Googolplex

We had a super stellar (can't say enough about her) babysitter who taught the twins the word "googolplex."  They're pretty obsessed with this word and use it all time.  Apparently it means (and I did not even know this until they taught it to me) some super big number.  So tonight at dinner when I said, "I love you boys so much.  Are you going to love me forever?"  (I know, a silly question but it was asked after a glass of wine or two.) when Tyler replied, "We'll love you until googolplex!" that really meant something special.  I love my boys!

Sick family

Hunter, "Don't cough into your hands!  Cough into your sleeve!!!  That's GROSS!!  That's a HUGE way to spread germs around.  Now I know who has been spreading the germs around here."

This is what I heard this morning coming from the toy room.  Not sure who he was talking to since all four boys were in there.

John took all of them to the walk-in emergency clinic this weekend while I was out on some shoots and they all tested positive for Influenza A.  Hunter also has an ear infection on top of it.  He has been home from school since Wednesday.  The school called for me to come and pick him up around 10 a.m.  Then Tyler and Brody came down with it Friday night.  And finally Greyson showed signs of it on Saturday.  Now John and I have a bad cough, which is how it started with Hunter.  John also is very achy.  It has been rough.  All I want to do is sleep.  There has been a whole lot of t.v. watching in our house in the last week or so.  We are hoping to send the boys back to school before Thanksgiving but it looks unlikely.  Good thing it's a short week.  Hopefully they will be well by Thursday so we can even have Thanksgiving.  So so sick.

It snowed last night and the boys were very excited to see it out our front window when they woke up.  They all want to go out and play in it but I'm not so sure it's a good idea.  They'll just have to wait.

Crazy mornings

To say mornings are hectic around here is an understatement.  Always rushing, constant commands..."eat faster...Chuck (bus driver) is coming!"

Well, today when the boys got off their half-day bus and Brody took off his jacket this is what I saw.



Of course I had to grab my camera and make him pose for a picture.  Well then Greyson saw me laughing at him and insisted that his shirt be backwards too.  My boys just crack me up!

I suppose we could get up earlier but then where would be the humor in that?

Outside

Greyson:  "Put boots on.  Go outside!"
Mom:  "Mommy doesn't want to go outside right now sweetheart."
Greyson:  "Yes do Mommy!" (as he's putting his boots on, wrong feet)

First day of school outfit

First day back teaching this morning I was in my bedroom figuring out my outfit to wear for the day and talking to myself in the process. Conversation went like this:
Me: "No, no, no. This is way too sexy and inappropriate for the classroom. I CANNOT wear this to school."
Hunter (dead serious): "You're right mom. You're a Spanish teacher. You need to wear a sombrero."

Hunter is 8!

Hunter had an awesome birthday!  I realize it is almost August and I am just now getting to blog about his birthday in May but at least I'm getting to it nonetheless!  Now let me fish around in my brain for those details...

We got him a basketball hoop (along with Noni & Nona) for his big gift since he was on a team this year and enjoyed it.  He couldn't wait to open the big box.  We made him wait until Daddy got home from work.  He was so excited!  We sang to him after dinner and enjoyed cupcakes.  He got his big cake at the party, which was two Sundays later because Memorial Day falls in there and we thought people would be out of town or busy so we waited to have a good turnout.

For the first time we did not have a home party for him.  We took him to play Lasertag with some friends and neighborhood kids.  The theme was Angry Birds.  I didn't do much other than make the invitations and order the cake.  It was nice but I felt weird like I needed to be doing more.  I always go all out for the parties and this year felt really bizarre.  Regardless they all had a blast, including Tyler, Brody & Greyson who hung out with Nona in the game area.

My morning

This morning Hunter caught me hiding out in my bed reading.  I hadn't even gotten out of bed yet and John told me Hunter and Brody were awake and downstairs.  I could hear they were just playing so I grabbed my book-club book for the month (Gone Girl...amazing if you haven't read it) and started in.  A girl has deadlines.  Book Club is tomorrow and I have 130 pages left.

A few minutes go by and Hunter creeps into my bed, lies down next to me and says, "Mah-ahhmmm!" (that's Mom but with a tiny bit of a whine to it) "Why are you up here reading?"
Me:  You caught me!
Hunter:  But I'm hungry!
Me:  Well then go make yourself some boo-bah (code word for breakfast in our house.  When the twins were little they called breakfast "boo-bah."
Hunter:  (very dramatically) "But I make HORRIBLE boo-bah!  You make the best boo-bah."
Me:  "Ok, what kind of boo-bah you want?"
Then Brody pipes in with, "I want ICE CREAM BOO-BAH!"

Then a little while later when I was on the stairs coming down Hunter comes up to me with the phone and says (again, dramatically), "Brody had the PHONE!"
Me:  "Ok."
Hunter:  "Not Ok!  He could have CALLED 911!"
Brody:  "I didn't call 911!"
Hunter:  "Brody, you have a 61% chance of calling 911!"