A great day

It all started with Cam puking his guts out and then screaming for three solid hours at 2 am. Luckily he wasn't really sick, it was just the three hot dogs I let him eat last night. When I finally got him to take some nausea medication he perked right up after 15 minutes. I love Zofran.
So Cam and I slept on the recliner til 730 when I woke up suddenly. Someone had turned off Kelly's alarm clock and Jannica had turned hers off on purpose. I got Ryan ready (for her big program) in 5 minutes and checked what I was supposed to bring for the class party. It was otter pops. Had I bought them earlier this week and frozen them? No, that is something a mother who plans more than 20 minutes in advance would do.                 
So I rushed Ryan to school, (no breakfast), called the room mom and apologised profusely, felt like an idiot and came home to start the day different.
I found Kelly had dealt with Jannica (so I didn't have to), I got to have a long shower, and shave my legs! A friend watched Beverly, Cameron came with Kelly and I and we really enjoyed our time with him! He was such a good boy! Ryan was super cute singing all of her songs. Cam and I had a great lunch with Ryan. We came home and the babies and I had a nap.
Ryan went to play with a friend and when Jac came home she did not fight with me over the chores she had to do! She just did them so happily! The babies played well, Ryan came home really mad at life and after trying to be silly with her and pull her out of it I sent her away to cool off. She went up to her room to write a book. She literally copied a whole little little book. But she came out very happy and went outside to play with the kids. She was  so great with them, so I had a chance to cook everything I was wanting for dinner. I grilled pork chops, made tasty rice, fruit salad, grilled bacon wrapped squash, Then I saw my basil growing on the patio and wanted tomatoes with mozzarella . But no more mozzarella in this house so I opted for avocados.
Dinner was great. Jac convincingly faked that she liked everything, everyone ate, the babies got baths, Jac showered without a fight and Ryan and I got to read Junie B. Jones. We laughed so hard we had to stop reading for five minutes.
Now I have time to blog and tomorrow is the last day of school!
It started out sucky and there were some unmentioned low points. After reading over this post I see that the day was not about the kids, duh, it was about my attitude. Ahhh, how journaling helps.

In case you did not know Kelly is sitting in a "chair"

This is my tasty dinner. I am hungry looking at it.

The big egg drop

Ryan built a container to hold her egg when they dropped it off the roof at school. Jac was so smart and suggested we fill her container with paper towels. After the whole family got involved and two lost eggs we finally perfected the egg container. When Ryan's teacher opened her container and found Ryan's egg uncracked, the whole class cheered. It was so darn cute!

Ballet

Ryan had her ballet recital and was so excited when I told her I would let her wear mascara. She was so happy with the final project that she wanted to do a little photo shoot. The first pic is my favorite, I had just said she looked like a twelve year old and then snapped the picture. The look on her face says it all.

Daddy's little man

I love how Cam's  face lights up when Kelly comes home. It is the literal incarnation of the song "I'm so glad when daddy comes home". Just no quiet happy end. The end of the song here is a wrestling match.

Have I done any good?

I have been reading an article in the Ensign (a magazine my church puts out) about the man we believe to be the prophet. It is about his life and the good he has done and the fact that he is always thinking of others. He says didn't have the scriptures read to him when he was young, but his parents lived them. You can read the whole article here .
I have been thinking about this article a lot. I would love to be remembered like President Monson as a person who went about doing good. I have been taught since I was young to care for others and be compassionate, so being more so would not be an unpleasant stretch for me. I am HORRIBLE at reading the scriptures, especially to the kids, but I bet if they could see me living them, they would learn a lot about who Christ is.
So, I am going to start at home. Because that is the hardest place for me to be compassionate, tolerant and Christlike. Silly, huh? But that is where I will start. What an awesome blessing it is to have modern day prophets to lead by example and to let us know the will of God.
If you see me ask me how it is going, I always need someone to be accountable to.

Adventures in mealtime

It has been hard trying to find food that interests Cameron. Presentation amd my attitude are a huge part of it. We have been in a slump lately, he just wants bread and cereal, and I am running out of ideas. Today I decided to try a few new things. I fried tofu and used a ghost shaped muffin tin to serve up the lunch. I also gave him a toothpick to eat with. He was so excited to eat his cheese (squash) soup, tofu, gluten free pretzels and orange slices. I have a happy boy. The picture is blurry because he is eating so fast.
Now time to figure out dinner........

Recent busy-ness

We went to the beach, but that was afraid of the water and the birds and did not like the sand. She spent all of her time sitting in the stroller but she is very happy, unless a seagel got within 20 feet of her. Then she screamed like a horror movie scream. The other kids spent a lot of time chasing seagulls for her.
We went to place called Rita's for italian ice. Bev is a huge fan.....shocker. That girl loves sweets.
She loved Ryan's birthday party. She loved to wear the hat and eat ice cream and cake again not a shocker.