Molly was sick Saturday night. Ruby was sick last night. Let’s just hope Mack doesn’t get it. The virus is not bad at all. Minimal throw-up, low-grade fever, little to no appetite, and it is all over in less than 24 hours. BUT the climax of it all goes down between 2:00 am and 5:30 am. Fun times at the Dorminy house!
So now I am about to do Jillian’s 30-Day Shred and hope I don’t hurt myself.
Rub-a-dub-dub, Three Kids in a Tub
Ruby having fun going down the wet slide
Well, I finally was able to get the pictures to upload correctly. Now I am off to bed. I wish I could list all that I did today! But why would I bore both of you? I can say that Monday was incredibly productive. Incredibly. You should see under my kitchen sink. And I pulled a massive amount of weeds from the front yard. Here I go…I better stop now.
But I do have to say that I cannot get over how Molly and Mack are like two peas in a pod. They played all day together. Ruby just jumps in and out of their play–sometimes she just wants to annoy, while other times she truly wants to do what they are doing or at least get them to do what she wants to do. The only time intervention is needed with Molly and Mack is when I hear her yelling at him, “NO, MACK! You sit down. You sit down right now. I am the teacher. You do what I say!” Mack usually comes out crying for someone to help him. Molly quickly changes her tone and all is well. Don’t ask me where she learned such a harsh tone because I have no idea.
I think today is a list day…and maybe some pictures….all to help me sort out my mind on this Monday morning.
1. We took the kids to see UP last night. Josh and I enjoyed it and the kids seemed to, but there were many perilous moments filled with growling, mean dogs, shot guns, etc….Not sure we made the best decision. We’ll stick with G-ratings from now on. At least we didn’t see the 3-D version; they may have been scarred for life!
2. I stayed home from church yesterday because Molly had a fever on Saturday evening with some stomach issues. I terribly miss church when I don’t get to go. We’ve all been dealing with her crazy requests “because I don’t feel very good.”
3. Mack has been sleeping in his big boy bed since Friday night. So far, so good. Sunday morning he did wake up at 6:00am and push the gate down to get out of his room.
4. I paid bills on line and realized I might have overlooked our car payment. I fretted over it, but then realized I actually made three car payments in April. What in the world was I thinking? I mean, we can all agree there wasn’t much thinking involved.
5. Ruby is starting to wash her self in the tub. And she is loving being able to brush her own hair. Little by little she is becoming more independent. I love it.
6. I am doing a Bible Study on how to know my role as a woman and how to defend my mind and my marriage. I am learning so much and am so thankful for the Word of God that renews my mind and helps me in all situations. The spiritual warfare has been a bit “amped up.” I am excited to see how God will be working in our lives over the next few weeks. I am praying that the Lord will confirm the works of our hands and that the beauty of the Lord would shine upon us. He has a plan; I want to trust Him more.
7. I am going to do some role-playing with the girls today in an effort to teach them manners and how to introduce themselves, etc. We’ll see how it goes.
PICTURES:
Mack was a huge help to Josh as they put up the big boy bed we borrowed from the Anderson’s.
Mack
I have more pictures, but they are being difficult this morning. And in an effort to not spend the whole morning on this silly computer, I give up. Here’s to a productive Monday!
This week has been so busy. The girls went to Vacation Bible School all week and loved it. We had to be in the car by 8:30 am each morning.
Mack and I got some things done while the girl’s were at church. Monday included a stop by the drycleaners, the post office, the car wash and Wal-Mart. I went home to unload all the groceries and put them away and then it was time to go back and get the girls.
Tuesday was our TJ Maxx and Target day. That took up our whole time, too.
Wednesday we came home so I could bake homemade cinnamon rolls for their teachers. That took up the whole time…and I got the bathroom clean and did some laundry. Jed, Alex, Faith, Ella and Annie all came over after VBS to celebrate Jed’s 5th birthday party. The kids got crazy with the water and had a lot of fun. Annie and Ella stayed all day. I even gave them back to their mama and daddy clean from head to toe. I was so proud that it worked out that way.
