Our home computer crashed and I can not update the blog from my iPad, so I have been out of sorts lately. I also can't upload pictures to the computer, so this post will just be a bunch of words. Brace yourself.
It seems like this time of year is busiest in our house with football, school, and now kids' activities to juggle. So fall break is a welcome two-day hiatus for us. I had to attend a writing conference at Ole Miss and was there Thursday through Saturday. I went with Stephanie and Mary Ann, and we enjoyed girl talk, shopping on the Square, and good meals. If we did not have to attend meetings the whole time it would have been a wonderful weekend.
David had solo parent duty Friday morning, and he had to get Lindsey dressed for farm day. She revealed to me later that Mrs. Lynn fixed her hair and her bandana, but otherwise, David managed to get everyone where they were supposed to be.
After the conference ended Saturday, I went to Tupelo to meet the kids (David had dropped them off on his way to a golf tournament). (I stopped typing here yesterday, came back today, and just got bored reading this...so I apologize to anyone who has made it this far. Hopefully I'll be able to end it with a bang.) Benton is into pirates these days, and both of his grandmothers gave him a sword in the last few weeks. This is probably because Benton constantly asks, "Wanna wessle?" or "Wanna fight?" So Saturday I found him sword fighting with Popsey. He obviously learned through Jake and the Neverland Pirates that all pirates must have cool names, because he asked Popsey what his pirate name could be. Popsey told him he could be Benton the Terrible. Benton spent the rest of the weekend referring to himself as the terrible pirate.
In Kate news, she desperately wants to be like her older siblings and only eat what we call human food (anything not pureed and stuck in a jar). She loves to eat grilled cheese sandwiches. We have no idea how she eats human food with her four teeth, but she can demolish an entire sandwich. Her new trick is to scream like a pterodactyl when someone is eating and only stop screaming when she gets a bite of the food. This happens daily when David eats yogurt or if we take a trip to Gracie Bleu (a tad embarrassing in public).
Fall Break Monday I took all three kids to get flu shots. It was not as intimidating as it sounds, but I still think people should be impressed that I managed to get three kids through a flu shot in one outing. Lindsey was the brave one because I kept building up that she had to be brave for the others. She got her shot, winced a bit, then told Benton it was his turn. To which he promptly replied, "I not getting on that table." The poor nurse who drew the short stick and had to administer the shot to my kids told me he could stay in his chair and she would give him the shot there. To which he promptly replied, "You not sticking that in my arm." Said nurse who hates her job on this Monday morning now said she would just give him the shot in the leg. It was quick; the fit he threw afterwards was not. He could have won a best supporting actor award for that performance. Kate took her shot without a tear, and we were on our way. That was honestly our Monday highlight.
Tuesday I took Kate to Oxford to have her nine-month photo shoot and she did a fabulous job. After her two day, eight hour infant photo shoot, we don't have high hopes for these sessions. But she did great. So we drove home, loaded up the other kids, and went to Nani's house to play with cousins Tripp and Sophie. While there, we tried to get a picture of all five cousins together. The term "herding cats" comes to mind. At one point, Nani pulled out a wad of one dollar bills and started bribing the kids with dollars. That actually worked for the three older ones, but not the two baby girls.
On our way to school Wednesday, I told Lindsey she would probably be asked to tell her class about her fall break. She sighed and said, "All I did was get a flu shot."
