Flash! Boom! AAHHHHH!

That title best describes our morning yesterday during the rain and lightening. The girls were up earlier than usual because the thunder started(again) around 6:30am. I wasn't really ready to get up-up, so all 4 of us snuggled under the covers and watched God's show.
Flash!(lightening) Boom!(thunder) AAAHHHHHH!(three girls giggle-screaming)
repeat.

This rain tonight reminds me of two Kate-isms that need to be told.
Yesterday morning Tess and Kate were watching the rain as it flooded our yard and street.The downpour of rain made it difficult to even see very far out the window. The girls were noticing all the early morning drivers and were talking very dramatically about the dangers of their morning commute. They were discussing how horrible it must be to have to ride in a school bus with all the hard rain and thunder/lightening, when Kate says(very dramatic like)
"You know what would be really bad?.........Driving through Texas!"

hahahahaha. Tess was speechless. If you can even imagine that.


I was showing the girls pictures of a place we are considering going on vacation. It showed a beautiful beach with lovely water.......I asked Kate if she would like to go on vacation there and she said(again, very dramatic) But what about a building? We can 't just sleep on the beach!

hahahaha. I was speechless. If you can even imagine that.

She's a smart girl....this I know for sure. But have you seen her hair color? I think Kate-isms are going to become regular blog topics for everyone's reading pleasure.

Let's Hear it for the BOY!

Let's Hear it for the Boy!

Oh, Let's Give the Boy a Hand

Let's Hear it for My Baby

You Know You Gotta Understand

Maybe He's No Romeo

But He's My Loving One Man Show

oh, oh oh oh

Let's Hear it for the Boy!

A Birthday Post with a Footloose reference.......now that's a gift!

Happy 34th Birthday to my City Manager.

Thanks for choosing to not only live in Crazytown, but work there too.

I love you.

My Dad is Cooler Than Your Dad!

This weekend was the Jesse James Festival Parade. Andy was working so he asked if the girls wanted to ride along in the parade. Tess was a "duh, yeah!" while Kate was a "no thanks, I'd rather get the candy."
Anyway, Tess did the whole smile and wave thing like a pro, but was wearing Andy's fire helmet and looked totally uncomfortable, mainly because it is so big and heavy. After the parade I asked her if the helmet was hard to wear and she admitted it was. When I asked her why she had chosen to wear it she said "Because I wanted people to know my dad is a fireman and that I didn't just win a contest to get to ride in the back of the fire truck!"

This post would have been so much cooler with a picture, but alas, I have not been taught how to download pics from our external hard drive. I did get some cutie patootie pictures this weekend, so I will not be bashful in sharing them, hopefully SOON.

Follow up to Friday's Breaking News

We have a balloon.
It was yellow.
Just like she said it was.

Breaking News

Jane is at home alone with daddy today. They were playing with some small water balloons, blowing them up and then letting them go....fizzing up into the air.

Jane decided she would try and blow one up by herself. When Andy asked her where the balloon was she said....."my mouf"................Andy: "open up Jane, let me see it"

"I EAT IT!"

the City Manager has now been placed on administrative leave WITHOUT PAY.

Sincerely,
THE Mayor

Happy Friday!

It's not about me

Conversation with Kate after I gave her a haircut.

"Thank you for letting me cut your bangs, Kate. Now I can see your pretty eyes."
"You're welcome mom. Did you know God gave me these eyes?"
"I did know that Kate. And I must say that I did a really good job cutting your hair today."
"You know mom, God gave me my hair too. And if He hadn't given me my pretty blonde hair, you couldn't have cut it so good."

good point Kate.

Sarah and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

yep. that title says it all. And I don't care if you care....I need to vent, so here is my post. Feel free to stop reading if you want.

My doctor was gone, celebrating the end of Ramadan. I would celebrate too if I had had to fast from all food and liquids from sun up to sun down for the last 30 days! Anyway, I had no doctor, so I had no one to sign orders for me quickly.....thus leading to a backlog of "to do" tasks.I was working for another doctor that had a boat load of work for me. He just kept bringing me work....as if he couldn't tell that I was overwhelmed and maxed out.

I got yelled at by three different patients. No, I personally didn't do anything wrong. They were having a bad day and yelled at the doctor and I so hard that my hair blew back. Yep, picture that!

It was 5:45 when I left work, and I had promised Andy that I would be home on time so that he could get to the HS football game that he is doing ambulance coverage for. I was waaaaaaay late.

I hadn't peed since 3 o'clock ish, but knew I was late so I didn't go before I left the office. Then I almost got into an accident and would have peed my pants on impact, I just know it. But I didn't get hit by the car, thankfully, so no wet pants, thankfully.

