Week in Review

Or at least half-week in review.

Saturday I was doing the dishes and I remembered that M had left a cup of milk upstairs. I went to get the cup and as I was heading downstairs I saw this hanging out in the blinds of our window...

















Nice, huh? Being the grown-up that I am, I called my dad to come and save me. I rushed past the window (so the spider couldn't jump out at me when it saw me walk by, of course) and headed downstairs to wait. Well, when my dad got to my house the spider wasn't there anymore! Agh! My dad cleared away the web, sprayed the window, and tried to assure me that the spider went outside to get some dinner and wouldn't come back in because of the spray. I still check the window every time I go by it. I haven't seen it again.

Sunday was my birthday. I turned 33. Yeah, that's right...I'm not afraid to say how old I am. I thought H and K were going to pass out with excitement when they gave me their card. They were absolutely giddy. I opened it and there was a pirate captain saying, " For your birthday I told me crew to get you some pirate booty..." On the inside there are 3 pirates mooning you and the captain says, "Not that kind of booty!" If you know my kids, you know that booty is their favorite word lately. N said that in the store the kids were literally rolling on the ground laughing at all the booty cards. Anyway, N took good care of me all day. I didn't have to do anything all day. (If you look closely at my hand in this picture, you'll see where my kids get their affinity for flipping the bird.)

Monday, H finally went back to school (she only went on Tuesday the week before because she was sick). After picking her up, we went to the fire station that is right around the corner from our house. The kids enjoyed the tour, but were both too shy to do anything. They wouldn't even get in the fire truck. The firemen were so nice and gave the kids hats, frisbees, and water bottles full of a pencil, hackey sack, and bracelet). While we were on our tour the firemen were called out on a call. It was very exciting for the kids to see the trucks up close.We let the kids take their camera and H took pictures of everything. Here are some of her best (with the exception of the one she is in):











































After the fire station we went home for dinner and to watch a movie. As we were watching, K was doing acrobatics on N's gaming chair. K fell and came over to me, pulled his pants down and said, "Mom, I cracked my butt!" Never fear, it was uncracked the next morning.

And, just because I can...Here's a picture of M who is all ornery right now because he is cutting more teeth.