a little bit about everyone in february

february dump

in honor of the olympics, herschel decided to go for all the points for terrible behavior. nothing is safe. the stereotypical, "if you can't hear your child, they are up to no good" rings very true with him. the emptying of alllll the supplements and vitamins has happened on more than one occasion. 

just last week, he discovered my hair cutting kit, which was rather well hidden. he smuggled the shears into the car with him. as i was driving down the road during rush hour trying to take reagan to school, herschel announced, "I CUTTING MY HAIR!" i have no photographic documentation as i was driving with one hand and swatting blindly behind me trying to carefully dislodge the scissors from his hands before he poked an eye out.

herschel is exhausting, 

YET

absolutely refuses naps, unless the circumstances are just right and i sit perfectly still and only take shallow breaths and i am holding him on my face, with he special blankie "just so" while he sweats and drools onto my neck.

but darn it to heck if he isn't pretty cute when he's not being a dictator. 

we also celebrated his 3rd birthday on the 4th. i made an ugly cake that i spent way too much time on. 

but that FACE!

scarlett and athena blythe went to the daddy daughter dance. i think it was pretty fun for them and yet if they were given the option of attending the mother/son bash complete with BMX stunt riders and pizza, i think they both would have wanted to go to that instead, but still wear their fancy dresses. i know thomas and i both would rather go to the BMX show. 

athena blythe even let me curl her hair. 

 

reagan did a special olympics volleyball tournament. i was on the edge of my seat the whole time! mostly because bleachers are uncomfortable and i have a flat bum bum. i'd start a flat bum support group but it would also be called a family reunion. hahahahahahahahha. best joke ever.

reagan's incredible teacher mr. reese. he is a gift and an answer to prayers. 

these kids are always fun to watch in action. 

athena blythe wrote this story:

"the best retaurant is chik folay. i love it becos ther is a play grand. i like the chick nugits." pulitzer prize!

athena blythe shoved this gorilla hook in a light socket. i pulled it out without thinking. miraculously, we both still alive. take that, darwin. 

5 seconds later:

athena blythe is able to earn some special rewards at school when her behavior is what it's supposed to be and she always chooses a trip to the habitat room when she earns all the "ants on her log". that is her specially designed for athena blythe award system and it works for her. but only at school. i do not possess the correct ants or log or magical power that the ants on a log system requires. 

big highlight for me: i wore sandals one day recently. this has been a long winter for us, we're normally well within sandal weather at this point in march. 

tip for those of you like me who eat a lot of meals in the car: wear an apron. i ate a pre-cut steak and roasted broccoli while driving down the highway with no spills. just another highlight from my month. 

thomas and i ate at a great restaurant and saw black panther. it was good. thor ragnorok is better. captain america drives me crazy.

 FEBRUARY!