Happy Birthday USA (a little early...)

We had such a fun time Saturday at the annual Freedom Festival Parade. Last year it was quite scaled back and held out at Kirkwood after the flood, but this year it was back in full force downtown.

The kids loved the beads, the bracelets, the freeze pops and THE CANDY!! A candidate running for mayor here in CR had staffers handing out bags for candy ahead of time. Will thought that was a good sign :). It was and they both gathered their fill.

The Marine Corp band was also a hit. The precision and music is amazing!



I'm thankful for the beautiful day we had and the gorgeous weather we had Sunday and looks like we'll be having the rest of the week. I'm excited to have Thursday & Friday off before the 4th and then just one more week of work before the lake! WOOHOOO!

I love it...

Funnies and New Pics

It's been a crazy couple of weeks...but all normal kinds of stuff! Will finished school on June 9th and was VERY excited to find out who his 1st grade teacher will be. He also informed me that his two best friends, Briar and Sam, are in his class and "Mom, we asked Mrs. Bennett if we can all sit together next year!". I had to laugh at that one as Mrs. Bennett would probably be wise to put them in 3 different corners of the room! :) Summer school/camp is now fully in swing and Will is loving his classes - Cooking for Kids, Around the World in 18 Days, and Basketball for Fun! Afternoons are filled with movies, swimming pool trips, park trips and library time. He's slept so well during the past week!

Miss Morgan is turning into even more of a ham as she grows. I think every day brings new words, phrases, or expressions that just crack us up. Her newest one is "PUNCH IT", said in a deep growly voice, urging the driver to PUNCH IT on the accelerator! It is hysterical. Her other funnies these days include "Will hurt me(said when he was across the room and couldn't have possibly been hurting her), my tooth hurt me (hit it with her spoon), my knee hurt me, my hair hurt me...(you get the idea), Brudder, NO!, Brudder, Be Quiet! and Mommy, helpy me?" She's a hoot.

I got the kids' pictures taken 2 weekends ago and they turned out so well. I love new pics of the kids. It's fun to look back and see how much they've changed and grown since the last time.

Mommy's working most of the weekend while the kids are with their dad. We're planning to swim and have a bbque on Sunday. Love this summery weather!!

Medical and/or WEIRD stuff!

A quick update on Mr. Will and his JRA. He's tolerating his methotrexate well. So far his bloodwork has been excellent and he isn't having any of the side effects. PRAISE GOD! We're anxiously waiting for outward signs that the medication is working. It can take 6-8 weeks for the medication to fully work, so Will's knees and ankles are still very swollen and sore. He's been taking prescription Naproxsen to help with the pain until the methotrexate kicks in. Hopefully soon!

Morgan had a double ear infection last week. She had tubes put in when she was 8 months old and this is only her second ear infection since then, so I'm grateful for that. This one was pretty bad with one ear swollen up around her tube and the other the tube was clogged! Thank heavens for Zithromax! She's back to her normal cheerful self.

And now News of the Weird :) :
Last Sunday night, I went to bed about 930 and about midnight I was awakened by the house alarm going off. When it's armed it beeps for about 1 minute to allow you to turn it off before the "real" alarm goes off and alerts ADT. Anyway, it was that first 1 minute beeping that woke me. I went running out to the kitchen and the door to the garage and the garage door were both wide open. I couldn't for the life of me figure out what was going on but shut both doors very quickly and ran back to check on the kids. As I went by the front door, I heard a little voice "Mommy, will you let me in the house?" It was WILL!!! He was sleepwalking! I brought him inside and he was shaking and sobbing, he was so scared. He said that he thought I was outside and he needed to come find me. He sat with me in the living room for awhile and he was so scared. I finally decided that neither of us were going to get any sleep unless he slept with me. Every time I turned over he would wake up and be so scared that I was going somewhere. It was the most surreal thing. I'm so grateful for the alarm...he can't reach the keypad and doesn't know the code to turn it off, so he couldn't be outside longer than a minute without me waking up....but still it's scary! I called our doctor and I took Will in to see him so Dr. Matt could check his tonsils, etc for any airway obstructions when he's breathing. Finding none, he told me just to watch him and let him know if it happens again. We've installed door locks at the top of the front door and the garage door so he can't even open the doors now at night. Hopefully it's a one time thing, but MAN, was it scary!!