next I will need to get them some wellies.  Enjoy the pictures!!!

And now time for a movie to show off how cute these kids really are when playing in the rain!!!

Cousins come to play!!!

On April 26 and 27 Brian's Sister Emily stopped by while on her way to Boston with the family.  It was so much fun to see the kids all playing together and having so much fun.  The only pictures I got were of them playing in front of our house on Monday.  

They found that it was fun to pick all of the dandelions from our front lawn.

I was a little to slow at getting the group picture.

Sunday we had Brian's parents over as well for a big family dinner.  It was Brian's dad's first time being here and his mom hadn't seen it since the day that we closed on it.  All in all it was a great time and so nice to have family there.