Screams in the Night

I have to document the night we 2 nights ago. It started around 2:00am, when Kody came into my room saying that the scary animals were coming to get him. I reassured him that we had locked all the doors and windows so there was no possible way any animals were going to come in the house. Brett took him back to his bed, tucked him in and turned on some lullabies. I had just drifted back to sleep when I heard this scream and there was Kody in my doorway. Of course, I was half asleep so I let out this loud scream and start freaking out which makes him even more upset. He ran faster than I've ever seen him run, over to the bed and jumps in with me. He was shaking and whimpering and I felt so bad! We both got calmed down, I apologized and told him that I was just startled and there was nothing to be afraid of and the I took him back to his room again and tucked him in again. By this point Mollie is awake, laying in her bed so quiet I thought she was sleeping, but she had her hands up over her face and freaked out when I tried to move them. She said she was hiding from the scary animals. They were both up and down a few more times, so by 4:00 I just gave up and they both slept with Brett while I went into Madi's room and slept on the futon. The next day I was so tired and grumpy, and of course the kids woke up early and never took a nap. I hope this doesn't happen again anytime soon.

Better Late than Never....

Life is just going way too fast! I've been trying to get on here to update the blog, but there always seems to be so many other things that need my attention more. You know, the kids, the cleanliness (or lack there of) of my house, meal preparation - silly things like this! I mean really, shouldn't the blog be numero uno on my list every day?

So a few weeks ago, we were lucky enough to have my parents come visit us for a week! We had such a great time with them, and miss them terribly now that they're gone. My dad brought his Uncle Remus storybook, and we borrowed a guitar from a neighbor so bedtime was very entertaining every night! We even had some fun adventures! We went to the Toledo Zoo, Frankenmuth, hung out by the pool, got haircuts and went to a pirate party. I didn't use my camera much because of trying to wrestle 3 kids but here is a slideshow of what I did capture

What a Week!

Whew, we just had a great week! Brett had the week of the 4th off, so we took full advantage. We left Monday, and headed out to Interlochen, which is a few hours north west of us, near Traverse City. We were lucky enough (thanks to some generous classmates) to stay at this great cabin right on the lake for 4 days! The drive getting there was a little rough, as we discovered that sweet Madi detests being in her carseat for long periods of time and our directions were a little off, but once we got there it was perfect! We spent Tuesday at the lake, Brett paddled the kids around in a kayak while Madi and I soaked up the sun (completely in the shade of course), and we found a fun little playground too. It rained all day Wednesday, but we didn't let that stop us from doing a little sight-seeing. We drove out to Old Mission Lighthouse on the 45th parrallel, let the kids play in the playland at the mall and had a great dinner at Culver's and yummy homemade ice cream at Moomers. Thursday we braved the highway again to head home just in time to pick up Auntie B at the airport. The rest of the weekend was spent celebrating, Brett even said yesterday that he'd had way too much meat this weekend with all the BBQ's and picnics. We even took a little trip to Hell! I've put together a little scrapbook with pictures from this past week, I hope you enjoy looking at all the fun we had - wish you could have joined us!

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