I’m sorry, do I know you?

There is nothing more embarrassing than someone walking over to speak to you and you have NO idea who they are!  Recently, I was having dinner with my family at a local restaurant and a women came over and called my by name and began asking me how my summer was going.  I had NO IDEA who she was.  I couldn’t even place her with a group I could have know her from!  Under normal conditions, I would have politely explained how with 3 kids, my mind sometimes goes a little crazy and just asked her what her name was and how I knew her.  But the problem was, she was with her parents and her whole family.  I didn’t want to embarrass her by me not knowing who she was.  So, I just played dumb and acted like I knew her!  How would you have handled the situation?  What do you do when you seriously can’t remember someone?

Inhale, Exhale, repeat several times

For my birthday, yes in April, my husband built me a lawn pond.  It’s complete with a waterfall and bridge.  While it has taken forever to get to the point we are now, I do have to admit it is shaping up nicely!  All of our rock has come from the farm.  We have had a lot of fun gathering rocks and turtles and anything else the boys could determine as “clues.”  We still have to finish a little rock and then do landscaping.  We did decide that the pond should be “balanced” now and we would add some fish.  The kids were really excited about this step, that is until we go to the store!  I had heard that Petco carried some fish.  We just wanted some cheap goldfish to experiment with.  We weren’t about to fork over $20 for a koi fish just yet!  So, here we are a Petco.  As we walk into the doors, we are all GASPING!!!  Baker is about to hypervenilate, “Mom, what is that?  I can’t breathe, I think I’m going to be sick!”  The smell was overwhelming to say the least!  I was quick to use this as a teaching moment about why we don’t have pets.  Inside or outside.  Everyone was in total agreement, no pets for the Schell household!  We spot the fish and everyone is starting to breathe again.  Inhale, Exhale, Inhale, Exhale.  We pick out 20 goldfish, which cost like 14 cents each!  As we are making our way back around the store, Baker spots the amphibian section.  Did you know you could buy a tarantula for $17!  Scary thought huh?  This part of the store defiantly perked the spirits of the boys!  They totally forgot about the smell and were infatuated with the animals!  There were lizards, geckos, spiders, snakes, and frogs.  I was amazed at how little some of these things cost.  Overall, the trip ended up being ok.  We added the fish to the pond and as of this morning 14 are still with us.  I was told that was a pretty good number, we’ll monitor them and see if and when we can ever add the koi fish!  (I’ll post some pics tommorow)

Schedules collide

Now that our 3 children are getting older, we have had a few collisions with schedules.  Yes, this early!  The boys had their last summer t-ball game to play and Mackenzie was scheduled to be in the Fair pageant on the same night, at the same time!  Although Brandon was really wanting to see his baby girl, he knew he would be going to the ball field.  After all, he just hasn’t figured out the hair thing yet!  So we went our separate ways.  My Mom and Dad, Aunt Rachel and Carter, and Aunt Sam all showed up at the fair grounds to cheer on little Mackenzie.  She did great when the judges came by.  She even waved to them, just as her Dad had coached her!  Now if you are not familiar with how this pageant thing works, let me enlighten you.  There are about 50 chairs placed out on the field in the blazing hot sun.  No, we don’t get under the tent.  That is reserved for the picture taking, we woulddn’t want any shadows!  So, our 50 something 2 years olds are to sit in out laps as the judges visit each little girl.  It is only suppose to last 20 minutes or so.  It always last more like 40 minutes or so.  Luckily for me, this was not our first trip.  I came prepared this year.  We had snacks, juice, and even some books to read while waiting out turn.  We even loaned some out to the competition.  Mackenzie looked absoultly beautiful!  She took 4th place and won a ribbon and…get this… a $2.00 check!  Yes, that says $2.00!  The entry fee was $5.00!  None the less, she had fun waving and blowing kisses!  

Sorry about all the sideway pictures, anyone know how to fix that???

Now, on to the second part of that night, the t-ball game.  Brandon took them and was instantly greeted with a photographer.  It was picture day.  Thank goodness they wear baseball caps!  Baker hit his first home run and played great!  Cooper was awarded the “game ball.”  Like I said earlier, this was the last game and everyone got a ball.  Poor Coop is just so small!  We ended our night celebrating the children’s accomplishments at Chick-fil-A.  It was a great night!

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in…

That’s right, kindergarden!  Well, on Monday Baker had his first day of school.  Well, sort of.  They do this thing called “phase in.”  The kids go 2 times a week for the first 2 weeks for just a couple hours.  And then they go full time on the 3rd week.  This was Baker’s first phase in day.  He was really excited!  His best bud, Christian is in his class and on the same phase in schedule.  They had a great day getting to know their new teacher, Ms. Ginger.  At the end of his 2 hours, Ms. Ginger brought the kids out to the “drive through line” and he got in the car.  His first comment was, “Mom, did you just sit here the whole time?”  Little does he know!  Of course not!  Granite, I only had 2 hours to get anything done, but I did manage to make the most of it.  Tomorow is his second phase in day, so we will see how things go.  Sorry about the 

 

 

Christian and Baker

Hello, hello, anyone out there?

Well I am back in the game!  I have finally started blogging again.  I have even done a little research.  I have contacted wordpress support and finally figured out why wordpress kept shutting down my internet every time I tried to post on my MacBook.  After a few adjustments, I am posting on my MacBook!!!  I am so excited!  All my pictures are saved on this computer so I could never post pictures.  So, I am back in the game.  And as much as I would love to commit to blogging 3 times a week, I better not be too ambitious.  So, I will just leave you with this: more post to come, soon!