Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Under Construction (still)





The job is coming along nicely. I helped mud and tape the last two days and now the first coat is drying. We'll put another layer or two of the mud and then the walls will be ready to be textured and painted. Then we'll put in new flooring and the job will be DONE! I can't wait to have my house back.

Monday, April 26, 2010

Friday Night




Last Friday was sitter swap at our house (since the week before was used for the M's game). I try to make it fun for the kids. Reese is the same age as Parker, but SOOOOO different ~ partially because she's a girl, and partially because Parker is Parker. Reese is the ultimate girly girl, so we do lots of fun girly things. Last Friday we did eachother's hair and painted our toenails. I didn't ask Reese to pose, she just did this on her own. So funny. Sitter swap is a great thing all the way around.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Bobbleheads














We took Halea to her first Mariner's game of the season (first of many I'm sure). It was Ken Griffey Jr. bobblehead night, so my husband went to the game three hours early to pick up his bobbleheads. I was a little annoyed because it seemed like we wasted a perfectly good date night on trips between babysitters, back and forth between Seattle, and had a volunteer stay with my MIL ~ it just wasn't a very relaxing date. I did get kettle corn though. Sometimes I guess I just need to take one for the team. He's already planning our next date night in two weeks (another baseball game). Not that I'm complaining ~ at least he plans dates, but I think his planning also needs to involve coordinating a babysitter and one for his mom.

Friday, April 9, 2010

Jobs (or should I pronounce it yobs)

I've had two interviews in the last two days ~ and I got both yobs. They were both gimmes. Yesterday I interviewed to become an employee of the state to care for my mother-in-law. Today I interviewed to become a paid employee at the Y, rather than just a volunteer. The pay for each of these is less that half of what I could be making as a nurse, but the benefits are great! I get health insurance through the state, can be home with my little kiddles, get a free Y membership. Woo Hoo! It feels good to be working (sort of) again.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Busy Bees

It may not seem like I'm that busy if I can find time to blog about how busy I am, but I promise you I'm busy. My parents having the older two boys has eased my load a lot this week and I'm finding that I'm able to focus on the deeper cleaning projects that I normally don't get to. Thanks mom and dad!

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Happy Easter!





Yesterday I drove to my parent's house and dropped off my two oldest boys ~ but not before we made a visit to my mom's voo doo witch doctor.

This morning, I woke up, took a five mile run, taught my zumba class, and got home in time to take my two littlest to an Easter egg hunt. Apollo was really weepy this morning and I couldn't figure out why until we were at the Easter egg hunt. We got there just as it was about to begin. When they gave the ok for the kids to dive into the candy, Ollie wouldn't. He stood there and cried saying "where Paka (Parker), where Bwice (Bryce)"? He was so distraught that his brothers weren't with us. It was so sad. He finally did snap out of it when we made it back to the car and he noticed that there was candy in his bucket. I'm glad that he loves his brothers so much.