08.30.08
Go Bucks!
Found some buckeyes down on the trail tonight when we went for a walk
this big one had triplets!
08.29.08
Back to School
This picture makes my heart feel like it is going to explode- I so love these boys.
Anyway, settling back into routines around here. The first month is always torture because it takes Austin that long to get back into the flow, change his sleep routine, and un-grump. He loves school, but it wears him out the first month. Same deal, every year. Factor in lots of hours of football, well you get the idea. Blake has already fallen into old habits, not telling me had homework until 5 minutes before it is time to walk to school. I need to get better about checking his backpack.
I must admit that the early morning wake-up is not so much fun. I miss our sleeping in summer days!
Cole doesn’t start for another week or two so we are hanging out until then. I love fall but it came too early this year. I wasn’t ready to say good-bye to summer.
08.26.08
Where’s the sympathy??
Ok so you know that as a mom you can never get sick? Well apparently you can never get injured either. No one cares.
This morning I went in to wake up my 11 year old who was still sleeping at 10:45am. I tried letting his dog jump on his head, I let the dogs bark outside his door, nothing. So finally I did it myself- 7am is going to come very early tomorrow morning when he has to get up for school.
So anyway we are chatting as I am trying to put my shoes on. It isn’t easy bending your legs when you have big scabs on both knees so of course I am complaining.
He lays there rubbing his eyes and says, “have you cut yourself in the last 20 years mom?”
I could see where this was going. “you think I am complaining a lot?”
“um, yeah. Maybe you should practice that Wii balance.”
Well dang it, they hurt! I am still trying to figure out how I am going to cut bags- I can’t hold a rotary cutter in my hand.
Sigh.
The funny thing yesterday was the reaction I got from people. When I paid for my hummus sandwich at Cosi the girl took my money with her fingertips- staring at my gaping wound.
When I went over to the table to meet my friend Aimee she wordlessly handed me a napkin- I think she thought it was catchup or something. I just shook my head- this is how it looks after I cleaned it up.
I went home and tried to cover it in band-aids- of course all we had were Snoopy and they wouldn’t stick.
My friend Julie came over to pick up Cole and said, “geesh, you look like one of your kids- you wipe out??”
Two more of my friends told me that I needed a much better story than tripping over my dog because that was well, not that cool. One suggested that I say I fought off a mugger.
So I guess I better suck it up and keep my mouth shut- since my kiddos are tired of hearing me complain. I am going to remember this the next time one of them falls down, which I am sure will happen this afternoon or tonight at football practice. Deaf ears.
08.25.08
Work in Progress
I have to wait another week for the rest of my desk to get in from PB but in the meantime I have moved the container store desk upstairs to the “homework/computer nook”
we still need to add the shelves, and probably a desk-top computer.
prior to our remodel this was a cedar closet- this picture below was taken when the house was for sale and we were looking at it.
Oh man I could have so much fun with some before and after pictures. I am so attached to this house of ours. It was such an ugly duckling that is finally, after 5 years, coming together.
See what happens when I try to be a good dog owner??
Well actually I am not going to show you because it is pretty gross.
Because the weather has taken a turn for the better (ie not so hot) and because Barley is getting way too large around the middle I decided to skip the rec center and take her out for a run.
Barley is a great dog to walk because she doesn’t need a leash. But you have to watch her because if we get anywhere near our street she heads for home like a horse heads for the barn.
Running with her is a little more challenging because she weaves- and she trips me. Well today 5 minutes into our run, down I went. As I sat there checking out the damage, two bleeding knees and a really gross bleeding palm. She turned and looked at me and I could tell she was thinking “you really are a clumsy girl, don’t you think we would both be better off if we just went back home and sat on the couch?”
So I wiped the blood on my sweat pants (so glad I wasn’t wearing shorts!), turned the ipod to Social Distortion (loud), and off we went. I wore her out.
Wish I could say that it was all her fault. But I obviously have balance issues (according to the Wii) and my legs are a battleground of scars, I have fallen chasing dogs, chasing kids, and even once in a bagel parking lot, I tripped while carrying Blake (he was one)- that one was bad because my arms were mangled from trying to protect his head. He was fine.
So there you go, my life as a clumsy girl.
Off to wash the blood off my ipod. Yuck, I know.
08.24.08
Wii not fit
Recently a Wii fit found it’s way into our house. The boys have been having fun setting goals and playing with it. Austin wanted to gain 5 lbs. but is going backwards because of football. He has lost 2 pounds and now has to gain 7. Blake wanted to lose a pound- he has lost a half pound. Cole doesn’t care.
This morning they wanted me to get on it- the first test it does is weigh you, then it tells you how balanced you are (how you distribute your weight when you stand) and then it makes you do all these balance exercises. After all that it gives you your “Wii age” based on how well you did.
My Wii age came in at 47 !!
Let me just say that I am no where near 47 so I was a little mad. I did ok on the weight and BMI, my BMI was 21 which I think is good (under 25 is good if I remember correctly). But I stank at the balance thing- I put way more weight on my left foot then my right so they said I didn’t have a strong core.
It probably didn’t help matters that I was about to pee my pants and therefore a tad wiggly.
Yeah I thought so
Last night we had a rare opportunity. Cole was invited to go see a movie with his buddy Nate, and at the last minute Blake decided to tag along. So when Austin got home from his friends house, the three of us looked at each other and said, “hey! a peaceful dinner out!” We jumped in the car and hit Bravo for some yummy food.
We really thought Austin would enjoy his evening out with just us, afterall- I am not sure he has had a night out alone with BOTH parents. Plus he has been known to say that his brothers drive him nuts and ponders what life would be like as an only child.
But halfway through dinner he admitted that he missed Blake (no mention of Cole). And this morning he admitted that dinner out with just me and dad was a little boring. Hmmm. I thought he may secretly like his brothers.
In other news, I finally broke down and bought the desk from Pottery barn that I have been craving for the past year.
I got it in black. When it is all set up I will take a picture. The Container store desk that I bought a while back got moved upstairs to the computer nook- I will take a picture of that soon too. Feels good to finally start getting the house put back together.
Off to watch Austin’s first football game.
08.22.08
Pool Party
Spent the day at a friend’s house yesterday hanging by the pool
I can’t believe that this time next week they will be in school. They all say they are ready- I’m not!
Well Cole’s preschool doesn’t start yet- so he and I will hang.
And a shot from Blake’s guitar lesson the other day.
Have a great weekend!
08.19.08
You know what makes me happy?
seeing the color back in the cheeks of one my most favorite little faces. Even as it is hurling at me at top speed as he pounces from the ottoman to the couch and lands almost on my head while announcing, “I want to go ride my bike!”
Little Sickie
My little guy woke up puking this morning, and puked a few more times after that. Now he is sleeping. I am staying close. Poor little guy.
It’s a good excuse to get a few things done- like this
Someone gave me this funky dot fabric a couple years ago. I LOVE it. But I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with it. I thought I would make myself a bag, but it has this weird rubber stuff in strips on the back and I wasn’t sure how it would hang so I never did.
Today I pulled it out and voila. How cool does this chair look now? Although it looks like I should have pulled it a little tighter. Oh well, that can be fixed. I have enough to do one more. Better get busy before the little guy is running to the bathroom again. 
