My 3 Sons

Oh be careful little hands what you do! Or should I say, Oh be careful mom what's in the washer before you wash anything!! Last Christmas, Billy and I treated ourselves to a new king size mattress. Now anyone who has a king size knows that the sheets can get pricey. I asked my mom for sheets for Christmas. She went all out with the really nice, high tread count sheets. Pure luxury! I wash them and put them right back on because the other sheets are junk compared to these. Well, Thursdays are the day to wash. So I did. I saw the green crayon in the washer when I was putting the sheets into the dryer and thought I saved myself from accidentally putting the crayon in the dryer. I guess there was one in there too or tangled up in the sheets. I got them out to put them back on the bed and they were tie-dyed green amongst the khaki and white pattern that was supposed to be there. I was just sick! But what can you do? They still sleep the same, just more colorful. Grass green to be exact. Thanks Tanner, our little artist. So that my friends is my mommy tip of the day! Laundry anyone?

I am having a great day! For starters, I am listening to the new John Mayer CD, Continuum. Love that guy! Then the doorbell rang and my new heart rate monitor was on the doorstep (free overnight shipping!). This thing is amazing! Basically, it is a personal trainer on my wrist and the best thing of all, it's PINK. You can download the workout onto the computer and it will chart your fitness progress. I have a personal goal to run triathlon some day soon, well, not too soon, but not too far off either. I have a great workout friend, Anne, who will meet me anytime, no excuses. Our husbands thought we were crazy to get up at 4:45am to go to a cycle class, but we absolutely love it! Mine thought it wouldn't last, but I get up and go 2 times a week and would do more, but he leaves for work at 5am, so that would be illegal for both of us to be gone at the same time. Anyway, I can't wait to use this monitor and all of it's features.

Another reason to smile, it's premiere week on TV! I am a TV junkie and can't wait to veg out in front of Grey's Anatomy tomorrow. Although, I am sad it is on so early and on Thursday nights. Oh well, I'll take what I can. Enjoy your evening tomorrow all my Grey's Fans! I'm going to read my user manual now.

Today is Ty's 10th birthday!! I can't believe that little boy is already in the double digits. I hear we have just entered into a whole new realm of parenthood. But we're not 'skeered'. Our church just started an adolescence class this quarter for 4th and 5th graders to teach them about peer pressure, drugs, you know, the "fun" stuff about growing up, but how to grow up with God in your life to help you with these issues. Last Wednesday night was the first class, taught by 2 RNs and a doctor,all of which are members of our church. I can't believe MY child is in it now. It was always for the 'big' kids at church, not my kids. Ty really liked it and Sunday at his party, they were doing a bungie trampoline jumping thing and the other boys were doing back flips and just being nutty on that thing. When it was Ty's turn, he just jumped straight up and down very cautiously. The other boys were chanting to him "back flip, back flip, back flip". He just kept jumping and saying no, I don't want to. Even his father was heckling him. He never gave in. When he got off, he whispered to me, "Mom, did you hear all of that peer pressure? I didn't give in to them! I learned that in my Discovery Class Wednesday night. Are you proud of me?" How cute is that? I wish that was all the peer pressure he would get in his little life. It starts small I guess and I just pray it lasts for a long time to come. He has been such a joy to have in our family. I think we'll keep him!

Don't forget Sunday is Grandparents Day. My poor mom endured 2 days of school lunches so she could participate in the boy's G-parent days at school. She is a vegetarian and today was nasty, mcnasty sloppy joes and the alternate was ham and cheese munchers. She brown-bagged it! I am so glad that she is living here now so she can do these special things with the boys.

Do you ever have those days where you just need to not do anything important because you just aren't firing on all cylinders, so to speak? Today was that day for me. I am preparing communion at church for the month of September. Not yet aware of my abilities today, I ventured into the kitchen at church and proceed to drop all 32 bread trays, complete with doilies. They are LOUD when they all collapse at one time onto tile flooring. I hear a roaring laughter from the nearby office and 3 people came to see what it was, knowing really what it was, but checking on me due to the loud nature of the accident. Luckily, Karessa offered to help me! Sometimes accidents help out a person. Then, we filled all 60 trays with grape juice and were strategically placing them into the refrigerators, when I bumped the tray on the top of the refrigerator. Luckily it was only one tray that spilt everywhere. Could have been terribly worse. If the communion coordinator could have seen me today, there would be no more communion preps for me.
Have a great day!

Oops! Forgot about this little area of my life. A lot has been going on since my last post. School started 3 weeks ago and I started working everyday again, so "busy" is all I know. 4th grade is full of homework for Ty, Mason has a weekly reading challenge and spelling tests to be ready for, and Tanner,well he's easy. We love his new Pre-K teacher, Ms.Chasity. Mason had her when he was at Northern Hills, so she knows Tanner and know his shyness, which is slowly changing as he gets used to her. She just found out she is pregnant with her #3!

Some other news, Tanner has been sick with allergies all week and Thursday, I stayed home with him. Wednesday, Billy was home with him and decided to teach him how to ride his bike without training wheels, despite all the Benadryl and Motrin in his tiny body. He did great though! He was really ready to ride on 2 wheels that's for sure! I personally would have waited until he was drug-free, but it worked. Whatever.

Yesterday, I let Ty ride his bike to school with our neighbors. Around 3:10, the phone rang and it was the nurse from school. Ty had wrecked on the way home and they went back to school since they were closer to it than home. Ty said he was glad to be with Christopher because he is a safety patrol and in 5th grade so he knew exactly what to do. What the nurse didn't tell me until I got there was that he needed stitches due to the fall. It was all cleaned up and bandaged when I got there, but Christopher explained to me that if I had seen Star Wars 4, it was just as bad as a cut in that movie. THANKS Mr.Safety Patrol! Sure enough, the ER decided it was bad also and put in 6 stitches in the top of his knee. The same leg he broke in November and since he still had the rods in his leg, he has to be on antibiotics for infection. Oh, and since the knee is such a wonderful place to have stitches in a 10 year old boy, he will have to try not bend his leg for 14 days, maybe more. Then we will go to remove the stitches. Does it ever end with 3 boys around? I don't think so!

Well, that's all for now. I am going to go wrap everyone in bubble wrap so I can ensure a safe end of the evening. Take care.