Thursday, Mack and I went to Wal-Mart again to make a care package for Katherine, Ruby’s friend who fell and busted her upper lip/cheek area. She couldn’t finish her VBS week, so we thought a visit might help her feel better. I also got a hair cut Thursday night.
Today I dropped off the kids, went to see our new house’s landscape being put in, then cleaned my car out, then came home to vacuum my stairs and do more laundry. Then, when I went to pick up the girls I had to hold back the tears. The teachers have been so wonderful to them, and they have learned so much and made some good friends. I have such fond memories of VBS growing up…and I am so thankful that my kids are a part of such a phenomenal church that does so much to make sure the children are taken care of, have a great time and feel very loved. By the end of the week Molly was playing and had made new friends. I am so proud of her! Ruby survived without Katherine, and she wasn’t sure she could. I am proud of her, too. She really remembers those Bible Stories!
Ruby seems to be “getting it” as far as being kind. She has gone out of her way to do some nice things for Molly or to let her go first at different times. And Molly, surprisingly, apologized out loud to Ruby with NO prompting from me. (You know, usually I have to say something like, “You apologize to your sister right now or you will never get to have another popsicle again. Ever.” Somehow I just don’t think that is so effective.) I was so proud of her for apologizing to Ruby this morning and being specific about what she did wrong. Little glimpses of hope that go a long way for this Mama!
Here are some pictures from this week:
All the kids and Jed with his cake
Mack and Ella hanging out in the tubs of water!
Jed shooting water on the slide so that the girls slide down super-fast!
Annie and Ella in one of many outfit changes.
Tuesday morning of VBS
Friday morning of VBS….
I promise Ruby was happy about going. She has just recently gotten to where she doesn’t want to take a picture. She even said to me this morning, “I don’t want you to put a picture of me on the blog.” I told her I wouldn’t put it on the blog and she replied to me, “I know you are gonna put it on the blog, Mom.” Is she 5 or 15?!
Also, on the first two days I was very sure that the girls were bathed and all cute in what they were wearing. By Friday they picked out their own clothes and didn’t get a bath the night before. And it was perfectly fine. Ruby has got this thing about not wanting to wear anything with ruffles. Any shirt that has a ruffle on it will not go over well with her. It makes me crazy. I guess I just need to get over it, huh?
This is the birthday plate from Ruby’s party. She chose this design with her hand print as the sun and the thumbprints of her friends as the flowers. I think it turned out so cute and will prove to help us remember her 5th birthday party.
And here are the piggy banks that my girls painted at the party. I will be delivering the rest of them to all of her friends very soon!
After VBS, we went to Sonic to get the kids a slushee and a hamburger. Molly is all about the drink.
Mack and Ruby kept getting BRAIN FREEZES……SO FUNNY!
So all in all, a wonderful week was had by all. I think I will go lie down for a minute or four hundred.
Happy Friday!
This is the neatest thing. Gran and PawPaw gave it to the kids while we were there this past weekend. You hook up the blue thing to the hose, turn on the water, then the kids can press their buckets down on the blue thing and it fills up with water! Neat-O. They love it, and I do, too.
Mack can even do it all by himself. That is IF his sisters give up their buckets. He fights pretty hard for it.
So this afternoon right after I gave up on “rest time” for Mack and Molly and right before my hairdresser called to say that she didn’t feel well and couldn’t keep my appointment this evening (UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!), I decided to show the kids their surprise that I got for them while they were at VBS:
Big “tubs.” I filled them with water and gave each of them a water gun. (I got the idea from our friends, The Anderson’s.) When I walked in Target today and saw these, I thought the kids would enjoy playing in the water this way. And they did! A lot.
Crazy Kids. Please notice Molly’s face in these—
This is the little girl whose teachers in EVERY class she goes says about her, “She is so quiet. She never says a word. She just wants to hang out near a teacher.” She is CRAZY at home and talks non-stop. And makes silly faces.
