House of Sickies

This week has been terrible! Tim started out sick, then Casey, then Carson, then Courtney and now me.

Carson has pnemonia in his lungs, but instead of a glob of fluid he has little pockets of fluid - not a good thing.

He was given a shot at the doctor's office and two different oral antibotics. One of which he takes with no problem - the other is a huge deal.

Well today I figured out why - IT'S PINK! Pink is for girls! So he thinks Courtney needs to take it for him.

So tomorrow it won't be pink - even if I have to die it green!

The girl is a tomboy!

Well it happened. My sweet baby girl has become a tomboy. She loves to play baseball, she walks around with a baseball glove on one hand the ball in the other.

She is loving being outside now that the weather has warmed up.

Last Saturday she decided that she wanted to ride Carson's bike. I thought she'd try for a little while and give up - nope, not even close.

She's been up and down the cul de sac a few times already.

The funny part - one of our neighbors has the same bike as Carson, well now that Courtney is riding it, it's now a girls bike! Now Easton won't ride his bike.

Flowers!

My garden is starting to bloom! Everyday something new has decided to greet the sun. I love this time of year. Everyday I go out and check to see what's getting ready to bud. It's so exciting watching my garden go from dormat and drab to all of a sudden having life!

Here are some pictures from today...enjoy.

Tim's Murphy Day

Well we've decided to sell the Rx-7. Tim is sad that part of his youth is over - but it's really hard to get in and out of, plus it's starting to really need repairs.

So I posted an ad on Craigslist and within 2 hours he had a call and request for pictures.

Tim decides on his way home from work to stop by the carwash and get the inside and outside cleaned up.

Well, it was a great idea - until the carwash rollers pulled the louvers off the back window, leaving a nice deep scratch only with chipped paint.

AND then he noticed a nice door ding. Up to this point the car was in really great shape, body wise.

So he's on the hunt to find a new back glass and get some touch up paint. The car wash is going to pay since the louvers were factory installed...but the timing couldn't have been worse!~

Communication

Communication has gotten a little tricky lately.

Carson has little names for different places - sometimes I know what he means, sometimes I have no clue!

Examples:

The pretzel store = Target
The horse store = Maize Mercentile
The Toy store = Toys R Us
The pet store = the humane society
Diane's House = Speech theraphy

The one's that are giving us the most grief:

The stick store - I have no idea where it is - except that it's LEFT!
The crack store - I'm hoping it's not the drug...I think it's a store that has a lot of cracks in the parking lot.

But who knows....

Courtney has some of her own:

Juice = milk
Diego = TV

But she is also getting really cute with her language skills. The other day she went up to a little girl that she didn't know -
"Who you?, I me"

I thought it was cute and sweet.

Carsonisms

Carson is getting quite comical with his vocabulary.

The other morning he and & Courtney were playing the "my mommy" game. You know the one - each child says my mommy - no my mommy, no my mommy and it gets louder and louder and louder. Then comes the pushing and shoving. Well Courtney is not going to lose - EVER. She decided to go after Carson with her teeth. All this is happening while I'm trying to put on my makeup and curl my hair.

Then comes the screaming - you know the kind. A person is about to be killed by a chainsaw murderer. Carson is making that noise! Screaming, NO COURTNEY DON'T BITE ME! STOP COURTNEY, STOP!

I decide to pop her on the head to get her to let loose. She starts to cry, and walks off pouting and crying that her beloved mommy that she was fighting for has been so mean and heartless.

Well Carson is relieved...he looks at me, takes his hand and wipes his forehead, and says: YHEW, Thanks mom, you saved me.

A new family member

Well it happened...I tried to stop it. I've even had nightmares about it. But there was a man in need and a man in want.

So we have a new family member.

His first name is John.

His last name is Deere.

My spouse is now gone for good! He is in love with a machine that cuts grass. It even has a place to put a drink and a snack. Life couldn't get any better! BUT it did! One of our other neighbors wants him to cut her lawn too! So instead of just mowing ours, he gets to drive around the neighborhood and cut lawns. It's pure heaven. Except I always thought heaven was blue and white. Apparently it's green & yellow.