Ba-Ba-Bathroom

So it's been pretty fun watching Malachi learn about letters.  The shapes, sizes, and pronunciation.  He and I have been playing a fun game of taking turns naming objects, people, etc starting with certain letters.  We keep adding the new letters he learns to the game so it's getting quite lengthy to play. 

The other night I was loading the dishwasher and he came running in doing his potty dance.  He stops before entering the bathroom to say, "Ba-Ba-Bathroom. Bathroom starts with B".  Yes, Malachi you're right, but use it before you have an A-A-Accident which starts with "A"!!!

Gotta love learning!

Catch Up

Ok, I thought I would catch everyone up on our life:

  *I ran my 5K.  I really enjoyed it and hope to run another one soon.
  *James' older brother received a Grand Champ award for his BBQ at a competition in Russell (same day I ran the race).  CONGRATS!
  *James is on the wait list at the med school in Chicago. My patience is growing.
  *My sister is having another little girl and we went to her baby shower this past Saturday.  YAY for babies =)
  *Last Sunday James' little brother proposed to his girlfriend and surprised her with an engagement party that James and Samara were able to attend. So happy for them!
  *James was able to find a replacement window for the Expedition for $50. Now we're just waiting for it to be shipped to us and then we'll be back in business.

Hope your fall weather is as wonderful as ours is down here.  LOVIN' IT!!!

For Reals???

Today started out like a typical Thursday.  Breakfast, teeth brushed, kiddos dressed and ready to take Malachi to school.  But funny how a "typical" day can so easily change.  We were getting ready to get everyone in the Expedition for the short drive to the school.  The Expedition has a keyless entry so I went to the driver's door to put in the code and unlock the doors so everyone could get in their seats.  Before I opened the driver's door, I noticed something very unsettling.  The driver's window looked like crackled glass. And then I saw it.  A small hole in the window.  Looked just like a BB bullet hole.  I glanced down the street and saw our neighbor behind us (the one who lets his dog poop in everyone's yard, yeah, that neighbor).  He, too, was looking at his driver's side window.  I went down to ask him if his window was broken.  He said "yes" and he initially thought that it was an accident, but upon discovering that my window was shot at, it was apparent that it was no accident.

I quickly called James to have him come home so we could get Malachi to school and then wait for the police to come.  On my way to take Malachi, I noticed another SUV down the street with its window shattered.  It struck me as odd because at least on our street, the perpetrators targeted the higher profile vehicles and left the cars and smaller trucks alone.  Upon returning from the school, the police officer arrived.  He said that we were the 10th call that morning who had a BB hole in their window.  They were quite busy investigating all of the  incidents.  Later I heard from a friend that one of her friends lives a few blocks from me and her front door had been shot at with a BB gun.  How scary!

Obviously I could never be a criminal because I couldn't imagine causing damage to personal property especially to people I do not know.  I'm so ready to move to a place where I can park my car in the garage and not have to worry about such things (well unless they break into the garage and then that's another story, but for now, I'll dream of my parking spot in a garage!)

James is investigating window replacement options and hopefully we can get it replaced within the next few days because having only 1 functional car at the moment s-u-c-k-s and it's only been a few hours!  So if you hear of anyone from our town bragging about shooting out car windows, let me at 'em!!!  

Well, That's a First

George needed an updated vaccine.  Isaiah, Samara, her pink "Dino-horse" named Cupcake, George and I made our way to our vet's clinic.  While there I had George on his leash and his legs were shaking from fear.  The assistant gave him plenty of little treats to try to calm him down.  He still looked terrified.

When the vet came in, he tried to comfort George, too, but nothing seemed to help.  Samara and Isaiah were standing off to the side while the vet picked George up to put him on the table.  In the process of transferring him to the table, George had projectile pee.  And my poor Samara suffered the brunt of "it".  "It" soaked her bangs and also landed in her left eye.  She was an awesome sport.  After telling George not to pee on her again, she didn't mind the vet and I fussing over her trying to wipe up the mess as much as we could.  He then treated her to a sucker and she was content for rest of the visit. The vet commented that this incident had NEVER happened before.  He was apologetic, but we all had to chuckle too because what are the odds?  George had absolutely perfect aim! 

The rest of the visit was fortunately uneventful.  The vet insisted on listening to her dinosaur's heart and Samara refused to let it get a shot because only George needed one.  Of course, Samara received an emergency shower when we got home.  All is better now =)   

Impressive!

Ok, so later I will blog about this past week, but I just had to jot this down before I got too busy.  Malachi just counted to a 100 all by himself!!! And as I'm typing this, he is repeating it...I have a feeling that this next weekend when we'll be around family, he will get more and more practice reciting this =)  What a big boy he is becoming.