Monday update

Well, basketball camp went fine today. All three went..Claire was a little hesitant at first. Matthew is probably in Panama City now. Matt and I have gotten drapes ready to hang and checked the bank account. I have been acting totally pitiful and Matt is waiting on me. He has gone to get me Rocky Road ice cream for us to watch Maltese Falcon.

He is so good to put up with me. :) We got a few run-throughs in on the songs we are singing for Nathan and Mindy's wedding Saturday. I tried to be strong and sing when I wanted to be lying down on the couch. OK....I know my whinyness is probably making you sick. Here Matt comes up the driveway with our ice cream. Take care....

Sick in the summer

It seems really strange to be under the weather when it is so pretty outside. Claire and I have gotten a little bug. Well, I shouldn't be shocked. Mine is....surprise....something having to do with sinus infections, and Claire's ( I am sad to say) is an ear-ache.

Now I am super sensitive about putting drops in their ears after they swim, but I wasn't diligent soon enough. Claire went to the doctor today and is on her way to getting right.

The kids left this afternoon to be with Nana. Basketball camp all week. We went out and had to buy three pair of tennis shoes. Ouch! With the kids wearing uniforms this last year, we had just about no need to get them tennis shoes. They mainly wore different types of brown shoes around the house. Now they are set for some basketball. I still love getting pink things. I don't know if I will ever get tired of pink tennis shoes, etc.

Having three boys first, it is different when you also get pink things. I am the baby of the family , and the only girl, so I relate to Claire very much.

Matt and I are going to have to just be by ourselves. :) Matthew is leaving at 4 in the morning. You think I am kidding, but something does happen when you put your life into your kids. We do need to make sure that we "date" each other. Maybe we will have time for a date this week in and amongst all of my total house make-over. I want to surprise the kids when they come home. I want to put up the curtains, paint Claire's furniture, get everything totally organized.

Not too much to ask...............

Now I just need to feel better. Matt got me the "Maltese Falcon" for us to watch tonight. Maybe we can watch it with Matthew before he leaves us and we have an empty nest. I need to discover who I am again...:) Just kidding.

Have a great week!!

We finally finished Bleak House

OK, Bleak House was great, but it ended too quickly. I don't want to ruin it for you, but if you love Dickens, Victorian movies, etc., you have to see it.
Now what?

Matt surprised me with "The Prisoner". It is a 60's show from England about a spy who resigned but was sent to a "village" and couldn't escape. He was given a number and if they tried to escape a big white ball would chase them around and smother them. I was starting to like it, but I don't think my hubby was too thrilled. I hope he keeps them coming.

I have been doing some really interesting reading lately. I will share more later, but a friend from my school gave me a book about how we Christians sometimes open ourselves up to attack by the way we live. It goes into much, much more, but I am not quite done with it yet. It is a little over my head now. We'll see if I understand it more the more I read.

Well, Bible school is over. It was really good. The kids had a blast and learned so much. I don't know if I will volunteer for the 3 year old class, but they did grow on me. They are cute little guys. They feel things very deeply. They are either very happy or very sad. We have our commencement Sunday night. The kids (my kids) will miss it because they are going with Nana to get ready for Upward Basketball camp on Monday. Matt and I are going to miss them greatly!

Well, happy Saturday!

OK, 3 year olds are a little scary

I know they are very lovable one on one, but as a group 3 year olds are down right frightening. We had at least 20 last night in one group. Last night was a little chaotic. Tonight they are going to split them into 3 groups with the groups rotating. I will do music 3 times. This is great for me. I haven't quite gotten the art of motivating 3 year olds. You would think that having 4 3 year olds of my own at one time or another would have taught me what I needed to know. Hmmm...

I guess it is a little different when they are yours. I asked one mom if she had any tips for getting her sweet precious to cooperate and she only said "Good Luck!" . This didn't encourage me. :)

Have a great Tuesday!

I love the pool, but.....

Having the pool is great, but there are a few little things that come a long with it. OK, we had to have the talk about pool behavior. Don't dunk, push, pull hair, call each other stinky, etc. We also have irrational fears of wasps. Not sure where this has come from (maybe that episode in Holly Springs where Jacob was stung a few times). Anytime there is any type of flying insect Claire gets out of the pool and wants me to sit outside and warn them if I see it. Ironically, Jacob isn't scared of the wasps at all.

I still like it, though. It keeps them in the backyard. OK, we do have a trail of footprints from the water (even though they all have towels outside and we have a mat right inside the door). It feels like summer.

Easy like Sunday morning

Today is Bible school kick-off. Should be exciting. Matt and some others in our family will be getting up and doing choreography. Thank goodness Jontyler is doing it with Matt. He is quite the dancer, etc. Very talented.

We just finished our second disc of Bleak House. Now we have to wait until the last disc arrives. I am totally captivated by it. I have to know what is going to happen to Esther,etc.

The pool is going well. The kids love it. We are are getting into the whole chemical, pool cleaner thing. I love the smell of chlorine.

Happy Sunday.

Pictures from Memorial Day