Poor Susna!

Poor Sister Sue! She is stuck at home taking care of her hubby Tom, who has just had knee surgery. I hear reports that her nursing skills are being tested BIG TIME. Now where are the angels of mercy (aka nurse Megs and nurse Katie) when they are really needed? One's jogging down Finn Hill with a ginormous black lab and a big ole stroller and the other is stalking celebs in So Cal.

Get well SOON Tom!

DANGER

...Laying down for a 'power nap' when you have been up since 3 am! I was just going to catch 40 winks, and woke up at the time I am supposed to be picking the boys up from school! Yikes! Cuz it's a 30 minute+ drive from our house to the school! Luckily, Lorraine had come home because Liam had a tummy ache so she was able to get the little guys. And she promised not to fire me from my nanny duties.

Man, we have to move closer, the drive is too long! Not sure the White Rose can handle 50 miles a day driving (and I know I can't!) We found a cute rental very close to the P's house, with a backyard swimming pool (with slide), swingset and clubhouse. Oh yeah, the house is nice too. I think we are going to put in an ap. Not that we want to move (again! always write our addy in pencil people), but it sure would be handy to be on the same side of town.

A Broken Wing

Poor Mikey! He was practicing his flying leaps over the piled up sofa cushions and landed 'funny' on his foot. It's bruised and a little swollen, and he can't walk on it. He has taken to crawling with his foot up in the air. Very pitiful! We think it's just a mild sprain, but he is definitely working it. Pointing at various things and making people fetch for him -- what fun!

That's My Baby Boy!

Tony just sent me a pix of his new personalized license plates. So cute, as we all call him Pooh Bear. Of course, they'll never get it in West Virginia...

Out of the Mouths of Babes

Little kids are so brilliant and so funny! Here are some of the great things the boys said this week:

1. we went to Mickey D's to play on the 'toy' due to the hideous weather. I had promised to buy apple dippers for the gang, but I forgot my wallet at home. Liam told me he was starving, and I explained I didn't have any money to buy food. He looked at the table next to us with its tray of leftover food and said "Can't we just eat garbage?"

2. Riveria looked over every single bouquet at Costco and brought me a bouquet of two dozen roses! And he wrote me a note this morning that said "I love you". How sweet is that? Of course, he also wrote me a note that said "bring snow shovel after school or ELSE".

3. Liam again: we were looking at a print that his mom has hanging on the wall, and he was asking how it got made. I explained that the artist painted what was in their imagination, and he asked "Does he see pictures in his mind like I do?" Probably not nearly as wonderful as the ones you see, Liam!

4. Alex and I have a real 'soul connection', it's great being his godmother. He's been loving having me nanny for them, and every night when I tuck him in, he asks me to wake him up as SOON as I get to their house in the morning. The other night, Lorraine was tucking him in, and he asked her with a smile "I wonder what we'll get to do with Laurie tomorrow?" I always get a big hug and kiss from him every morning and night, and it's great to be loved!

5. Michael is such a little rascal! He copies EVERYTHING his big brothers do. Whether it's flying off the couch to land on the piled up cushions, flying down the snowy street with a brother on the sled, or making karate moves, he is all over it. He loves the 'grrr' sweater I knit for him, and though he's not using many words yet, he is a pro at communicating. He wanted to wear it the other day, so he 'acted out' the dog and the grrrr and pointed to his tummy to show where it was supposed to go.

It's Me...Again

Especially the velour tracksuit...arghh.

Fancy Schmancy!

Steve got me a new phone for Valentine's Day (well, he got it cuz I was whining about how dull my old phone was). It's a Sidekick and wow is it ever fancy! Hopefully I will learn to use all the bells and whistles. I'm kind of a spaz at this techy stuff (as is pretty much anyone my age ;-*) but soon I hope to have the fastest typing thumbs in town.