Aaron

We went to the doctor today since Aaron had said that his rash was beginning to itch. The doctor looked at it and said....Fifth's Disease. Great!! I asked if he should stay home and if it was contagious and the doctor said it was contagious but two weeks ago!! Lovely. By the way, there is nothing that can be done about it! Cause you know I have money just laying around just trying to figure what to do with it!

More From the Gardens

The infamous lizard! This is as close as we could get for Jarred. Maybe his mom can blow it up for him. The kids had a journal that they filled out as we went. We rubbed tree bark and traced leaves. We also rubbed footprints that were in the Texas walk. We rolled down hills and walked and walked and walked...... We also fed koi and snapping turtles. It seems that we paid more attention to the wildlife than the flowers and plants. We did go into the rose gardens. The kids seemed to like how strong the roses smelled. We passed one lady who was there who had stronger perfume than the roses and I really had to hustle to keep the kids from saying anything. They did wonder why you would wear perfume like that. I couldn't help them with that one. The cardinal in the other picture was really posing for us. He must have sat there puffed up for several minutes. The kids thought he was cool especially since we had seen a female one and talked about camouflage and why it was important.

As we walked, I wanted to give them a little freedom so they could experience things so as we left an area I would quack. Yes, I said quack. They had to quack back to let me know that they were paying attention. I just figured that since they had to follow me like duckings, that we might as well act like ducks. Jarred did ask why we had to quack and I told him that we could tweet instead if he wanted. He opted for quacking. As my mom would say..You always have a choice. Sometimes its between peas and carrots, but its still a choice.

I am about to leave for afternoon carpool, but have to fold a load of laundry first. Man you leave it for even one day and I think that it reproduces!

Don't Give Me A Rash

Today was very fun. Lauren and I went to the Botanical Gardens with her class and we had a great time!.. However, before talking about that let me fill you in.

One of the carpool kids asked Aaron on Wednesday "Hey, what's that on your face?" Statements like tend to make a mom look up. I looked and he had a bad case of acne. I looked closer and it was all over his body. It actually looks like a giant case of hives. It is not raised or bothering him. He has no fever or anything else. The doctor said that she hadn't heard of anything so she thought he would be o.k. Makes you feel good, right? He should be fine. Its the should that got me... I let all the carpool parents know just in case. So if you see a lot of kids around with this odd looking rash, its my fault. I've told you about it...so DON'T GIVE ME A RASH.. HA!

I guess it works out because one of the little carpoolers threw up all over my house that same day. It was a busy day!

But on to the Gardens...

One of guys was so OCD about touching a lizard. It was so funny watching him try to catch one. Everywhere we went he was looking for one. We didn't get everywhere on the map, but these little guys were troopers and walked a great deal. I did seem to have more and more in my backpack at the end of the day, though.

Its now the weekend and time for a mommy's night out. Hellen and I are going to Starbucks to hang out. Tomorrow starts early with a baseball game and then shopping. The kids have friends spending the night and then Sunday is church and Sunday School. I'll try to get back to blogging on a regular basis.

Beauty in the Common Things: sleeping children

Listen in: A very LOUD TV show that my husband is watching

Good Night!

Catch up

It has been a while since I have been on to let you guys know what is happening. So let's take it from the top:

Me: I am trying to organize my days more. It seems to be working, but we'll see. I am the carpool mom for the neighborhood. At least once a week I watch two little guys for a friend. I have some time to myself from about 12:30 to 2:30. Oh, yeah, I also spend that time doing laundry, dishes, sweeping, showering, or anything else you can think of. I have been researching new schools for my guys to go to next year. I just don't feel that our current school district is meeting the needs of my kids. I am also on my way to be the crazy colorblind mom. My dad and I are going before the school board to talk about what they can do for kids who are colorblind in the school system. It looks like I am going to have to keep going to the top(state) to get anything done. I guess I am the crazy colorblindness mom.

Clark: Still working at a job he hates and still looking for something else. Coaching Aaron's Little League team and very involved with the LL board.

Aaron: Doing well in school and in baseball. His team is two and 0. He plays catcher and third base. He has a hard time hitting slow pitches but rocks with the fast ones.

Lauren: Doing well at school but keeps finishing her work too fast and is getting frustrated with how slow everyone else is going. She has several friends on the street now and I have several kids who keep coming to the door asking about her. She is very popular and seems to be in charge. She decided one day that she was able to ride her bike without her training wheels and did! She is like that.

Alex: He has decided to not know his letters and numbers. He won't show his teacher that he does know them so just in case we are doing alpha cards. I have written the alphabet on index cards and we are looking thru ads and old magazines to find pictures to match the sounds.

Heather: She has a new job and is having a little trouble with math but is working hard to get thru it.

This sounds like a Christmas letter, but it does bring you up to date.