The early days

I'm not sure why but there is something about this song that reminds me of the early days of JP and CK... :)




Florence explained the song's meaning on her MySpace:
"Kiss with a Fist" is NOT a song about domestic violence. It is about two people pushing each other to psychological extremes because they are fighting but they still love each other. The song is not about one person being attacked, or any actual physical violence, there are no victims in this song. Sometimes the love two people have for each other is a destructive force. But they can't have it any other way, because it's what holds them together, they enjoy the drama and pushing each others buttons...
...There was this one couple who were so cool, but so visceral and so intense. The guy never hit the girl, but I saw her lamp him a couple of times, and she'd always give as good as she got. But it wasn't really physical violence, it was more about the fact that their animal passion for each other was the thing that was attractive for them. It was how joyful destruction can be, and how alluring it is to be in a relationship so fiery. There was never a dull moment when they were around. I don't know how they do it! I'm a conflict avoider. I think I write about such intense things because I'm actually really bad at expressing anger."

Well, the "animal passion" and "joyful destruction" might be a bit of a stretch but otherwise, it sounds about right.  

Lordy, I'm glad we outgrew that phase!

My Sweet Girl

Look at this sweet baby girl.  2nd grade.  Hard to believe.

Yesterday her daddy got the pleasure of waking her up...

Justin (in his soft Daddy voice):  Ella - wake up sweetie. Guess what time it is?
Sweet little Ella:  Time for you to get out and let me go back to sleep!

We're converting to Catholicism before her teen years so that we can keep Holy Water on tap.

The Icky Sickies and Soccer

We've had an icky sicky weekend and start to the week.  Justin and I went to a concert on Friday night (Matt & Kim - and it was great!) and when we got home, Silas had a fever of 102+.  Tonight is night 4 and it was back up to 103.5 after the Motrin wore off.  I hate when the kids are sick. Besides them being miserable, I end up getting up all throughout the night to check on them, then I'm tired and cranky too.

We spent a lot of time hanging around the house over the weekend.  It's nice that we recently started getting the Netflix via the Wii!  They have a lot of kid movies and it kept him entertained while lying around.
My Facebook status today was:  
the routine has been: temp of 103+ --- whining/fussing ---- give Motrin --- temp drops to 99 or 100 --- jumping on and off the bed begins --- running like a maniac around the house --- temp of 103+
And that is pretty  much how it went all day...

Last weekend we started soccer.  Both Ella and Silas are playing this year and Saint Justin is coaching both teams (not because he really wanted to but because there were not enough parent volunteers for the boys' teams).  It makes for a rather crazy Sunday because the games are back to back and there is less than 10-15 minutes between the games, AND they are at opposite ends of the soccer complex.

Not sure why the one glove on Ella...

They both really hustle out on the field and do a good job of going after the ball. Ella's not afraid to use her elbows when the other girls start pushing her around.

Silas doing his pre-game warm up

Love his face in the picture 

Ella looks quite intense in this picture!

I'm hoping that Silas is back to no fevers tomorrow and we can get on with our week...until the next one gets it.

On Saturday, since I was housebound with Si, I tried to start the Blurb book again for 2008.  I had downloaded the software a year ago.  I got the blog "slurped" into the software and started arranging the posts but then ran into a glitch with the software and it closes everytime I try to open it now.  So...now I guess I'll have to find time to take a look at that before I can proceed.  No wonder I never get anything done...stupid technology!

9/11

Not just on 9/11 but every crisp, autumn day with the a cloudless blue sky.

  "In those days,

we finally chose
to walk like giants
& hold the world
in arms grown strong with love
& there may be many things we forget
in the days to come,
but this will not be one of them."
(StoryPeople)

Never Forget.

Schoolapalooza 2010

Just like I thought it would...summer has FLOWN by and it's back to school again.  Time is a strange thing!
The kiddos have successfully completed the first week of school and almost a 2nd.  The schedule was a little rough at first - 3 kids, 3 schools at 3 different times but it's starting to flow now...just in time for no school on Monday!

First day pictures - Mason is thrilled as always to smile at 6:40am.

Mas in all his Sophomore glory!

Miss Boo is a big 2nd grader and her teacher will also be her teacher in 3rd grade. I can never remember the teacher's name (it's tough!) so it might take me this year and next to get it memorized!

We've been walking every day so far.  I love walking the kids to and from school. The girls keep asking me if they can walk by themselves and I would, but I'd miss it too much!

McKenna, Ella and Kelly walking to school
*Ella has her Skullcandy backpack.  She absolutely refused to get any other...

Si is doing afternoon preschool this year.  He was REALLY sad that he didn't have his old teacher but is right next door so he sees her all the time!  He gets to ride the bus to school from Kelly's. He looks like such a big boy getting on the bus.

(thanks for the bus pictures Kelly!)

 Hard to believe my baby is just a few months away from turning 5!

School must be really tuckering him out because he had an accident while sleeping the other night - while sleeping beside ME...and he peed all over my arm while I was sleeping. Then, after I put him back into his bed, he had a 2nd accident a few hours later.   It was a rough week with his potty mishaps!!

Ella is starting Girl Scouts next week and I think she will REALLY like it and we'll get to sell the cookies - YUM!! We're all looking forward to a GREAT school year!