like a pancake

i wasn't going to post tonight, but upon the encouragement of my sister via text message, i had better update my blog. i have just been in a funk today, i just didn't want to start writing - my true feelings may come out... this absolutely sucks. eric has been gone for way to long. i actually felt lonely this evening. usually after a long day full of minor dilemmas i look forward to the quiet nights, reading my bible (which i have been slacking on), or staring the bright screen down on my pc. but tonight, with a house full of three other living beings (plus a dog), i felt lonely. okay, so no more. we have a lot to look forward to in the next two weeks, so no more!

can you believe my baby girl is going to kindergarten round up next tuesday? what?! kindergarten. i am so proud of her. she knows it all. ALL. her newest thing is to make sure i know how to drive. "go mom the light is green." thanks chick. does come in handy when i need to clean out the middle console and she lets me know when to go. we have been working on her first reader books a bit more. she recognizes - well - reads the word 'the' and is so proud of herself. me too. she can spell all the names of the family members without help and quite amazingly can spell several kids names from her class, when she is doodling in a notebook. i downloaded site words that they will learn in kindergarten - now called popcorn words (because they are to pop when they start reading - man i have a lot to learn), and to my surprise she knew several. mom, dad, the, see, up, I, a. cool!!

to prepare for the roundup and next school year both girls are going to have their physicals this thursday. i believe they are both due for a few boosters. oh man. kadence is going to flip out!! last time she ran down the hall at the doctor - she wasn't the one getting the shots!! so this will be interesting. always fun taking three kids to the doctor and having to hold them all down to get inspected. hopefully it will go quickly. hopefully.

friday, after a gym workout, we are hitting the road for a 4 and a half hour road trip to illinois to visit my aunt kim and grandmother. it will be fun. we have easter plans arranged, so that will keep the kids busy - also adds a little excitement in the schedule.

okay, you know i just can't talk about normal life, i have to give my insight on something. the other night i was watching the news and they were discussing a new law that would try to make it illegal to text while you are driving. the majority of the people were for it saying how dangerous it is, blah blah blah. however, one politician was wondering how it was going to be enforced. she went on to say texting wasn't any different from changing the radio station, putting make up on, or eating while you are driving. i see her point. how would you enforce it? anyway, it was quite a long discussion about making it illegal and when it would be voted on. immediately after that segment, the local law enforcement branch was now encouraging people to text in a crime. now i know not all crimes occur when we are driving, but... lets think here.

today while i was hopelessly working on my second quilt, kadence and kambel found two lady bugs on the window frame. kadence, quite scared to pick them up, wiggled them onto a book. she wanted to keep them for some reason (i was tuning her looooooooong reasoning out). well one fell off. listen up because it gets good now. ty comes over and tries to eat it. the girls are flipping out. ty gets it out of his mouth (still in tact) and there it is, bright red, spit hanging off of it, right on the tip of his little finger. he is smiling. kadence grabs his wrist and tells kambel to get it off. mind you, kambel has always been our little bug girl - but she is jumping up and down saying "the lady bug, the lady bug." i chime in and tell kadence to wipe it off back on the book. not happening. she tries to get the lady bug off with her hand, realizes she just touched it, flings her hand, bug goes flying and wham! she smashes it with the book that was meant to carry the little guy off to his final, peaceful resting place. kadence picks the book up and with a sly laugh says "i smashed it." kambel "like a pancake?" yes dear, like a pancake.

see, i already feel better now that i wrote. thanks for the text sis. hope you were not driving when you sent it.

pictures to come soon.