rachel's continued ramblings

this is a rant. sort of. more like a whine. it’s totally self-indulgent and unnecessary, but oh well. my blog. this morning just kind of totally really sucked. nothing major happened. no one died (well, not anyone I know. but it’s a big world.) everything was fine until I took shane to school. well, that part was fine, too. except that I noticed that I needed gas. kind of badly. but I was wearing my pajamas. (yes, I do this. I’m THAT mom. I drive my kid to junior high wearing pj pants, a hoodie, and my slippers. I never have to go outside, nobody has to see me… I’m safely concealed inside my minivan.) so I really didn’t want to have to stop on the way home to get gas. I went back and forth about it. this is the ONLY situation in which I wish I lived in oregon, where you are not allowed to pump your own gas. ultimately, I decided against it. I estimated that I had enough gas to get home, plus the few miles back to the gas station, which is right near where I have to drop both mica...

sunday: just a sampling of things the kids did that day: make shift xylophone playing; cat snuggling; brady bunch watching. monday: ginger. always ready with the ball. hoping someone will play with her. tuesday: she has to be on the bus in 40 minutes. wednesday: super messy playroom. he was supposed to be cleaning it up. thursday: jazz band concert at the high school. the teachers got to play. it was awesome. friday: woke up to a ton of snow and it just kept dumping. shane did not have a delay, but layla did. the road was nasty. I kept shane home, and we walked down to the bottom of the hill where the bus picks up on snow routes. 2 hour delay + early dismissal for conferences = a very short day for layla. saturday: even though we were buried in snow the day before, saturday was SO gorgeous. layla was off at camp lutherwood and shane was helping grandpa with yard work, so dave, micah and I went for a walk down on the waterfront. that’s seattle across the lake. a couple of skinnie...

monday: made a dinner that made a huge mess and lots of dishes. it was yummy, but not good enough to be worth the mess. tuesday: my tuesday/thursday/saturday destination: barre3. love it… also tuesday: day 1 of my “couch to 5k” running program. I didn’t die, nothing hurt, and I went 2.02 miles in 30 minutes. I guess I have to do it again. wednesday: micah, pouting in his closet about his shorts. he was very sad when I put his shorts away last october, and has been begging to have them back, counting down until april, when I said he could have them back. when I sent him to get dressed for preschool, he just cried in the closet because he wanted to wear shorts, not pants. thursday: layla’s mountain of dogs. friday: micah, hanging out at a MOMS club playgroup. saturday: noticed this, walking through the room. apparently micah felt he needed some hand weights, too. and a couple I’ll use as skinnies to stick in center slots. mom and layla selfie, early in the morning. a terrible, unf...

monday: micah’s favorite food in the whole wide world… tuesday: his new favorite passtime… setting up soccer cones in ‘roads’ that he then ride through. thursday: earning their keep! actually, the just wanted to help me clean so I gave them rags and a bottle of windex. also thursday: at book club, ingrid telling her famous “making meatballs with the kids” story. friday: a sunny afternoon MOMS Club park playdate. micah got hungry and wanted to leave, so his friend was kind enough to offer him some of her lunch to keep him there a little while longer. also friday: layla at a pj party with the birthday girl. saturday: a dry, sunny saturday meant the first mow of the season followed by fertilizer application! just one skinny this week… micah was ‘on the ball’ at target. yes, that’s a plastic axe stuffed down the back of the shirt… pretty sure he’s a ninja. and some little squares I will collage to put in the book.           book shots:

sunday: micah and ella snuggling up during the children’s message at church. LOVE this! also sunday: my sunday school girls working on arranging the words of their memory verse in the right order. another skinny of my ss girls, plus one of micah doing some ‘weeding’ in my parents’ backyard. these will go into center slots.   monday: a nightly occurrence – dave checking shane’s math homework. wednesday: tuesday evening, I found myself at urgent care due to a very unwelcome UTI. thursday: for R week at preschool, micah’s class made a giant robot! isn’t it awesome? all those red dots are his doing! friday: 10 year old dog snagging a frisbee out of the air… saturday: we headed down to visit amy and meet her new baby boy for the first time! while there, sue and layla constructed a huge lincoln log hotel. and some instagrams:             book shots: