Don't let the smile fool you

We have a ritual at our house on Sunday afternoons.

We call it our sacred Sunday nap.

The youngest ones usually don't even make it home from church before they are off to dreamland.

This ritual comes with some rules though.

1. If the babies wake up before Mom & Dad, the older kids are to take care of the babies.

2. Don't let Mom & Dad sleep past 5:00.

3. Keep the noise down because if you wake up the babies..... refer to #1.

One Sunday when I got up, the older kids didn't know where Hannah was. The light was on in

the pantry but the door was shut.

When I opened the door this is what I found......

Hannah had found a bag of powdered sugar and decided to help

herself.

She had the stuff everywhere.

Hannah has this really mischievious streak in her.

She's gotten into my purse and found my makeup bag and been

caught red-handed with mascara on her face.

She unwinds the toilet paper off the roll if the bathroom door isn't kept shut.

She puts her hand on Spencer's carseat in the car just to hear him squeal and scream.

She will hit or scratch Spencer and then smile about it. But if Spencer happens to retaliate...

she's the first one to cry.

She's probably the most mischievious child I've had. I wonder what she'll find to do next?

What kept me busy all summer

This year I took on the job of swim team manager for our neighborhood swim team. I spent literally hours at the pool.

Too bad the only good tan I got this summer was a flip-flop tan on my feet.

One funny story.....

On the first day of practice I went down to the pool to help set up lane ropes and make sure that everything was ready for the first day. Our meet manager was also there to help. We decided to get the lane ropes in the water. We rolled out the big spool that holds the ropes.

We got the first and second lanes in without any incident.

The meet manager headed down to the far end of the pool with the last lane rope. She didn't hear me when I yelled to stop (too much noise from the swimmers), since the last lane rope was attached to the spool and needed to be unclipped so the whole big thing didn't end up in the water.

It didn't end up in the water.

I did.

Fully clothed.

When she didn't stop and kept pulling, the spool shifted and pushed me into the pool.

It was a great way to start the season.

All four of the oldest swam again this year. I realize there isn't a picture of Janelle. She has a great talent for evading the camera. She would rather be behind it.