Somebody & Nobody

Volcanoes!

D: Somebody colored on JJ!
Me: I wonder who that somebody was....?
J: Nobody! It was nobody, Mom!

J: Goodbye!  See you in the later!

D: Oh no!  He's making me get another black eye!
Poor bubba has quite the shiner after tripping and colliding with the toilet.



Me: Who's home today? Is Mama home?
J: Stop talking me.  Just a second.
....
J: Nobody's home, Mom.

J: Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, MOM!
Me: Stop calling my name; it's frustrating when you call it so many times!
J: I just called it one time.


(5/10) Work day for Dad & me, and school for the boys. Everyone was super tired and punchy today.  Gonna be a great day. Huzzah!


(5/11) Work day for Dad and I had the boys.  We had a nice day at preschool, and when I got home, I ended up painting all of our nails and toes.  It's quite the production, but the boys are so serious about it!


(5/12) Ugh with extra ugh sauce.  We got a really high estimate to paint our house, but it's so tall, and our timeline so tight that we'll probably end up doing it.  But UGH! The twinsies were hellions for Dad today.  Dad was feeling under the weather too, which didn't help.  I ended up taking C to hockey tonight so Dad could rest.  It's nice getting to see my big guy play every now and then!


(5/13) Work from home day for me.  It was supposed to be book club night, but that ended up getting cancelled. Everyone's just so busy this time of year.

(5/14) Today's project was tackling C's room.  I gutted it.  He's down to clothes that fit and zero toys.  We should be able to pretty much dump his clothes in a box and be done packing his room. Woot!  Dad pared down the kitchen and made a dump run today.  Also, in the middle of all that, we managed to find a buyer for our 90gal aquarium.  So I emptied that, and sent it on its way.  D was horribly upset, but we did keep a couple of the smaller tanks, so maybe he can have a betta in the future or something.  But for right now, less is more!  We went out for sushi because we were too beat to cook after all that.  I think we ordered like 8 rolls, plus yakisoba, & calamari, and polished it off between the five of us.  J personally whacked almost an entire Rainbow Roll by himself.  And then the boys asked for snacks after we got home.  I'm not kidding.

(5/15) Work day for Dad and I was home with the boys.  I got all boy clothes washed, sorted and put away.  Also did the twinsies' room and purged the top two floors of Legos.  ZOMG we have so many Legos.

Parent gift from the boys' teacher ~ So cute!

(5/16) Work day for Dad & me and school for the boys. Normally the boys have hockey after school, but D's eye was so swollen that Dad kept them home.  D carried around an ice pack all day, and kept asking us to take the black eye off.  Would if I could, kiddo!  Dad went to fetch a water heater this evening that a that a co-worker was getting rid of, since the new house's is shot.


(5/17) Work day for Dad & me, and school for the boys.  I got home late tonight, though I still had to go up and gripe at the twins to go the bleep to sleep a half dozen times. I love you, dear children, but nice mom clocks off after 8pm.


(5/18) Last day of preschool for the littles today.  They had a luau in class today.  They did crafts, made volcanoes erupt (their fave!), played outside, and then came inside to fruit kabobs.  We went out for celebratory donuts after and had a quiet afternoon in.  The twins were none too impressed that they lost their screen time the night before, since they were up and playing with Nerf guns well past 9pm.  I reminded them again at bedtime that they might actually want to stay in bed tonight.


(5/19) Work day for me, and Dad has the kiddos.  I helped set-up for the preschool's graduation tonight, and then had an event right after.  Dad had the boys at C's hockey practice until late too.  Long day for us all.


(5/20) Work from home day for me, and Dad has the kiddos. Busy weekend on deck, with hopefully lots of packing in between all our commitments!

Pickle Sprinkles

Me: Good morning!

D: I just don't need to burn my eyes, Mom.

J: Stop talking me!!

On sprinkles....
D: The orange one tastes like Cheeto.

