Getting ready....

The big surprise is what we have been calling it. This week I was packing while the things were in preschool. I only had one child to watch while I accomplished this seemingly small task of washing and packing all of our clothing for the trip:)

Here is what happened when I came back down stairs. No MORE NIVA!

Kids packed. Check.
Baby moisturized. Check.

I am thinking the need for a carpet cleaning is vital now LOL.

The big Surprise......

Thing2 turns 4

All week we told her over and over we were going to this big surprise. I couldn't believe how fun it was to do all the planning and getting them all hyped for the trip. We rented a car.





We rolled out and drove over to the land of Disney. Thing 2 all decked out in the birthday crown.
And Yes the best part of this pic is that all of them have their binks.(I know am the best mom ever. They get binkies and orthodontic work when they are older. )











The rest was just better explained in pictures anyways :)

Can you say potatoe bug? yeah we can find those at Disney in the planters! Only the things could find the creepy crawlies in the beautiful planters. Those suckers were large too.
It was so worth the two nights of aweful sleep and the next day we went to the beach. I would have taken pictures but i couldn't guarentee the camera would have made it through the sand and water that we encountered.

And there are some really funny signs we saw.

I just peed a little in my pants.

What is up with Sundays?

We got to church on time this week. Miraculous I would say so. Every week we expect fireworks from the kids. This week we got them.

I was sitting in church and my cellphone went off. No biggy right. So I silence it and lock the keys. Thing 1 pocket dials Papa Murphies, and oh YEAH the emergency line at the police station! How the heck did he get that number? I have a voice mail stating that they received a call from this cell phone and they gave me my exact location LOCATION! and the exact time they were calling me back. Then my son after the Sacrament meeting proceeds to leave the building while we are walking to classes. He went to the car and was trying to stay there while Primary was going on. Every week we just don't know what to expect. He still is stuggling to stay in class and not have total fits. I can't wait to see what happens next week. Now we just have school where he has been a totally good kid- go figure-

What DID I do yesterday??

6:30-7am walked on treadmill.
7-7:20am got kids in bath and dressed for school
7:20-8:15 am Breakfast and out the door for school. I shower and get dressed.
9-10am clean and start homework
10-11am get sucked in redesigning MomMakes for homework assignment
11:10am-11:45am kids picked up and brought back home. (Teacher's best guess at Thing 1 is ADD, I agree :)
12-2pm Thing1 and Thing2 chill playing and watching Sleeping Beauty ( I continue to work on homework)
2-3:30pm clean and straigthen house, laundry and toy clean up.
3:30-5pm out side riding bikes, playing on playground and getting the mail.
5-6pm get dinner on..... Thing1 falls asleep! NOOOOO! With only two Popsicles for dinner.
6:14pm The Band comes home to eat and chill for a while.
6:30-7:30pm all go to bed.
7:30-8pm get the Fish to sleep.
JD crashes with the baby.
ahhhhh SLEEP IS GOOD!

Weekly Drama

Every week we have a little problem getting thing 1 to go to his primary class. He has been screaming and whaling and having a heck of a time. The Band bribed him with a "toy present". Which seems to work well if you have a toy. Only we didn't have a new toy we had a new book for him..... not acceptable. I think we need to clue him in that it is a joy to attend church just for the love of the lord. He hasn't caught that vision. LOL

Last night I drempt that it was due to a degenerative disease. I hate the emotional response and energy that is required when you dream. All of it seemed so real and man it was awful! It made me really miss flying dreams.

I am stressed enough with not having an official perio*. I have enough paranoia about getting preggers with regular periods. I don't need flaky periods to increase the paranoia. I have been hanging out with a certain neighbor too much and we figure we are on the same cycle. I need her to start already!!!

I took a test again yesterday morning that was negative. I am now going to trust that one..... untill I start showing LOL. It doesn't help that Val my buddy called me about three weeks ago and told me her story of getting pregnant on the same birthcontrol that I was entrusting my uterus with.

The comforting thought for me is that I had a spotting session for about a day a week or so ago so maybe that was it for the month. We'll see where we are in two weeks. Ha Ha.