Today

Today was a weird day.  Poor Norah had a belly ache all last night so my sleep was minimal... I would say it was more awake than sleep.  I feel bad for her... poor girly wants to be sweet and I can tell that she is so tired but her belly aches :( and there really isn't anything I can do for her other than stay up with her and try to soothe her and get any gas bubbles out.

Poor girly!

Lately the kids have been coming downstairs and into our room when they wake up which is actually really nice!  There isn't any upset noises that we hear through the monitor... Dude usually is on the couch reading a book and Lucy is the one that comes in and says Mama!  Papa!  I had finally gotten back into bed when this happened so Gaetan offered to take the kids out so that I could try to rest while Norah did.  Well, she rested for approximately 10 minutes after they left and was unhappy again.  So, we didn't really rest.  Gaetan had taken the kids to Barnes and Noble but Dude had a melt down so they came home and I was just getting Norah ready to go back down (hopefully) so he thought he would take them out for lunch so maybe I could (again) try and get some rest.  Well, it happened again that Norah was asleep for a good 10 minutes (usually enough time for me to get comfortable and warm in bed) before her belly started to hurt again.

After they had lunch I told him that we were up so they came home.  I could tell that Norah really wanted to sleep but needed some help, so we decided to go on a little outing and hope that the car ride put her to sleep.  Gaetan signed up for a co-ed soccer league so we needed to get him some shin guards and cleats so that's where we headed!  I also needed to eat something so we stopped and got food and the two old kids stayed with me while Gaetan took Norah to the store.  He scored big time.  Shin guards $.47!  What a steal!  And the cleats were $50 but marked down to $20.  Nice work husband nice work.

However, I think the funniest part of the day was while we were driving to the store there was this buffoon with a sign saying that we should impeach Obama and this fool had a big picture of Obama that he had drawn a Hitler mustache one.  First, are we in middle school?  Drawing things on somebody's face?  And second, the irony of drawing a Hitler mustache on a black man... really?  Anyhoo, I was slightly irritated so I politely asked my dear husband if he thought it appropriate that I give him the finger.  Of course my supportive husband said, "of course" and to get this guys attention he honked the horn so he could look!  The guy thought we were honking in favor of his stupidity and did the fist pump victory thing and said "yeah" but then did a double take and realized that I was flicking him off... it was a priceless look on his face.  And I think the most amusing thing was that I was trying to be discrete so that the kids didn't see their Momma giving not so nice gestures... Yes, just because I'm a Mom doesn't mean I still don't like to flick idiots off... I just have to make sure they don't see me do it!  haha.

Well, that little part of the outing amused me immensely for the rest of the day.  We bought the kids mini skateboards (which is adorable) and they love them!  I can't wait for it to be nice outside for them to try it out.

Dude and his skateboard

Lucy riding in the kitchen

She LOVES the rain

In fact, I couldn't get her to come inside....

Gaetan has his final tomorrow and then nothing until the fall again!  As I am getting better I know things are getting easier for him... poor man needs a break!  So, even though I didn't get a lot of sleep today turned out to be all right.  :)

JVG