vet visit and playing nice

The trip to the vet each year is always a experience...with 2 kids in tow and 3 animals we have a car full. The cats meow the whole 20 min there and back, Wylie is a nervous drooly mess, Lou is way too excited to see the vet, more so than a dog should be, he loves it there....(Lou thinks).....oh yea I like my belly scratched and as he is fooling me with that and then bam the next thing I know they are sticking me with needles for blood and shots but it's over quick and then I like to wiggle in excitment cuz I know I am a good boy. Everyone loves me there, and I get to see my step mom Cathy...Cathy has a cool house, I like to stay and play with all my bothers and sisters....it's my birthplace. My mom is no longer living but it was fun to see her there too, and not sure what's up with my dad these days, I'll have to ask step mom Cathy....
Of course with all the excitement we make it within less than a minute from home and Lou has to "vomit"..... in technical veterinary terms. Kids are holding their noses, oh gross, get me outta here!! He hadn't eaten since 6:45am that morning....how can so much food still be in his stomach at 5pm. The kids evacuated the van very quick. It also started to thunder and lightening, rain came as I'm trying to clean out the van mess, cats are STILL meowing in their carrier. oops, yep get them inside, oh yea, I let the dog out in the backyard..gotta get him in....it's raining. Sent the kids to the library across the street while I started supper. It wasn't raining at the time and all of a sudden I heard thunder again and stopped what I was doing to go pick up the kids so they didnt' have to walk home in thunder and lightening
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Im bored tonight...I'm listening to my kids "play nice"....they are playing Nick Scene It DVD game. No we are playing good, really, they say.
In between all the arguing over everything, I guess they are playing nice.

Your a cheater, thats why you won. Mommy helped you. Lets play again.
All you watch is SpongeBob and you stink at those questions
You have to say the answers, not just say you know.
Holly cow Hannah that's right.
Mommy don't cut my toe nails we are playing a game.
Dude!! I got it right, I can't believe it.
Don't go in front of the TV, COME ON I can't see.
Come on you always beat me in like 1/2 of a second.
uuggh...I was gonna say that.
ha ha ha ha ha ha your hair is sticking up.
Stop it.....Owwwe you Dumb Nut!!
I hate when you call me that...poopy butt...
Stop sitting on me
LOUUUUU... dont' eat the popcorn.

---Bedtime---

Como Zoo Pictures

Hannah at the Zoo


Hannah, Madaline, and Mileka on a turtle

3 cute girls at the Zoo--Madaline, Mileka, and Hannah.

Received some really good pictures today of Hannah and her friends at the Como Zoo. Mileka's mom was the 3 girls chaperone and she took a couple of pictures.....awesome idea.

Bailey vs. the trumpet

Bailey can start band in the fall in 5th grade. Hard for me to think of him in middle school so soon. He seems excited about band, and it was his choice whether he wanted to or not. In school a week or so ago the middle school band teacher came to the elem. school and tried out mouth pieces on the kids, and with Bailey's intrest in the trumpet, Mr R. thought it was a good fit. Last night we went to Instrument Night at the middle school gym, and made the commitment to band. We leased a trumpet from Eckroth Music in Waite Park.
Schmiddt Music was also there from Minnetonka. So we had options, but I just decided to stick with the bit closer one.

Mr Rosner explained the expectations of band, grading, options of instruments etc. He said that 20 min 6 days a week is the expectation for practice and there are 3 concerts per school year. Bailey will be one busy boy now that we have to squeeze in homework, band and hockey. I hope it won't be too much for him, but my plan as a parent is to come up with more of a schedule for myself to help him manage his time without stressing him out, so he can still enjoy these things that make him a kid and a achiever.
Elementary school I just kinda winged it in regards to homework vs hockey. Soemtimes we forgot things, sometimes things got a little hectic, sometimes we just felt rushed or unorganized.

I played the clarient for 6 years, so I can relate to Bailey's interest in that respect. I remember first starting out, sounding like I was calling geese to my house with my beginning talent. It turned into something I was proud of, and I remember the first time playing in group band after learning how to play your so used to just hearing yourself play, I thought it was so awesome to know that I was a part of what was making all the sounds of music I heard, at first even as bad as we were.