Me: How 'bout the red?
D: The red one tastes like spicy.
Me: How 'bout the purple?
D: It just tastes like sprinkle.
Me: What about the green one?
D: It tastes like pickle.
Me: Yuuuum. And what about the blue one?
D: It just tastes like sprinkle too.

Dad: D, did you give J that cheese?
D: Yes.
Dad: J-j, did you say thank you?
*a moment of silence*
D: J-j, say thank you me!

Me: You can watch some TV...
J: Or play. Don't screw around, only play with toys.

J: Mom, you have to hectorcize zombies!

Me: Hypnotize?
J: No, hectorcize.

Me: Exorcize?

J: NO, HECTORCIZE!

Me: What do you want on your burger?

J: Ketchup!

Me: Do you want bacon?
J: Yes!  

Me: Pickles?
J: Yes!

Me: Cheese?

J: Yes! 

Give him the burger.... and ~

J: I DON'T LIKE THIS BURGER!

Twins ate the bun and all the toppings, but not the burger patty itself.  LOL

D to Amanda: I will miss you at preschool.
J: Not me!  I won't miss anybody!
Gee thanks, J.



(5/3) Work and school day.  Dad met me at the gym with the littles after work, and took C to Science Night at his school.  C really got into bingo and a couple of the other games.  Goofy guy. They stopped for ice cream on the way home and brought some back for me.  💙


(5/4) May the 4th be with you!  J's Special Day was today, and it was also their Cinco de Mayo celebration at school.  J picked out patriotic cookies (wrong colors for the holiday, but whatevs) and fruit, and their school had chips, quesadilla, and a piñata.  The kids had a ball!  Nanan came over this afternoon to visit and D excitedly showed her all the paint samples for the new house.  Dad took us all out to dinner at IHOP where the boys ordered cupcake-batter pancakes.  Hence the sprinkle discussion above.

(5/5) Cinco de Mayo!  Work had a fun celebration which included sombreros, margaritas, and history of the battle. Dad ran out and got more margarita fixins after C got home from hockey, and we ordered taco pizza because hello? taco + pizza!

(5/6) I worked from home today, and Dad had the boys.  He went up and grabbed the teenager this evening and got caught up in the zoo that is northbound traffic.  Good grief.  He made us fancy burgers with bacon and all the fixings.  The bacon mysteriously kept disappearing every time I left the kitchen.  C had no idea how that was happening, LOL.

(5/7) We had the best day today!  We headed out to Meadowdale Park and hiked Lund's Gulch down to the beach.  It was a beautiful hike, and it was so awesome to have all the kiddos along.  The teenager even watched the kiddos tonight so Dad and I could go out to dinner when we got home. We hit Red Lobster for their shrimp trio goodness.  We were going to go to a movie too, but the showtimes were all so late, so we opted for renting one instead (Spectre ~ Bond, James Bond).  We kept Mother's Day low key, but Dad did spoil me with a necklace.  Thank you, sweetie!


(5/8) Lazy Sunday.  It was gray and drizzly, and I let the kids play video games until it was time to venture out for lunch.  We hit the grocery store and I let the kiddos choose what they wanted. We then went back to enjoy and hung out until it was time to return the teenager.  Then the boys and I went up to drop off flowers for Nanan and hit the park while we were up there.  It was gorgeous by the time we hit the Island, so it was perfect for it.  We got home in time for a quick dinner and baths before bed.

It's tradition to bring Mother's Cookies on Mother's Day!

(5/9) Happy Monday!  Work, school, and hockey on the docket today.

C: Boys!  I beast mode!

April Showers

All is quiet.... the littles are still in bed & I'm working downstairs

Me: *achoo*
D: BLESS YOU, MOM!

Me: Good morning!
J: I SAID NO!

Me: Good morning!

D: It hurts!

So the 8 year old decided he wants to start wearing deodorant. And in 8 year old fashion, he ran around asking if his brothers wanted to smell his armpits.
C: Do you want to smell my upgraded smell?

