An example of "Why Holly must be proactive about keeping her sanity:"

Today...in the car...

Leo: Mommy, is it Chewable Motrin or Chewable Motion?
Me: It's "Chewable Motrin."
Leo: Oh, ok. Chewable Motrin.
(should have stopped here. But, noooooooo, I want to be SuperMommy.)
Me: Leo, do you know what motion means?
Leo: No.
Me: It's when something has movement. It's not standing still. (I demonstrate with my hand) When something moves, it is in motion.
Leo: OK. (thinks) Well, what stands still?
Me: Something like a statue. It never moves.
Leo: Well, why would you want to do that? (he's anxious now)
Me: (starting to regret it) I don't know. Sometimes you just need to be still.
Leo: Well, what medicine does that? Why would you want to take that? (very anxious)
Me: No, no. Chewable Motrin has nothing to do with motion. Motrin is medicine and motion is something that is moving.
Leo: Why would you want to be a statue? I don't want to be a statue.
Me: Ok, nevermind, let's talk about something else.
Leo: But I don't want to be a statue. Don't make me take that!!!
silence
Leo: DON'T MAKE ME TAKE IT EVER!
Me: OK, we won't take that medicine.
Long pause...
Leo: Do you take that medicine when you want to lie on the couch and watch tv.
Me: Yes, Leo, you do.
Leo: Or maybe at night in your bed.
Me: Yes, that's when you take that medicine.

Mr. Mike comes over for dinner!

We love it when Mr. Mike comes over for dinner! He is such a wonderful, fun guy. He just loves the boys and is great with them. He has recently started a new diet and exercise plan and lost over 20 lbs. We are so excited for him! Go Mr. Mike!

Just a small example of why the boys LOVE Mr. Mike...


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Open House at the Fire Station

Last Sunday, Leo and I went to the local firestation for an "Open House." The idea here is that people will become familiar with their firemen and other emergency services in a calm and non-emergency environment. We did this while Daddy stayed home with Henry for Naptime.

Just as we pulled up, a CareFlight Helicopter was circling. Leo loved watching it land! We were very close to it - it was really neat-o!

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Playing on the Bounce House

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Operating the Hose

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Two Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders were there. Leo wasn't interested in that at all.

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He was much more interested in commissioning a balloon sword.

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And, finally, sitting on the Fire Truck.

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Quick Update

I still haven't had time to sitdown and upload pictures. I will try to soon.

*The weather is getting nicer here, and we are enjoying our new yard. The high was in the 80s every day last week - lovely! We're back to the 90s this week but hope it will be back down soon.

*Leo somehow pried a thumbnail up with a pencil at school. All we can get out of him is that his hand slipped. It happened over a week ago, and we went to the doctor. There wasn't much they could do. Last week, it fell off completely. It doesn't seem to hurt or bother him, but I can hardly look at it. Daddy does all fingernail maintenance.

*Leo loves school and has made lots of new friends. Living right behind the school is just perfect! So far, he has gotten great marks for behavior from his teacher. In the car this weekend, he was telling us about another child who had to move his behavior card, and I expressed that I would be very disappointed if that happened with Leo. He was quiet for awhile, and then he said..."You know, Mommy, sometimes Ms. Price just makes kids move their behavior card for no reason. She just walks over and tells them to move it, even though they haven't done anything wrong." Stinker. Todd and I both informed him that we knew that wasn't true, and that we would know he had made a bad choice if he has to "move his card." hahahaha!

*Henry is still lots of fun, but we can tell that the Terrific Twos are upon us. We are enjoying lots of fits, whining, etc. He is very verbal, so it's nice that he can communicate so well. He loves to hear us sing, and some of his favorites are "Frere Jacques," "Kookaburra," "Twinkle, Twinkle," and "You are My Sunshine." He is going to MDO 2 days a week and has a great time. They are blown away by how well he talks, and they say he is always captivated by the animals the science teacher brings in to his classroom.

*Todd is working on a presentation for work that is requiring him to absorb lots of new knowledge, so that is taking up lots of his free time.

*I have been working on getting lots of pictures and decorations on our walls - we wished we had put more things up at our old house, so I've been making that a priority here. I've had lots of our beautiful portraits printed, and I've been hitting all the frame sales at Hobby Lobby, Michael's, and JoAnn's - whoever has their frames on sale that week.

*I have started training for the White Rock Half again. Last weekend I did a 10K (6.2 miles) at White Rock Lake/The Dallas Arboretum - it was beautiful!

*Todd and I took the boys to drop-in care last Saturday and went on a quick date. We found a great little sushi place really close to our house - we are slowly finding some "favorite haunts" closer to our new location.

Sorry for the lack of posts

Leo had the stomach virus last week, and I started feeling the effects on Sunday. I'm still fighting it. Also, *somebody* has wandered off with my memory card reader, so I can't post any pictures of cute kid stuff until I can get to the store/order another one. I'm sure the card is wherever our front doorknob is...it has been missing for weeks and we're turning the knob with needlenose pliers.

Leo's school is posting his artwork on a website, so if anyone wants an invite, let me know.