Double Take

Here are pictures of me and Brooklynn at 4 years old. Definitely some family resemblance!

The Importance of the Semicolon

I never paid much attention to this little guy ";" just another punctuation mark. That little oversight has caused me much frustration this past week. You see, I have been attempting to customize this blog and change some of the HTML.

After several hours of saying to myself, "Why is this not working? What am I doing wrong?" After reading and re-reading the instructions, almost giving up, and deciding that I AM totally computer illiterate, I finally noticed that it was the ";" . It was missing. If you give no heed to this ";" nothing seems to work. Then you want to pull out your hair, bang the keyboard, kick the hard drive, etc.

Sorry ";" , from now on I'll remember you.

One Hopper Rabbit...One Happy Girl

- One Dutch Bunny.................. $29.99

- One pre-fab rabbit cage....... $89.00

- Water bottle............................ $5.99

- Feeding Dish ...........................$4.99

- Monthly maintenance (food, hay, bedding,...) $15.00x 18 months= .............$270

- New hutch supplies after he has gnawed and broken the pre-fab cage .........$62.00 + Dad and Grandpa's time.

- Cost to have him neutered (seriously considering because I'm tired of him spraying EVERYTHING this spring) ................$65

Total cost to maintain a $30 rabbit...... too much!

Highlights of the week

1. We made gumdrop cookie arrangements and took them to grandma and a few of the kids' friends (similar to these http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/YS/COOKING/COOKPOP.HTM we used wooden skewers and the entire mint leaf)
2. I found 4 garbage bags worth of things to donate in the kids' rooms. And, I actually made it to Good Will to drop it all off.
3. I finished planning the Mother's Day sharing time- which the men are incharge of because all of the women will be in Relief Society.
4. I finished making arrangements for primary from May 25-Father's Day. I'll be gone and my counselors will be gone for a few of those weeks as well.
5. We (meaning Mark) moved my brother and his family into a new house. Jeffrey is excited because it's closer to us!
6. We went to the local feed store to look for a new hutch for Brooklynn's rabbit, Hopper. They no longer carry them. But we had fun looking at all the baby ducks and chickens. Brooklynn now has her heart set on having a baby duck. Good Luck to her.
7. Watching "Journey of Faith". Great show!
8. After months of searching our local used book store, I finally found Elmer and the Dragon and The Dragons of Blueland. Yeah! They are sequals to My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stilles Gannett. Jeffrey and Brooklynn LOVE it. We've read it several times over the last year. It's a cute imaginative story about a boy and his adventures trying to rescue a dragon from slavery.

The underwear monster and other tales

We have a few items in the house that are continually disappearing: underwear and dishtowels. Where do they end up?

Jeffrey's theory: an underwear monster is eating his underwear

My theories: a.) he is throwing them away or b.) he is hiding them instead of putting them in his drawer after I have folded them. I bought him several pair 2 weeks ago because his supply was low. And yesterday, I bought more because not a single pair could be found.

Maybe it is a monster. Who knows. The dishtowels are also disappearing. Come to think of it, Jeffrey's other job is putting away kitchen towels....hummmmmmmm.

Baby Doctor

Wednesday I went to the OB. I gained 3 lbs in 3 weeks. Ooops. More than the doctor ordered. But hey, it's been hot and I'm swelling. The good news is that I am measuring 3 cm smaller than I was with Jeffrey and Brooklynn at this point. So, hopefully, that translates into a smaller baby. Maybe I'll have a 9 pounder after all!

Warm Spring Weather

The first swim of spring! Brooklynn and Jeffrey had a great time in the backyard pool!