From a Funny Friday

What is so funny about life?

Daniel ponders this.

Nathan, and Melanie, on the other hand

know all about funny things.
And so does Matthew.


When I showed Nathan this pic of himself

he cracked up.

And Melanie did the same.
(as usual)

Matthew can also be funny without trying to,

like when he puts his touque on himself.

Smart Mothers

Even from across the country my Mom can guess what I'm doing!
I was indeed shopping.

Now here's some kids playing pictures dedicated to her!

I'm not sure what these guys did while I was out shopping,
so I'll just show you what they did a day ago:

Matthew was busy at the piano.
You can see that having a book
(no music notes are necessary, however)
is mandatory for playing.
Piano playing is a fine art of balance
half turning pages, and half hitting the keys.

And who are busy in the background?

Melanie and Nathan are sharing my pencil and her eraser.
Anything slightly new is exciting!

(And no one is sick anymore. :) )

One day I'll be able to tell what my kids are up to behind my back,
but for now I just have to pretend.

Blissfully Better + Bakeries

Guess what I got lots of last night?

Even Daniel only got me up once.
Which is a change from his 2 or 3 times this past week.
Probably helped him that nobody else peeped all night.

"Let's play Bakeries" says Nathan.

What he really means, is,
"let's be cooks" or
"Let's play restaurant".
No matter how hard I try

I can't get them to grasp that they can't actually
BE bakeries.
Unless they're really weird.

So I guess, maybe they can be.

Do you like the new room layout?
I brought up the picnic table, which they're making great use of!
But now they're less eager to go downstairs when I want them to.

Today life is

short on sleep.

This morning Nathan managed to have breakfast in his pjs.

He was mostly flopped down.
After this he crawled back in bed 'til 11.
But now he seems energetic enough.

Melanie has been entertaining herself all day.
It's rare that both her biggish brothers leave her alone.

She has just recovered from a good cry and has promised
to be a good girl 'til nap time.
(No promises for after that.)

Matthew, despite being hit the hardest,
is still his goofball self

most of the time.
The rest of the time he wants to be up.
And when I just can't hold him anymore,
he is not pleased.

The cheeriest one of us is the healthiest.

Go figure.
I really do hope he stays that way!!
Our atmosphere can use all the cheer it can get!

As for Mommy Roze;
I now have 7 full nights of poor sleep. Poor, this time, is defined as: up more than six times and less than 15. Yup. That many. Last night was a treat, in the sense that only two beds and bodies needed to be cleaned.

So how is super mom coping?
She is:

Very tired.
"Lost it" once last night.
(Very angry bordering on abusive)
Obsessed about sleep.
My head is all fuzzy (from lack of sleep.)
Thinks nothing of a dirty bed or child anymore:
Bring it on-if only I can SLEEP!
Still virus free.

Speaking of sleep, we should have lunch.
After which, I shall nap. :)

The fresh bread looks fab.
But we shall be toasting it 'til it's very dry
and unpalatable.
Then the kids won't ingest too much.

By next week I'll be dying to attack something
heavy, full of fat, and very bad for you.

Soon I shall
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSleeep.

still alive

Daddy's turn.

Better?

So Melanie got it too.
But not Mommy or Daddy yet.
Or Daniel, thankfully.

But we may still get our turn. :)

Time to clean a bit.

Sick

Poor boys are sick.

We got the nasty bug that I was warned by a friend to avoid.
And it's highly contagious too, apparently.
Hopefully Melanie doesn't get it...but so far I haven't heard of anyone skipping it...I'm sure to get a turn too. :)

Ah well.

I will have lots and lots of laundry to fold when I get to that. Now I'm only concerned that there are clean sheets available when I need replacements. And yeah, I am resting as much as I can to make up for last night, and to try keep Daniel's food supply from diminishing.

That's the washer...time to do the laundry switcheroo.

I cannot imagine how mommy's ever managed to deal with this sort of thing when laundry was all done by hand!!!