Busy Busy Busy..........

It's been really busy around here as usual...


The kids are doing o.k. with being back in school...at least if you think fighting with me every morning to get up, dressed and eat breakfast is...o.k...


Mostly they just want to enjoy the rest of the summer....which in my opinion they should be able to do...going back to school the second week of August is kind of cruel....


Yesterday I had one of those..."I'm just going to stay awake and try to get everything done days"  I worked the night before, stayed up, took the kids to school, went to physical therapy for my stupid ankle, then saw the nurse practitioner for my stupid ankle (she yelled at me for not wearing my brace enough...that was fun), then I made my hair red again (shhh...it's magic), then picked up the kids, paid a bunch of bills, made out a grocery list for the family dinner on thursday, then ate dinner and sometime around 7pm...I passed out....literally....just passed out in my bed.


I woke up at 6:30 this morning, got myself and the kids ready, took them to school, went to a mtg at work...now I'm off to the dentist, then picking up the kids, then to the grocery, then home, then Madalyne to soccer, then back home to make dinner, get homework done, clean and ...well, I'll probably just literally pass out again!!!


Tomorrow Madalyne has her soccer picnic and pictures...wait till you see her in her uniform....I'll post pics later....


Tomorrow I'm going to bake a homemade peach pie...we'll see how that goes.


Day after tomorrow is a family dinner at our house...and to celebrate Mom's birthday :-)


I have to say...I know it seems like I'm busy...but I could never get all this done without Brian helping....he does the laundry, cooks almost all our meals, works his butt off and is all around awesome!!!


plus...he bought me all the new bookcases for our dining room that I've been DYING to get!!!




So...there's just a bit of an update of what's been going on over the last couple of days....
I'll post pics of Madalyne at soccer, the family/Mom's birthday dinner and my bookcases soon!!


Hope everyone is doing well,
Love,
Wendy

Stuff that's been going on around here.....

Well...it's been busy around here...like usual.


Here's a hodge-podge mash-up of what we've been up to and some updates;


*Mango-Madalyne


Madalyne is loving soccer so much...I'm so grateful that she made the cut and gets to stay on the U9 team for Middlebury Magic.  It means we drive a bit more...but since it's a travel league...driving was always part of the bargain.  She is the youngest and almost smallest on the team..which is pretty weird to her but she's working hard and somehow managing to keep up with these girls who are two years older.  All the girls on the team are really sweet and they all seem to get along really well, which helps since they are all new to her.
The first day of practice, the coach had all the girls pick a food that started with the first letter of their names....so Madalyne became "Mango-Madalyne"...which has since become Mango...because yelling for Mango to pass the ball is a lot quicker than yelling Madalyne!  It's hilarious to hear these girls yell..."I'm open Mango...pass it here Mango...go for the goal Mango"


Here's Mango in action on the first day...Please note...there are buggies in the background...I love being out there with umpteen SUV's in the parking lot....and then a line of buggies and bicycles go by right next to the soccer fields...awesome...(except maybe for the little gifts the horses leave...that's not so awesome...in the sweltering heat......yeah....that part leaves a bit to be desired)

and here's another:

Those barns in the background are some poor Amish family's home...it's full of buggies!!  The first day of practice there was some sort of get together and all the little Amish kids lined up to watch the action...so cute.


*After soccer practices we usually go grab something to eat...this time was Hacienda...I'm only bringing this up because I want someone to tell me why 9 year old boys refuse to ever ever ever take just one....please...just one...please normal picture???  Why oh why???  Apparently it is impossible for Zach....

Poor Madalyne---she tries so hard.....

O.K.  I give up.

But wait...one more....

Seriously....Double O Zach???

One day....I'm going to be in a lot of trouble for that.....

All of this just exhausts Daphne sooo much....she needs a nap...with Snoopy.

I completely understand.

* So two days before school...Zach lost a bottom tooth on the right side...the first day of school...he lost the matching tooth on the other side...no big deal...except that it fell out in the middle of class and apparently he hemorrhaged all over his math folder and his white T-shirt (of course)....so we'll be looking at that blood bath for the entire school year....

First day of school 2010-2011

*Let's talk about going back to school....

It's that time of year...I thought I had everything so prepared for the first day back (which was friday the 13th---should have been a big fat clue there)  New clothes ready, new study/homework area ready, school supplies shopped for, extras purchased for the classrooms, teacher's met, new shoes all ready, paperwork all filled out and returned...oh I was on the ball baby....

UNTIL....

