Jesus and the blind man...

or at least as told by a 4 year old.

Yesterday after VBS (or BBS, you know, Bacation Bible School) we were asking Boog what he had been learning.

Me: "What did you learn about today at Vacation Bible School?"

Boog: "The blind man."

Me: "You did? What about the blind man?"

Boog: "He was blind, he could not see."

Daddy: "Yea, that is right, the blind man could not see."

Boog: "Jesus made the blind man see."

Both me and daddy: "Wow. How did he do that?"

Boog: (laughing) "With mud."

Daddy: "With mud?"

Boog: "Yes, Jesus put mud on his eyes."

Me: "Wow, then what happened?"

Boog: "He got in the pool and washed off his eyes and then he could see."

Me: (totally impressed that he got the details, in order and right) "Wow, you are right, he sure did."

Boog: "Then he could see his mommy and daddy and his friends."

Humm...who would have thought. They actually listen when someone talks.

Day 3, Magic Kingdom

Wow...can you believe it? I am actually getting this going. I was hoping to find a way to get more pictures up so hopefully this will work. Hopefully...you can just click on the picture below and it will take you to an online album. Cross your fingers!

This was our 3rd day, we spent it at the Magic Kingdom, or as Boog calls it Magic Kangdom. We did not really get a lot of random pictures on this particular day. We spent most of the day riding rides and meeting Mickey and Minnie. We watched the Celebration Parade and later that evening, we had dinner with Tigger, Pooh, Piglet and Eeyore at the Crystal Palace. I do not really remember much about the food. We were too busy meeting our friends! Hope you enjoy the pictures and I will work on getting more up soon.

Disney Day 3-Magic Kingdom

Not me! Monday

Feeling guilty for not doing things you know you should have been? Are you feeling guilty for letting your young children spend the entire day in their pajamas, then sleeping in them because it is too hot outside to do anything anyway? What about not answering phone calls from your friends simply because you are not in the mood to talk? Well don't; instead, join us for Not Me! Monday, it was born out of a desire to admit imperfections and reveal a few moments we'd rather forget. You may find it therapeutic to join in and do the same thing! When you are finished here, hop on over to My Charming Kids and see what everyone else has not been doing!

This week, I have not, yet again, failed to catch up on my laundry. Nope, not me! I am the picture of perfect housekeeping!

I have not been hung in some kind of post vacation funk and been moping around the house, refusing to leave, or do anything. Nope, I am cheerful and happy all of the time.

I have not been procrastinating planning Tutti-Frutti's very first birthday party that should be scheduled for the end of next month. Nope, I am organized and on top of things, and besides, there is no way that my baby will even be turning one next month. He is still a precious tiny baby and he is not growing older and bigger (and of course cuter) by the day.

He is not crawling all over the house wreaking havoc on our poor helpless dog. He is also not trying to pull himself up on to things. Nope, not my tiny baby.

I am not still (on Sunday evening) trying to decide for sure if I am going to take my kids to/volunteer at our church's vacation bible school this week. Nope, I know things like this months ahead of time. I would never dream of showing up unannounced to proclaim that I am there to help.

I did not have the most awesome visit with my dear friend and his 10 year old nephew this week. I was not terribly sad that they had to leave Saturday morning and my kids have not been asking daily when they will be coming back. We did not have a great time and we do not wish that they were still here. Nope, we are a family that likes to be home alone!

We did not manage to drag ourselves from the house a few days this week to make it to the YMCA pool a few times. We did not have a great time and it was not a horrible amount of trouble to suit and sunblock the children each time. The first time, I did not go to the pool and take 5 children, the next day there were not 6 of them and the last day, we were not back down to 5. Good thing too, that is a lot of sunblock!

I think that wraps up my Not me's for now. I am sure there are a lot of other things I need to confess but lets take it one step at a time.

Now...run on over to MckMama's and say hello! Happy Not me'ing!

Ok, really...I have not died.

Geez...who would have thought that it would have been this much of an ordeal to get back into the swing of things after vacation?!? Certainly not me!

I missed Weekly Wednesday! We had company come to town on Wednesday. An old (ok, he is not old) dear friend of mine that moved to Wyoming about 4 years ago and his awesome 10 year old nephew. We had a blast, the kids all got along wonderfully. We played video games, board games, went to the pool. All around had a great time. They left this morning and I am not happy about it. As a matter of fact, I just might pout about it for another week or so.

