Fathe's Day 2014

I hope everyone had a great father's day weekend!

Andre wasn't home at the start of Father's Day. He went to a softball tournament that Saturday and came back Sunday early afternoon. We would have went but I thought the kids had choir practice (they didn't).  So we waited anxiously for him to get home.

Originally, we had planned to go out and eat and head to the water park, but then decided to stay home instead.  I honestly wasn't sure about all the long hours bending, lifting, standing and running behind a toddler. 

So when he finally got home, the kids proceeded to swarm him with all of their Father's Day cards and pictures that they had made for him.  Then it was on to my favorite part of the day - pictures.  Of course, I forced  asked  told everyone to get together so I could take a picture for Father's Day.  Did I mention I'm a wanna be photographer? There is usually an excess of 1200-2000 pictures on my phone (500 at the moment- I just put in a new card 2weeks ago)This is part of the reason, it doesn't always work like it should. Then, Christmas came and I needed a real camera, a month later I needed a tripod, now I need a spare room....

It was about 90 degrees outside. So despite those smiles, they were like "hurrrry uuuup."

Thanks for making our days so bright daddy! (Hence the shades) Yeah, I think I'm all creative.  They're lucky I waited too last minute to get my softball MVP picture idea together.

"Come on AJ!  Take our picture!"  You know since moms take all the pictures of everyone, we are hardly ever in any of the pictures.  Sadly, no one else in the house shares my love for photography..... among all my other strange addictions.

Afterwards, the kids decided to help me fix daddy a meal.  I'm not sure if Caleb was prepping dinner or trying to be dinner. I think he associated the flour with some of our sensory play activities.

Then while I cooked, they all took off to go fishing. Of course, this didn't actually mean daddy would get to do any fishing. Lol. He was just supervising the kids.

 

(I guess if we are going to hand down toys and such from Cate to Caleb, we could at least spray paint them. Then again, it's not like he cares. lol)

So we ended our little Father's Day night watching the game or better yet yelling at the tv and eating. Cate and Caleb had built a fort in the living room and fell asleep on the floor.  I decided to let them stay there.  Overall, I think it was a pretty great day or at least the kids had fun.     

Are You Kidding Me? ...And Other Randoms

You know those types of families that have everything put together? The ones that never seem to have anything wrong ever happen or rather they do an award winning job hiding it? The families that appear to have drama free, stress free, pinterest pinable lives and solutions to every problem imaginaeable?

Well, we are just not that type of family. What if I told you that after writing that last post "Strange Happenings" and telling you all about all that drama that there's more. Lol. Yes...more. What if I told you that after Caleb blackened his eye and knotted his head, and after Cate's week long stomach virus and busting her head, and a staph infected tweenager's week long stay in a hospital bed (I like rhyming words), that there's more.

What if I told you that after all of that, a lady kept driving but her light was red. Okay, I'm stopping with the rhyming words. I've got Dr. Seus on brain...oh and pain killers, lots of pain killers.

Caleb and I were on the way home from dropping daddy off when out of the blue sky, and apparently out of her mind, a woman just ran the light and hit us. We were green light GOING! As I saw it about to happen, I tried to turn and dodge her but we still hit. Most importantly, Caleb was uninjured in any way. I, however, slammed into the side of the door (whiplash) and had shoulder pain (no longer have) now have a limp, pinched nerve in my back that sometimes causes leg pain and my foot to swell, inflamed cartilage around my rib cage that occassionally causes pain when I breathe, misalignment in my neck and back vertebrae, and horrendous back pain. Horrendous!

Because I only had shoulder pain right off, I declined to go to the ER. However, by that afternoon and everyday afterwards, I felt like I was dying a slow death. Everything hurt. I've been to the doctor, ER and chiropractor with a referral to an orthopedic doctor as well.

So while I've been half slumped/half sitting for the past 2 weeks, I've made some astounding discoveries along with very randomn thoughts:
1. It's been almost a year since I last painted my toenails.
2. My legs will soon be auditioning for a role in Beowolf.
3. Flipflops are now an absolute necessity.
4. I got hit by a car with the words "make today ridiculously amazing" written on the back. How ridiculously ironic.
5. I shall no longer laugh at the word chiropractor. However, we have a love/hate relationship.


6. I'm pretty sure I have imprinted on my sofa.
7. Yelling Mama, Caleb's sitting by me is a way children show empathy to hurt parents.
8. Do not use this time to gain 10lbs. I repeat, do not use this time to gain 10lbs.
9. Children need jobs. It's summer. Why are they up so early?
10. I haven't done anything for my kids so far for summer. Thank you red light runner.( I did take them to VBS last week )
11. Ashy ankles and legs will be my signature trade mark.
12. It's going to take too dogone long for them to make the next Hobbit movie. Hurry Up.
13. My husband needs cooking lessons and an apron.
14. I'm not used to driving a clean car.
15. I should have got someone to clean the house.
16. I still hate taking medicine. Everytime I pop a pill, I keep envisioning one of those dreadful commercials asking, "Have you or your loved ones ever been prescribed the drug .......?"


It hurt to take this selfie. I finally put on clothes after lounging round in sweat pants forever and did my hair primarily because I have to keep going to the doctor. Otherwise, I'd look like crap.

I feel like crap though, but the show must go on. So I press my way through!