It was Kasey's turn this week to take a pseudo vacation and travel for business. She has been in Phoenix since Sunday and though it is a nice place to visit, August probably isn't the best time of year for it. If you have been reading the blog, you know when one of us is traveling we usually do a series titled Daddy or Mommy vs Kids. I cheated and called in reinforcements to come and help out for the week so it a better title would have been Daddy and Mama vs Kids. We have had home cooked meals every night, a clean kitchen, and the laundry pile has never been smaller. Mama is going to need a vacation very soon from all of this.
Lawson had hit last bottle of formula yesterday. He will still get milk in the bottle for the next week as I was threatened with my life if Mommy got home and he was no longer taking a bottle. I did some math on the formula, and if you figure 4 kids drink 4 bottles a day for 365 days each, it come out to just over 5800 bottles that we have fed them. I'm not going to do the math on the amount of money that was spent, suffice to say that is a bunch of formula.
The kids been up to their normal shenanigans this week and are even picking up the pace a bit. With the twins new found skill of mastering the English language, we are constantly in stitches over the things that come out of their mouths. During dinner this evening Abby was getting an earful from me due to her behavior, and Chloe was sitting across the table basically reiterating everything I was saying because they love it when the other one gets in trouble. I turned my attention to Chloe and told her, "I don't need any comments from the cheap seat." Chloe responded by looking at Mama and said, "cheap seats, what does that mean?" Later on at this same meal, Chloe was doing something she shouldn't have been, and I gave her the stare to let her know I disapprove. Before I could even say anything, she once again looks at Mama and says, "uh oh, I in trouble." I'm starting to think that they are just trying to put on a comedy show for Mama.
Continuing with the Chloe Comedy Show, all the kids had gone to lunch with Ms. Lauren and mama at Mooyah. While waiting in line to place their order, I guess Chloe got bored or felt that it was taking too long and the other patrons were bored so she decided to entertain the entire restaurant by singing Jesus Love Me. My understanding is that it was not a quiet version under her breath, but rather the belted out Jesus Loves Me at the top of her lungs.
I'm convinced that Abby is going to be a long distance runner or something similar. The child has more energy than I can fathom, and she could not sit still if her life depended on it. Even when she is standing in one place, her legs are still moving. The other morning I got them out of bed as usual, came down stairs to make breakfast, and I look over and she is literally just running in circles around the furniture. When I figure out how to bottle that energy up...........
Lily has been in some kind of mood this week. She has decided that she is going to push me my limits by back talking and having an answer for everything. It really doesn't matter what I say, she has decided this week she is going to argue with me and get the last word in. I leave it at this, somethings gotta give, and it won't be me. There may be a drop kick involved, I'm just saying.
It's been a fun week and everybody is excited for Mommy to get home this evening. Lawson has his first birthday party this weekend, so the good news is only 17 years to go, right?
Jeff, Kasey, Lily, Abby, Chloe, and Lawson Boy
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