June 8, 2011

SWINGS!!!

 

Due to the move me and the kiddies have been stuck inside most days. We try to play in the backyard in the evenings. The other day I was going stir crazy and loaded the kids in the car and headed for the park.

I didn’t realize how hot it was until we already got to the park. 90 degrees is just too hot to stay very long so I took the kids to the swings. I knew that if we did the swings than Katie wouldn’t care if I told her we had to leave in 20 minutes.

Brady and Katie laughed extremely hard for being so hot. The weather is suppose to stay in the 90’s all week so we’ll have to get some playing in early in the morning and after dinner.

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Packing

We are moving to Morristown TN in 2 weeks. This means that I’m busy packing. Having 2 kids makes this task a little more difficult. Pretty much I have to keep up on the house (dishes, laundry, cooking, etc) and keep the kids from destroying the house while I load all of our possessions into boxes all while Rick is busy studying.  Honestly I thought we had a lot of things when we moved to TN. I don’t know how we keep acquiring stuff but somehow we do.  I’m worried that our 17’ moving truck will not be big enough.

The other day I just taped up an extra box and let Katie and Brady play in it while I packed. Katie wanted Brady inside with her and would pull his leg or try to push him inside when he was taking to long. Needless to say Brady didn’t like this much. It was fun to watch the two of them play together.  I can’t wait for days in the future when they can play together and not need mom’s interaction as much. That is the benefit of having multiple children right.

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Hopefully the rest of packing will go smoothly. The longer we stay in the house the more things we have to fix. In the last week we have found a that we need to replace/fix 3 mini blinds, a torn piece of wallpaper from the kitchen, and 1 hole in the wall.

Rick was being silly with Katie in our room and slipped on a paper and put his shoulder through the wall. Yep something like this would totally happen just before we are moving. Thankfully, a friend of ours obtained an extra piece of drywall for free. Rick got to come home a little early the other night and work on the wall.  Katie liked the drywall mud because it went on the wall pink and then dried white. Now we just hope the paint will match.

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Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial day usually indicates the start of summer. Not at our house.

Rick is deep into study mode right now. He takes his first Board exam on June 15th. He has hit the books pretty hard. I have to say I was so proud of him when he turned the other guys down when they asked if he wanted to go to a late movie. I can see it makes him sad when Katie asks him not to go to school. She said that she looses her daddy at school. It was so sad. I will be very grateful when his test is over. That way the kids can see Rick for longer than 1 hour a day.

Having this go on means that Rick had class over Memorial Day weekend. I surprised him with a picnic. Well it was more like his dad and I kidnapped him. We drove about 5 minutes away and enjoyed cooking some steaks and throwing rocks. Everyone had a great time. Hopefully we will have more exciting summer memories to record later.

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