Drama Queens

Today i have two HUGE drama queens in my house and surprisingly Erich is NOT one of them this time. Reagan had dry skin on the bottom of her foot this morning and peeled a little off...omg...she fell into this tirade of tears: "Mommy I can't walk, i can't play soccer today, my toe is falling off, get me crutches, my feet are falling apart" and i could go on and on. She cried all they way to the soccer fields but low and behold, when we arrived she was 'miraculously' cured and ran to score four goals. Then tonight in the bathtub kinley accidently scratched reagan's knee and there was almost blood. Well you'd have thought mckinley took a razor to her knees and removed all the skin. So now we had to get out the waterproof bandaids (WALL*e) and fix reagan up. Next thing I know mckinley is trying to scratch herself so she can get a bandaid. I get them both out, bandaged up and now neither one of them can walk. Their legs are broken, they need to be carried, etc. etc. Mind you these 'scratches' if you can call them that, are about 1/8th of a centimeter. I am so happy this day is almost over. Maybe tomorrow will be better. Wait, no it won't, Erich is HOME from work tomorrow so I'm sure some more drama is in the works. I shouldn't wonder where the girls get it from. Gotta love em!!!

i'm sick..we are all sick

i have been sick all week. today reagan threw up at school and is still throwing up. mckinley is hacking and erich is just grumpy and feels 'off'. to top it all off auggie has an additional new fracture in his leg...they had to resplint him and he MUST be crated for the next eight weeks or they will have to amputate his leg. poor guy. nobody in this house can catch a break today...well except auggie and his poor leg. just needed to vent a bit.

Day Two

WATER AEROBICS 845-930AM
WATER VOLLEYBALL WITH THE ELDERLY 930-1000AM
OPEN SWIM WITH KIDS 645-830PM

Day one:
WATER AEROBICS 845-930AM
WATER VOLLEYBALL WITH ELDERLY 930-1000
TREADMILL 530-645

I AM BOUND AND DETERMINED TO LOSE THIS WEIGHT...EITHER THAT OR TURN INTO A FISH.

McKinley's First Day of 4 yr old Preschool

She's just growing up so dang fast!!!

A Saint of a Surrogate MiMi

This past weekend we were invited to Terra Haute with my good friend and her 3 kids. Her kids are 2, 6, and 17. (and the 17 year old's boyfriend) The kids and I jumped on the chance to get out of Mattoon for a few days) So we all loaded up in her Durango without an inch to spare(imagine carseats, pillows, sleeping bags, suitcases, toys, purses, ipods etc) and headed to Amy's mom's house in T.H. Her mom is a dear lady with so much patience to put up with us all. We were crammed into her home and took up about ever spare inch. The kids were exceptionally rowdy but thankfully she has a fenced in backyard to they spent alot of time outside. We learned, quickly, the first night that Mckinley is deathly afraid of bonfires. Poor girl...scared the poop right out of her. My kids call Amy's mom MiMi Mary since we tend to see Mary more than their own MiMi...Mary seems to love my kids so it's nice to have a 'fill-in' for the real MiMi. Anyways Mary spent alot of her time cooking for the extended family she had staying with her and was such a gracious host. We really had a great time.