Let the Drummer Kick That

Yelled at full volume while stomping up the stairs:

C: WHY MUST I ALWAYS WEAR CLEAN CLOTHES?!?!?!?!

Me: You're being kind of a pill today today.
C: Yeah, you're being a pill.
D: No, I'm a big apple.
....
Me: are you still a big apple?
D: No, I'm a big pear.

Me: I'm going to go look at new Treehouses.
C: Make sure you test the carpet!
Which means to roll around on it. I'm sure that will go over well!

Dad: Hey kids, we bought a house and we're going out to dinner to celebrate!

Kids: YAY! SUSHI!!!

Me: Are you guys going to call the next house the Treehouse?

J: No, the Jungle House!  

D: The Red Treehouse!  YAAAAAY!

C: Do you want to try this one?  It's spicy!
J: Yes!
C: He's definitely my kid.

Me: Uhm....

Disclaimer: I usually write these when I'm in a good place, or so wildly sleep deprived that things are hilarious.  I'm neither today.  So, tray tables up, rose-colored glasses on, and let's proceed...

(4/8) Dad and the boys had a great time camping.  They headed out to Turlo, and happened to pull in just as another gent was pulling out. The campground was otherwise full, so they waited around and were able to take the other man's spot.  The camper wintered well, and other than losing a boot to the river, there were no other casualties. I worked in the office today, and the teenager was dropped off shortly after I got home.  She tried on her costume for the con and discovered it didn't fit, so we hit Value Village, and then went for sushi.  She tried all the sushi we ordered and was pretty proud of herself.   Then we came home and marathoned American Horror Story.


(4/9) The teen was still snoozing when I snuck out for zumba.  When I got home, the boys had returned.  So we unpacked and then went house hunting.  We found one we absolutely loved so decided to put in an offer.


(4/10) Comicon today!  I was supposed to be running a 10k this morning, but just couldn't figure out how to make everything work, so ditched the run.  The sitter arrived, the teen did my makeup, and off we went to Seattle.  We ended up parking about a half mile away, which was fine on the way in, but not so much on the way back for the poor kiddo in high-heeled boots!  We had a great time, and I'm already looking forward to going again next year.


(4/11) Today was the Mondayest Monday that has ever Mondayed.  It started with a miscommunication that had all of us in a frenzy; powering through that and mustering up enough tact to deal with an issue at work; then finding out we had lost out on the house above; followed up by the twins doing nothing but ice angels at hockey.

(4/12) Work day for Dad and me, and school for the boys.  Dad went out house-hunting as soon as I got home and drove alllllll over.  Found a good possibility.  Fingers crossed.


 (4/13) The twins got to make light sabers today at school.  D initially refused until he figured out he could have an orange one ~ which was just close enough to the color of J's, but still different.  They had a blast battling each other all over the house.  We put an offer in for yesterday's possibility, and the seller went another way.  This market is crazy.

(4/14) Dad had the kids and drove out to look at more houses while I was at work.  He even snuck one more showing in while C was at hockey and fell in love.  Only on the market for 1.5 days, so fingers crossed again!!  

(4/15) I worked at home today, and by the end of the evening we had signed papers on a beautiful split level.  Super excited, we took the kiddos out for sushi, and then drove by to let them see. Inspection is lined up for Monday.  Hooray!

(4/16) Today, since Dad was home and we weren't aggressively house-hunting, I worked up at Nanan's for a few hours.  We had a fun time and got to chat while we worked.  When I got home, Dad was clearing out the shed, and then made a dump run.  Apparently, the dump was the place to be today.  Who knew!

(4/17) Dear Sunday, you're not my favorite either.  The kids whined alllll morning to go outside, and then after about 20 minutes wanted to come back in.  I broke the clippers while pruning the fruit tree, then ran over a dog toy and broke the lawn mower, and then with the kid whining? Ugh with extra ugh sauce.

(4/18) Today was the inspection for the house.  A whole lot of bad news was turned up that had us seeing big $$$$$ to fix.  We're heartbroken.  I went to work in a daze.  I went out house-hunting later with our realtor while the boys were at hockey.  Didn't really find anything worth it, so we're back to the drawing board again.  Dad says the boys did nothing but make ice angels again on the ice tonight.  We're all having a day, I guess.

(4/19) Officially killed the deal on the house.  Dad went out looking at more properties this evening.  He really liked one house, so I went out and looked at it too.  It's really cute, and has disco track lighting, which I won't let Dad remove.  Hee!  So here's hoping.....again.


(4/20) D's Special Day was today.  All the kids get to have a day where they're recognized ~ kind of like their bdays, but since not all kids have birthdays during the school year, they do special days instead.  D had a hard time understanding it was just his day, and not shared with his brother.  Their teacher lets each student pick out a book, which D asked for it to be inscribed to J too.  So sweet ❤

(4/21)  Waiting to hear back on this last house.  Gee, isn't this fun!  Work day for me and Dad has the kiddos.