Gentry’s worst day ever (and mine)

Starting yesterday morning he rolled off the changing table (I was standing in front of him but he went around me). I caught him before he hit the floor but he did bang the table a bit.

Then he was playing in an empty kitchen cabinet and he fell out face first onto the the tile floor. He has a bruise on the tip of his nose now.

Last night while we ate dinner, he was playing with some pots and pans. One of them crashed to the floor and scared him, he jumped and slammed into the door. He has a scratch on the bridge of his nose.

The the big one…playing in the bath, he used the side of the tub to stand up. He started to tip out so I nudged his shoulders back in, his feet slipped, his chin clocked the side of the tub, and his two bottom teeth busted through his top gum. His mouth was full of blood, it was bad.

And to top it all off his eczema is horrible from being outside so much this weekend. His skin looks like leather.

So needless to say he was dosed with orajel, tylenol, and benadryl before bed. I guess you could say that I was not a great mom yesterday…I kinda sucked.

Extraviganza!

We had a stellar weekend
It started Friday when Micah got home from Pittsburg and like a night on a shining silver horse he brought home my suburban with a working air conditioner. We took the kids over to the neighbors and headed to Chrisman Mill for our Tuscan-style dinner. We got a little lost on the way, which always stresses me out, but we got there. The atmosphere was great, there were only 10 other people, the french doors were open, and in between courses we went outside and did a little stargazing. The food was good and there was a ton of it. I think we ate for nearly 3 hours!! The wine was a little on the green side but Micah had a little tete-a-tete with the winemaker about it and he fessed up, he said that they didn’t have a very good crop and had to do a lot of blending. And due to Micah’s bold move we scored our first taste of tank wine. It was the 2005 that they hadn’t bottled yet, it tasted much better than the stuff they served with dinner so we will anticipate when they finally get around to bottling this vintage.

Saturday we bummed around and took a late afternoon nap (5-7), this was a mistake because the kids did not want to go back to bed, but we couldn’t resist.

Sunday Micah went on a 6am bike ride, then we headed off to church, then went to an evening BBQ with some new friends. It’s always fun to be around new people, even though I feel as if my social skills have plummeted since having children. Sometimes I feel like Tommy from Rugrats. I think I’m talking very plainly but everyone else just hears babbles. That mixed with the fact that I usually look a little haggard, and well, I just don’t feel like the life of the party. But we were received warmly and a few brave souls even tried our Paint Thinner Bloody Mary’s, and if you wonder what’s in them….here you go
Tomato Juice-half bottle
V-8 Hot-half bottle
3 tbsp. Lemon Juice
3 tbsp. Lime Juice
1 tbsp. Celery Salt
1 tbsp. Lemon Pepper
1 tbsp. Dill Weed
1 tbsp. Horseradish
1 tbsp. Picapepper Sauce
1 tbsp. Tiger Sauce
1 tbsp. Tabasco
1 tbsp. Frank’s Red Hot Sauce
1 tbsp. Sriacha Sauce
2 tbsp. Worchester Sauce
Pickled Jalapenos (equal to one whole)
Vodka half a 1/5+-

Monday we slept until 9!!!!!!! Gentry slept from 8-9, it was freaking awesome! There was more bumming and then we went to another BBQ. But unlike the BBQ the day before our kids were the only ones there and the house wasn’t childproof. So we were nervous wrecks who spent most of our time trying to keep Grey out of trouble and Gentry happy. So we left about 7, came home and had a drink.

Crazy weeks continue

We went out last friday night with our much loved neighbors, after two years of knowing one another this was only the third dinner we have ever had with them that didn’t include our children…reason being that they are the ones who usually watch the kids so we can go out. Now you understand why we love them so much. We went to our fav. steak house in Lexinton, The Chop House and had a wonderful dinner by the fireplace. We went to Coldstone after for some yummy icecream and then headed home.

Saturday we had a ton of stuff to get done. Micah got up at 6:00 to go on a bikeride and got home about 11, he mowed the lawn and then finished my pantry shelves (part of my mother’s day present). They turned out spectacular!!!

We got ready to go to Cinncinati for Micah’s ACS conference. I was a little skeptical at first, so Micah was going to drive us home Monday night and then go back up until Wednesday. After we got there I saw that we had a suite, so Gentry was able to take his naps without Grey waking him up. So we stayed and played on the elevators, swam in the pool, and played with Emmy the hotel parrot. They were doing construction on the building next door so Grey was in crane heaven. It was a lot of fun! One of the coolest things was the free bar from 5-7:30 everynight.

Thank You SJP!!!

You may think this is going to become a shallow tribute to Sarah Jessica Parker, but it’s not. I saw an advertisement saying that she was going to be on Oprah today…so I thought I’d watch. And low and behold she’s started a new clothing line called “Bitten”. The cool thing is that there is nothing in the the 400+ items over $19.99!!!

