Taking the kiddies to Orlando!

This is my only update, for this week, as we are leaving for Orlando today, after work/school.

The public schools are closed tomorrow, for a Jewish holiday, and we are keeping them out on Wed and Thurs. (coming home Thursday night)

Planning on staying at the Nickelodeon Family suites hotel (otherwise known as the Spongbob hotel) where all the rooms are suites and decorated with Nickelodeon characters. It has a water park and lots of kid activities scheduled every day. We won't be leaving the hotel during the daytime.

Tuesday night, we bought tickets to attend the NOT SO SCARY HALLOWEEN PARTY at Magic Kingdom. We get to arrive at the park at 4pm and stay until midnight. We won't stay that late, but who knows. Last year, at the Christmas one, the first time we looked at our watches it was 11pm.

The kids are dressing up for the Disney thing - Olivia is an Indian Squaw, Meredith is a spanish dancer, and Wade is Buzz Lightyear.

Bryan and I are wearing those T-shirts that say "This IS my costume".

Supposed to rain some in Orlando this week, hopefully not too much.

Wish us luck and I'll be back on Friday.

What am I talking about?

Well, I guess I was still recovering, from a really bad day, when I wrote the latest entry.

I can't believe I actually mentioned my own smelly underwear! Shows how tired I was.

I was just desperate to be clean. A shower does make all my boo-boos get better.

It's been a long week.

The best part about today was that my hubby, helping with laundry, left folded laundry on our coffee table. On top of one pile was everyone's underwear - not folded, just piled on top.

Then my inlaws came over - no one said anything, I mean, they were clean, but I'm sure they didn't want to eat lunch staring at Olivia's underwear.

However, once again, it didn't bother me enough to actually put any of it away - yet.

We inherited a new freezer... really nice and big. We put it in our garage, which meant that we had to clean out the garage (again). That is what we did today. Fun, right?

But it had to get done.

Yesterday

Yesterday was such a bad day, I couldn't even get myself to the computer to check an email, much less write on this blog.

Really busy day at work - I think that was the problem. When work, for me, is busy, it equals NO down time for my brain.

So the usual morning chaos, was followed by a day full of more chaos and me getting out of work later than normal. Luckily, Bryan was able to pick up everyone, but he needed to leave for a football game at 6pm.

He was gone from 6 to 9pm.

Those hours are crucial!! I had to serve and clean dinner, get the older two's homework done, supervise bathing and pjs, read books with the older two, tutor Meredith with math and...

somehow manage to shower myself - which was very important because many parts of my body just stunk. I didn't know which was worse - my underwear, my armpits, or my feet (from those clogs I wear at work).

After a shower, I felt much, much better.

Maybe that's why they have those Calgon comercials - I finally really understand.

Latest photos of Paige... 5 months

These photos were just too cute not to post.

We finally broke out the high chair and now Paige sits in it, while we flutter about her.

She is fitting in well.

Wade's birthday!!!

I completely forgot to mention that Wade's birthday was last week.

Lots of celebration, too, as we had a small party for him at our house on Sunday.

Then (on Monday) which was his actual birthday - we sang "happy birthday' again with the left over cake. (that is the photo of all four kids above)

And then, (on Tuesday) I went to his preschool and brought cookies for the kids to sing to him.

So much has happened in the three years that he's been around, it is hard to believe that his is only three.

He is my breath (and he's cute too - don't you think?)

Took the kids to see Disney on Ice

Not too much to tell about this experience, except that I took the older three, by myself.

Dropped off Paige at Veronica's house, she owed me and we went to a 3pm show.

Didn't get out until 6pm, with traffic, and we still had to do dinner.

So I, by myself, took all my kids out to Longhorn Steakhouse.

And we all survived... better than expected.

It helped that the kids were starving, but I was happy.

An answered prayer

I've spent some time this week doing some talking to God.

This is the last week to register our children for CCD and, since it is expensive and time consuming, I was thinking about not putting them in for this year.

I spoke with a lady from the church who solved the money factor, by allowing us to pay a reduced price and I needed to pay by Friday.

I STILL wasn't convinced that I should put them in and my only prayer was asking God to give me a sign that I should drive to the church, tomorrow, and register them.

Well, of all nights, Bryan and I watched - The Passion of the Christ, directed by Mel Gibson.

Very powerful... not just because of the story it tells of Jesus, but because I don't fail the recognize the fact that this movie has been out for how many years? and I have always refused to watch it.

So, now, on the eve of debating to myself it it is worth it to commit my family to Tuesday afternoon Sunday school and that THIS movie (of ALL movies ever made) is the one that we choose to watch tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't worry, God, I may not be the best Catholic, but I KNOW an answered prayer when I see it.

I'll be registering them tomorrow.