Evacuation Vacation

Just in case anyone is wondering. We went ahead and ran away to Benbrook. It's close to Fort Worth. The kids are enjoying their vacation. We are probably headed back on Tuesday. We will see!! I'll post pics and more details on our vacation later!!

We survived!!

Well we did it! All of us survived one week of kindergarten... well almost! I want to bust out in a chorus of "I will survivie.." However, we had a little hiccup! The nurse called me today to tell me that Mallori was in her office "sucking her thumb and wailing around it." WOW!

She claimed to have an earache but I was suspecious. Mallori tries to hide what is really wrong behind "symptoms". Tommy ache, headache, ear ache... you get the picture. But I could hear her in the background so for the sake of the nurse (and Mrs. West) I sent Nana to go get her. Tyler actually ended up getting there first so he picked her up.

Turns out one of the little boys was picking on her. He was bossing her around. Apparently she can dish it out but can't take it! They discussed what she needs to do next time and hopefully, I won't get another phone call!

Other than that one little snafu, it seems like this week went well. She got smiley faces for every day this week!

Jace also got a little Mommy time. We went to the football game and since neither of us knew what was going on, we played little games to keep each other amused. We spent an entire quarter playing with a piece of tape... it's called improvising people!!

Now I'm going to kick two kids out of my bed so I can go to sleep. Trying to get a system in place to notify 200+ people of what we are doing when/if Gustav hits is extremely stressful and tiresome!!!

Randomness about today...

Today was a good day.

Mallori was the only kid in class today that did not have to change her ticket from green to orange! That is AMAZING seeing how the morning started off. She didn't like the shirt I picked out for her to wear, she refused to eat breakfast for me, she screamed when I washed her hair.... you get the point. We got to Nana's and I told her to shake this morning off and start over. (We proceeded to shake in the pantry and left it there) Apparently it worked! She also had a new girl in her class and someone threw up... That's about all I got out of her today!

Jace also had a good day. He got to go to McDonald's for lunch and to play on the equipment. He had a hamburger with fries. That's all it takes to make his day! Nana wouldn't take him yesterday because she didn't feel good so he started off today like this...
Jace: "Nana, how are you feeling today?"
Nana: "I'm feeling good Jace...why?"
Jace: "Can we go to McDonald's?"
...you can guess the rest of the conversation. He also got to play with two little girls at church this morning... what more could a boy ask for?

I started a new Bible study today. We are doing a Beth Moore study on the book of Daniel. I've been wanting to do one but they always seem to do them during the day when I can't go, or on Sunday's when my day is already packed full! This time it is on Thursday nights from 6:30 to 8. Also, I was always afraid that I would be the only person my age there. I'm just now emerging from the college age.. where no one can come because they are so busy! However, Carla and I made a deal that we would both go so we wouldn't be alone.... Thanks Carla! So not only do I get to do something I've been wanting to do but I get to do it with my best friend... Can't beat that right??

That leaves Tyler. He got to watch the kids today. Lucky him he got off early so he got them right after school. He said that they were really good for him the whole time. He even cooked them supper (Mallori helped) and gave them baths. Now what did I do to deserve a husband like that? Being the worrisome mother that I am I called to check on them several times just knowing they would be beside themselves with grief and needing Mommy since she wasn't there... right?? WRONG.. they didn't even want to talk to me! They were having too much fun! Tyler rented a new game which always means a good day for him!

All in all, today was great! Hope everyone else's was too!
**Sorry these are always so long. I try to keep them short and it doesn't work!!!