I have yet to catch up on laundry or housework since we returned home. UGG! I have no motivation, at all. I need to go school clothes and supply shopping. Yes, I know, seems like summer just started and for most people, it did. We get out of school about 3/4 of the way through May so we go back August 13th. This year, Boog will be attending pre-school. Want to have me in tears again? Just mention that. Not happy that my baby is growing up so fast. I am not ready. I am sure he will do great, he loves people. Me, well...not so much. (Not the loving people part, because yes I do!)

Sour Apple is going to attempt camp again the week of August 2. He has a summer reading project that we just remembered a few days ago. UGG! Good thing he cooperated and got a good jump start (more than mid way through his summer should we still be allowed to call that a jump start on reading?) on reading the book at least. The paper itself might just kill me. It has been a long time since I have had to do that kind of work. Cross your fingers that he can do most of it alone.

I have had a crabby baby the past few days, not sure what that is all about. With company, a crabby little one and housework staring me in the face, I have not had much time to get on here and wow you with more vacation pictures. Remember when I said the thought of all of those pictures was overwhelming to me? Well, it is multiplying by the day! Now I am overwhelmed because it has been so long and I have not gotten any more put up! Geez! I need a break! Vacation anyone?

Ok, I am off to resume my pouting. I will promise to try harder to do something with at least some of the pictures, because there sure are some cute ones!

Have a great Saturday!

Not me! Monday

First of all I am sure you noticed, Not me! Monday got a makeover. Don'tcha just love it? Welcome to the one day a week that you can let loose and confess all of your short comings, wrong doings, parental mistakes and let it all hang out! I mean seriously, come on...join in for some free therapy! When you are finished here, hop on over to MckMama's and see what everyone else has not been doing!

Welcome and let me start by saying that this was not the longest week in recent (or not so recent) history around our house! Wheew! Normally, I hate to see Mondays come but this week I am hoping it brings about change in our house.

As you know, we did not just get home from the most fantastic vacation ever. Well, since we were gone for over 2 weeks, we did not have so much stinkin' (no pun intended) laundry that I thought I would never see the light at the end of the tunnel. I am not still working on the laundry by the way.

I am also not still trying to unpack and put things away. Nope, not me. Haven't we had this discussion already? I am the most organized person you will ever meet so that would never be me!

I do not still have souvenirs that the children do not even know about, packed up and hidden. Nope, not me. I hardly bought anything while we are gone.

I do not wish we were still gone!

Since being home, I have not taken 3/4 of our children to the doctor. I have also not taken 1 of the children 4 times! Yes, 4! Including a trip to the hospital for blood work then back to the ER on the same day! Nope, my children are perfectly healthy!

The child I took to the ER was also not almost admitted on the same night, only to be released at 11:45pm. (Just so you know, Sour Apple had been at camp and I received a phone call on Tuesday to go and pick him up. He had a fever and had slept most of the afternoon. Well, anyone who knows him, knows he does not nap! EVER! I took him to the doctor on Wednesday, they thought it was the flu. He was achy and feverish. By Thursday, he could not move. His body hurt so badly that he was unable to walk or get around. I had my mother come over and help me take him back in to the pediatrician. They did a flu test, it was negative. He was still running over 102 fever and exhausted. They had me take him to the hospital for blood work. It all came back normal, except for his electrolytes and sodium. His sodium was really low, his electrolytes were really off and his white cells were low. They had me return him that evening to the ER to have the blood work repeated. He got IV fluids and more tests run. They did a chest xray. This time around, all of the results were in normal range, thank God! His white cells were still low but we were allowed to go home. He is feeling much better now. They think it was some kind of virus and that maybe because of that, he got dehydrated at camp and just fell apart. Wheew. What a week for him. He is still sore from everything but is feeling MUCH better!)

I did not go to my orthopaedic doctor on Tuesday. Therefore, I was not told that I could start weaning (I already had been) myself from my fancy black space boot. He told me to try to walk at home without it but to wear either the boot or the (really uncomfortable and bulky) ankle brace he sent me home with. He also wanted me to go to physical therapy 2-3 days per week to which I did not laugh out loud and state that there was no way I could do that #1 during the summer, #2 with 4 kids, #3 without my husband to help! The man must be crazy, the office would never be the same after we left! So...needless to say, he sent me home with a list of things I can do at home. UGG! They hurt! He did say that the fracture was healing nicely but there was still evidence of a really bad sprain. Yay! Fantastic...just what I need, it might never heal!