About 2 yrs ago I read a book called “Disciplined Woman” by Ann Sanders. It was written back in the ’70’s and it talked about all the things a woman can do to make her family feel more loved and to streamline her home. One of the things she did to accomplish this was to strip everything from her closet that wasn’t essential. She was a preachers wife, so for her that meant having 5 dresses, 7 pantsuits, 5 daytime outfits, etc. Not only did she pair the clothing in her closet so that she new exactly what outfits she had be she knew what accessories and shoes went with each. Her reasoning was that women waste way to much time and money trying to look good and get dressed in the morning (and most of us get angry in the process).

So I decided that that was something I could do, and then I got pregnant, and then had a baby, and then lost the baby weight…anyway it’s been a little hard to get the outfit thing down. But I have stuck by the second part of the resolution I made that day and that was to not spend more than $10 on a piece of clothing from then on. Now I have made an exception here and there. I spent $27.99 on a dress ($400 retail, used on ebay) for our anniversary and $15 on a pair of Christmas dress slacks, but for the most part I’ve stuck with it.

That’s why I’m excited. For the past couple years I have had to shop very carefully, usually used (not that I care). It takes so much less time to know you can just walk in a store and be able to buy something, instead of having to search for the sale rack and then scourer it for the best deal. And now I can buy clothes that actually have a “cut” to them again (and ladies you know what I mean). So watch out everyone, I just may start to look fashionable once again!!!!

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Mirror, Mirror, In my mouth…okay nothing goes with mouth, but luckily he didn’t have any bugurs.

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The Schulz ears strike once again, I just hope he doesn’t fly away!

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Grey thought that this was a good outfit to go outside and play in….he has his daddy’s sense of style

Mother’s Day Weekend

This weekend was all around great. We went to Laura’s graduation party Saturday afternoon and had some great BBQ. Grey had a blast outside assaulting some 5 yr old neighborhood kid. I also made a cake for Laura as a gift and I fretted over it all week so finally finishing it was a relief. It turned out great considering it was my first attempt at fondant and sugar paste. The best part was it turned out just like the sketch I drew up earlier in the week…I love when things go just as planned, I know, I’m a bit Martha that way.

Then Saturday night we went out for sushi with some friends we used to go to church with. It was the first time we have had sushi and surprise surprise we loved it. We totally gorged ourselves, the waitress brought Micah and my food and put it in the middle of the table because she thought it was for all four of us. Little did she know that we have the appetite of a very large mid-western trucker.

Sunday morning was crunch time. We were running around like chickens with our heads cut off. Micah had to be at church early to watch the junk yard kids (only nobody called to tell us that there were none this week), and it was Gentry’s baby dedication, and we had to pack up some cake and other stuff to go to Louisville for the day. And since I’m horrible under pressure and I had nothing to wear, I was very unpleasant.

The baby dedication went great, our church really does a great job with that. It was very precious and meaningful for us. After church I wanted to get a group picture of my church mom friends and lets just say that chaos ensued. 8 kids under 4 tying to play, and four moms trying to smile…It took Brett and Fred making some sort of kissy/zerburt noises, Greg directing traffic, and Micah wielding the camera to get one picture, but it was worth it.

Then we headed off to New Albany, IN to see Micah’s paternal grandparents. It’s like going back to the ’50s when your on ” We sit on the screened in porch, have a vodka tonic, and listen to the silence. I just feel like we have so much to learn from them, they’ve been married for over 50 years, Janis has Parkinson’s, Dick’s cancer just came back, but they are still holding on to one another.

So all in all it was a great weekend full of family and friends. And to top it all off I got a new copper bottom skillet and Micah is building me new pantry shelves…very cool.

Just had to share

On the way to the grocery store I saw a little old lady vacuuming her driveway…that’s right, you heard me.

My worst fear came true…

Let me start by saying that I have HORRIBLE night vision. I can’t see anything in our house, I have just learned how many steps it takes to get from here to there (just like a blind person). So at night when the baby wakes up I just count my steps to the end of the hall and back to our room. Last night after feeding the baby, I nudged Micah to take him back but he didn’t wake up so I slid out of bed and took him back. Then I walked to our room, counted the seven steps to the bathroom, turned left and walked two steps, turned and started to back up to the toilet when I stepped on something soft…then heard a deep low voice say “what are you doing”. I screamed, jumped, ran out of the room, and turned on the light all in one swift move. I had stepped on Micah’s foot and started to sit on him, and since he can see like a cat in the dark I’m sure I looked ridiculous to him.

But my biggest fear is that in the dark someone is waiting for me…behind the shower curtain, behind the door, on the toilet (it could happen), and last night it came true. So I will no longer talk myself out of turning on all the lights because it might wake Micah up, because I’m sure that might bloodcurdling scream is a far worse way to wake up than by the bathroom light.