1. Avery loved camp. I'll be honest. It wasn't SO bad while he was gone. The best part about his absence was that he's a pseudo-picky eater. So, even though he will actually eat a wide variety of foods, he complains and makes a stink about veggies on pizza and having to go to Chipotle (what?!) and having spaghetti sauce (but he likes lasagna, people!). The worst part about him being gone was just not knowing what he was doing. But, then I would remember what camp was like for me and knew he was having a blast. Getting that first hug from him after nearly a week made me cry. And, he was so excited --or maybe relieved--to see Miles when we finally got home. But he's so subtle, I might have been the only one who noticed.
2. Oh, by the way, my parents were here from Romania and I just LOVED visiting with them. They were so helpful and gracious and I'm looking forward to them swinging through the Twin Cities in August before they head back to the other side of the world!
3. Did you know MN government is shutdown? Pretty much going about as usual. SO grateful our libraries were not closed. Bummer for those crazy folks who like to camp though. State parks are closed down. In one of the few months it's actually possible to camp in Minnesota. Crazy. Also, no building inspectors or regulation spies are lurking about the city. Ah, Minneapolis feels safer somehow.
4. This past week, Jillian went to her first summer camp. While she was at her camp, the boys were at their camp. While the boys were at their camp, Phoebe was napping. If you do the math, you'll notice that I had no children saying "mommymommymommy" for about 2 hours (for two days anyway). I had complete thoughts. It gave me hope for what my brain might be like in a few years.
5. A few days ago, I smelled a vague offensive odor near our living room (which is filled with our family room furniture). The next day, I came home and immediately asked the babysitter if Phoebe was poopy. Nope. It definitely smelled like something was rotting in the trash, but it wasn't. It was emanating from the fireplace. What was it? Not sure exactly, but I this helpful information:
The animal falls or climbs down the chimney but can’t get back up the chimney. The poor guy meets a slow death. The story does not end here. As the body decomposes, maggots and flies develop. Soon the decaying animal body begins to stink and flies enter your home. This usually only lasts a month or two. The best way to solve this issue is to have a brave chimney technician remove your damper and reach up inside the fireplace and remove the decaying animal body. Don’t forget your gloves! (via)
ugh. Thanks to friendly advice on Facebook, Brent sealed up the fireplace with some poly sheeting and I'll get a chimney guru out asap.
6. Did I mention that it was like 90million degrees yesterday. And that there was something dead in our house. Cool. K.
7. Avery (and his entourage, aka the rest of the family) are immersed in tournament baseball for about 10 days. He just played in state with his team and did a fairly good job, but got knocked out by the team that took first place. He literally played 5 games in 24 hours. (Three of those game were shortened to 4 innings) He continues the momentum tonight and will play through Sunday (if they keep winning). During this time, I will make three balanced meals a day and shop frugally and keep our house clean and remember to apply sunscreen on everyone. ;)
8. We're trying to encourage Jillian to eat healthy food. It's hard when she's practically being raised on concession stand fare. Today I told her she needed to eat fruit instead of candy. She tried to convince me that candy IS a fruit. I think she actually believed this. And the candy was not even Skittles; it was a Charleston Chew.
9. Phoebe refuses to talk. She'll say a few words, but if we ask her to say something new, she bats her eyes and shakes her head, "no." It's adorable.
10. I end with a picture. I think it was about a month ago, that Avery's team won a tournament. He is seen here receiving his trophy and about to shake hands with a player from the team who took second.
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Dead animals are the worst! And if you try not to breathe out your nose, don't you feel like you're tasting the smell?
Sounds like Avery is kind of a rockstar or something ;).
And I would love, love, love to get Grey and Phoebe together to play. He FINALLY started talking but nods his head yes to just about everything...maybe between the two of them the yeses (?) and nos would balance out.
On a completely unrelated note, the pictures of you holding Peter and getting pooped on...awesome. You're beautiful!
1. I'm so glad Avery enjoyed camp. Of course, I assumed he was back when he showed up for family movie night but hey, he didn't say much so maybe I imagined it.
2. I wish I could have met your parents. I need to see who made you.
3. I am SO THANKFUL that the library has been open. Otherwise this whole sick thing would really bomb.
4. Please don't keep wishing triplets on me. Someday I won't have complete thoughts and I'll be blaming you. just wait and see.
5.+6. I don't even want to imagine what the odor is like. I'm already gagging just thinking about it.
7. :)
8. I can hear her trying to convince you that candy is fruit. I'm sure I did that once upon a time (like last week)
9. It's kinda like she's taunting everyone. "Come on, make me say something. Oh you can't? huh..." *bats eyes*
10. I want to see a game. Tell me when to come sometime.
I feel like we just talked on the phone but you got to say everything you wanted to without being interrupted.
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