Life as a Leach

I'll admit it. I love Musical Theatre Club. I did it for two years in the past (one was an absolutely amazing experience and one...wasn't...which is why I stopped doing it) and was asked to help them out again this year with choreography. With Matt's crazy schedule, it is admittedly hard to make that kind of commitment. If you know me (which I hope you do, if you are reading this...if you don't, go away STALKER!), you know that I don't like to be involved with things I can't commit to fully. It's against my nature, and I get that honest from my mom. However, I love these ladies who do MTC and admire their dedication. SO, I agreed and it wa a WHIRLWIND of rehearsals these last few weeks--but a fun whirlwind! My sister watched Caleb for me a few times and it's a relatively "slow" time for Matt scheduling-wise. (The calm before the storm...summer is approaching!) Tonight was our performance. What was my role during the show, you ask? As...

Yes, I know it's a day late. We went on an adventure yesterday and I didn't have time to post! NO, I did not jump up and down clapping for joy and cheering with excitement over the three pieces of poop in the toilet put there by Caleb this morning!! We certainly didn't take multiple pictures of the deed to be put on this blog as soon as I get pictures put on a CD! Of course, we would never call both grandparents, his Aunt Amy, and our adopted daughter Heather (our other adopted daughter Erin is in Kazakstan right now, or we wouldn't have called her!) to share our good news! I certainly didn't tell my entire class the entire story only to listen to their groans of disgust!! We did not continue our celebration tonight by setting off Rocket Balloons. Matt did not cause the very first balloon to land on the roof over the front porch! Caleb didn't scream in terror when he realized that his balloon was on the roof. What's more, we weren't unable to remov...

My friend Keba wrote a blog about the tent city that is outside of her living room window. I think that it is pretty amazing how organized these people are and how welcomed they are by the community (she lives in Seattle--I can't imagine that ever flying here in "conservative CC!) There's a homemade video down at the bottom that shows what the tent city really looks like. It's pretty amazing!

This morning, my BIG BOY Caleb went POOP on the potty! Here is how the events transpired: * Caleb was making a few grunting noises while I was curling my hair this morning. * I asked him if he was pooping. (We aren't potty training, but we are trying to make him aware of when he goes potty.) * He told me no, but that he needed to poop. I suggested that he go try to sit on the potty. * He sat on the potty for several minutes without as much as a toot. I figured it was a wash, but he didn't want to get down yet. I went back to curling my hair and let him try for a few more minutes. * He called, "I'm done!" and Matt went to check on him. I hear a joyous, "Get the camera!" which could only mean one thing...HE WENT POTTY!!! * After lots of jumping up and down and cheering, we took many pictures of the deed, including several of Caleb (in all his nakedness) pointing at his poop and pretending to go potty. * I ran downstairs and got Caleb his belov...

So, based on my wonderful recent experiences with deer ticks and the trouble they cause, I decided to look online to find out what their purpose is. After all, every insect has a purpose, right? Even spiders are important to us, and I hate spiders! Well, when this is the best they can come up with, I'm pretty much guessing that ticks have no purpose in Mother Nature's world. Come on--isn't it a bit of a stretch to say that they (along with mosquitoes and termites) are beneficial to us because they have created a large pesticide industry? (Many can argue that THAT in itself is a HORRIBLE thing!!) Really, I now firmly believe that they were put on Earth by the devil to torture us and cause of physical and mental pain. For those of you who are behind on my tick saga, let me catch you up. SATURDAY: Found ticks #4 and #5 (five all in the same week!) on me. Matt pulled them off. The one on my back was really hard to get out. MONDAY A.M.: Got out of the shower and glance...

Although my favorite was Danny Goki, I am DEFINITELY cheering for Kris tonight. I cannot STAND Adam and his freakish ways. He's just creepy to me! I am not sure why they chose that song as the finale song. I don't care if Kara wrote it or not--it stunk!!! Poor Kris did the best he could with a pitiful song, but it wasn't too hot. I can hope...either way, I'm buying Kris' album (and burning Adam's!) GO Kris!!!!!!!!!

Well, now that I can no longer be in the sunlight AT ALL because of this hideous medicine I have to take for 2 weeks (thank you, evil Deer Tick!), I am forced to carry an umbrella with me whenever I'm outside for my 15 minutes of recess duty! Just call me Scarlet O'Hare... What makes matters worse is that Field Day is Friday, and it probably won't work so well for me to be outside for 2 1/2 hours straight...*sigh* I really like Field Day (crazy, I know!) so I'm actually kind of disappointed. My principal is in the process of working out some sort of trade so that I can stay inside and do something that is probably NOT as fun as playing games outside, but it's better than getting blisters and boils on my skin!!