Today I have been informed that I am the "horridest mom in the world," and have been called a butthead numerous times, and hit with dinosaurs.
Lovely.
So I'm thinking about running away to a beautiful beach somewhere far, far away. Care to join me?
We had a violent hailstorm two days ago. Freaky. Exciting. Lots of damage. Never seen anything like it. I'll put up a few pictures when I've got time......
Anyway -
This morning I could not wake Andrew up. It was dark and misty outside, he was cozy and cuddly inside. It was also 9:30! Couldn't get him up. So I went outside to seed a few of the bare patches in our backyard. While back there I found a large decapitated bird (from the storm).
(AHA!)
I leaned in the back door and yelled, "ANDREW! I just found a bird in the backyard that got it's head knocked off by the hail."
.03 seconds later he tumbles (he did actually fall - he was trying to run so fast) down the stairs, jumps to his feet, and RUNS outside.
"Where?!!"
Mike's stepsister, Cara, got married this weekend to her love of nine years. It was a beautiful ceremony in a picturesque chapel, with perfect weather. We had a great time spending the day with all the family.
Jacob was asked to be the ring bearer. He carried little Roxy (Cara's dog) and the rings down the aisle. What a cutie! As he and I were waiting for his turn in the ceremony I could see Roxy and Jacob start shaking. He was nervous and was holding onto her for dear life! I gave his arms a break for a minute, then it was his turn. He did great!
Mike had the camera - and was sitting with the other two - so no pics, but I'm sure we'll see some later from the photographers.
And here are some we took afterwards...
This evening Jacob announced the following:
J. "Mom, I think this is probably the best time in my life."
M. "Really? What makes you say that?"
J. "Well, we're all here snuggled up in a cozy kitchen, you are making cookies, I just finished almost completely cleaning the kitchen, Amelia is sitting down hunched over a dinosaur encyclopedia - which is, of course, upside down (hearty chuckle), and Andrew is just drawing some picture of....something. It feels just right in here."
Holy cow. You could have mopped me up. This really is such a surprise, because this same little boy has been having some serious struggles lately. School has been rough. I took him out a week ago, and we are kind of feeling out what the best thing is for him right now. He is on my mind constantly, and I have been worried about how happy he is, and what I could do better for him.
Today was one of those sweet assurances that all the effort we are putting in to our family life is doing something. Jacob has felt our love for him and he feels safe in our home. Not only that...it feels like one of the best times in his life! Yippee!
-And a little sidenote of humor....
yes, our little girl is pushing around a stroller carrying precious cargo - a gun(which she unfortunately knows how to use) and a dinosaur book, and then after a while she added a baby. Gotta love her.
