Saturday, March 20, 2010

March Madness


Leah on her bike that she bought with her "very own money"

Heidi outside on a freezing cold day. No one else wanted to be out there with her, but she was perfectly content to stand outside alone!

Naomi's viral pink eye in the tissue around her eye socket.


This month has been simply mad! It has nothing to do with basketball...or football, or whatever the heck "March Madness" is even about. My days have just been crammed with random things that end up taking up all my time. I'm not going to pretend that I don't spend a generous amount of time avoiding my own house and hanging out with my friends. (Some things I'm just not willing to give up...even if I'm 30.)

Lars just finished his winter school term and gigantic 70 page paper that he's been working on and stressing over for the last two months. He's finally emerged from the back bedroom and rejoined to world of the living. He's still a little shell shocked, but thankfully he's got a week of spring break to recover. Now we're down to his LAST semester of school!!!

All of us had pink eye...twice, croup and the run of the mill winter cold. But it ran it's course and we all seem to be healthy and able to enjoy this AMAZING weather! It has been sunny and warm and we've been outside soaking it up. Leah and Naomi are both flying around on their bikes and Yaya demands a bike of her own at least once a day, and probably every waking hour. Heidi is just happy to get outside. I really have to be careful because if she can get her fingers in the crack and open the door, she will just take off. Seriously, she's like a cat. Any time the door opens Heidi will just drop whatever she is doing and make a run for it. Is it legal to keep a kid on a leash? I'm serious.

3 comments:

Debra said...

The last semester of school??? That's so exciting!!!

Tanners said...

if the leash is cute?- then no it's not illegal.

Unknown said...

I've tried all kinds of things. Alarms when the door opens, childproof doorknobs to outside, and yes, even a leash. Just to make it more socially acceptable, I got the little teddy-bear backpack leash that has childproof straps and clips that to this day Preah can't open herself. At least she thought it was fun wearing it. You could clip a longer pet leash line to the pack's hook instead of the matching shorter cloth one for going out shopping and walking.