Monday, May 20, 2013

fun day

we had a fun saturday.
johnna had asked if frankie could got to her grandson landon's birthday party out in virginia for the day, so with one kid down, we part-ayed!
not really, but you know, it was fun.
 
we wanted to do something fun because little big sister was missing little sister.
all through out the day addie would say, 'let's check on frankie,' and 'when is frankie coming home?' it was pretty cute.
 
anyways, what do you do for fun with teens and a 4-year-old when you live in the sticks?
haircuts, of course.
 

before...
and during.
in the mean time, frankie was on her way!
they stopped for food and snuggles.
even though she was gone all day i wasn't worried about her at all.
she loves johnna and she loves adventures, so i knew it would be all good.
and she loves her tongue, too.
in the mean, mean time, laney took a short early nap for daddy before being a needy miss. matt stayed home to work on a project for school. 4 more classes... only 4 more classes and we'll have a masters! not a second too soon!
after christian's haircut we headed over to the hair cuttery for the girls.
they had a long wait so we headed to bath and body works where miss applebee's bought addie this cute lip gloss and holder. she was missing frankie and we were all trying to make the day fun for her. :)
big sissy's turn!
she cut about 4 inches and it looks so healthy and nice now.
and finally it was addie's turn.
she was nervous about getting soap or water in her eyes.
super relaxed. :)
fair warning:
first salon haircut picture overload.
feel free to skim.
i can't get over how big this chic is.
didn't we just bring her home from the hospital on the high plains?
she's had a haircut at home from auntie alli, and a couple of bang cuts (personally done), but this was her first haircut at a salon.
 so it was a big deal. 
she was so excited.
little nerd. :)
and big nerd. :)
after her cute haircut she got a blowout.
she loved it and later told me that her haircut was her favorite part of the day. :)
love the side smile.
aaaaand we've got a big girl!
i wanted a bob, which isn't quite what i got.
it's cute, but not what i had envisioned.
i'm still debating options.
she loved it!

and she loved her treat.
it's kind of rachel-esque.
(friends)
and 3 fancy haircut big kids!
that's a good looking bunch!
it was raining so they ran and i thought it was just precious.
from haircuts to applebee's!
alexis hasn't tried much off their menu and i know it's fun to eat where you work.
more making the day fun for big little sister.
we got her a large so we could all share. :)
june 3rd girls!
and the other side.
don't mind christian's creepy look.
or my farmers tan.
all the while frankie was having fun at the yellow party with landon.
he got a yellow car and johnna sent me several videos of them cruising around.
she made it home by 11, tired, but refreshed from her 2-hour power car nap.
and she got totally spoiled with a tinkerbell doll and fairy blanket cause i'm a lame-o mom and didn't pack her one... oops!
a fun day was had by all!
except maybe poor matt... homework is not the most fun.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

by the numbers

5:45 - alarm goes off
6:00 - matt, alexis, and christian leave
6:05 - back to bed (franks has the seal cough and had a fit last night from 2-4)
7:30 - addie and frankie wake up
8:30 - i finally bring myself to get everyone breakfast and shower
10:10 - we load up the jolly green and head to mcd's where christian will keep los tres nina's while i go to the dr, only to find that the playplace is closed for the day. we talk through plans b-d and finally decide that he will let the girls play in the car (because cars are like playgrounds for the 4 and under crowd)
10:30 - appt where it's determined that i do not have a stress fracture! can i get an amen! so relieved. i do have a mild case of tendinitis. i can walk 2 miles all this week, then run 2 miles, then every 3-4 days increase that by 25%. sounds doable
11:00 - meet kids in lobby and walk upstairs for christian's allergy appt
11:30 - back to mcd's. because the tummy wants what the tummy wants
12:30 - rock miss delaney to sleep for nap
12:40 - addie and i head out to her school
1:10 - pick up christian's allergy rx
1:20 - library to pick up a book i ordered
2:00 - pitch 2 buckets'o'balls to chris before the heavens open and the rain pours down
3:10 - alexis, delaney, and i leave to pick up addie
3:40 - drive alexis to work
4:30 - start laundry and dinner (campbells chicken noodle and quesadillas. because)
6:30 - load everyone up for church
7:00 - meet matt at church to trade off las nina's
8:00 - target time
9:00 - alexis is finally done with work
10:00 - laundry, coupons, pick-up house
11:00 - frankie has another coughing fit
midnight - blog. because i got my 4th wind

4 cute kids
goodbye, robo-boot!
(oh, hello again milky white legs)
more dr's office fun

Monday, May 6, 2013


yesterday alexis, addie, and laney stayed home from church. i felt a little bad leaving sick babies home with sick babies, but i was hoping that they would all just sleep and rest.
 matt worked. :(
when we got home laney was happy, mad, happy, mad.
she loves being outside so we went out in our pj's for awhile.
she loves shoes. :)
chris and i made some homemade horchata that earned 2 thumbs down. word to the wise - when making horchata do not blend all the rice, you will make a thick cross between horchata and rice pudding and it will not taste good.
 
frankie is still "museum" crazy, so we dug out night at the museum and watched it as a family. christian fried up many and many batches of french fries for all of us to enjoy. and then we played some games together.
sniped her!
(except that she dodged it)
laney was g-to-the-rumpy!
as soon as matt got home he took a turn with her, then me, then him, then me, and finally we just had to let her cry it out. poor baby.
but she's so sweet when she's sleeping. 
this morning addie helped make some pancakes.
she's such a big girl!
it was kid swap monday!
my kid swap got off to a late start because of the horchata fiasco, we ran to food lion to buy some decent horchata and then drop it off at the high school, then off to drop addie and frankie off at 10. then it was off to the dentist for a cleaning and my 5th root canal related appointment. matt met me there to hold delaney for my 2 1/2 (yes, 2 1/2!) hour appointment to "rebuild" my tooth.
oh, and i have 2 more cavities.
because why wouldn't i?
 
we got home after 1 and got on some paperwork organizing that's gotten away from me.
i really hate paperwork clutter.
 
things got quiet for awhile so i went in search of laney.
look where i found her!
what a sweetheart!
she's such a good girl!
(sometimes)
we took alexis to work at 4, but before we left laura showed up to drop off joseph (christian needed him to help make a video for school) and then she rode with me so we could talk about our girls trip coming up this weekend!
we've been out of printer ink for awhile now, so we stopped at wally and then laura needed to stop at target really quickly before we picked the girls up from sarah.
this poor, germy, 5th baby.
laura and i got everything almost planned out, lighthouses, here we come!
the rest of the mccombs clan came over for dinner and then matt got home and alexis needed to be picked up. our nights go by so quickly!
 
and a bonus shot that peter sent me from our movie night on friday. :)
love her!