Why are they sharing?

Look closely at this picture...

Why are Savannah and Catalina sharing the same chair???

We have plenty of chairs, but they chose to share one chair.  Any guesses why???  Because they are twins!

*At least they THINK they are*

What did you say?

That is what we had to ask Catalina about a dozen times this afternoon.  She had been playing out front with her two older sisters, when she came running in crying.  About all we could make out was that the garage door closed, her sisters were outside, and she was never going to see them again...  Josh gave up trying to figure out what she was saying and went to investigate the garage for himself.  What he discovered was that the garage door was being held up about two feet by Brooklyn, but that it was not actually locked in place to open and close...  He quickly fixed it (before I could even get out there with Cat, who was still crying)...  Catalina was greatly relived to see that the door was opened and that her sisters were not stuck out side forever!

What we came to discovered when Josh asked the right question...  Catalina had opened the door to the van.  She was standing on the arm rest to the seat and jumped off grabbing the rope/handle that engages/disengages the garage door, unlocking the garage door.  Causing it to fall quickly, and loudly to the ground!  Scaring herself and resulting in the hysterics when she came in to tell us.

And so it begins... Maybe

A few months back I wrote about applying to College.  I thought that I would hear back from them with in a month or so after applying.  At 6 weeks, when I hadn't heard anything I called the college.  And I got transferred.  And then I got disconnected...  I decided at that time that I would give it a couple more weeks, and then I would call back again....  And then summer got busy!  And then school started again for the kids!  And then I forgot!  But today I finally remembered about it.  And I found a email address for admissions.  And come to find out I got in!!!  Four months ago!  They said they emailed me, but I never got it (or I thought it was spam and deleted it).  Classes start Monday.  Do you think I have enough time to enroll in classes???

How many times?

I am a paranoid worry wart.  I blame this on a couple things.  One ~ My parent's house was robbed when I was young...  But old enough to remember it.  I don't remember all the details, I just remember we were out to a movie or something and when we came home we had been robbed.  They broke in through our back sliding glass door (I think).  I don't remember what all was taken, I only remember that they had stolen my bank!  Mine, and now one else's.  Mine had been left out in my room in plain sight mind you, but I was quite upset!  Two ~ Before I met Josh and became a mom I was a paramedic.  During my training to become a paramedic we had a class called "Street  Smarts".  This class was intended to make you think.  We had to think of the different scenarios we could be faced with as a paramedic, and how to get out of some of them.  We did a lot of practise "scenarios" where if we made the wrong move we would be killed (for fake).  I will have to blog about them some other time, because there are some great stories there, but needless to say because of that class I always look at things from the other side.  I don't assume that the nice person walking behind me is really nice.  I am VERY aware of things that are going on around me.  Very!  Three ~ A personal reason that I will not share here, but maybe one day I will...

I am a paranoid worry wart.  I don't leave the doors unlocked even when I am home (trust me it's not easy to break into my house, we have tried).  I always lock the car doors.  And I hate to let my kids play out front.  I let them, but I am always worrying, even when one of my older kids is watching the younger girls (thanks Josh Jr.)!

That all being said, what is a reasonable amount of times a strange car should pass by my house, "pausing" for several minutes, before I should call the police???  Because much more than two times in 5 minutes, and I am starting to panic...

Where's My Phone???

That was my thought tonight when a fire truck pulled up in front of my house!  I was home with just the three youngest kids, while Josh was at the church with the oldest three.  I was in the office eating my dinner, while Savannah and Catalina cleaned their room so they could have a bath.  At that's when a fire truck pulled up right in front of the house!  Blocking the whole driveway! The Fireman got out and walked back to my neighbors house.  The fire truck left a couple minutes later, and I'm not sure why it was even here, but it scarred me for a minute.  I wasn't worried that something was wrong with one of my kids.  I knew they were all safe.  I was scared that one of my kids had accidentally called 911 and that the fire department had came.  Probably not a normal reaction, but Myra DID actually call the police last week, and after I hung up the phone, I got a call back from the police department making sure everything was OK.  And that is why my first thought was... Where's My Phone!

What to do???

It is the end of the swim season.  The pool officially closed yesterday for the year.  There is still ALL the closing left to be done, but the pool is closed...  Tonight was another pool board meeting...  And I walk away from the meeting (and after meeting talk) wondering what to do...  I just don't know if I am up for another year.  My term on the board ends this next spring, and I will have to run again to stay on the board.  But I am not sure if I want to...  I'm not sure I have enough energy to do this for three more years.  And a former board member that I have had some not fun problems with is thinking about running again...  I just don't know what to do...

A Long Day

Today was a long day!  Mostly good, but still a long day...  It started with getting up at way too early so we could go to the park and watch balloons.  Josh Jr had to be at the pool at 10 to finish his swimming merit badge.  I took the rest of the kids later so they could swim (since it was the last day the pool was open).  Josh (Sr.) went golfing and met up with us at the pool...  He then offered to go home and cook up some burgers before he headed into work. 

And that is when the day got long (OK maybe it got long when Savannah woke me and Myra up at 3:30...).  Josh called when he got home, because he could nor get into the house!  Some how the door from in the garage into the house had gotten locked (most likely Catalina).  Josh tried a couple different ways to get into the house, but he HAD to get to work.  I left the swimming pool and took the kids over to my parents.  My dad and Josh Jr. came with me back to the house to try and break in so that we wouldn't need to call for a lock smith (being a holiday and all).  Luckily my mom had a key for me to try, and it actually ended up being the key to the door (thank goodness).

The rest of the day was spent playing games at my parents house (since I had to go back to get the kids).  It was a lot of fun, but the kids (who never took a nap) were not always to happy.  My sweet sister was nice and gave the three little girls baths, and then we came home early to get the older three kids a shower before a early bedtime.  And boy were they grumpy!  Bed time routine tonight did not go the best.  And let's just say that I am so glad they are all in bed, and hopefully they will all sleep through the night!