The endless Green Goo

WAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!! I hate being sick....I hate taking Nyquil(well who really hates that) waking up at 4:00am..cause then it was all over. As soon as my body knew I was awake it started rejecting the green goo in my throat causing me to hack away in the bathroom sink something vile. I had the kids in my room since Nate's gone and CJ woke up and is yelling.. MOM, MOM.. are you throwing up?? ARE YOU OK?? ARE YOU DYINNNNGGGGGGGGG???????? Luckily Cole and Kendall stay pretty dead to the world and I stepped over my son on the floor climbed back into bed knowing that I was AWAKE..boo..then my nose wasn't having that greeness in it either so it decided to just flow, flow, flowwww..you know that kind where you can't sniff back up? So I had to stuff tissue in both nostrils..I try to sleep..watch the clock...wait...wait... the last time I looked it was 6:00 then I must have fallen asleep because I was in a dream...My son was knocking at the door with his friend and his friends Dad. I answered it with the tissue in my nose.. The boys and the Dad were staring at me like what in the flip is wrong with her? Then I woke up to the alarm and to Kendall's face staring right at me. She looked pretty confused like she had been studying me for a while....She says," Mama what are those things in your NOSE???!!"

Today I had to take CJ to the dentist because her cheek has been bothering her and I didn't know if it was an infected tooth. It's happened before.. I had to take all the kids with me. I also had to take a statement from them that seemed really high and wrong and sort that out. That was some serious drama and we found the errors. The front desk lady then called our Dental carrier and was getting crazy on the phone with her! Then I could tell Delta Dental was getting crazy back on her! Each of them was saying it was the other's fault.. then front desk lady slammed down the phone on Delta..S-C-A-R-Y!! She said she would try to figure it out... Sooo... I get home and the phone rings and it's Delta Dental... telling me all about how they got so rudely hung up on and they would MAKE sure this is handled and if not I need to call them and they will DEAL...so.. I don't care about all that.. I just know that all that dental drama with the wrong procedures, wrong kids, wrongs dates of service that seemed like a nightmare will now get extra special attention from both ends and I will come out the WINNER!! WOOOOOO

Nathan left this morning for a conference for a couple days... That means I'll get to appreciate him even more as I'm driving the kids around the next few nights to all their practices and to Awana...he really really does so much. My to do thing is to be more appreciative...

This week has been really cold..I am sick with the fall/winter sickness I seem to get every year. Green lovliness stopped up in my throat and in my nose. Coughing and sounding like an alien. This morning I was trying to call the girls upstairs for breakfast and my voice sounded so weird that they didn't come up because they were laughing thinking I was just making funny sounds at them.
Their brother didn't appreciate that they were laughing and not coming up so he marched down there and gave them a What's up! They came up right away after that pretty confused..haha

I am off to do laundry and clean and finish the rest of the cinnamon rolls from breakfast.

I love this pic my Mom captured of Kendall last week. As soon as I saw it I just laughed. There has always been something about her little face and her expressions that just kill me. Sometimes I just find myself staring at her with the biggest smile on my face. That little round face with purple glasses always shifting up and down on her tiny nose is too much for me to handle and then she must be SQUEEZED!

Pawsitive Panthers!

So.... yesterday when Nate brought Kendall home from school she ran in to show me her award. She was named pawsitive( their school is about paws from panthers apparently) panther of the week in Kindergarten! They announced her name over the intercom and she was so excited to get her award...She then tells me that CJ was named the pawsitive panther for 3rd grade too! I thought that was so cool they both had it the same week... no Cole? Kendall says, no I did NOT hear my brother's name.... When I pick the other two up from school, CJ says...Kendall did YOU already tell MOM?? Kendall says nothing out of pure fear.... I tell CJ to cool it and yes she already told me because she was too excited and if she decides to get upset I will crack her in her head and rip that dang panther award up so fast!! Well CJ says.. Oh Ok then, never mind. All smiles... So Cole wants to tell his version of the story... Cole says.. yeah in class when the announcements start he hears Kendall's name and he then claps really loud in class and gives a little woo woo.. and everyone looks at him like he's a freak. Then CJ's name is called and he claps loudly again and woo woo's her up.. His class says, are those your sisters? Yes they are he says.. Then his teacher walks over and gives Cole high fives for a family shout out.. Then the kids want to know how many dang sisters does he have? Cole says well how many grades are there? hardy har...then everyone wants to know WHY his sisters are so dang PAWSITIVE and He is apparently not... Hmmm... No answer for that one.. Anyway this school is crazy, we had the principal call to say congrats last night and today I had the school counselor call to say congrats about the girls.. They do this every week and make all the calls. Seems wild..anyway, Cole told me to wait by the phone..surely he can learn to be pawsitive soon enough....

Rhode Island~~~

WOW! I have had the most amazing 6 days....Our vacation was more than I hoped for and more beautiful than I even imagined. We visited a few states while in Rhode Island and all of them were equally breathtaking... So full of trees and color. I thought moving to the Midwest we were the holder's of some pretty amazing fall seasons. While they are really beautiful they can't even touch the fall on the east coast. I have never in my life seen fall colors so bright and so out of this world. It looked like melted crayons that had been poured over spots everywhere. I was in complete awe and couldn't keep my head away from the car window glass or the airplane windows flying in. I kept telling God how much I appreciate this...all the imagination He has. And if He ever wanted me to live there to appreciate it some more, I of course would be honored! Nate and I had the best time, eating!!! We are quite the pair of hogs. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Desserts, Coffees, Snacks...everyday, endless....wine's, beer's...it was AWESOME! I feel a little bit fluffed up right now. Food is good.. We had the most authentic Italian foods. We did wine tasting at a winery and I found a white wine that I just loved, loved and brought home with me. We went to the Sam Adams brewery and got to sample beer. I loved this lemongrass heff but then found out that it was a secret batch they will never sell. Boo..I did find another beer that captured my heart.. SAM Adams cherry wheat.. Ohhhhhh I might stay fluffy for a while now. Boston was of my soul...I just imagined myself living in the old buildings and walking on the old streets, attending service at the old churches and sitting in the old gardens...I just LOVED it.. It was such a neat city, full of charm and character. We had a great time there. We went into Mystic, Conn and spent a day there. Of course eating Mystic pizza! It was very mystical and the seafood pizza was delish! We did so much and enjoyed every moment and enjoyed each other's company and it was the best...the best best best!!!

I am uploading pics and I will post some..

We are "officially" on vacation...hot diggety dang!! We are waiting at the New Jersey airport and Nate has stolen the IPOD and is reading a book at the same time. I could never ever do that. I would never be able to concentrate. We have about an hour left of our layover and then off to Providence. My free hour of Internet access is about to end now. PROVIDENCE, WOO WOO!

Last night CJ had a school performance and it was funny. All the third graders sang songs about the fall and Halloween, so she was dressed up as a waitress. Thankfully one of her friends Mom's called me and asked if I needed a costume for her..umm yes.. cause it was Sunday night and the performance was Monday and I still hadn't even thought about it. At school Cole showed me his pumpkin drawing displayed on one of the walls and the last picture is of Miss Kendall earlier in the day. She was having major, major sad face over the fact that she could NOT have cookie dough as a snack because she didn't finish her lunch that day.... motivated by junk food. Straight through the DNA.