My sleep number is not 100

Last night I came home from visitng my sister and all of the kids (sans MC)were tucked in a sound asleep...in the tent outside. I had been over to my sister's to see the first episode of my summer guilty pleasure, So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD). We love that show!

I was so surprised to find the kids actually sleeping in the tent! I really didn't think they would do it. I talked with Lee for a minute though and we quickly decided it was wierd for them to be out there without an adult. I was mostly concerned about Luke and Laine. I was worried they might get up and need to go to the bathroom or have a bad dream (Laine had a bad dream on vacation about crabs!) Since Lee has a hurt back (leftover from the muscle spasms during his seizure) I needed to take one for the team.

It was neat to be out there with the kiddos, in the wide open. I read and prayed and tried to drift off into dreamland, but then I made a horrible discovery. The ground? Pretty darn hard.

Last fall when we camped out, Lee and I had an air matress (yes we are cheaters!)and even then I didn't sleep very well.

I made it restlessly through the night, but man am I tired today. Also my hips hurt. The kids slept like angels and were making plans for tonight. Sadly I had to nix that idea. Mommy is getting to old to sleep on the ground (sleep number 100) my sleep number is more like 35.

Some Vacation Pictures.

We stayed in a wonderful neighborhood adjacent to Rosemary Beach in the panhandle of Florida. My good friends on my mothers of twins forum hooked me up with www.vrbo.com and I was able to find a great deal. Here are few shots. I also am working on a pictoral series tentatively titled "Tantrums Abroad" in which someone who thinks they are already two demonstrates how to have a tantrum in various exotic locales. It is quite amusing.


Lainey at the pool.

Front porch

Luke working on sandcastles

Jake going out to get some crabs

Jake and Luke

Ryan looking for dolphins

Ryan holding his catch

Gang of bikers

Pitiful attempt at a family photo

Mary Clare loved the 'crabitat'

Telling secrets

Writing names in the sand

Oldest and youngest

Too cute for words

ditto

Catch Up

Hello! I am back froma self imposed blogging hiatus.

We are finishing up with school here and we also just got back from a wonderful, much needed 10 day vacation.

Yes, I have some fabulous pictures!

Now we are getting the house ready to sell. We are moving.

I am sad to be leaving this fabulous house on this special magnolia cul-de-sac. (I will decide about the whole blog name thing later)

There are several reasons we decided to make this move and on the whole I am happy about it.

Today I have been packing up boxes of clutter and also removing and re applying caulk in our shower. Pretty gross.

I also set up the tent outside for the kids to play in and they want to sleep in it tonight. Any guesses on who and how many will make it out there throught the whole night?