Barnes & Noble Singers

On Saturday, the kids school held a fundraiser at Barnes & Noble. Clifford the Big Red Dog was in attendance, which was kind of exciting for the kids. The elementary class sang three lovely songs. Two were about the wind and fall weather, and the third was Johnny Appleseed. It was so fun to see them share their talents! They also got to display their fall artwork in the store windows. Madison and Jace's were together right at the store entrance!

Waiting for Pain!

Well, now that H1N1 has peeked and appears to be on the down slide, the government has made the vaccine available. Sounds about right..... Due to Jace's IgA deficiency, we felt it important to have him vaccinated. He fit the criteria to be among the first in Idaho Falls, but because it was first come first served, we (my friend Amberly and her cutie Abby came with us) decided to be there PLENTY early. The clinic opened at 2 pm, so we planned to be there at noon. Luckily Amberly had watched the news the night before. She called me at 9 am to tell me to be ready in an hour! Pocatello had done their shot clinic the night before and 3000 people showed up! Long story short, we grabbed blankets, snacks and chairs and joined the line about 10 am. We were 4 hours early and there were already 50 people or so in front of us. It was a line like I have never seen (especially considering it was for shots!) There were over 2600 people in that line and I am so grateful we weren't at the end! They had mostly flu mist and Jace cannot have live virus (due to his lack of antibodies). If we had been farther back in line, we may have wasted our time waiting.

Jace and Abby had a great time together and were amazingly patient! I never heard either one of them complain, whine or comment that they were bored. What great little troupers! The kids have to have another shot in 21 days and Jace is counting down the days until he can "call Abby to get shot" with him.

GROSS!

I came home a couple of days ago, pulled in the drive way, exited my car and when I passed the garbage can, my kids popped out! I screamed; not because they scared me, but because it was do disgusting!! Sick! Will we ever get all the germs off of them?!?

Any Word Will Do

Okay, okay. I know it has been forever and I have a lot of catching up to do, but this struck me as so funny that I had to post it.

Yesterday afternoon I took my kids to the theater to see the Toy Story double feature in 3D. (Which they loved by the way). At one point in the second movie, Buzz was acting strangely, (it escapes me what exactly), and Madison, in that matter-of-fact, grown up way that she has, leaned over to me and said, "Yup, clearly he has lost his balls!".

U-hem, I believe that's 'marbles'!