When I got home I started crying because the girls just looked at me and cowered....evidently Andy had told them "mommy had a bad day today, so be good."

I had to admit that I just couldn't keep up today at work. Too many clinic patients, too many voice messages needing things from me, too many other nurses not at work today........I simply couldn't help everybody that needed helped. And unfortunately I am the kind of person that will ruminate over this ALL weekend. I hate starting my Monday out with left over work from Friday.

I also was informed that the pretzals that I had sent with Tess to school do not fit in the new school district dietary guidelines. I had not seen the miniscule sized print that said they were packaged in a factory that also produced peanut butter. Holy #$%@!!!!! That bit of information struck me as such a cherry on top of my day that I laughed. I LAUGHED.......I could have killed someone with a peanut allergy and I am so frazzled that it struck me as funny. What is wrong with me?!

Luckily, the girls could sense my mood and secretly planned a surprise for me. I came into my room and found 2 granola bars, a bottle of water, some flowers stuck in a vase, a stuffed polar bear and a note that says We Love You Mom.
~sigh~
Such good girls.

AND at least I am not stuck outside, in this rain, waiting for a football game to get played, like my poor husband is right now....................

Hooray for Labor Day!

For the first time in nine years, I am so excited for Labor Day.
For the past nine years Labor Day holiday didn't really hold much excitement for me because I didn't work Mondays anyway, or Tuesday, and sometimes not even Wednesday.
Ahhhh, those were the days.......
Well now this Monday thru Friday worker bee is lovin' the thought of a holiday from work tomorrow!
Yipee!

I'm going to do a little cleaning, do a little playing, and do a little bit of nothing......what a day!
I feel like I've been given the gift of time.

Party time.....Tess is NINE!

Attractive faces of the birthday beauties!

Trying to do the dance moves during the Camp Rock 2 movie.

Mesmerized by the movie....even little sister

Taylor, Tess, Kyla, and Katie

Here are some pics from last night's sleep over. Kate got her special night with Grandma Linda, so I thought I was all clear from having little sister/big sister problems. NOT!

As soon as Jane saw that the big girls had their pillows and blankets laid out on the floor, I was being asked to get hers and put it down there too. "Meer(Come here) mom, need my piyow and banket....down dayre mom, right dayre on da fore."

In true slumber party fashion, they stayed up until 1am, but then totally messed up and woke up at 6am!! I have had 5 hours of sleep too, so this momma is going to be draggin all day.

Good times. I hope you enjoyed your party, Tess.

I Love Love Love you.

Sister K is in Pre-K!!

This picture was too beautiful to not put in the blog.

Showing off her backpack and hair extensions.

Showing off her new kicks that light up!

They are Skeechers, called Twinkle Toes, and cost a small fortune.

Good thing my Kate Sinclaire is soooo worth it.

She loved school, but didn't have time to talk because she was out the door to spend the night at Grandma's house. She scored a pedicure/manicure, shopping at Target, and lunch at 54th street with Grandma Ann on Wednesday, and tomorrow is her day to go school clothes shopping with Grandma Linda and Mimi. As far as I can tell, she is less concerned about where they are shopping and more concerned about where they will be eating lunch! Last I heard she had picked Olive Garden.

More stories......

Since I've had so many people comment on the stories I've recently posted about the girls....I thought I'd do a couple more! You are WELCOME!

My dad got a new(er) vehicle recently and Kate has always called it "The Buggy." She loves for grandpa and grandma to drive her around in the Buggy. The other day, she and my mom were driving in Liberty when they pulled behind someone who had personalized plates that said "The Buggy" (not sure how it was spelled but it was implied) Mom told Kate about it, and Kate could not believe that someone else would use that as their license plate. "It's like they stealed our identity!" she said.

Disclaimer* I apologize for the visual this next story might cause*
I was getting out of the shower and Kate just walked in and said "Hi mom, I'm coming in....and I don't mind."
"Don't mind what?" I asked.
"That you're naked."
"Oh, thanks Kate."

Tess is getting ready for Christmas program try-outs for the Drama club, and they were told to listen to the play and pick several parts to audition for. We listened to it lastnight and Tess and I were discussing which parts she liked. She mentioned that there were some speaking lines as reindeer, elves and children that she was interested in and said "being a reindeer would be fun and interesting" to which Kate pipes up "Tess, you should be a chimpanzee...they are pretty interesting too!"
pause pause pause...
They sure are, Kate. Good idea!

Jane loves to walk into a room, act like she is digging her diaper out of her be-hind and say "I have a wedgie!"

Happy Labor Day weekend everyone!