Random Things

I kept Katie home from school again today...she was still coughing a bit and I just thought maybe we should keep her home. She is clearly not feeling too bad all she did was run around like a chicken with its head cut off. My kids exhaust me!

I did manage to work today, but will need to make up a few hours over the weekend to make up for the long lunch I had today :) More on that in a moment...

So the kids were up to their usual antics this morning while I was working. Kasey climbed up into the pantry again and knocked more stuff down and got into the plastic baggies. We buy the big boxes at Sam's so...yeah, there were a lot of baggies all over the kitchen floor. He also managed to get a box of Kix off the top shelf and spill that all over as well so my kitchen floor was crunchy for a while.

I tried to be a little proactive when I went in to take my shower...I locked the kids in my bedroom with me while I was in the shower and turned the TV on. I said "Do NOT get off of my bed and do not jump on my bed."

Surprisingly, they listened.....

But it didn't mean that they escaped some form of naughtiness. Apparently there was some fingernail polish somewhere within arm's reach of Kasey so he decided to paint Katie's nails and his own a bright pink. And he also got it in Katie's hair. Why do they do this? Seriously...kids can find a loop hole anywhere.

So anyway...I got us all dressed and we ran over to a new acquaintance from church's house - Alicia. :)

It was fun! I learned a lot about her although you know it's hard for me to shutup when I start talking so she got an earful from me that's for sure. Girl, if you are reading this I just want you to know that it's ok to tell me to STOP TALKING. Haha!

The kids didn't eat much - they just wanted to play. So funny. So when we had to go Katie was just crying because she wanted to either stay with Aaliyah or have her over to our house. She was a wreck! But she did end up taking a nice nap as did Kasey!

The weather was awesome today and I had planned on cleaning out my van before our trip. After checking on a few work items, I went out to the van and cleaned it up a bit. I had been listening to my iPod while cleaning and when I went to start the van up to make sure I wasn't draining the battery, well, the battery was dead. Nice.

I let the kids ride their bikes for a bit while I secretly waited outside for a neighbor to come home to see if they could give me a jump. I guess people don't come home early on Fridays in my neighborhood...hahaha.

So I gave Alicia a call - she just lives right around the corner - and begged for her to come over and give it a try. Thankfully it didn't take much! I felt bad asking her to come over when I had just talked her ear off earlier in the day! So I just wanted to say thank you again!!! And I will not clean my car out while having my iPod plugged up into it again - especially while Brian is TDY. This is the second time my battery has ever died and both times while he was TDY.

We were a bit late for our pizza/movie night as a result of the dead battery, but we still managed to get some Hungry Howie's and Madagascar 2. :) Now the kids are fast asleep and I am right behind!!