Wordless Wednesday

Ruby Slippers

Dorothy on her way to her Daisy Troops tea party

Sophia playing dress up

Kisses for Pooh

Pretty Face

Don't take my picture! Horrible three's rear their ugly head.

A happy penguin chasing birds in the aviary at the zoo.

I want to be a "homfress" (princess for those of you who don't speak Sophia)

Indifferent Little Lamb

Nonnie, Penguin, and Lamb in front of the kangaroos at the zoo.

Just Another Monday

I shut my alarm off then woke up in a mild panic. Not so bad, we were still early getting to school. It was finally a chilly morning, which is really unusual in KS in Aug. I actually had to go back in the house to get the girls jackets. The only ones that weren't upstairs put away were the Royal's sweatshirts.

Friday was parent teacher conferences, early I know. They tell us that it's just in case we have questions. The only question I had was whether or not Aidan was behaving. Her teacher said she is doing great, different from Lilly but still doing very well. Lilly's teacher and I went over what she had to tell me and that was it, I was out of there in under 5 mins. I was in and out of the school in 15 mins. Conferences never last long for us anyways. The girls like school and are pretty good and we trust the teachers to do their job, we don't need a lot of explanation. I really only like to go to hear how great my kids are doing, everyone likes to hear they are doing a good job.

Today we went to have the oil changed in the van. While they were doing that, we walked to Target and then to Panera Bread for lunch. I did finally find what I am getting Delilah for her birthday, but unfortunately I cannot find a picture of it online. I didn't buy it today because Sophia was with me and was getting pissy about not getting anything. Normally I don't care if she does get mad, tough, but today I didn't know how long we would have to hang out so I just decided to wait to buy it. I still have no clue what to get Sophia. I guess I have another week before I have to panic about that. They both slept all the way home, but that was only 30mins. And then by the time we got home it was too late to lay them back down. So they are grumpy.

Friday night ( I am jumping back and forth I know) Rosy came and helped me clean while Jason took the three younger girls. Lilly stayed to help us. We cleaned for 2 1/2 hours and only got the livingroom, down stairs bathroom, and closet cleaned. I did shampoo the carpet though, so that took a lot of time. It looks really nice. I am doing the office today, since the cat was sick in there all day on Thursday. We spot cleaned but it needs to be deep cleaned. The same is true for the laundry room rug, but I will have to wait until she is better to do that one. Poor kitty, she is going to the vet soon. It's weird because she doesn't look or act sick, she is just vomiting a lot. She is not eating very well though but is still drinking and using the litter box fine. Hopefully it's just a virus or something and she will be better soon. I was worried she was dead today, I couldn't get her to come to me or even meow. I had my brother come look for her while I was gone, in case she was dead. He found her, but she wouldn't come out. I will try again after I pick the girls up from school.

Speaking of which, it's time to go. Maybe I will have something more interesting to say tomorrow. :P

What did you do at 6am, in complete darkness?

Want to know what I did?

Woke up to a baby who had soaked her diaper, clothing, and bedding. Had to strip her down, give her a bath, strip her bed, remake her bed, get a new bottle ready, get her out of the bath, dry her off, dress her, lay her back down, and pray she went back to sleep. I had to do all of that in complete darkness or risk waking her up all the way. Thankfully she did go back to sleep and let me sleep in until 8:30am.

My neighbors pit bull puppy has been wandering in and out of my yard the last few days. Makes me so happy. It's driving Kuddle, our dog, completely insane. And on top of being in our yard yesterday, with his own following right behind him, he also pooped in my yard. I tapped the window to get his attention and called out "Could you please keep your dog out of my yard from now on, he's driving my dog crazy!" To which he mumbled, uh yeah um alright.

My cat, who is a large 20lb black cat of an unknown age, is throwing up a large amount the last two days. I am worried about her, at first they were hairballs, normal since she is a very long haired cat. Now it's just white stuff. I am afraid she is sick and/or dying. We have had her for a little over 7 years and her previous owner said she was around 3-4, so she is no young kitty anymore. I am going to take her to the vet while my mil is here, but until she can go she will be spending her days in the garage. Poor kitty, I love her, but I can't have her throwing up all over my floors, we have carpet. My kids would be happy if she passes, they want new kittens and I told them they had to wait until she was gone. They always say "I don't want BC to die, but I want kittens." I hope she will be alright and live on a few more years, but right now I am not so sure.

It's not a good day for me. Plus I have to go to parent teacher conferences today, Rosy is coming to watch the little girls while the big girls and I go. So I will be a big ball of nerves, not because of what the teachers might say, more because I have to socialize with every Tom, Dick, and Harry (more like three ladies names, since mostly only mommies come to these things). At least I don't have to take all of my children with me. I really don't have to take any of them, but the other kids go and they talk while the parents are in with the teacher. My kids are into the social scene, so they will go.

Hope everyone has a better day than I am.

Two More Casualties

I really can't think it's us at this point. There must be something wrong with animals that come from pet stores. The bird and the gerbil both kicked the bucket this week, only hours apart from each other. It has only been a little over 3mths since we got them. I swear we feed, clean their cages, and give them water. We don't over handle them, they are in quiet places in our house. It must not be us. Our guinea pig is now over four years old and we got her from a family, not a pet store. So at this point it must be the stores fault, bad breeding or what have you. We are so done store bought critters. It's actually kind of a relief, two less animals for me to take care of while Kale is gone. Although I really wish it hadn't turned out this way.

Fun Filled Day.....and it's only 10am

Delilah has taken to waking me everyday before 7am and making sure that I can't get back to sleep before it's time to get up. This morning she was even more rude, she feel asleep just as I had to get up and I had to go wake her up to take the girls to school. That breaks on of my rules Never wake a sleeping baby.

After we got home from dropping them off, I lost track of time reading blogs and was nearly late leaving for Delilah's doctor's appointment. Oh and It's freaking snowing, AGAIN! I swear, I thought I moved away from MA. As I was going down the hill I started to slide and had to run the stop sign to avoid sliding right into the ditch. I am okay driving on snow or ice unless 2 minutes into my drive I have something like that happen. At least I don't panic and I know how to correct myself without creating more problems.

We got to the clinic and her appointment is for next week. SHIT! Kale makes her another one for this afternoon, but it's not with the doctor I trust. So I have him cancel it and I talk to the doctor's nurse. She assures me I am doing everything right for treating her pneumonia. Which is all I really wanted to know. So we go home, Delilah screeching all the way there.

I get home and make her a bottle. Walk into the living room and see something weird on the carpet. Upon closer inspection and a poke of my finger, I find out it's Aidan's fish Rainbow. Stupid F*ing cat ate only the head and left the rest on the floor for me to clean up. He could have at least had the decency to finish the meal and just left me wondering where the fish had gone (like I wouldn't have known). (As I was finishing typing this he actually went over to where he left the damn thing and gave me a dirty look as if to say I was gonna finish that!)

It can only get better from here, RIGHT???