So Darn Cute!

And happy to report that her poop has returned to its normal consistency ;)

Coach Smith

After 3 weeks of flag football Joel finally put 2 and 2 together and realized that "Coach Smith" is THE Steve Smith. His son is on Ben's team.

Three Doors Down

So if all goes well, this lovely... I don't know, craftsman style? I made that up -- house will be ours on May 15. And yes, as the title of the post suggests, it is only 3 doors down from our current house (which we will be listing for rent in about another week). How funny is that - to move 3 doors down?? Who does that?? ;) I think the kids are going to be much happier about the prospect of moving though, especially Ben who wasn't really getting the concept... he kept asking who we were going to move next to, as if not understanding that he might not actually know anyone in the new location. Of course now, we won't have that problem ;) And Caroline will have her own bedroom, Ben will have his own bathroom, (the girls will share a bathroom) and Mom will have a real office! YEAH!

Max and Molly

Rebecca's pet caterpillars.

Dear Weekend, Please Hurry Up

So yesterday not only was Caroline still home from day care, but our home internet and phone service went out. So I took Caroline to B&N for the morning and tried to get some work done, and then gave up at 1pm because I did not want to keep her in her car seat all day (and she wouldn't've let me even if I'd wanted to). I took the rest of the afternoon off, and scheduled a service technician to come fix our phone/internet, which fortunately was up and running again by the evening.

Today Caroline went back to day care, where so far hopefully she is remaining diarrhea-free (I hope? They have not called me...) My life has been complicated today by not one, not two, but THREE showing requests for today. For the two afternoon ones, I put the dog in her crate on the back porch and relocated myself to Barnes & Noble. I hope she doesn't spazz -- I have never left her at home for a showing before. Tomorrow we have another showing in the morning, but tomorrow should be easier because a) I took the day off and b) I am going to send Clara to camp for the day. Ben's off tomorrow for the start of his spring break, so he and I will just find something to do together for the morning.

Regarding the quest for a house, negotiations on our neighbor's house stalled out for a bit, but resumed again today with the presentation of our final-final offer (not to be confused with our final offer, on Tuesday). In the meanwhile I visited a couple of much more expensive houses in a different neighborhood and satisfied myself that a) they still weren't perfect and b) I really do love our neighborhood and would much rather stay there.

Joel's trip to Minneapolis (after getting off to a questionable start when he left his carry-on on the plane) seems to be going smoothly, and he will be home tomorrow. Tomorrow, please get here soon! This week has been rough :P

Pooping Machine

Caroline actually made it from about 10 am yesterday until 5pm before having her second diarrhea episode at day care, so despite technically making it through the day, she was asked not to return until she is diarrhea-free for 24 hours :P Unfortunately that is a pretty tall order considering that she has had diarrhea at least 4 times already today (I lost count). So I've already ruled out tomorrow as a possible date for return to day care. So my work-week is not looking terrifically productive at the moment... Also, Ben has off Friday for the start of spring break. I am thinking of just taking Friday off. I need a vacation already!

Most Annoying Showing So Far...

Last night's showing, scheduled from 6:00 to 7:15, was VERY ANNOYING! The ideal scenario would have been that they showed up promptly at 6, looked around for 15-20 minutes, and then left. Unfortunately what happened was, the realtor showed up at 6:10, went inside and made himself at home it seems, and waited for his clients to show up. The husband showed up at 6:40, and the wife showed up at 7:05. So our house was occupied for the entire showing window, leaving Joel and I to take the kids and the dog on a very, very long walk. After a while we gave up and sat on our neighbor's porch across the street and watched our house very grumpily waiting for them to leave. After they left we put the dog in her crate and took the kids to Noodles & Co. for dinner and everyone was rather tired and grumpy and irritable on account of having such a late dinner.

Of course, the feedback response from the agent was that his clients would like a bigger kitchen.