One liners....

Give this girl some butter 'cause she's on a roll. Kalee has been Miss Sassy Pants this past couple of days. Here are some of her original one liners.

Kalee and I were wrestling the other day and she started to grab my feet, knowing that it drives me crazy and irritates me. I ask her, "How many times do I have to tell you to stop grabbing my feet???!!!" Her response? "Two times."

Today Kalee was acting out and Aprille sent her to time out. What did she bark back at Aprille as she stomped off to her to her room for time out? "You're fired!!!"

What does she say she wants for breakfast when asked? "Candy."

Heaven help us. We'll be starting donations for the Help-Us-During-Her-Teenage-Years fund next week. All donations will be tax deductible. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Tapas, Paella and a Bun

This past week work took me back to Spain for another week of new and enticing gastronomical experiences. Going to Europe for work is a bonus, but the opportunity to try out the local foods is the icing on the cake! So, whilst in Spain, I ate as the Spaniards do and enjoyed every minute of it. However, there is one thing drastically different about eating in Spain versus the States- it would be the hour at which dinner is eaten. Restaurants don't "open" till 9 pm. Yah. Needless to say after working for 10 hours, waiting another 3 to eat wasn't a highlight of the trip, but again, it's what one must be willing to sacrifice in the name of good food.

One word: tapas. Yes, they are fun and delicious small plates of appetizers. I frequented several tapas bars and enjoyed every bite. Barcelona is on the Mediterranean so the seafood is great. The city is really beautiful and I would come back again in a heartbeat.

Now for the bun. While I didn't eat any in Barcelona, we have had one in the oven for about 12 weeks now and it should be done sometime in early September (end of August if we pray really hard!). Aprille has been more nauseated this time around (she wasn't at all with the first two) so it is taking a little more out of her, but hopefully with the end of her first trimester, she will be over that soon (please!). Are the kids excited? Um, yes.

Koebe has been writing letters to the baby almost everyday (not like the one he wrote me down below) and talking to "him." He has already named him Kode- with that exact spelling. He was given an assignmnet at school on their 100 day celebration of what he would do with 100 bucks. He wrote he would buy the baby spider-man diapers, a spider-man crib, spider-man pacificer and bedding. He may have to have grief counseling if it turns out we're having a girl.

Kalee on the other hand has not indicated whether or not she wants a sister over a brother, but she has affectionately named the baby "Glodey". There is no misspelling. We have no idea where she finds her inspiration. She named her fish "She-sure", so I guess we're not all that surprised. Anyway, we're pregnant! Bring it on!

Mr. Mom

So good thing I'm not in school anymore- geesh! A small army of bacteria invaded our house and attacked Aprille. No joke. It all started last Sunday when she was kind of feeling a little shakey and I said she should stay home from church. Did she? No. Am I suprised? Not really. Anyway, she went to church and by the time she came home she was having some serious issues. With all the strength of wild horses, I had to restrain myself from saying the words that would have surely come back to bite me, "I told you so." But I didn't and good thing because not 24 hours later she was throwing up and cemented to her bed. She could not move, could not walk, and could not talk. We believe she had the flu that mutated into an upper respiratory thing that is only just now clearing out.

I'll be honest. It was pretty bad. If I had pictures, I wouldn't post it. So, with Ape in bed I took off Monday and Tuesday. ICE STORM 2009 (Channel 8 weather, get over it) prevented me from going in until 1 pm on Wednesday, so I was able to stay home almost three days. Needless to say, I was Michael Keaton circa 1983 rockin' the Mr. Mom "hat". Let's just say I'm glad the ice melted on Wednesday. Is it possible to grow closer to your children in three days time and at the same time reach new levels of frustration? Koebe apparently can only remember things important to him and at the same time forget any instructions I give him in a moments notice. However, (WARNING: Proud Parent moment coming up) Koebe is doing great in school and was awarded a Gold Medal Reader award for January for improving his reading skills. On the other hand, Kalee........wow.

Um..maybe I shouldn't post anything about her. She is a daughter of God. She is a daughter of God. She is a daughter of God. But wow....she needs naps..most days. To her credit, she can be the BEST helper and an absolute dream. Case in point, she and I were home by ourselves Saturday morning and she did everything I asked her to do the first time and even offered to help me with "my chores." She is becoming uber smart, sassy and is picking up reading. She LOVES to write and has started spelling "Kalee, Koebe, Mom, Dad", etc...She is great, but ya, girl needs some downtime.