Crazy Sunday

I wish it were a lazy Sunday, but ours ended up being quite crazy. It started off nice, a peaceful lunch a Qdoba and then a good rest time. But then I decided to make smoothies - DUM-DUM Da DUM. I forgot that the spoon was still in the glass pitcher and turned it on and it exploded. Quite literally. Glass, yogurt, spinach (my sneaky starter) were everywhere. Audrey was in the playroom and started screaming. Miles was at the table, barefoot, and tried to hop down to see what happened. I think we hurt his feelings when we yelled "no!" and "sit down!" but there wasn't much time to be polite. Then I noticed blood on my wrist. There was a little slice almost an inch long at the wrist below the thumb. Wayne looked at it and we both said "stitches." Sigh. What a fun way to spend an afternoon. So we quickly called a couple of walk-in places and found one that does stitches (Doctor's Care in Farragut, in case you need them). Wayne dropped me off and took the kids to McDonald's playland. The receptionist didn't feel the urgency, but the nurse taking my vitals stuck my in the curtained area immediately. Thankfully it was more of a horizontal wound, not deep, so even though it was big it didn't bleed much at all. I needed three stitches and they gave me a tetanus shot. I was in and out in under an hour. I think we'll get a stainless steel blender next.

If only that were all. Later that evening after the kids were in bed, Wayne and I were distracted from the Survivor finale by the dogs barking in the yard. Not the usual bark for walkers, this was a frenzied yapping and growling and was much too close to the house. Turns out there was a raccoon under our front shrubs and Apollo and Chelsea were teaming up to corner and chase it. Well, Apollo wanted to chase, but Chelsea wanted to eat it. {She does have a history} Um, no, let's not do that. Of course we didn't want to get too close either! Wayne snagged Apollo's collar and I got him inside, then somehow he grabbed Chelsea and held her. Then these little green eyes start coming at me, running along the foundation of the house. I finally realized it was a raccoon and slammed the storm door closed. It kept running around the porch and down the other side of the house, toward the corner where YaYa & Miles saw a snake last week {did I forget to mention that?}. Argh!! In all the chasing and running behind the shrubs, the dogs knocked our downspout off the house. Crazy animals. Wayne just joked that Chelsea was doing what she saw Tramp doing in the movie. {We watched Lady and the Trampthat day and there was a sneaky rat at their house.}

In less dramatic news, Miles is doing great with swim lessons. This is the last week of this session and he'll graduate to the Eel class next month.

Foreigner

Audrey has begun to talk to me like a tourist. As in, she's a bad American tourist trying to communicate in a foreign land: she keeps repeating what she says louder and louder, while getting more fussy and whiny. "k'ka paiow buh."... "K'ka PAiow BUH.".... "KUH-KA PAAAAIIIIIOOOOOOWWWWW BUH!" And I have no idea what that means! We are learning each others language some more. She says "cup" very clearly (cup! cup! cup!) and has said keys (keeee) and apple (ap-pa). She's starting to shake her head no and (moving on to motor skills) is climbing everywhere! We have a cushion off the sofa now (cleaning up a dog accident) and she can hike herself on that and get up on the back cushions to look out the window. Very agile! So now she's trying to climb on everything, chairs, fireplaces, whatever. Definitely a time where hardwood floors are a detriment. Oh and she has finally take off walking. Still a bit wobbly, but getting faster every day. Check her out... (and at the end you'll see what I'm talking about with the tourist-speak)

downward dog

Miles & Audrey learned some new moves this week. Audrey's been doing this lately, so I've been working on her forward rolls. But then I realized it is a yoga pose, so I looked up the sun salutation and Miles and I have been doing that this week - "our exercises," he calls them. I guess I've said it so much that now when I say "downward dog" Audrey flops over into position!

funny faces

Miles had his 2nd trip to the dentist last week and did great! They even did some x-rays and used the little poker in his mouth. Very brave. Audrey was ready to get on the table too, and of course the hygienist said she should already be going. Seems a little early to me, but maybe we'll schedule her with Miles next time.

Clean teeth, handsome smile!

and now for the jokester to come out....

He's making faces because Audrey has started making some funny faces, although I'm sure she learned them from him. We call it the "Whatchoo talkin' bout, Willis?" face, or as Miles says, "What are you talk-ing about, Willis?" Very proper, that kid. Also reminds me of this kid from YouTube.

This is more "Don't even think about touching my cracker."

Other excitement... not a whole lot happening except for the usual. Miles finished his April swim lessons and starts May session tomorrow. He did great! The first day he was a little uncertain and wouldn't go under, but by the end they had them paddling up and back down the pool with just a noodle under their arms. I've been swimming laps in the adjoining lane so I try to do what he's doing if I catch him looking at me - go under, swim on my back, etc. We even raced back down the pool last week and do you know what? He beat me!!