And, don’t worry, Mom. I am watching them and making sure no one drowns in the tubs. 🙂
This is what my sink looked like while I was watching them:
And this is what it looked like after:
Progress. It took a while, but it got done.
And another highlight of the day was this cute lamp I found for the girl’s room at our new house:
I don’t usually spend very much money, and I am sure Josh will be glad when VBS is over, and I don’t have so much (2.5 hours) free time. When I have all three kids, I stay home. I spent all of my cash, so I guess Mack and I are stuck at home the rest of the week. Oh, well……
Ok, so the title is a bit dramatic, but I am mourning today. Mack knows how to climb out of his crib. Am I sad that my baby is growing up? That his once tiny legs that curled up under his body while he slept are now able to be thrown over the side of the crib?
Not so much.
I am mourning because I promise that his nap time was my only time of solace.
I am mourning because how I had known sleep (even with Molly’s interruptions) is changed forever. I am telling you, it seemed I slept with one eye open all night long. Misery. I just knew he would get up. And he doesn’t just get up and come to me or Josh. He makes a straight line to Molly and Ruby’s room to wake them up. And who’s to say he won’t just roam down stairs and make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or hunt down a diet coke?
Seriously. What is a mother to do?
So after three jumps out of the crib last night, he finally stayed in there…all night…but how was I to know that?! Josh hid behind the curtains after he got out of the bed the first time so that he could see how exactly he got out of the bed. He is a clever little dude and waits approximately 2.5 seconds after you shut the door to make his attempt to escape.
Today I am trying “rest time.” Usually Mack is in the crib while the girls rest on the couches looking at books or watching BETWEEN THE LIONS. I put them all on the floor to rest. That is what they are supposed to be doing, but it really doesn’t sound like that is what they are doing. I will leave you with some pictures…I better go check on them…the little rascals.
We had a fun time in Albany. I will try and write all about that tomorrow…swimming, family, food, Elmo and other monsters, and the longest drive home ever.
Summer time fun is here!
I have been dreading the pool time, if I can be quite honest. I secretly wanted to skip swim suit season and all that it entails and hoped the kids just wouldn’t notice. We live a stones-throw from our neighborhood pool and pass it each time we leave, so my plan wasn’t exactly realistic. We started on June 1st with a trip to the pool. I enlisted Mrs. Mary, of course!!! She is a huge help, and I would not have gone without her. It all turned out to be a lot of fun! So much so that we got up on June 2nd and did the same thing. Ruby said, “This is just like the same day as yesterday.” Summer time fun.
Here’s what Ruby, Katherine and Ben did the entire time:
They swam and swam and swam. I was hard-pressed to get a picture of Katherine’s face since she spent most of the time under water….in a good way…swimming her little heart out!
NOW, the other two didn’t do much swimming, but this is what you could find them doing for the most part:
While being an Olympic Swimmer is not on Molly’s short list of things to accomplish, she may pursue a career in modeling swimmies, catering to the older kids whose mothers have yet to invest in Swimming Lessons.
Seriously, all Mack wanted was a Coke and a bag of chips. Molly loved trying a little of this and a little of that from the cooler and lathering herself with sunscreen. I can’t believe I didn’t get a picture of it, but the child sat in the shade with sunscreen and covered herself in it! I guess it all goes back to the modeling…you can’t have wrinkled skin and be in magazines.
We are off to Gran and PawPaw’s today to spend a few days with them. The kids are excited for more swimming and more summer time fun! We will be seeing Elmo LIVE! on Saturday, so that should be lots of fun, that is IF Molly isn’t horribly afraid of the big, hairy, monster that will be dancing all around the stage while we sit on the third row. We’ll see……
OH, and since Ruby spent the night with Katherine, I let Molly sleep in Mack’s room. We made a place for her on the floor. They laughed and played for an hour or so, then finally Josh laid down the law (actually, he just laid down with them), they drifted off to sleep. It was so cute. These two play incredibly well together. I love it.
Here’s to a great week and some more sleep overs in South GA!