The BIG 36

Today is my 36th Birthday and yes that's me hanging from a rock climbing wall!!!! Kristy surprised me with a "little" adventure today. We had a great time and laughed really hard and now our hands and arms hurt so bad we can hardly use them!!! I would have never thought that I would spend my 36th Birthday climbing rocks - we're never too old to do something crazy and a little out of our comfort zones!!!! Sometimes you gotta spice things up a little bit ladies!!!!

Not As Planned

Things didn't go exactly as planned today. The day started out perfect. The kids were up by 7, they ate breakfast and got dressed by 8:30 and out the door we went to the gym. I was really looking forward to a good swim this morning because I haven't been to the gym too much with Jim being out of town. We got to the gym in plenty of time, checked the kids into the Kids Club and out to the pool I went. I was in the pool a few minutes and then Becky got there so we chatted for a couple of minutes and off we went to start 20 laps in a row(this is our new thing). I think I got another 2 laps in when the Kids Club person came out to the pool to find me... "Are you Heather? Your youngest son is in the bathroom crying for you. I'm not sure what happened, but there is poop all over the bathroom." This is exactly what you want to hear when you just start your workout. So, out of the pool I go with my towel wrapped around me, dripping all over to go see what's up. Well, the girl was right - there was poop everywhere!!! Joshua said he was standing up to pee and he thought he had to pass gas, but it was poop instead. Anyway, long story short... he left the gym wrapped in my towel because everything else was covered in - you guessed it - POOP! So on the way home he says, "I wish I was dreaming" and of course I said, "Me too honey".

Servant heart - NO!

I'm having one of those mom days where I think I will loose my mind if my kids ask me for one more thing. They are constantly asking for something - goldfish, pretzels, juice, milk, start a movie, stop a movie, etc., etc. And why is it that they ask as soon as I start something else or I have just sat down???? I was standing in the kitchen during the last request, starting to get irritated, feeling like a slave to a 5 and 7 year old, realizing my servant heart "sucks". I called Kristy to vent a little and we were musing about how we are more joyful servants for friends and strangers than our own children sometimes. I wonder why that is???? So anyway, I really don't have a point to this post, just feels better to get it out there.

Hamster #3

Hamster #3 has just arrived home. At least with this one we got a new name - Blackie - which is an improvement over Queenie, in my opinion. So, poor Joshua took the news pretty hard, but he didn't cry as much as the first time and then quickly asked when he could get a new one. He's pretty happy with Blackie, but he keeps saying, "I hope my hamster doesn't get yucky tail disease". I'm praying this one lives longer than a week. I feel more confident about her - she tried to eat her way through the box on the way home from the Petco in Rancho. It was pretty funny... Caleb refused to hold the box because she was eating her way through it, so I ended up holding the box while driving and trying to block the 3 holes she chewed with books notepads and piles of paper. I said, "OH CRAP!" several times wondering what in the world I was going to do if she got loose in the truck! So anyway, we made it home and she is settling in - I'll let you know how she does.

Another One Bites the Dust

Well, another hamster has passed on. I haven't told Joshua yet - he thinks she's sleeping. Pray for me and for him. How many hamsters are we gonna go through????

A New Queen

Some of you may have heard about the tragic loss of "Quennie" Joshua's new hamster that died 12 hours after he received her. Joshua cried, "She always cheers me up". I tried not to laugh while he was crying and saying this, since he had only had the hamster for half a day. Poor guy. The loss was overshadowed today by the purchase of a new hamster - that hopefully won't die before the week is over. I was hoping he would give this hamster a new name - not the same name as the DEAD hamster. But instead, he informed me that he gave the hamster in heaven a new name - Bubble Gum - so that he could name the newest hamster "Quennie". So, we have a new Queen in the house - please pray she lives through the week!!

When will I be a BIG five?

So Joshua turned 5 on Monday the 5th - I know this because believe me when I say I was there! But on Tuesday he asked me... "When will I be a BIG 5?" I was very confused and thought he was talking about upper and lower case letters, so I told him numbers are all the same, no upper and lower case. To which he angrily replied, "NO! When will I be a BIG 5?" It took me a couple more minutes to realize and Joshua almost in tears to realize he was talking about his Birthday party, which wouldn't be until Saturday. As far as he was concerned he would not be a BIG 5 until his party. It didn't matter how much I tried to explain to him he was already 5, he would then say, "So I will be 6 on Saturday?" Finally, I conceded and said, "Yep, you're going to be a BIG 5 on Saturday". Sometimes you just can't win. So today, Sunday, Joshua is really and truly a BIG 5.

Have you ever done this before??? I just got home from Target, where I happened to run into Shannon. I was telling her I wanted to do more shopping - because I loooove Target - but my feet were too sore from wearing my crazy boots at MOPS all morning. Shannon says, "Go get a little pair of flaps" so I can keep shopping. To which I think... great idea!!! So I go to the shoe department - find a cute little pair of shoes - not the flaps I should have bought. And now here I sit at the computer realizing I just bought a pair of shoes so I could keep shopping - weird!!!! Plus, while we were there I refused to buy Joshua a pair of pajamas because her didn't need them - but I got a pair of shoes so I could keep shopping. Sometimes I wonder what in the world I'm doing!!!