Smooth as pie!!!

That is my answer if you were to ask me how things run at MY house. 


Because I would never want you to think that it is hard work to balance the lives of 4 kids, a husband and a dog. Not to mention ME. I am high maintenance you know.


And really, sometimes the dog IS a lot of work...like when he wants to go for a walk. Or you accidentally say "walk".  There is no recovering from that one. Plus, Hank does NOT like Monkey's pace. Monkey walks soooo ssslllloooowwww. He has no "hurry" speed on walks. Sorry, that was totally off subject and not related to anything.


Anyway. Things here are Smooth as PIE! Or I wish I was eating pie. It's one or the other. You decide :)


We are enjoying a wonderful spring after that shocking day of Winter that we had. Ya know, the snow. This is how Agent P feels about snow:

Obviously he knows me all to well. See the sad faces on the Mom? That's me. I am a fair weathered Mama and he knows I would rather be inside with him watching others play in the snow. But really, we did have that time recently where it was winter for like 4 days straight. It was ri-dic-u-lous!


So, a 10 highlights from the weeks past:


1. Monkey got a cough then a fever for 3-4 days then Monkey got Walking Pneumonia. I asked if it was contagious, cuz that is what a Mama of more than one child says. Pediatrician said "No". Thank goodness.


2. Got home from Pediatrician's office (literally) to Mini P running fever with her cough. 3 days of 102 fever later off to Urgent Care because it was of course Sunday - she had Walking Pneumonia. Thank goodness it is not contagious. That would have been unfortunate.


3. Agent P has started Tball. Oh the joys of going from watching a 13 year old playing to an almost 6 year old (and his teammates of ages 4-6). Wow, so glad that is not one of the biggest challenges of my life. What a relief. Since my sweet husband and I help with the team.


4. Of the 12 Tball games Agent P plays - 6 conflict with A-Dogs. Nice. That will be interesting.

5. We started cleaning out the garage. I know, you are in shock. It's not done....it's an ongoing project. But we did start. It's a mess.


6. I lost a critical part of my small stick vacuum (the part that holds the little filter thing on). This has led to some unreasonably dirty parts of my house and an uprising of the dust bunnies. Yes, it is true I could use other vacuuming tools (such as the large vacuum or heck, even a broom in the kitchen). But I don't wanna. So, things are going downhill in that area. Plus, the part is on back order because apparently lots of other people lost that part too.


7. My twins have discovered the game closet. Connect 4, Upwords, Scrabble, Clue -they are taken out every single day. That has increased our clean up time significantly.


8. It is Spring Break! It will be full of Spring Cleaning, fun field trips, lazy days and wearing PJs. Likely I will only get to participate in Spring Cleaning and fun field trips.


9. The Pool. Not done.  Here is where it stands: waiting on fence guy. Once that is up, they can clean out the trash that they keep putting at the bottom of the pool (gross water, pieces of tile, paper, cigarette butts...) and prepare for plaster. After plaster - in goes water.  Wonder how long it will take to hose fill a huge pool. Don't worry, I will time it for you! I will not spare you that detail I assure you.


10. I've got nothing. Shock I know.

Cheers!