friday

kids went back to school today--in history kj's group is researching xmas around the world---somehow kj got volunteered to bring an egyptian food & a decoration. we made a feta cheese omelet---talk about stink. the beads fell off my little decoration. then the kids tried the stinky feet omelet cold. they weren't real impressed. they had found a recipe for a whole roasted camel--a medium camel stuffed with a goat, 12 chickens, eggs....
1st home BB game tonite--went to watch the pep band play after kevin pulled my car out of the yard w/ the truck---he parked it away from the trees when the ice hit, ice started thawing, & the car was parked in a mudhole.
the kids are arguing while watching wrestling.
last nite kate couldn't go to sleep, I couldn't stay up any longer, I found

the bear

for her. she reported this morning that she did go to sleep &

the bear

helped.

the bear

has been with us for years, we took our honeymoon for a day at Worlds of Fun, last day of the season, wearing our winter coats. all the shops had stuff on clearance, kevin bought 2 bears for the babies we planned on having...the small brown bear that I have sewed back together several times & all 3 kids have slept with, & the big brown bear that no one ever really latched onto that lives in one of my family history rubbermaid boxes in the garage with first haircut wisps in baggies & plaster molds of baby hands & feet & baby books & videos of the kids.
koren called last nite, her electricity was back on!

snow day part 2

left early for trenton, ate lunch @ washington street, went to the jewelry store to drop off my wedding rings for some work & to size them up to where they don't cut off circulation. then to our family dentist appt, then onto the family chiropractor appt, then shopping @ pamida & hyvee, then home again, home again, jiggity jog.

snow day

no school: ice/freezing rain. Koren called, her electricity has been out since 6a.m. Ours went off during the night, my alarm didn't go off, I was late to work. It went off "50 hundred times" today while I was @ work, according to kate. we have a yard full of cool old trees. lots of limbs in the yard, & popping & cracking & creaking & crashing. kevin parked the vehicles at the edge of our yard by the neighbors...one of the only places where they aren't under trees. have the lantern going in case electricity quits again. we've been lucky so far...
took tomorrow off, kevin, kj, & I have dentist appts in trenton, then we all have chiropractor appts after.

katie wants a little sister.

she always has wanted a little sister. she understands that I can't have any more babies. and she's ok with that. we can just adopt one. preferably a chinese or black baby because they're so cute.

it's snowing

kids got out of school early. deb wore her backless tennis shoes & packed them full of snow....(some people never learn. it does occasionally still snow in Missouri...)

Liberty

today was KJ's big day---driving to Liberty in drivers ed. It's a big deal considering most of his driving is done in Mercer, pop. 300some. Today was the 1st time he's been on the interstate. He got to eat chicken strips @ Applebee's, too!

applebee's

have a shopping excersion planned for tomorrow after the kids get home from school---supper @ Applebee's, winter boot shopping 4 katie, massive driving practice 4 KJ. we've all been looking 4ward to it...kevin is exhausted, he is back to full shifts & massive mandatory overtime...I worked the weekend & my butt is dragging...we'll see how it actually goes.
wednesday KJ & a classmate drive to Liberty & back with their drivers ed teacher.
friday is the first home varsity BB game--kj will have to play in pep band,& I'll have to go watch him. they got awesome new pepband shirts this year.
katie is working on a map of the Mercer square...after Sabrina the Teenage Witch is over, we'll go & make sure she has everything in the right place.
I got the xmas newsletter typed, kate has it decorated, now just need to get it copied, find the wallets I had made, buy xmas stamps, wait 4 the address labels I ordered to get here, address the envelopes...