Relax…

I thought throwing your child in the cold shower after he craps his pants was supposed to deter him from doing it again. My son laughs hysterically and asks for more shower. He stays clean and dry at school, but as soon as we are home he just sits there. HELP

I was at Vons this morning and saw a tons of carts with stuff in them lined up against the wall. I briefly wondered why and went on with my shopping. After I paid I saw a quite elderly lady with about 15 carts lined up at a register and it hit me. These are the people who do the shopping for Vons.com. Its no wonder the orders are screwed up, late, and frozen items funky. This poor woman was struggling trying to figure out what she was doing for each order. Completed orders sat against the wall waiting for the next step. It was a chaotic mess and I’m sure that their choice in “multi-tasking shoppers” isn’t the most effective. Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against the elderly.

was a great success. And I won. haha

“Mom, some day we should get Bam. It cleans away tough stains and grease without scrubbing.”

After I laugh a lot I asked, “So what does Bam do?”

Joey: “It cleans everything without having to scrub it. But you have to put it on first, then you just wipe it away.”

Ever since Nathan got his new job he gets home early enough to make dinner. So we traded jobs: He cooks and I do the dishes! Everyone is so much happier. He loves to cook and I hate it. He hates doing dishes and I am willing. The kids actually eat dinner with very little complaining. Now that is HUGE!!
Thanks babe for being our chef.

Today was Quinn’s first day of preschool. He was so excited when we got there and put his backpack and lunch bag in his cubbie. Then we went outside and he got straight to work painting. I left after the kids were brought into the class and then it dawned on Quinn that I was leaving. He started crying and pulling away from the teacher, but she said that only lasted a few minutes. When I picked him up at 12:30 he was happily eating his lunch at the table with the other kids. All in all a great success! We will see how tomorrow goes when I am working in one of the other classes at the school. Johanna will be there with me, too, so it should be interesting.

Did I mention I got a job 2 or 3 days a week working as an aide at the preschool. Haha, yeah…my school didn’t work out this semester so I was offered this job at the last minute.

We went with Nathan’s Grandma to the SB Natural History Museum today. The Butterflies Alive exhibit it awesome but I thought we got nectar to “feed” them and encourage them to land on us. Instead we were told not to touch them. Joey did finally have one land on her shoulder, but Quinn was very disappointed that one didn’t land on his head. He kept sticking his head into bushes full of butterflies and coming out empty. Poor guy.

Later we walked down the pier. The water was so clear I could see a few sting rays swimming around and tons of tiny fish swimming in huge schools. Surprisingly there were very few pelicans around.

Nathan set up gmail accounts for each of the kids. first.last@gmail.com
Johanna just wrote her first email to her friend Kara. It only took 20 minutes to write three short phrases.

Benefiting Aaron Boydston, to help pay for medical bills not covered by insurance. Everything from entertainment centers to tiny toys, baby stuff, Honda Scooter, more clothes than we had room to lay out. Three inside rooms of the church full of antiques and knick-knacks, the parking lot is full of endless amounts of electronics and toys and books.
Sorry for going on and on but there is seriously an insane amount of stuff that has been graciously donated for the sale.

Saturday August 11
8:30am-?
Ojai Wesleyan Church, 105 E. Topa Topa Street

Check it out! You won’t be disappointed.

I have had sinus infections before but this is a doosey. Still having horrible headaches and unable to breathe. A few days ago my mom thought I had meningitis, but the doc said he didn’t see any brain swelling so I guess its just my nasal passages deciding they want to get little closer. Okay I don’t know what I’m saying, I guess I will go drug up and sleep a bit.

Oh, and I’m bored and want to play! Anyone want to babysit tomorrow night so I can go to the Just One Launch?!!!