Blogger MIA

Ok, so I've been MIA. That's not a newsflash. But in my blogger absence, we have painted, moved, unpacked (kinda), got a sinus infection after catching whatever the kids had and now I'm on the mend. That's a pretty good summary of my last month!

So we closed on the house and immediately started painting. I need to hang some pictures on the wall to get the finishing touches done and then I'll do some before and after photos. I still have lots of painting to do. My current project is finishing the kitchen and also finishing the bathroom. Both are started, and unfinished due to previously mentioned sinus infection.

It's been an incredibly rainy spring and it's kind of a drag. It's been so cold and rainy that the trees in front of our house think it's Fall. The trees are losing their leaves and we have a wet leaf heap in front of our driveway. NICE. Nothing like composting in the street.

Tucker finished his first year of preschool at the end of May and he will go back in the Fall for his final year of preschool. Due to Tucker's December birthday, he will be nearly 6 when he starts Kindergarten. I have one more year to go before I have to face that reality. Preschool was tough, Kindergarten might be nearly impossible.

Addie's second birthday is right around the corner and she is growing up so fast. I don't think there is anything that she can't communicate with words. We can't understand every word she says, but most things are very clear. In fact, today we went to a bagel shop and Addie ordered her own toast and the lady knew exactly what she wanted. WEIRD. What's even more strange is that my belief that I'm done having kids is a real and honest truth. My womb does not ache with the desire to procreate like it did when Tucker was her age. Now, unfortunately, we have not done anything "permanent" about that situation, so hopefully we will stay in the clear. Only a miracle by the hand of God would make me have another baby. I would accept, but whoa momma, I would be stretched thin. But hey, my Mom did it and she hasn't run away yet...and you think she would have by now! I think if I were her, I would have gone running and screaming into the night!

Matt is doing well at his job and enjoying it very much. Since we have moved, he has come home for dinner almost every night. He wasn't able to do that before because we lived too far away. I like it because most nights he comes home after the kids go to bed so we are able to just be alone, although it's only for about 20-30 minutes. He will be changing shifts again in July and we aren't sure when he will be working, so we are preparing for another schedule change. We are just thankful and feeling blessed that he has work and that we are able to get a new start in the new house.

Before I sign off to face the mountain of boxes that still prevent me from just sitting down and relaxing with a freshly brewed homemade latte, I have an incredibly funny story that happened at Tucker's preschool.

**Say this story out loud to yourself because I'm not sure if you will hear the accent the same in your head.

One morning while driving Tucker to school, it started to hail. Now when it hails, Tucker says "It's raining hail". That's just the words that he uses to say it's hailing. So when we get to his classroom he walks up to his teacher and says, "Mrs. Broome! It's raining hail outside!" Mrs. Broome looks at me, looks back and Tucker and looks at me again. Suddenly, it dawns on me. I slowly say to Mrs. Broome, and all the other onlooking parents, "Mrs. Broome, it's raining hail, not raining LIKE hail." The smile on Mrs. Broome's face was priceless. She said, "Well, I know ya'll lived in the South and I just didn't know if Tucker heard something on the way to school today!" It was a good laugh for Mrs. Broome, all the parents and especially me. I don't ever want to forget that story.

I hope to check in soon with some FINISHED painting projects and some spectacular "after" pictures.