Yet another Random Week

Here we are at the end of another week... or I guess the BEGINNING of a new one, right? Here are a few tidbits from our busy week...

The kids had dentist appointments that consisted of replacing sealants on Ben and placing sealants on Carly... and filling a cavity on our Candy Junkie. She enjoyed her first try at Laughing Gas, especially after an iCarly episode where Sam got Laughing Gas and told Carly she kissed Freddie. Yup. iCarly is our favorite show. By OUR, I mean, ALL OF US. It's just that funny.

Somewhere along this week I found a letter Carly wrote to her friend. You know, the one who's party we completely missed. Now, when Carly told me she made a card for her friend to say she was sorry, I wasn't surprised. You shouldn't be surprised, either, to know that my daughter has her OWN stash of card making supplies (albeit, cast-offs from Mama) or that her first thought when something "happens" is "I-will-make-a-card". Let me complete this incident by saying that I got right on my knees and thanked our Heavenly Father that THIS card was intercepted.

Hey, Kaleigh: Rude Girl wants her Goodie Bag. Ugh. Yes, we had a long talk about this... where I was informed in a very quiet voice that since she FORGOT the card at home, she just TOLD Kaleigh to bring the Goodie Bag. Which she did. And hey, there was a really cool horse prize in there. Good chance I can never go to school on parent night again.

While I'm on Carly... she has lost her Nintendo DS. Has anyone seen it? We think it's in the same place where her Mamma Mia DVD is. This would be how I ended up cleaning her room LAST weekend... looking for the DS. Here's how it got lost, in Carly's words:

I was playing it on Ben's top bunk, when SUDDENLY the red light went on and I knew I needed to charge it. So, I CAREFULLY got down and started looking for the charger. I looked all over Ben's Room, then looked in my room, checked the kitty dish, then looked in the Wii Room. While I was in there, I realized I didn't know where my DS was, and since I didn't have anything to charge, I stopped looking for the charger.

Ok, so it's missing. Apparently somewhere in the house. The good news (Tracy and Torrey), in the process of looking for the DS, we FOUND the Mamma Mia movie, so the next time you come to visit, we can save 10 hours of looking for it, and just watch it. I say all this to share this picture:

These signs are hanging up on everyone's doors. Hey, it works in the neighborhood when you lose your dog, so why not, right? I will let you know if it works.

Friday night, we ALL went over to the Warren's to hang out and eat dinner. We had a lot of fun. Just relaxing and the kids were playing and having a blast. Love these kind of nights where everything is informal and you all bring stuff to make the dinner. It's like being at home, but you get to talk to friends, too! Ben spent the night, which he's been dying to do for about forever! The next day, when we picked him up, he informed us that the boys stayed up until 4am, and woke up at 7am. He was giggling the whole time. Oh, and he go to eat Ramen Noodles for lunch! He was THRILLED about that! He's all ready for college! He had a great time and actually, has NOT been cranky or too-tired acting! He certainly didn't get that from his Night Shift Working Mamma. She's COMPLETELY cranky when she stays up all night and only gets 3 hours of sleep!

While Carly was a Lonely Only, we tried to make some fun for her... She really missed Ben, but mostly was upset that she couldn't spend the night with The Warren Boys anymore. Stinks growing up:) So, we were going to take her to the movies, but she asked if we could just go to Michael's and get a craft to make instead! Imagine the pride and excitement I felt!?!?!?!!!!!! She picked out iron-ons and tshirts and made a shirt with a cross that she wore to church this morning (no photo, sorry)... and a giant tshirt with skulls and crossbones that she made for pj's. Enjoy the broad range of fashion tastes there. Cross. Skulls and Crossbones. Nice. Of course, we had fun:)

And special THANKS shout out to my brotherinlaw, Edgar, for driving all over Tampa and visiting Target 3 times to get me my new cell phone. For free. That was really nice of you! And as soon as I figure out all the buttons, I can call my family again. I'm REALLY fast at texting now, since it has all the keys!

It's Sunday Night. So that means Rodney is here... piano lessons for the kids. Carly just finished working on Beethoven's 9th, the Ode to Joy, which everyone remembers from the arrangement Ryan composed for our wedding for me to walk down the aisle to, RIGHT?!?!?!? It was pretty sweet to hear her playing it. Love that so much! The Beattles have made an appearance in my living room... And once I can clear them out, we are going to get the kids to bed and play the game Rodney got Ryan for his birthday....

Pretty sure we can take Tracy and Dean on this one! Ha! Probably not! We are pretty excited about that one...

LASTLY! A picture. Of the Most Non-Contributing Member of our Family:

The One who gives Nothing back. You'd think we were killing him if we try to hold him. Oh well... we keep him because he seems to really like Ben. Who ignores him. Must be why he loves Ben so much! Enjoy Cassidy!

Ok... Ryan just "Dedicated" Eight Days a Week to "My girl, Jenny!". Once, my grandmother told me that if I keep rolling and crossing my eyes, they were going to get stuck that way. She must have known I was going to live This Life!

*sigh* it doesn't get much better!