Today was an adventure

The boys stayed with Grandma Barb & Grandpa Ray last night.  They had fun.  Then today was My parents 46th wedding anniversary!  Congrats to them!

We decided to drive down to Cabela's today and take my parents with us so they wouldn't set home on their anniversary and do nothing.  Paul wanted to take the boat out but we were supposed to get storms.

We got to Cabela's and everything was cool as a cucumber... well not outside.  Outside it was HUMID.  We had just went upstairs to the camping section to check that out then head out.  They came across the speaker and told everyone to go to the shoe department and back into the warehouse because there was a TORNADO WARNING.  I was a little freaked out.

My Mom had just walked away with the boys so Paul and I could look at the camping stuff since we are starting that adventure.  Dad was off.... somewhere.  But I KNEW she didn't hear the speaker so I took off toward her and apparently she knew something was wrong by the look on my face.   Paul ditched the cart and took the boys down the steps.  I got my parents toward the elevator since my dad was in an electric scooter, he has super bad knees.  Then I ran back toward the stairs and down them to find Paul and the boys.  I was nervous until we were all together again then I was fine.  We were back in the warehouse for almost and hour before they let us out.

Luckily nothing bad happened.  But after getting home and as I am typing this the FOX news in on and there was a possible tornado in Eaton Rapids, Mason I think they said, and Perry.  They are saying it'll either be straight line winds or a tornado but the national weather service has to verify it.  They did just say the one by Perry was confirmed.

Yikes!


I've had it with this weather.


Well I am off to bed since Paul want's to get up before six in the morning to go fishing.  The boys are NOT going to like that.

Kindergarten Here We Come!

We had Kindergarten round up last Friday.  I was very surprised they had us leave without the boys.  I didn't totally like that but it was fine.  Testing the kids without the parent influence isn't a bad idea I just we had been warned before hand.  I wouldn't have taken the whole afternoon off work.  But they enjoyed themselves.

I CANNOT BELIEVE MY BABIES ARE GOING TO BE IN KINDERGARTEN

I just want to cry.  Where did my babies go.  Oh, and the smart mouths and potty talk they've picked up at school.  Lordy, it's awful.  We had to remind the boys to act like David and Matthew not like the other kids at school.  I mean it's not extreme but still... very annoying.  I know it only get's worse.

Then poor David woke up during the night with a 102' degree fever.  I gave him some tylenol and when he woke up in the mornin... excuse me... when I woke him up the next morning it was still 100' and since the pedatrician is open until noon on Satruday for sick kids I called them.  We were the last appointment.  I told them "when you ask him what feels yucky he touches his throat".  They took him to weight him.... 34lbs.  When we got back in the room they were ready to swabb him.  Strep Throat.  So guess what... they decided to swab Matthew, they weighted him... 40lbs.  Then I heard them say to the doctor "Two positives on room four".  That's us... two cases of strep.  Awesome.... NOT

Luckily for Matthew they caught it early enough that he had no clue he was sick but she said my Monday he would have been feeling sick.  So antibiotics for both boys.  Chewable... much easier then trying to get them to take liquid.  That's like trying to give a cat a bath.

So that's where we are at.  Summer vacation is almost here, not sure yet what we are going to do with the boys all summer.  I have a few ideas that I need to make some calls on.  I'm excited for Kindergarten next year but sad.

TTFN

Interesting

I hate it when I don't feel safe in my own home.

Tonight it's two young kids in a parked car in front of my house with the parking lights on for about an hour and a half now.  Well that's how long we 'know' they've been there.  After about a half hour Paul called the police and about five min before they got here the two, a boy and girl got out and walked west out of our view.  Paul decided to go into work late because he didn't feel safe, neither did I.  Just as Paul was leaving for work the police showed up.  He talked to them.  They came back to the car and the police rolled up on them again and talked to the female then left.  They are still sitting in the car, in front of my mailbox with the parking lights on.  It's thundering, lightening, and pouring rain. 

Sigh...

So I am not in bed.  One, because of the thunderstorm.  They don't bother me like the used to but since I am currently home alone with the boys during the night, I get a little more nervous with them.  Luckily, the boys sleep through them.  Two, the car is STILL parked out front.  I wish they would go away.

In other news...

We are excited for spring.  The boys have spent every decent day after school outside until I get home from work!  Let my babies run!  I fell in love with my daffodils this year.  The boys had a pretty quiet Easter, nothing to exciting.  I had a good Mother's day though Matthew decided to go to bed sick the night before.  Turns out the poor boy has a sinus and ear infections.  Making him take liquid meds it like holding a cat down to clip her nails.


Well, the car is finally gone from in front of my house and the storm is passing.  It's not that bad.  So I am going to try to get my beauty sleep.  Lord knows I need it!

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Thinking...

Today sucked major donkey balls.  Paul snored so loud in my ear all night.  I hardly slept, makes for an angry wife.  I know it's not his fault, he doesn't know he's doing it but I spent all night shoving him.  I figured if I wasn't getting any sleep neither was he.  Then I was PO'd about a few other things.

Then tonight I came across this blog http://sadandchara.blogspot.com/ again.  Chad lost his pregnant wife and unborn daughter in a bad car accident this last winter.  They live in a city south of me.  I guess they had tried for quite a few years to get pregnant.  This was their first child, a girl and Sara was only a month from her due date.  They were hit by a semi.  I 'think' Chad was in the car too, if so he wasn't hurt very bad but Sarah was hurt BAD.  They kept her alive long enough to do an emergency C-section in the ER to try and save baby Miranda.  She didn't make it.  So now Chad is left without his wife or child. 

I read his blog again.  I did right after the accident but lost the link to it.  I came across it again.  He writes letters to his wife sometimes daily.  Reading them makes me realize again how much I love my husband and kids.  How much I would be lost without them.  Why I am still very irritated with the snoring and my children lack of ability to act decent in public, and the lack of the ability to listen it doesn't make it seem so bad.

I pray for him to find peace and the strength to move on.

WE ARE IN!!!

The got into Windemere Park Charter Academy!!!

I was so excited I cried!  Of course we had to have one person try to smash our happiness.  If you read Paul's facebook you'll know who.  She deleted me from hers before I even knew what was going on.  Some people don't see good in anything and they are not worth my energy.  I have no idea why she did that.  I sent her a message but the one she responded with was so long I didn't even read it.

But yay!!!  I am so excited to finally know what is going on with the boys next school year.  Now I've got a ton of paperwork to fill out and take in, and I've got to start looking for school uniforms.  Anyone have any size 4T and 5T plain polo shirts, and dress pants they'd like to get rid of?