The joys of chores!

This weekend was a big weekend for chores, but they didn't all go well. I started out Saturday washing laundry and forgot to check all the pockets. I usually give pants a pat down to feel out any possible problems, but I don't usually put my hand into each individual pocket. I should start doing it though. After watching my ipod(that had been lost for a week) fall out of Colten's pocket and into the washing machine, I should have known better. Well, I washed my husband's appointment calendar. Not such a big deal, it is cheap and replaceable. The next load of laundry had been on the closet floor for a week so I just tossed it in, without checking pockets. Will I never learn?!? Tony's new cell phone, one week old, happened to be in the pocket of the old clothes. He had been out painting and had picked up the old pair of pants off the closet floor. He had only 1/2 hour before taken the pants off and put them back on the floor, but with the cell phone in it. We tried to get the phone to dry out, but after a wash and rinse cycle, it just wasn't going to happen. Even worse, we have to pay to replace the phone since it was a work phone and Tony gets a letter of reprimand in his file. For some reason the mayor thinks he was irresponsible. I really should get the letter, not Tony. I was the bad wife. So, did I learn my lesson? I hope so. I'll probably start checking pockets until the next time I get in a hurry and forget. Only 25 work days until summer!! Thank goodness!

Mother's Day

My mother's day was a little rough at times, but overall was a great day. My ideal mother's day is a day when I don't have to mother anyone and instead just get to do what I want. That didn't happen yesterday. It started out with Carson still being sick and cranky. It's just a cold, but he was fussy and that runny nose and cough definitely were not just teething. So I decided that Carson shouldn't go to church because they really frown on sick babies in the nursery and I was feeling a little ill even though I wanted to go and hear the guest speaker. So Tony took Colten and went to church and visited the Great-Grandparents afterwards. He also did a little shopping. I was at home with a cranky child who refused to take a nap for two hours, until after lunch. While he napped I relaxed and read a book, anxiously waiting for him to wake up with the noise of the rain. Because it was raining I couldn't plant plants outside, so I wound up relaxing for over an hour. Husband comes home and Colten gives me this little gift bag. Now, our mothers all got nice cards signed by Colten and Carson, but nothing was planned for me. My husband, being thoughtful, had bought me a freshwater pearl bracelet!! It was so nice, but so expensive. It is hard to be upset with him for leaving me with a screaming child when he gave me this! After a late lunch I headed outside to plant flowers and listen to the toddler scream his displeasure of naps through the monitor. After 20 minutes of torture, I put the kid in his highchair and set him outside in the garage where he could see daddy, but not get into stuff. I don't know who took care of the bugger after that, but I was plugged into my iPod and cared about planting my flowers. My MIL fixed a dinner of left over pizza and watched the boys longer so I could get most of the flowers in the ground. Then came bedtime and the lost loveys. We have TWO loveys for Carson so you always have at least one for bed time. MIL said she set them on the stairs. Ask Colten, "Where did you put the loveys?" He says, "I think I put them by the (exercise) bike." All adults are scouring the house looking for any sign of pale green satin. Finally we get Colten out of the bath, dressed, and march him around to show us where they were. He looks at the bike and says, "I guess they didn't like it here and went somewhere else." At this point both my husband and I are ready to scream in frustration. All of a sudden, Colten walks out to the living room, where we have searched many times, reaches under a couch cusion and pulls out the loveys. We had to have a discussion about hiding brother's things and telling the truth. Finally all the kids were in bed and the Survivor Finale was on TV so I could relax. Some snuggles with my hubby, and I was happy. It was a pretty good mother's day.

Almost Done!!

Here are the latest pics of the addition. We have about two weeks left of finish work, then it will be ready to live in. The most frustrating part is getting our builder, who doesn't pay his bills on time, to get his work finished. We can't finish the trim until he puts in the doors. He also has a long list of small but important things to touch up and finish before we call for our final inspection. It's almost done though! Notice the nice marble tile floors (thanks for installing them Tom!) and the Pergo laminant floors installed by me!! Look pretty good for my first time!

10 reasons I love my in-laws

1. My father-in-law loves to do yard work! He wasn't even at our house for an hour and he started hauling beauty bark and cutting brush in the woods.
2. The wonderful food my mother-in-law makes (and kills my diet with)
3. The food they buy because they think they are eating so much of ours!
4. the motiviation to my husband to work outside as well with his father.
5. The deep cleaning my mother-in-law gave my kitchen before the birthday party.
6. The dishes are always done
7. Coffee is always made and smells great first thing in the morning
8. Free live-in babysitters
9. Grandma helps read bedtime stories
10. They are happy when you come home!

Some pictures from spring break!

Colten has been going through a super-hero phase and this is him being super man. He was great all spring break, but was sick on Thursday. Jenny came to visit and wound up cleaning up puke! Thanks girlfriend! He had his 5 year check up at the doctor's on Friday and everything is healthy! No shots either! That made his day.

Carson's favorite things to do with daddy are to be thrown up in the air and wear daddy's hats. What fun!

Quite a birthday!

Colten's birthday party was this last Saturday and it was lots of fun, with some cancelations and meltdowns thrown in. The weather was perfect. It was in the 70's and beautiful. Colten had a great time decorating his "Candyland" cake.

Colten also had a meltdown right as we were expecting people to arrive. Colten was adamant that he didn't want to grow up and therefore didn't want a birthday party. After calming him down we realized that he thought he would grow up big like daddy, but in a day! Tony and I explained to him that he wouldn't grow that much just because he was turning 5! He mellowed out enough to enjoy the party.

Colten's favorite part of the party was, of course, the presents! We got lucky this year and didn't recieve any annoying noisy ones!! Thanks girlfriends for the wonderful gifts he did get. With the wonderful weather he did get to try out his new bubble gun and got the cats to chase the bubbles outside.

It was a long day with several people who had RSVPed and said they would be there and then at 2:00 (when the party was supposed to start!) called and said they couldn't make it. What really gets me is the reasons they gave! Ok, the family with the sick kid is excused, though I've never had an event when their kid was healthy! What gets me is the parents who cancelled because the weather was nice and the family was working outside or had family in town and were spending time visiting with them. It makes me really mad that I spent all the money and time putting together goodie bags for all the family. Colten was disappointed that some of his friends weren't there.

Definitely a toddler

It is sad when you realize your baby is no longer the cuddly baby you used to hold close in your arms. Carson still likes to snuggle (preferably at 2 am!) but no longer likes to be held like a baby, lying in my arms. He now likes to put his head on my heart and hug me while I rock him. He decided to change this last week while he was sick and miserable. One more baby stage to miss, at least until the next one comes along!