I committed the GRAVE ERROR of not sending a note with Zach for his teacher explaining that I drop him off and pick him up every day....every single day....just like I have for the last 2 years....but...since I in my negligence, did not send this note....Zach was asked IN FRONT of the WHOLE ENTIRE CLASS MOMMMMM...if he was sure that he was picked up....oh the horror, the embarrassment...how could I let this happen to my baby????

 Bigger question...how is the kid who just (gapping hole in the mouth) hemorrhaged in front of the ENTIRE CLASS...embarrassed to be asked about his driving arrangements???  who knows...I'll never know...because according to Zach..."geez Mom...How could you not get this...everyone gets this".....

Whatever.

So then...the first day of the first week of school....Monday...my iPhone had a glitch and my alarm  didn't go off....so I slept through picking them up from school.....yeah...that's my life.  You cannot even BEGIN to imagine the reception I got to that little mistake.....

On the other hand...they both are really enjoying their teachers and being back with all their friends...it makes them very happy...see, here's Madalyne jumping for joy to be back at school...

Whoops nevermind...that's actually when we told her we were sending Zach to live with a mother that never, ever, ever forgets to send notes to the teacher.

Which produced this look--

Yeah...one day...I'm in a lot of trouble.

*Murphy

Someone needs to come over here right this instant and make this dog stop growing!!!  I don't know what to do...Maybe Dr. Gru (who I hear is now living in a beautiful new home in Tampa...could send me a shrink-ray)...

Otherwise...I'm going to need a saddle...ohhh..and cowboy boots...and a hat..and...uh...here's the latest pic....

They are almost the same size!!  Daphne is 2...Murphy is 4 months old!!!  

But he's soooo stinking cute;

So are these two...

Have you noticed how much these kids are in water??

*Grandma Toby-

She's doing ok...she's been moved to a step down unit....apparently she LOVES her PCA pump...but it sounds like she deserves it.  Latest update, she will be moved to a rehab facility later this week.  I tried talking with her....yeah she was snowed with Fentanyl....I'll try again later.

So that's about it for now...except one last thing...if anyone needs tomatoes....LET ME KNOW...OMG....the garden is ridiculous!!

Here's at least what I am getting out of the tomatoes...everyday!!!  They are delicious...seriously...call me if you want some....

Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the nice weather!!!  

Madalyne will get her uniform in the next couple of days and her first game will be in the second week of September....I'll keep you posted...she will be playing all over Northern Indiana..including on the Jr. Irish fields at Notre Dame...she's super excited about that...and I may possibly be a bit too!!

Speaking of which....GOOOOO IIIIRRRIIIISSSHHHH!!!!  We are soooo ready for the season to start and to see just what Brian Kelly has under his sleeve....I hope it's good!

Love, 

Wendy, Brian, Zach and Madalyne

August...Ugh.

Haven't posted at all..so far August has been a very busy and very sad month.

My friend and co-nurse in the emergency room lost her father a week ago in a tragic and senseless accident.

My Grandparents were in an awful car accident last night.  My grandfather is doing well, just very sore and has a few minor injuries.  My Grandmother was more seriously injured.  She is in critical care at Methodist hospital in Indy, she just had 7.5 hours of surgery.  She has a punctured lung, broken ribs, cervical fx's at 5-6-7 and a spinal cord injury.  Andy just called me and says she is doing o.k. and does have some peripheral deficits (her hands and feet are weak) but the doctors feel that she may regain use of them.  I wish I could be down there with her, but I've worked a bunch of nights in a row and the kids went back to school today.  I'm planning on going down when things calm down around here, maybe tonight.  This was another senseless accident, just because some driver didn't want to wait for the cars that were turning, he raced his engine to go around all the other cars, didn't see my grandfather turning and T-boned them....on my Grandmother's side.


I do have good things to report to you...and I will be posting a bunch of smaller posts over the next few days.
Madalyne is playing soccer....and LOVES it!!
The kids both got the teachers they were hoping for (and mostly the classmates they were hoping for--Madalyne is sad Will isn't in her class)...and their back to school haircuts are adorable.
Murphy is getting HUGE.
Daphne is starting to wonder JUST HOW huge Murphy is actually going to get to be.  They are now almost the same height....Murph is only 4.5 months old!!
Brian is working like crazy and comes home everyday...soaked with sweat because it's sooo stinking humid.
(Brian working is a good thing...a very good thing).
I'm working like crazy...I'm grateful for my job...sad for the reasons for all the overtime.  I have an appt. for my ankle on monday....we'll see how that goes.

Please say prayers for my grandparents and for Laura and her family,
Much Love,
Wendy