I think Bailey will enjoy band, hopefully throughout the rest of his school years. He has the option of switching instruments or giving it up if he feels that band is not for him.

We will be making $30/mo payments on the trumpet starting in Nov. for 36 months, until it's paid off then he owns it. If he decides to quit, our payments stop and we return the instrument. His trumpet will be delivered to the school on Aug 25, and he'll be ready to start band when school starts.

Memorial weekend photos

We had a pretty uneventful weekend, after the sale ended on Saturday.
We did however spend a nice evening outside on Friday night with a campfire and marshmellows. Kids enjoyed making the marshmellows and were trying to see who could make the best one.
Sunday afternoon we went to Hutchinson, and went bowling under the black lights, and all had a good time. We made it over to Culver's for a ice cream treat afterwards, and then headed to Target to waste some time while Steve got a haircut. Came home and played a game of Apples to Apples, which the kids love.

Monday was a pretty, well, yes...... a boring day. Nobody wanted to move much, or if they did they didnt' say. Watched alot of reruns of American Gladiators on TV, kids played outside a bit, we cleaned up the garage and hauled all my sale bins downstairs and the rest of the day just passed by so slowly, I thought it would never end.

My parents left this morning, so back to the normal routine. I got back to exercising after pushing it aside for a week. Got laundry, house cleaning and grass to cut yet today.

Hannah's Fun Friday

Hannah's class had a field trip to the Como Zoo on Friday. It was a georgeous day for the Zoo, and Hannah's excitement finally came to a high as Friday finally came, and it was Zoo Day!! The kdg. class has been learning about animals, and reading different stories pertaining to the zoo and animals, making crafts with animals as the theme to prepare them for the final experience....the Zoo. She has about 70 kids in her class, and all of them were off on a long bus ride leaving at 8:15 am and returned at 3pm. She enjoyed all the animals she saw there and loved the monkey's and the seal show. She said, I even saw a "sloth" !! She thought she had the perfect shirt to wear to the zoo, it was a shirt I had gotton Bailey when he was like 3 yrs old at the Como Zoo.

Twins Thursday

picture was taken Friday didn't have my camera when he was all decked out in his Twins attire on Thursday.

Bailey was able to go to the Twins game on Thursday afternoon, with the school. He was a part of the school patrol (crossing guard), and as a reward for helping out, they got to go to the game. Bailey has been looking forward to this all year. He saw the Twins play the Texas Rangers and saw a good game with losts of scoring. The Twins ended up loosing in the 10th inning 7-8. Bailey bought a foam finger, which he said he was gonna do before he left. He can add it to his collection.

I played the dumb mom on Thursday, as I thought that the note sent home on Wed night somehow pertained to him for the Twins game. Steve was supposed to chaperone or go along, and couldn't at the last minute, due to work. The note sent home was for Steve as a chaperone, but somehow I read it differently, and make it pertain to Bailey...it said he didn't have to be at school until 9:45am, and they were leaving at 10:15am. Of course this all was meant for Steve. I let Bailey sleep in, take his time getting up and ready, I was out starting the garage sale, at 8am. Bailey was bored all morning, playing video games, riding his bike, etc. I felt odd letting him out and about doing whatever, with most kids in school. Stephen, who lives down the street, was also going to the game, so about 9am and Bailey doing alot of complaining that he was bored, I said what is Stephen doing he must be home, and Bailey responded, that well, I think he is at school. It then, at that very moment clicked in both our minds, that Bailey was to be at school (of course). I then realized that that note I read was meant for chaperones to be there at 9:45am, etc. Bailey was anxious to get to school to cure his bordem, so I sent him off at 9:15am, with a note that read, well.... how I misunderstood certain things, which is why Bailey was late today. It was a classic dumb moment for me and we all had a good laugh.

Mother's Day

I didn't have my camera for a few weeks, because Steve takes it to work, and these last 2 weeks, I haven't seen my husband, for only a few hours. It was nice to have him spend some time with the kids yesterday (Sat) and now today (Sunday), since last weekend he was gone as well all week. Steve is pretty worn out, but at least he has gotton a few days of a break. I missed posting about Mother's Day, so here is a picture of what was all given to me on Mother's Day. The most special is all the love I felt that day and not necessarily the things, although that was special too.