“Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.”

March 6, 2011

“Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.”
—Phyllis Diller

Tyler’s baby

Tyler brought home the real care baby this week for FCS (family consumer science) class. These babies are amazing! I remember bringing an egg home for my home ec class and I passed if it didn’t break. These babies cry like a real baby, suck a bottle like a real baby, and everything is computerized. Tyler had to wear a wrist monitor. Every time the baby cried, he had to scan the monitor on the baby to register he was attending to it. He was surprised that the baby fed so long and for so often (his arms hurt). He was surprised how hard it was to carry the baby in the carrier (his arms hurt). He was surprised how often he had to rock it for fussiness (his arms hurt). He was up a good portion of the night. He and the bay spent the night on the couch watching cartoons. I love that baby!

Crafts and fun

Yesterday, Tyler and Bob went to Iowa City for an all day scout merit badge clinic. Kayla was at a sleepover with friends for 26 hours. Marisa worked Th/F/and S for several hours. So, Alayna was bored. So, she called and invited Jessica to play. They had a great time playing dress up, pretending they lived in Greece, and doing fun crafts. It was adorable.

(Ninja princess jump-roper)

Spring Cleaning Bug

Beware!! The spring cleaning bug bit me in the butt!! I don’t know what happens to me, but every year but it finds me! It took us 3 days, but we redid Alayna and Kayla’s room. Now that Alayna is older, we set up a vanity for makeup, hair supplies, and nail polish. It looks great. I’ll get pics later. We cleaned out every box and cleaned every square inch. It looks great and much less cluttered. It has taken 2 days to get through Tyler’s. He is a crap collector because everything has a great “memory” associated with it. He has lots of treasure boxes! Somehow I had superhuman strength yesterday and rearranged all his furniture yesterday when he was gone. The computer room is next- as soon as I finish my final project.

(Cinnamon sticks saying “I love mom”.  Awww!)

Brag corner

*Marisa got a 32 on her ACT! A 34 on the English portion!

*Tyler got his results from his band solo and got the “Excellence” ribbon!

*We had a fantastic parent conference for Alayna. She is way above her class and doing an amazing job!

*Tyler had 2 solos in his jazz band concert!!

*Kayla has been practicing her clarinet extra hard the past couple of weeks. She had auditions Friday and we are eagerly awaiting the results.

*Marisa was once again selected into a special honors orchestra. However, the performance is prom night. Now she doesn’t know what to do.