It's amazing what you can accomplish when you get up at 5 am.

I had to take Scott to the airport this morning at 5 am. He had to fly to Rhode Island because his Aunt passed away unexpectedly. When I got home I was wide awake and knew there was no chance I would be going to sleep. By 7 am I had cleaned the kitchen and living room. So I decided to FINALLY paint my master bedroom. I had stripped the wallpaper months ago and could not seem to get the motivation to paint. Well, since Scott was gone and paint fumes give him migraines I figured this was a good time. Plus, since Riley was at Disneyland today with my sister she would be spending the night there and I could sleep in her room if the paint fumes were just too much. So I bucked up and got to work. By 10 am I had the whole room (with vaulted ceilings) primed. Then I was off to Home Depot to buy the paint and more rollers. I picked up some lunch on my way back and got back to work. I had finished painting by 3 pm. It helped a lot that my mom came over and would put more paint on the roller and hand it back up to me so I did not have to climb up and down the ladder every time. So now it's finished and the furniture is all put back. I'm so glad that it's finally done and I can stop looking at the ugly bare walls.

First day of summer break!

Today is the first day of summer break here. It's gotten off to a great start for the kids and a rocky start for Mom and Dad. My niece, Madison, is staying with us for a few days. So the kids played outside last night until dark, then watched a movie and did not get in bed and go to sleep until almost 11. So I was up even later because I need time to relax after the kids go to bed. Scott, of course conked out as soon as the kids did. So anyone want to hazard a guess as to what time those exhausted children woke up???? 5:30 AM!!!!!! Yikes. They popped out of bed with the sun and were ready to go. Scott got up with them, but they were so noisy I could not sleep anyways. By 7 am they were riding their scooters on the back patio right past my bedroom window. At that point I gave up the good fight and just got out of bed. We are going to spend the afternoon swimming at my sister's house and then barbecuing afterwards. Then tomorrow we are going to the waterslide park. I don't know if I will survive the next couple of days. LOL!

Keri

The poor prehistoric tooth fairy

The other day when I was driving this is the conversation I overheard as Riley was reading a dinosaur book...
Riley: oh my gosh Zachary I feel SO bad for the prehistoric tooth fairies.
Zachary: Why?
Riley: Because dinosaurs teeth are so big and they must have been so heavy for the tooth fairy. She must have thought "why did I ever get into this business in the first place".

Then tonight she was telling me about how big sharks teeth are and I told her that I would never want to see one up close while still in the sharks mouth. I was informed that sharks only bite people by accident when they mistake people for their prey and they only make that mistake because "sharks have little brains and can't help it."

Beauty sleep?

Everything is more exciting when it belongs to mom. That seems to be the theme in our house. I buy an exercise ball and the kids spend more time bouncing on it than I do exercising with it. I buy hand weights and I have to pry them from their little hands to use them. So it should not have been any surprise to me when I dug out my rarely used eye mask tonight and decided to see if it would help with my headache. Well, you can see for yourself where it ended up.

Girls day today

I have been wanting a pedicure for a while now so today my niece, Riley and I went. Riley was way too cute with her little strawberries and creme from starbucks (a real rare treat) and browsing her magazine while her feet barely reached the tub. She picked out purple polish (I talked her out of the gold glitter hoochy mama polish) and got white flowers painted on her big toes. She got her first pedicure at two when I took her along with my sisters, nieces and I and she decided she was not having any of that watching stuff. She took her shoes off climbed onto my lap and plopped her toes in the water. The lady was so nice and let her pick polish and then painted her toes for her. Her first pedicure was much earlier than my first pedicure which was when I was pregnant with Riley. Hmmmm, maybe she caught the bug in utero. LOL! Now I've got a pedicure buddy for life.
Now we are heading to the pool for some relaxation in the sun while the party pooper boys stay home.