Last Week in a Nutshell
Posted by Chris
Here is a run down of our week last week that I recently shared with a friend...
Si had a bike wreck on Tuesday (I think). He got scraped up pretty good, but is healing nicely now. Emerie has some kind of a cold / flu (doc's diagnosis) and has a lot of congestion. Her medicine makes her tired. Both boys got haircuts Friday (Chris then had to trim up Si's as it was a little crooked in the front - thanks, walmart). Mercy has gotten loose twice this week but has either been waiting for us when we got home or brought home by the neighbors. Did I mention that Chris shimmey-ed (sp?) up a tree about 12 feet to get something that was stuck up there? It was truly a Wild at Heart adventure for me to watch him and was fun. I told him he was a stud (forgetting momentarily the 5 year old ears standing next to me) and Micah said 'what's a stud?' "A big man doing manly things,' I answered.
Last week we had to have a new piece of tailpipe welded on the Mazda, get a new battery for the Mazda (we didn't have to pay for it though as it was still under warranty - woohoo!), purchase and repair a valve in one of the toilets, and use a crowbar (sp?) to un-jam the front glass door after Si accidentally fell into it. We backed into the weedeater and cracked the cover (it still works though). We had to use the mazda to jump the riding mower and then the van to jump the mazda and - you get the idea. It was the week of things getting cracked, worn down, broken, stuck or even attacked! For example, Emerie colored my needlepointed footstool (the one that my Grandma Smith made) with a turquoise magic marker. That Magic Eraser takes out anything! By the way - all the things I just listed happened within a 24 hour period. We didn't get upset though, we just laughed and wondered what could possibly happen next! I'm happy to report that the house did not burn, we still have all of our children (3, right?) and we continue to be happily married.
That pretty much sums it up. Hope you have an adventure-filled week as well (although in different, less destructive ways)!
Si had a bike wreck on Tuesday (I think). He got scraped up pretty good, but is healing nicely now. Emerie has some kind of a cold / flu (doc's diagnosis) and has a lot of congestion. Her medicine makes her tired. Both boys got haircuts Friday (Chris then had to trim up Si's as it was a little crooked in the front - thanks, walmart). Mercy has gotten loose twice this week but has either been waiting for us when we got home or brought home by the neighbors. Did I mention that Chris shimmey-ed (sp?) up a tree about 12 feet to get something that was stuck up there? It was truly a Wild at Heart adventure for me to watch him and was fun. I told him he was a stud (forgetting momentarily the 5 year old ears standing next to me) and Micah said 'what's a stud?' "A big man doing manly things,' I answered.
Last week we had to have a new piece of tailpipe welded on the Mazda, get a new battery for the Mazda (we didn't have to pay for it though as it was still under warranty - woohoo!), purchase and repair a valve in one of the toilets, and use a crowbar (sp?) to un-jam the front glass door after Si accidentally fell into it. We backed into the weedeater and cracked the cover (it still works though). We had to use the mazda to jump the riding mower and then the van to jump the mazda and - you get the idea. It was the week of things getting cracked, worn down, broken, stuck or even attacked! For example, Emerie colored my needlepointed footstool (the one that my Grandma Smith made) with a turquoise magic marker. That Magic Eraser takes out anything! By the way - all the things I just listed happened within a 24 hour period. We didn't get upset though, we just laughed and wondered what could possibly happen next! I'm happy to report that the house did not burn, we still have all of our children (3, right?) and we continue to be happily married.
That pretty much sums it up. Hope you have an adventure-filled week as well (although in different, less destructive ways)!
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