interruptions

Today we celebrated my grandma's 80th birthday! We went to the Hickory House for dinner. And while, yes I ate a lot..we couldn't believe how much Maddy and Mikhail ate. I seriously think Mikhail ate more than I did. And now, we are paying for it :/ He just came down stairs a little bit ago and said he threw up. He's on the top bunk, and he just leaned over and threw up over the side of the bed. Luckily most of it landed on Makenna's blanket..because I can't handle cleaning that stuff up. I can throw a blanket in the washer though! So he sat down here with us for a little bit, and then went to bed...came down a few minutes later and said he threw up again! He said he stuck his finger down his throat! ughhh! I made Tim clean up the second round, and he bitched about it. But throw up is not something I can handle. I clean up all the nasty stuff..but I had to leave round two to him!

oh well..he'll get over it! Tonight the kids got thier fish for thier tank! They got four fish. I'm not really sure what kind they are, but I want to read up on them, so I make sure we take the best care of them that we can. Thier tank is little..which I feel a little bad because they don't have much room to swim..but they are little fish..so I guess they don't need a lot of room? We got four of them because the people at the pet store said they like to swim in schools...so four I guess will work. Mikhail is really excited about them! If we do well with these fish, I'd like to get a bigger tank at our next house and get some really cool colorful fish. We also told them if they treated these pets well, then we'd get a dog next. These fishies are their first pets!

This morning I took the kids to the library and we got The BFG! I remember that book from when I was little! I started reading it to them today and they love it :) I'm so proud of them for being interested in a chapter book..and aren't just like ohh this is too long and doesn't have pictures. I want them to get in to some longer books. They both told me it makes it easy for them to sleep after they read it..lol it usually works for me too! I want to go back and get me a good book. So at night [like tonight] when I'm restless and can't sleep, I'll have something to read and help me go to sleep. I also think I'll start taking warm baths at night. I just wish we had a soaking tub..that's a mandatory at our next house! Tim knows it's not something he should even try to fight me on..I won't love the house unless it has exactly what I want in it.

We've been talking a lot about the next house we'll get. We want to move sometime within the next four monthish? At first Tim was like, 'I want to buy a house that will last us through the kids going to school...like elementary through high school' and that's a toughy..because what we will want will obviously change. I'm ok with sending the kids to one school for elementary and then moving to a new district for middle school and high school...i just want them to be in the same district for middle and high school. I know that elementary doesn't matter that much, because I will be working with them a lot too..so I know they will be some smarties :) I just have to figure out how to get Mikhail to concentrate! I feel like he has ADD...and I know they will give him medicine if that's what I want..they are quick to give it to anyone these days. But I don't want to rush into that. I really want to get him into some kind of martial arts that will help him focus. It's hard sometimes when you talk to him..his eyes are darting all over the room and he only hears half of what your saying to him..so when he doesn't do exactly what you tell him to, then it's easy to get upset with him..but it's not really his fault. And I mean face it, he's a four year old boy! They do that! I was thinking about it today, and his five year old birthday is coming up soon! I really can't believe it! Soon I'm going to be the mother to a five year old, four year old, and double two year olds! Life is just crazy how fast it goes. That's what I love taking the kids on so many adventures, and why I'm so obsessed with the pictures..I want to document it all, so I can look back and remember all the fun things we do..again with why I'm so into blogging!

Tonight my Kenna Rie is having a sleep over with her cousin Brighid. It feels wierd not having her here on a week night. But I know they are having fun girl time. The love to play together and just giggle and have a blast..so it's exciting for her! I told Mikhail tomorrow I'd take him just for some one on one time. I will probably end up taking Maddy too..but that's ok. I know Mikhail will feel special it just being us! I think I'm going to take him to the downtown library...they have a train exibit that's going to be leaving soon...so I want to make sure I take him before it does! I'm thinking tomorrow might be the best day. I also want to take the kids to the zoo lights tomorrow night. I'm thinking that will probably be our best night too. I hate that all the kids are on winter break right now because all the normal things we do are super packed. But oh well, things will be back to normal next week. I've been really wanting to go to COSI. I'd like for Tim to go with us..it's always a lot of fun when he does! The kids get a kick out of it, and it's nice to have that extra helping hand.

Which that brings me to another point. It's really hard for me..I've come to realize that I shouldn't care what every one expects out of me. I know sometimes I don't give things a hundred percent. Like the house work. There's things that need done right now that I could be up doing instead of being on fb. But it's also almost midnight?? And it's been a long day so I'd just like to relax a little. I think people think I should just be this robot that is constantly cleaning and doing house work and taking care of kids...they forget that I am my own person too and have my own intrest. Yes almost everything I'm interested in involves my kids. But I just find it a little comical that when people help me with my kids, they get over whelmed...yet they think I should have it down to a T. I also feel bad for people who only have one kid and really really want another. The grass is always greener on the other side. While I would NEVER take back having any of my children...I feel at times that I've cheated them by having them all so close in age. I didn't get to take the one on one time as much as I would have liked to. I'm really trying to do that a lot more now. Like the chapter books..I love cuddling up in bed with ken and mikhail and reading to them. I love that Makenna is really into doing her hair and makeup and we've been spending a lot of time at her vanity that Santa brought her. I brush her hair and she puts on make up. I think we are going to start doing make over nights a lot more. She wants to do my hair and make up and paint my nails..and why not lol I think it would be fun! I love to work on writing with Mikhail because I love to see how excited he gets when he does it right. I need to find more things to do with him. Lately he's been so much into the boy stuff..playing video games and playing with guns and swords...lol we need more mommy time. Max doesn't let me get away with out giving him one on one time. If I'm sitting on the couch, he'll climb right up into my lap and put my arm around him and he'll just cuddle with me :) He's my only baby to ever do that, and it's so special to me. Maddy is a very self content baby. She's perfectly fine entertaining her self..and gosh is that girl a couch potatoe. I can't wait for the weather to warm up so I can start taking them on walks agian! But I bought them the baby markers that are kind of like balls...I really want to start doing some art with them. I'd also like to let them finger paint...If I could keep them from eating it lol!

Ok well Mikhail just came downstairs and said he threw up again, so I'm going to go take care of that..and then I'm hittin the sack because I'd like to get up early and take my Mack Man out for some one on one before miss Kenna Rinky Dinky Dink get's home lol that's what i've been calling her lately and it cracks her up...Rinky for short. I don't know where it comes from. Maybe because my dad had a million nick names for me when I was little. I could probably count on one hand the number of times I was actually called Shannon...I like it though. I love thier little nick names. Maddy is Juney, June Bug, & Juners right now...lol don't know where it came from..but it's CUTE!