Am I in the Exorcist?

As you can see the Internet is finally up and running at our house once again. I was honestly having fits of withdrawl for three days straight. It was bad enough I couldn't keep up on the blog but I even missed out on a few days of celebrity gossip!

Anyway, here we are...back again.

So, football is kaput. I tried to convince Josh that we could do it. He said, "Mom, let those big boys play. They want to and I don't." Enough said. I was not about to fight him over something that can wait another year.

School is going very well for Josh. I am working with him in the evenings on reading and other Kindergarten material I had picked up at the educational store. Josh learns so quickly and he is so bright. The things he knows already amazes me.

We have all been in a bit of a slump lately. Nothing too exciting to report around here except that Dustin and I went on our first "date" in probably 2+ years!!! We had SO much fun!! I totally had a moment, though, when we were in the truck and I looked at him and thought, "What do I have to talk to him about?" Sort of made me think about us in 20 years, when the kids are all gone. Anyways, it made me smile.

The kids have invaded our bedroom and I now understand how my mother felt when she would wake up to get out of bed and almost stand on me. She had not realized that I had made a bed on her floor during the night. The other night I woke to find this...

And even though Lauren cannot walk she mysteriously found her way to my side of the bed.

Lauren is changing so much every day. She is grabbing things now and laughing at just about anything. She is quickly moving into a more interactive stage and we have so much fun playing with her. And as you can see, much like her mother's, her thighs seem to be growing larger each day. As far as I'm concerned, it's just more of her for me to love!



So yesterday morning I allowed Dustin to dress our daughter without any input from me. That was my first mistake. He brought her in our bedroom looking like this.

Seriously. Can you see Josh looking on in dismay? He was actually shaking his head! A four year-old!!

On a side note, this is the last photo of one of those socks. The dog ate one shortly after I ripped them off her feet. I'm certain it was merely Mattie's attempt of difusing the situation and just her way of making sure Lauren would never be dressed in that combination again.

If you don't see anything wrong with the pairing of stripes and polka dots...you should be shot.

Ironically, Lauren was throwing up more than usual on Sunday. I honestly attributed it to seeing her own reflection and realizing what her father made her wear. However, today Dustin has the flu as well. So I'm sure that her catching the flu on the same day as wearing that outfit was merely a coincidence.

Either way, Dustin should beware. Someday she may have to dress him and she just might remember what he did to her. She'll put him in a clown's costume and parade him around the nursing home screaming, "HOW DO YOU LIKE WEARING POLKA DOTS AND STRIPES, DAD!!"

For those of you who don't believe that Lauren actually says, "Hi" all the time...here is proof!


Isn't she just the cutest?