Month: May 2017

Long time, no posts.   The name of the game here has been busy, lol.

The kids are both amped up as the end of the school year is drawing near.  They can hardly contain themselves.  Dave has been busy at work and was in Georgia for a few days on business.  My work is steady and I’m gearing up for my annual conference which this year will be in New Orleans.

This past Memorial weekend, I got off work a bit early and Dave and I were able to pick the kids up from school.  On Saturday, the kids had swim class and then Ajax had a friend over all afternoon.  That was nice since I got a bunch of meals in the freezer and that kept 50% of my kids occupied.  On Sunday, we ended up spending most of the day over my cousin Wendy’s house as her family has decided to move back to England.  The kids had a great time playing and will be sad to see them go.   By the time we got home the sky was dark and thundering, so we had a picnic dinner in the living room and watched The Fellowship of the Rings.  The kids absolutely loved it.  I was on the fence, but Dave insisted they were old enough.

On Monday, we planted flowers and got the garden in.  We also put up the “big” pool and the kids freaked out they were so excited.  They actually spent a good part of the day in the pool and at one point we even had another neighbor kid in there as well.  Now the water was freezing, but that didn’t seem to stop the kids.  After our work was done we headed into town for some much deserved ice cream.  We capped off our night with the hamburgers and corn on the cob and the second Lord of the Rings film.  The kids are hooked.

Overall, a lovely holiday weekend.

Below –  Mother’s Day weekend – Ajax holding a Pinterest win.  And a birthday party I took Noomi to last weekend.  Noomi in her matching lularoe dress which Grandma Dara and Theresa gifted all the ladies.

Last week was a whirlwind.

I completed a case that I’ve been working on for 7 years and Dave’s been working crazy hours on a new product launch.  Then to add to the fun, I decided to take on the Ice Cream Social, the PTSA’s largest event of the (and really one of the largest events for our small town, lol).  This year I was in training and that meant 2 days of prep work and running around the school with the current coordinator.  The kids thought it was cool because I got to drive them to school and have lunch with them and get them right after school.

The event went lovely and the kids had a great time.  My parents came up to help and then took Noomi home for the night as Ajax had his doctor’s appointment in Ann Arbor the next morning.  Dave and I both took him and the doctor did an exam and seemed to rule out Crohns.  She reordered blood work and prescribed a cleanse.  That of course meant that we all spent the weekend at home.   Really that suited us just fine as the whole family was beyond beat.  Both kids had fun watching movies and playing video games with Dave as it was just cold and windy outside.  We let Ajax stay up late one night and watch a movie with Dave and I and eat popcorn.    The cleanse didn’t really seem to help his stomach and next the doctor stated that we would try reflex medicine.  She also said possible gluten intolerance or stress.  Guess we’ll wait on the results.

With all of Ajax’s stomach issues Noomi has been walking around stating that her throat hurts “really bad.”  But she’s 4 so it’s hard to know.  OH, I also freaked out and decided that she wasn’t ready for kindergarten and opted to do young 5’s instead.  The school secretary didn’t think I was totally nuts, but I may have over-explained my thought process.