The Terrible Horrible No Good, Very Bad Day

Today;

• Woke up with a headache


• Alan's car wouldn't start, still is having trouble


• I had to go to the dentist


• Left the kids home alone for the first time with Bekah


• Need fillings


• Had a flat tire on the way home


• The flat tire was brand new


• Had to wait an hour for the insurance company guy to come fix my flat tire


• Was worried about the kids


• Left my phone at home and couldn't call anyone


• Sam broke his arm falling at the park


• Alan had to go to three urgent cares before finding one that accepted our insurance

The blessings;

• My headache went away quickly


• We are getting dental insurance soon


• My neighbor rescued Bekah from babysitting her brothers and they all had a good time


• I noticed the flat tire as I drove slowly through the bank and was able to stop there and take care of it safely


• I was able to use the phone at the bank


• Sam had a ton of fun on his new bike before he broke his arm on the playground


• we just got our new health insurance cards in the mail Saturday


• There was no line at the urgent care, they got right in

After the flat tire and the dentist I said to the kids, "All we need is for someone to break their arm today!" I'll never say that again!!

Pond Life

We were walking around the pond in out in back of our house last Sunday and this is what we saw! Alan and I watched it finish off the frog, so amazing! Don't worry, this snake is not venemous.

Jonah being goofy at the pond. Ready to catch a frog though!

Now on to this week, We caught a big bullfrog for the first time. Alan had to wade into the pond, but he got one. Oh the excitement!! Too bad Sam was asleep (not feeling well poor little guy). This is our neighbor friend. At one point the frog got away and there was lots of screaming and laughing as they chased it down. We put him back in the pond shortly after.

Up close. Isn't he darling?!

We love our pond and all the wildlife out there, especially the frogs!

Funny

My Brother and his wife just had a baby yesterday. They added a second little girl to their family. Her name is Ellia Naomi. She had a few problems at birth and is in the NICU for a couple of days, so I don't have a picture yet of her. Her big sister Sophie (2 1/2) is already protective of her little sister. It just reminded me of when Sam was born. This is the face we got when Jonah met his new brother. Really I think Jonah would have been ok to leave him at the hospital. It always makes me laugh!

Mother's Day Prep

I asked Jonah what he was going to get for me for Mother's day. He thought about it for awhile and decided he would get me an Indiana Jones Lego set. I asked him if I could play with it all by myself. He thought about that too and thought maybe he would need to "help" me play with it. Isn't he sweet!

Piano Competition

Bekah participated in a piano competition last week. She did really well! She scored a 1! She really worked hard practicing for this and I am proud of her. She had to have her piece memorized, play for a judge, and take a theory test. The judge has the music and writes down comments (mostly positive and encouraging ways to improve). She didn't even seem nervous!

Indulgent

I hardly ever do something for myself that I would call indulgent. BUT today I did. I saw a commercial that Jerry Seinfeld is coming to town and I said I AM GOING! He was in Lincoln and I wanted to go so bad, I didn't buy tickets because we were poor students. I regretted it and made a promise to myself that next time I would go. I am so excited! I barely got tickets, they were almost sold out, But I DID get some. Can't wait!!

Yummier Than Squid Food

Tonight for supper I made a Sandwich with pizza dough. You just put the meat and cheese in and fold it over and bake it. Tonight I put Turkey meat with pepperoni and chipotle cheddar cheese. I was a little iffy on the cheese not knowing if it would pass the "Jonah" test. He is so picky, he won't eat "mixed up" foods like casseroles or soups and refuses any chips with "grass" on them. He studied it for a while. Then he asked me;

"Mom, what do Squids eat?"

"Ahhhh-Fish?"

"This kind of sandwich is yummier than squid food!!!"

I'm taking it as a compliment.