Winding Down....

TGIF!!!!! I am so happy the weekend is upon us....although we have stuff to do, but I can say running the girls around this week is over....for now. It picks up again next week, but not as bad as this past week. To recap, we had play practice, volleyball, middle school orientation, chorus concert, play practice, kids night at church. Saturday brings a bit of spring cleaning at the in-laws house, middle school math placement test, and a birthday party. I am hoping Sunday is a bit more relaxing. I only have three weeks of school left.....YEAAAA!!! I am beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel, thank goodness. I need the break!

Today Trey had a Mother's Day Tea at his daycare, which I was able to attend since it was at the end of the day. It was so sweet. He was so happy to see me that he went to a grandma that was already there and said "this, this" while pointing to me. His little friends all wanted to sit in my lap, which did not sit well with Trey. He was okay as long as he was sitting on me. He did share my lap. He had also made me this cute little bunch of flowers out of his handprint. Way too cute! Lily has made me two cards at school. Meg has her ideas, but she is not sharing them.....yet! Happy Mother's Day to all you Moms out there!

Mac 5 Happenings.....

Well, we have been busy with day to day things....I don't know what it is with this time of year, but it is worse than Christmas! We have been to 6 birthday parties in the past month, with two more in the next two weeks. We have field trips, school activities, and of course, extra cirricular activities. I will be frazzled by the time Trey is old enough for all this!

We have our first official middle school orientation this Tuesday evening. I cannot even believe that I am saying that....middle school....for one of MY kids. Unreal. How old am I??? I do not feel old enough to have a child in middle school. That means she is growing up...that means we have to have THAT talk sometime soon....I don't want her finding out those kinds of things from "friends". I am ready for summer, but not, considering come August I no longer have two elementary schoolers. YIKES!!!!! In my mind, Meg should still be 3 years old...boy, that seems so long ago!

Lily is busy making friends in the neighborhood and calls them all the time! She is already acting like she is 15...she calls them on the cell phone, then walks to another room so we don't hear her conversations! Can you believe that?? She has twins in her class (boy and girl) and they live around the corner, so she is at their house or they are at ours practically everyday. I am so glad that she is making lasting friendships. At our old house, there were no kids her age and she was lonely. Another perk to moving here!

Trey is talking more....not a lot more, but a few words here and there. Here is what he can say so far:
-mommy
-daddy
-this
-bye
-mine (pronounced "my")
-no
-stop ("staw")
-ball ("baw")
-uh oh
-bubble (that one he says perfectly-go figure!)
-more (I think....he does not say it often and it sounds like "MO")
He does lots of imitations...barking dog, meowing cat, mooing cow, growling tiger/lion/dinosaur. He is quite funny at times. He is entering the terrible twos (which my girls did not experience) and loves to "pitch a fit"....ha ha. Some are very funny and others just frustrate the dickens out of me! Oh, the life of a toddler!

New Blog Background

Do you like???? I found a website courtesy of Tamara, so I was fooling around trying to find a new one. **Note to those of you who wish to change.....it will take all your widgets off, so beware. You will have to reload them all. If you know how to prevent that, please let me know......I am still learning.

Date Night

Tonight was date night. However, my date was not my husband. Instead, my date was a handsome young man named Wilson. Today at T-ball, Wilson made his first hit! I had told him if he could go up and bat, then I would take him out on a date, just me and him, for ice cream. He tried and tried, but was too nervous to bat. But not today! I am so proud of him! He couldn't wait for our date, so we went tonight after supper. He also got me flowers! All on his own, too! The girls are going to be chasing him down when he is older! He chose where to go for ice cream and we both got some yummy flavors with mix-ins. It was a lot of fun and hopefully this will be incentive to bat some more! Below is a picture of my flowers!

**Update on the root canal....all I can say is Dr. H is awesome! One shot kind of pinched, but the other one (on the roof of the mouth), I didn't feel at all! The rest was easy! A definite answer to prayer......

I Don't Like Thursdays...

To make myself clear, it is just this specific Thursday. Let me back up a bit to explain. Last weekend, I had horrible gum pain on the top left part of my mouth. It was so bad that I was crying and wishing the Ibuprofen would kick in faster. Sunday was still painful, but I woke up Monday with no pain. I forgot all about it as I got busy at school and didn't call the dentist. I remembered Tuesday morning to call, so I left a message on his work answering machine to call me during my lunch time. Dr. H called and I explained my situation and he said he wanted to see me the very next day and that it did not sound good. I took half a sick day and ended up at 2...yes, I said 2, dentists. I had x-rays taken at Dr. H, but he could not see my metal plates. Metal plates you say? Yes I have four metal plates in my face. I had jaw surgery 15 years ago (I swear it only feels like 5!). He wanted me to go back to the oral surgeon to get a panoramic x-ray to make sure there was not an infection in the screw site. I went, there wasn't....which I suppose is a blessing....but I have to have a root canal b/c I have an infection in the bone and a dead tooth, which could have been caused by the jaw surgery....15 years ago. Anyway, this Thursday at 1:00pm is the dreaded root canal. I have an insane fear of the dentist and I am not looking forward to this AT ALL! Dr. H promises me that it won't hurt....I am just not buying it. Send prayers my way at 1:00pm this Thursday!!!

Morning Surprise

I was up getting Trey his breakfast a few minutes ago....(no he did not let me sleep in), when Meghan said, "Mommy, a gray duck just walked across our porch!". Yes, you read that correctly....a duck. I unlocked the door and saw the mallard duck in the yard, quacking. We went out on the front porch and the two ducks were just walking around in our yard. Trey got a big kick out of them. Lily was excited to see them too. We had to wake her up. We are not sure where they came from....we only have a little creek in our neighborhood, down the street from us. A neighborhood up H road has a big lake, so maybe they came from there. Who knows. Not everyday you see a couple of ducks in your front yard!

Earthquake!

Did any of you feel the earthquake this morning? I did! I was in the bathroom getting ready for work when the window behind me started to rattle. I turned around and was trying to figure out why it was doing that. It sounded weird and I didn't hear any planes, trucks, or even wind that would have been the cause. I didn't think any more of it until I turned on the news and they said we were feeling the tremors from Illinois! Who would have thought that would have reached here! It was 5.4 in Illinois. A very exciting way to wake up this morning!