Mimi's Day Care!!!!

Last week we had a couple of birthdays in the family. Alex on the 3rd an Tara on the 4th. So in celebration Alex, Seth and Tara took a day trip to Fossil Springs for hiking and swimming. I was the bigger person and offered to stay home with the kids...(lol). Anyhow...Breezy came out for the day as well with her two little ones. At times if felt like a day-care center but we had a fun day and since we were so busy with 5 little ones the time really flew. We even managed to get all the babies down for a nap at the same time...including Stormy. Wow...am I good or what? Breezy has been wanting some new photos of Dutch and Maylee for her wall so we decided to take some pics of them and of all of the kids. We set up a backdrop and props, lighting, the whole deal. Then the fun started. Apparently it's not possible to have 5 children sit still and be happy all at the same time. If 4 were happy then one wasn't....if 3 were sitting then two were up and running. If one was angry at the mere idea of a photo session then the rest were running amuck. OMG, it was a mess! Breezy and I were exhausted by the time we gave up. That's right. It just wasn't happening the way we had envisioned, so we gave up. We gave it a good try though. The pictures below prove that it didn't work out. I guess it's the thought that counts. I've thought many times that I'd really like to do Children's Photography...I love setting up cute props and stuff....but if I do pursue it...I think I may have to stipulate no more than 2 children at a time unless they are on some sort of calming medication. :)

At least Kade is happy...what a good baby!!!

Never mind. He's not happy any more. :(

Oh dear...Dutch is angry!!! This is where the other ones are running amuck!!

Lookie there....Jace in the box. How did that happen? Maylee wins the "best participant" award...for today anyway. :)

We got that mess all cleaned up and put away and then it was on to more adventure. Stormy came home from a meeting in the evening. She had on a dress and had kicked off her shoes when all of a sudden we heard Jace screaming in the bathroom...she got to him first and found that he had slammed his finger in the toilet lid and couldn't get it out. She picked him up and loved him and then began shreaking...."GROSS..GROSS...GROSS...MOMMMMM!!!" Breezy and I came running to find Stormy standing in front of the toilet holding Jace while Dutch looked on...Maxx was leaning rather strangely against the door jam and Kade had jsut crawled up to see what the excitement was. As soon as I got to the door I noticed the smell....I looked down to see Maxx with poop running out of his underwear and down his leg. "Hold on Maxx", I said, "Mimi will get you cleaned up." I turned to head for the paper towels when Stormy screamed, "Mom, I stepped in it...it's on my foot...clean it off.."(more screaming and yucking) At this point I don't remeber who I cleaned off first...I think Stormy since it was fastest. Then I began to work on Maxx. Meanwhile Stormy got out of there still holding Jace and Breezy took Dutch and Kade out of the danger zone. Before I finished with Maxx Stormy was yelling again that she had poop between her toes. I look up to see her foot very near my face with her toes spread apart. So I quickly cleaned that up and went back to work on Maxx. His parents have very successfully taught him how to stand to be wiped after going potty, bent over at the waist with his hands flat on the floor. WOW...that certainly helps. However, as soon as he bent over he pointed and said..."There's poop on the ground...there's poop on the ground." I nearly wet my pants laughing....thankfully I didn't...I had enough of a mess to clean up as it was. Anyhow...in Maxx's defense let me jsut say that because the other two were playing in there he couldn't get to the toilet and I could tell by the consistency of the 'you-know-what' that he jsut couldnt wait. Next on the agenda was rub-a-dub-dub, 3 boys in the tub. It was about 9:30 pm when all the little ones went home...I fell into bed exhausted. There is a reason we have babies when we're young!!! Hats off to all you mommy's with little ones....you have a tough job. I've been there and done that....and am so glad now to get to send them home so I can rest up for the next time. I love my grandkids....they're so awesome....I had no idea I could love someone else's kids so much....:)

THE WHAT????

A whole month since I've written in here. I can't believe I've procrastinated this long...well....yes I guess I can. It's just like me. I try to take life one day at a time but lately several days seem to attack at once.
So last week Alex and I decided to go to a movie. He wanted to see the Chronicles of Narnia...not really my kind of movie but I was happy to go with him. We invited Stormy to go with us but she had other plans and wasn't sure if she would be done in time. She asked me to call her when we knew what time we were going. So, on our way to the theatre I texted her and told her where and when and to join us if she could. Her text back to me said this, " I can't, I'm going to the".
That was it....so I figured that perhaps she hit send to soon before she finished her sentence..(I do that accidentally sometimes). So I texted her back and said..."to the what?". She wrote back and said, "to FHE...Shane thinks I'm inactive." (for anyone who doesnt know, FHE stands for Family Home Evening...it's an activity on Monday nights.) Anyhow...I wrote back and said, "why does he think you're inactive?". To which she replied, "because I told him I wasnt' going to the". Ok...I thought, what is the deal? so I texted back and said "It would be really nice if you would finish your sentences". As you can imagine I got a rather grumpy reply from her that said, "FHE Mom, it stands for Family Home Evening!!". Good grief, she didn't have to yell at me...she was the one not finishing her sentences. So I wrote back and said.."I know what FHE stands for but you didn't tell me that that's where you were going."
So...a short while later when Alex and I were seated in the theater I pulled out my phone to turn it off and I had a thought. So I looked at my inbox and re-read the texts that she had sent me....turns out what she said was, "I can't, I'm going to fhe." and the second time she said, "because I told him I wasn't going to fhe." Well guess what. I didn't have any glasses with me so I didn't realize it was an 'f'. I thought it was a 't' and said 'the'. UGH!!! I immediatly texted her and apologized for being stupid. She forgave me and then had a good laugh about with her friends.
NOTE TO SELF: Always have reading glasses in purse...eyes arent' what they used to be.