Adventure at Michaels

Today all three kids and I were at Michaels. We were checking out the craft paint and a woman came over twice to ask if we needed spray paint (it's in a locked area). I thought she was being rather over attentive and was a little annoyed that she kept asking.

On our way out, I briefly noticed that there was a button to push next to the spray paint to call for assistance.

It wasn't until many hours later when I was thinking about the pushy sales lady that it suddenly dawned on me that Nathan had been running around nearby. He must have been pushing the button!!

It also occurred to me that the lady was probably pretty annoyed with me - thinking we were "doorbell ditching!"

Yikes

This is what Esther saw and what Daron caught while I was out last night. They called it the walrus spider.

When Daron sent me a picture, I wondered what it really was. Cause it is pretty creepy looking.

Turns out it's a wolf spider. Yeah, venomous! It's not aggressive and the bite probably wouldn't kill you but you'd still want to seek medical attention.

Fortunately, Daron threw it over the back fence rather than in the flowers out front. Hopefully he's found himself a new place.

Shiver....

Showing the Love

Whenever I pick up Esther from school, the once fairly quiet car becomes chaos! Esther starts talking to everyone at once and Nathan is trying to tell Esther all the fun things we did without her. And Jacob just squeals, his eyes darting back and forth between them.

So yesterday was pretty typical.

Esther was trying to finish a sentence and Nathan had on his grumpy face and was screaming: "Esther!! Esther!! I need to tell you something!!"

And Esther started screaming: "Mommy! I'm trying to finish and Nathan won't let me!"

And I came in with an exasperated: "Nathan, let your sister finish and then you can talk!"

So Esther finished in three words and then Nathan, suddenly all smiles says,

"Esther, I really missed you today."

Nathan-ism

Yesterday morning after Esther went to school, Nathan began to pull apart one of her Lego creations.

Me: Don't you think Esther is going to be angry when she sees you pulled apart her hard work?

Nathan: Let's just find out!

Nathan-ism

Me: How did you sleep last night?

Nathan: Like this.. (shows a reclined, eyes closed position)

Me: Oh, I love you bud!

Esther-ism

"Mommy, what should I draw?"

Me thinking.

"I know! You make a law and I'll veto or not veto it."

Thanks, Schoolhouse Rock.

First Tooth

It finally came out! After it hung on by a long root for three weeks. She just pulled it out at lunch. No screaming or anything. Just huge excitement for the tooth fairy's visit tonight. You can almost see the adult tooth nearly all the way up behind the hole.