The good news is, I can walk fairly nicely at home without the boot, but honestly I am afraid to walk when I am out away from home without it. Even before the accident, it would sometimes just give away for no reason. I am kinda scared of walking on uneven ground, especially since most of the time I am carrying/slinging/wearing Tutti-Frutti. I would just die if I fell and hurt my precious little fellow. And besides, I do not think my shoes will even go on that foot. It is still really tender and swollen.

On a great note, I did not just hear that one of my best friends (who deserted me and moved away to Wyoming (seriously, Wyoming!) ) is in town (or should I say state?) and will be coming to stay with us for a few days. I am not so freakin' excited that I can barely contain myself!

One last confession...I do not feel absolutely horrible that I have still been unable to post any more vacation photos. I just knew for sure I could at least get a few more days worth of pictures up. My connection gives me problems when I try to load multiple photos and I have had a week from H E (double hockey sticks)! Wish me luck getting something done about them this week. If you have any suggestions as to how/where/what to do with them instead of trying to get a bunch on this page so people can see them, please leave me a comment and let me know! Thanks in advance, I know you are some crafty people!

Since I confessed about the vacation pictures, I will add that while gone on vacation, I did not meet up with one of my fantastically funny bloggy friends! It was awesome to meet her in person, even though she thought I might actually be some crazy backwoods axe murderer and secretly brought a can of mace to protect herself...you know, just in case! (More to come on that story later. NO not the mace in her purse...our fantastic meeting!) Since that did not happen, you will not find picture proof below!

Hope you had a few laughs at my expense, now head on over to my charming kids and have a few more!

Happy not me'ing! See you next time. Y'all come back now, ya hear?

Weekly Wednesday plus a few dorks...

Seriously...it is only Wednesday? Wow, what a week already, and a slow one I might add. Sunday afternoon, we took Sour Apple and dropped him off at what was supposed to be a week long camp. Well...Tuesday afternoon I got a phone call to come and get him, Ugg...he is sick. With the FLU! In June, well almost July!

Now, on to the fun stuff. The look is back! Did you miss this handsome Wednesday mug?

I know I would have if I were you! This little man will not crawl, BUT he will scoot, back up and roll to get where he wants to be then sit himself right back up and continue with what he was doing. Not having any part of the adorable mouse ears!

They are mighty tasty though. And yes, his name is on the hat. If you have been following long, you already knew his name from some pictures from around Christmas, he was wearing a shirt that Grandma made with his name on it.

Nothing quite as tasty as your first set of mouse ears!

Ah...we were found by the clothes-less bandit!

And he was in the mood for posing so who was I to say no?!

Oh and then...the posing really began!

I thought this next picture had a cool effect. Maybe it is just me. LOL

The more I snapped, the crazier he got~but he sure is mighty cute!

and silly, but mainly cute.

and a little funny, still cute though.

You want to see where he gets it? LOL

We got the ears back on for a few more pictures.

and he got them off again~

Checkin' out the room...Vacation day 2

Well, I looked...and these are the only pictures I have from our first day there. LOL. It was hard work dealing with a baby, a walking boot, a stroller and a wheelchair. And of course the heat. On our first day, we had a late start. We had arrived the night before but had to stay in a different hotel, so when we got up, we had breakfast, went to the new hotel to check in then headed to the park. We hit Magic Kingdom first but only stayed there for a little while. We had dinner reservations at the Coral Reef at Epcot and some friends of ours were at Epcot as well. We hopped on the bus to go by our room first, then it was over to meet our friends and have some dinner. If you ever make it to Disney, you have to eat at the Coral Reef (and everywhere else we ate!) the food there was awesome.

We stayed in Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort in one of their newly redecorated Pirate themed rooms. They were really cool. This was the curtain that separated the bedroom from the bathroom. I thought I got more pictures because there was an engraved Flying Dutchman in the shower, and the TV was sitting on what looked like stacked crates. It was really neat, sorry I missed those pictures.

The headboard had a wheel and that is where Boog loved to hang out.

The comforters looked like gold coins and treasure.

If you are headed to Disney and have a small pirate of your own, we definitely recommend this place! It is really big and stretched out but it is worth the walk. Hopefully I have some pictures of the pool from another day. It was neat too. They also had beaches with hammocks but sadly, we did not get a chance to relax in those. :(