The Clinton Clan

As it turns out, Lacy is NOT a fan of soccer.
Her favorite part is water break.


Another mom on the team said that her daughter was like Lacy last season. They called her a vapor, because she always trailed far behind the team as they chased the ball. But I wouldn't even give Lacy that much credit. She plants herself on the field and just spaces out. Its cute but also very frustrating. Cliff and I scream the whole time. "Run Lacy! Kick the ball! Lacy, where's the ball?! Help your team!" But that girl...she drums to her own beat. She twirls her hair or WALKS toward the ball on a rare occasion.


Maybe she's tired. Her Tuesday games are right after beach day....

Oh well, we tried!

I took the kids swimming at Granny's house yesterday and they had a blast. Afterward, I took all 3 kids in the shower with me for a quick rinse. There was fighting and yelling and to make a long story short, Anj slipped and landed on her teeth. There was lots of blood, three jammed teeth and one of them was REALLY loose.


The good thing is that this incident happened at Granny's house--because there were other people around to occupy my kids while I paged the emergency dentist and figured out what to do. (look at me the optimist! ;)


After waiting an hour, the pediatric dentist never called back (apparently their pager was broken, grrr). I opted to contact our (mine and Cliff's) dentist. She told me to go in first thing the next morning; there was nothing to do tonight. As I packed up our things to get ready to head home, Wesley decided to 'eat it' and got a fat lip too.


The next day we went to the dentist first thing in the morning. The x-rays showed no nerve damage and the loose tooth had solidified. The dentist said that Anj should have a soft diet for the next few days and that there was also about a 50% chance that her teeth would turn gray/black. (the good: its her baby teeth, the bad: its her front teeth and its going to be 4 years or so until she loses them) Since it was Tuesday, and we were already down on Costa Mesa, we headed down to the beach to play with our friends. Other than eating things awkwardly on the side of her mouth, Anj acted normal. Everyone had fun at the beach.
That Anjali, she's one tough babe!

Cheap...it's how we roll!

Cliff picked this bad boy up for $50. Our kids are definitely the coolest kids on the block now.

Lately, Anj has been fighting bed time. After we tuck the kids in and turn out the lights Cliff and I hop into bed and spend some quality time...watching our TV shows (haha, made you nervous, didn't I).

Often, we'll catch the girls sneaking down the hallway to watch TV and we'll send them back to bed. They have since learned to stay on the far end of the hallway away from our bedroom door so we don't catch them--so sometimes we find this:

Wesley fell off of our little slide in the patio and landed head first. I watched the bump swell up, it totally freaked me out!

So it doesn't look so bad at first...


YIKES!


After making an emergency visit to consult Doctor Daddy, we decided to keep with our norm and go to beach day. Wes was a total champ. But I'll tell you--we are gonna have a rough time taking that paci away from him...

That's right everybody! Anj is potty trained! She got new "Disney Fairies" panties. Here she is sportin' them.

Check out those cute buns!

that Oreos have no milk in them? So Wes can eat them without breaking into hives or barfing! YAY!

After a long hot afternoon at the beach, we trek back to the car, powder up and drive home. These are my ghost babies! Wes is passed out!

We went to a BBQ at Mary's. We ate some grub.


Wesley crawled around and got really dirty. REALLY. DIRTY.



I got a flat tire. (This happens to me several times a year. I have the worst luck!)


We ate cake that the girls (and Cliff) decorated.


We lit fireworks.


We watched fireworks.


Anj was scared.


Lacy just wanted to color. (by flashlight no less)


Wes was cute and snuggly!