Swensen Sentral

Why is it that I always think once I get the house clean (and by clean I mean straightened), then it will stay clean?  I just need to accept that it is a never-ending battle.  Some days will be good, others not.  It's ok Amber.  You'll get to it later....patiently waiting for later.  Good night.

Wednesday - Amelie was playing with play dough and said "Look mom! It's a bride and a groom."  I had no idea she was capable of creating something like this.  She's proving to have some great artistic talent. Wednesday - Estelle figured out how to stand up in her highchair.  Now is when those buckles come in handy. Thursday - at about 10 o'clock in the morning.  After feeding kids breakfast, getting Chase to school, Amelie to preschool, Estelle down for her nap and Sawyer occupied so I can actually get ready for the day, I'm pooped.  So much for getting ready, all I wanted to do was sleep. Thursday - Amelie's last day of preschool.  Her teacher said she was a great student, and is fully ready to be a kindergardener next year! Thursday - Rick got a new car.  He's kinda excited about it (that's an understatement).  Here's what Chase's hair looked like after taking a ride.  I'm pretty confident Rick exceeded the speed limit.  Ame...

The latest on Amelie's eye. At her last eye appt a few months ago the doctor said (once again) her eye was not showing improvement with the patching.  She directed us to faithfully patch 2-4 hours every day (again), but this time stressed that consistency is the key.  She talked with Amelie about the importance of patching EVERY day and not complaining to her mom about it or forgetting.  So we left a bit disappointed but redetermined to do this dang thing EVERY day and get this over with.  It's been hard for her, she's tired of it, doesn't want to do it any more, finds excuses to put it off in hopes that I'll forget.  Needless to say it's been hard for me too.  It's one more thing I have to fight with her about, on top of her clothes, and her hair, and other things.  Well, we did a VERY good job patching consistently almost 4 hours every day, I was very proud of her.  We returned to her follow-up appt last Tuesday hopeful to hear better news. ...

Amelie says the funniest things sometimes. Today she was playing on my laptop, had it on the bed and was kneeling leaning over looking at it. I told her to sit up and put it on her lap because it's not good on her neck to do that. Her reply, "I don't like doing that. It's like being a mom. That's what moms do, they put it on their lap and lean back." What? I didn't know there was a distinction between age groups and how you sit with your laptop.

Amelie "Mom, did you know we have taste bugs on our tongue?" said very proud that she knew that fact. Hee Hee. :)

I love how Sawyer says things right now.  I wish I could write everything down.  The newest phrase he says all the time is "I was s'got" which means "I forgot".  It's too cute.  He also picked up "it's not fair" from Amelie and he says it all the time, even when it doesn't apply.  And yesterday he was arguing with Amelie and told me that "Am-e-yee's tel-wing da twoof" and he was trying to say "Amelie's telling a lie" but he said truth instead.  It's so fun to see him growing up and using bigger words and phrases and understanding the world he lives in.

Britax B Ready Stroller Ok, so I love strollers, kinda like some people love cars.  I get obsessed about them.  Anyway, I recently found this WAY cool stroller that I really like, but it's REALLY expensive.  So I entered a contest to win it.  If you have 5 seconds can you PLEASE help me out by clicking on the link below to vote for my picture as the funniest picture???  Thanks so much!!! http://promoshq.wildfireapp.com/website/6/contests/210688/voteable_entries/50770447#