At Our House: March 2010

Blogging more frequently would be beneficial for me in many ways, but for whatever reason, it just doesn't happen. So, there's going to be quite a few gaps in my memory, which makes me somewhat sad. I'll get over it.

As a matter of preservation, let's document my morning. It wasn't all that bad, I am sure I've had worse. So, we tell Gunnar to go get in the shower. He comes back and says that there's some water in the tub. Well, drain it - duh. Sometimes kids don't really get some things, so I go check it out. There's some nasty something in the tub from the night before. Thought it was just mud and sand, as normal, but upon further review - soggy paper-like substance. Me: "Did you put toilet paper in the bathtub." Gunnar: "Umm . . . Paden did." Of course, Paden. So, I get the gross soggy paper-like substance out of the tub and get the shower turned on for him. Immediately following that task, I discoverd many wads of toilet paper on the back of the bathroom door and ceiling near the door. Nice. It was pretty gross. So, Paden was summoned to get his butt upstairs. He proceeded to blame Gunnar for the toilet paper mess. SO ANNOYING. I have been telling myself all day long that I would have been less annoyed had the boys just said something like, "yes, mama. we did it. we had fun, we thought it was funny. we're sorry, we'll be happy to clean that up." Blaming the other guy was more frustrating . . . I think.

Tonight, Paden comes to me and proceeds to apologize. So, for what is he apologizing? Writing on the wall. He forgot that he wasn't supposed to do that. Ok. So, he's never written on the wall that I remember, not even when he was little. Gunnar did when he about 18 months old or less, that's when we had to paint his room over the permanent marker. Anyway, earlier today Neil found Paden upstairs with a top-spiral notebook and a pencil. He was being Steve - looking for clues. The clue he found was the one he drew on the wall. Cute, huh?

Anyhoo . . . first day back to school was interesting. I wish I could say that it was uneventful, but as you can see we had a few notable notes. :-)

We were able to take the boys to Grandma and Grandpa Livingston's for a couple of days of their spring break. We were able to visit a few old friends - miss you all!! We got to eat the best donuts ever, courtesy of Akins - so yummy. I was only able to take a couple of days off work, but I think the boys had a pretty good time riding the 4-wheeler, sleeping in the motor home and eating whatever their little tummies desired.

Fischer is growing like a little weed. At his 9-month check-up last month he was almost 22 pounds and like 28 inches - can't recall exactly and paper is downstairs - too far. He's such a cute boy. He loves his mama - of course that makes me smile all the time. He is certainly heavy though and that coupled with a love for mama makes my arm and back really sore! He loves his brothers, loves to be with them wherever they are. He likes to play and tease. He has a fantastic giggle. Don't mess with his food or get in his way of food - that is cause for anger and pouty lip - which is still cute as ever.

We've decided that we wanted to replace the flooring in the computer room. No big deal - pretty much rectangle room, cheap laminate flooring, easy project. Well, after a few days of thinking, we're now going to move the boys to the computer room since it's bigger and soon we'll be in need of room for three beds. The closet is bigger, so we can put the dressers inside the closet and have more floor space. They don't do much, but sleep, but sometimes they bring toys and play and watch movies when the downstairs TV is occupied. So, now it's a bigger project than originally thought. We're going to take everything out, rip out the carpet, scrape the popcorn ceiling off, re-texture ceiling, paint ceiling, paint walls, put carpet squares (just have to buy one more box) in computer room, move boys in. Moving the boys means diassembling home-made, beasty, bunk beds. Once the boys are out of their current room, the floor will already be out since we're moving their carpet squares over. We'll scrape the popcorn off, texture and paint the ceiling, then put laminate flooring in there. THEN, selectively move items back into computer/craft room. Hopefully, I can slim down the junk - declutter + dejunk = delightful.

Oh how I wish I would have documented some of the other funny stuff that those boys say. They really are funny. Gotta love them. Even though I like my job, I like being a mom more. I can still say that even after the wet toilet paper wads.

Some random pictures just for the heck of it. Enjoy!