Me: You told Dad you were gonna do your chores first thing without complaining.

C: No, I never agreed to that!

C: I was thinking we should try out a new recipe: homemade calamari! 

Me: Uhm, I think we need a deep fryer for that.
C: Does that cost very much?
Me: A bit. I also think it takes up a lot of room, so I think we'll stick with ordering it at a restaurant.


(4/22) Work day from home for me, and Dad had the boys.  We had an inspection done early today on a potential house.  It passed with flying colors.  Huzzah!  We're not posting anything official until all parties have signed off, but things are looking promising!   

(4/23) Dad and I spent most of today grumping at each other.  I had forgotten we were supposed to go to Snohomish on the Rocks this afternoon until shortly before the grandparents were due to arrive.  I cleaned up real quick, and when I turned on the vacuum, it spun really loud, and the belt snapped.  So much for cleaning!  Granddad and Grandma collected the kiddos and took them to the beach while we headed off to the distillery event.  After a few drinks, Dad and I started talking to each other again and had a really pleasant afternoon, capped off with milkshakes from EJ Burger.  

(4/24) We spent a lazy morning at home, but by lunch time, the kids were driving me bonkers!  I hauled them to the gym and met Sarah for some quality treadmill time.  

(4/25) Work and school day.  Dad has been dealing with some really gnarly vertigo from a medication off of which he's transferring. I met him at hockey so he could go home and sleep.  The littles are doing AWESOME!  J skated almost the whole time, and started to figure it out.  D told me today he doesn't like hockey because he's not good at it. I hear that, but the only way to get better is to practice.  They did much better when I went upstairs and watched them from above.  In other news, it's official!  We're going to be moving in June!  We're so excited!

(4/26) Work and school day for us all.  The boys got to go tour the house after Dad got off work.  They were very excited about the crystals out back (there's some aquarium glass in the rocks outside).  Nanan joined them for the tour, and then took C out shopping so they could have some time together.  

(4/27) Thank goodness I stayed home today.  We had a company out to pressure wash the driveway and our house to get it all cleaned up.  They used a spigot out back that we haven't ever used because it doesn't have a handle to turn. Turns out that pipe had broken during a freeze at one point, so half the water came pouring inside our basement through the wall. FUN! Dad ended up coming home early to help deal with the mess, and we found a plumber that could come right out and take care of it.  I went through all the towels in the house before switching to the shop vac to finish the job.  Once we got the water cleaned up, I took the twins to their school for their conference.  They're doing so awesome this year! Tonight was the membership meeting for the school, so I ended up back at the school. Today was not my favorite.  Not by a long shot.

(4/28) Work day for me, school for C, and Dad had the little boys.  I forgot some paperwork at home, so Dad brought it to me and took us all out to lunch. C had hockey practice this evening, and I stayed home with the littles. This week has been exhausting, and I was glad for some down time. 

Back of J's family

(4/29) Work day from home for me, school for C, and Dad was off with the littles.  They braved Home Depot and picked up paint for the new house.  The boys all picked out vibrant colors for their new rooms.  And though I don't love the painting process, I know it'll look great when we're done!

(4/30) Went to Zumba this morning, and then walked with Sarah out to the new house, and checked out the trails behind.  Then we headed over to where Sarah will hopefully be living to scope it out as well.  Beautiful day!   I did a bunch of yard work this afternoon and tamed the ivy again.  I'm looking forward to not having to deal with ivy at our new place!


(5/1) Lazy Sunday. The boys and I hung out in our jammies most of the morning, and then they played on their bikes while I did some yard work and cleaned the garage.  Dad took C to a stick & puck session after work, and the littles and I stayed home for baths and an earlyish bedtime.   

Back off, Monday!  I have coffee!

(5/2) Happy Monday! Work, school, and hockey today. Busy-busy!