Ring Around the Rosy...

D: I love rice! I love applesauce! I love forks! I love spoons!

D: Hi Mom!  D's the name.

D: Deedles needs to come cuddle on the mom.

Dad: J? Do you have to go potty?
J: No!
Dad: Are you doing yoga?
J: Yes!

C: I DO NOT GO TO THE PARK WITHOUT JORDAN! (pout!)
... (after going to the park and getting into a fight, which resulted in me taking us home)
C: I DON'T COME TO THE PARK FOR NO REASON!

D (wanting to use the steering wheel): I need to take a turn and give it back!

D: I need mac and cheese and then go night-night.


(2/24) Work day for Dad and me, and Sarah had the kids. J pitched a fit when dinner time came, so I offered up cucumbers and carrots. He ate no spaghetti, and between he and his brother, they ate an entire cucumber and a carrot. You know what? I'm okay with that.


(2/25) Play date at the museum with Grandma & Granddad.  While we were there, I got the call the teen was feeling sick so Dad went to collect her.  She went home to sleep the day away.  The littles and I had a great time with Grandma and Granddad.  Granddad was in hog heaven and had to go check out the rest of the museum while the kids played.  LOL!  We'll have to look into a grandparent membership!   We played through nap time and went for lunch at El Paraiso.  The littles stuffed themselves to the gills with beans and chips.  Our waiter asked to give them dessert on top of everything since they had been so good.  We declined, but it was still very nice.  After lunch, I ran them home and was able to put them down for a late nap.  Since the teen was still home, I left them sleeping and ran to grab C from school.  The rest of our evening was spent hanging out watching TV.


(2/26) Work day for me, and Dad took the day off sick.  I probably should have too, but I'm taking tomorrow off, so felt guilty, and came in to share my germs.  Lucky, work!  It is nice having Dad home in the evenings.  I'm looking forward to when he can switch to days.


(2/27) I took today off because we have plans to go see Christopher Titus up at the Skagit Casino tonight.  I got to sleep in, which was wonderful since I've not been feeling so hot, and we did a whole lot of nothing until Nanan arrived at 3p.  We then went out for an early sushi dinner and then headed up to the casino.  We played for all of 2 minutes when Dad cashed out his ticket, now up $150 and I had lost $20, so we figured we were good on gambling.  We went for a nice drive and watched the sunset and then came back for Titus.  His show was awesome!  We laughed through the whole thing.  Such a fun night!


(2/28) Huzzah for a lazy day!  Nanan stayed the night because we were out so late last night.  C & Dad quietly went about getting him out the door for hockey, and J helpfully drove his car on a sleeping Nanan. Once I dragged my butt out of bed, we all watched Mickey Mouse Club's Road Rally for the billionth time.  The teen was excited to hit the mall early, so I drove her and a friend over. JJ helpfully busted open her door revealing a very messy room, so she got called back early.  Which actually turned out to be a good thing, since her ride up to her sister's was early too.  After they left, I went and ran errands and got my hair did.  We had friends come over this evening for gaming and had a fun time.


(3/1) This plague is no joke.  Kept me up most of the night, and I spent most of the first half of the day sleeping.  C & Dad went to C's hockey game, and the littles played quietly upstairs while I got a little sleep.  After Dad went to work, the teenager came home and I had promised her that I'd drive her over to the mall after the littles woke up.  I tried to be a nice mom and take the boys to the park, but C threw a fit about first going to the park, and then had a fit about leaving when he committed several party fouls.  After we got home and all went to our separate corners, we managed to turn our afternoon around.  I made dinner and then we ventured out again to collect the teenager.  Then our normal Sunday bath, chores and laundry fun.


(3/2) Work day for Dad & me, Sarah has the littles, and Granddad & Grandma have the the bigs. I still feel like crap, so we'll see how long I last today.

Update: yeah, I made it a whopping 2 hours.  Home to sleep with me.