Random Things

What is the obsession?? Why do kids love toilets?

Both of my kids loved to "toilet fish", but I gotta tell you that Kasey takes it to a whole new level. Just before we moved out of base housing a few months ago, Kasey decided to put an entire bar of soap down the toilet. It took me a day or so to realize what he had done, but it was a huge mess and NOT easy to get out of a toilet once it's been soaking for a few days...

So Kasey's been toying around with the idea of being potty trained. He and Katie were in the "bot-tee" (as Kasey calls it) after dinner while I was cleaning up the kitchen. I heard Katie say "do it again, Kasey!" and then a "Hi-YAH!" from Kasey...this does not sound good. Let me go back for a sec...for some strange reason when Katie goes to the bathroom she likes to karate chop the toilet paper. She can't just pull it off and rip. Nope. We get a "Hi-YAH!" everytime. This is hilarious when in a public restroom by the way. It scares the *blank* out of people...I find it comical the things kids do in bathrooms.

Anyway...

So they were karate chopping the toilet paper and Kasey decided to shove the entire DOUBLE ROLL of toilet paper down the toilet. He had his hands in there and everything (and he was completely naked because evidently he can't go "bot-tee" with even a shirt on). Needless to say the floor was completely soaked. I do find it hard to not laugh in these situations...but since I get to be the lucky one to clean it up...

Sigh.

Wow. Lots going on since my last post. I'll do a quick rewind...

Mom and dad had come out for a visit the last part of March. The kids loved spending time with them and we had some gooooood food :) We got to show mom and dad the house just a week before we closed on it. We had some great weather when they came out, although it really was a bit cooler than normal. Ahh well...it was nice!

We closed on the house on March 28! WOO!! Exciting stuff! Then came the whole moving in thing...yeah, we still have a ton of boxes to unpack, but I did make a lot of headway in our bedroom and kitchen the past couple of weeks...

Brian's aunt, her daughter and her daughter came out for a visit in late April. We had a lot of fun!! We kept really busy with doing so many things that it just didn't seem like it was time for them to leave when they had to go. We had gone to the beach and I missed rubbing sunscreen on a spot on my back...it's quite lovely. I might even consider it art. Hehe. We got to see a family of dolphins while we were out there. That was pretty cool! We also headed over to Pensacola one night for High School Musical on Ice. That was soooo cute!! Katie kept yelling to the skaters "TROY!!!! SHARPAY!!! OVER HERE!!!" So cute! We really had a great time!

A few weeks after they left, the kids and I headed up to South Dakota for my good friend Jessica's wedding. We had a GREAT time while up there. My brother and his buddy Ryan were playing at a bar in Mitchell one night and I hopped up there and played keyboard with them. It was fun! Everyone was wasted so who even knows if I was playing the right notes! haha! Good times!!! Oh yeah...and the bar smelled like fried chicken. Interesting...

It was so good to see all of my friends and family. I saw so many people that I hadn't seen since either high school or my wedding! It really was a lot of fun and the kids had a great time too! They got to play at grandma and grandpa's house and play with their cousins. It was awesome! I love seeing the kiddos play together. Absolute drama one minute and then uncontrollable laughter the next. :)

Then we drove down to CO for a week to visit Brian's family. We had a great time there as well!! I just love seeing all the kids! All the kids are getting so big!! I hate being so far away from my family! (both those in SD and CO!) But Florida is pretty great so far and I really do like it here.

I got to meet up with a few coworkers while out there. Always nice to hang out away from the office :)

Brian's grandmother drove back to FL with the kids and I. We had an absolute blast on the drive. Seriously. I love that I have a minivan...when gram was driving and the kids were being naughty and I just jumped in back and hung out. After they calmed down I jumped back in front. Gram was laughing at me. We went through a few bouts of what seemed like sleep deprivation and were laughing uncontrollably. Our stories weren't as fun to others as they were to us. Haha!

Grams hung out here for a few days and cooked some yummy southern food. Mmmm...

The kids were really sad to see her go and when we dropped her off at the airport, Kasey said "wait, guana, wait!!!!" and Katie just cried...

Although it was fabulous to visit with everyone, it is nice being back to just the 4 of us. I think the kids were really out of sorts and it took them just a few days to get back to the swing of things.

And here we are!

I should have some more time to post as HOPEFULLY my workload slows down some. I won't get into the details, but lately it has been HELL!!!! So think good thoughts and have a great week!!