MORE MOMENTS OF MADNESS

SO TODAY WAS PRETTY UNEVENTFUL TO START WITH. I GOT UP AND GOT JORDAN OFF TO SCHOOL. EVERETT WATCHED HER GET ON THE BUS AND I LAID DOWN ON THE DAY BED IN THE LIVING ROOM. I DOZED ON AND OFF UNTIL RILEY HOLLERED FOR ME TO COME LAY WITH HER. SO I WENT IN AND SHE SQUIRMED AROUND AND FINALLY WENT BACK TO SLEEP AND SO DID I. I REALLY HAD PLANNED ON GETTING UP AND DONT LIKE TO SLEEP IN. I LIKE TO GET UP AND GET THE MAJORITY OF MY CHORES DONE BEFORE SHE EVER GETS OUT OF BED. SO I FELT LIKE I WAS BEHIND ALL DAY. HER AND I MADE CHOCHOLATE CHIP COOKIES TODAY AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT I DID NOT BURN ANY. USUALLY THERE IS ALWAYS THAT ONE BATCH THAT I LEAVE IN A LITTLE TO LONG- BUT NOT TODAY. YAY! IT WAS LATER THIS EVENING THAT THING GOT A LITTLE CRAZY. WE HAVE THESE MUSHROOM THINGS THAT COME UP IN OUR YARD. THEY ARE NOT THE EDIBLE KIND. AS A MATTER OF FACT I THINK THAT THEY MAY BE POISONOUS. I TELL THE KIDS TO STAY AWAY FROM THEM ALL TOGETHER JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE. WELL RILEY AND BRAD CAME IN FROM THE OUTSIDE AND WENT INTO RILEYS ROOM. I POKED MY HEAD IN A FEW MINUTES AFTER THEY CAME IN JUST TO CHECK ON THEM AND RILEYS FACE WAS FILTHY. I ASKED HER HOW SHE GOT HER FACE SO DIRTY AND SHE SAID THAT SHE POWDERED HER FACE WITH THE DUST BALLS THAT THEY FOUND UNDER A TREE. HUH? I HAD THEM SHOW ME AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF THESE MUSHROOM THINGS AFTER THEY GET ALL DRIED UP. FREAKED ME OUT. I PUT HER INTO THE SHOWER IMMEDIATELY AND GOT HER ALL CLEANED UP. THAT CHILD HAS ALWAYS BEEN HORRIBLE AT PUTTING THINGS IN HER MOUTH AND ON HER FACE. WHAT DO I DO? I SWEAR IT ABOUT GIVES ME A HEART ATTACK SOMETIMES. WE HAVE BEEN RAISING KIDS SINCE I WAS 17 (NOT ALL OUR OWN BUT MAY AS WELL BEEN)AND HAD TONS OF KIDS IN AND OUT OF THIS HOUSE AND NEVER ONCE DID I HAVE TO CALL POISON CONTROL. I HAVE CALLED THEM 3-4 TIMES WITH RILEY. I TOLD EVERETT AND MOM TO KEEP AN EYE ON HER AND SO FAR SO GOOD. AFTER THAT JORDAN STARTS GRIPING THAT SHE CANT FIND HER SOCCER CLEATS. THEY WERE IN THE CAR WHERE SHE HAD TAKEN THEM OFF IN THE BACK SEAT ON MONDAY. WELL BACK WHEN WE WERE SHOPPING FOR CLOTHES AND SCHOOL AND SIZE 11 WOMENS SHOES WERE NO LONGER BIG ENOUGH--THATS RIGHT MY 11 YR OLD NOW WEARS A SIZE 12 IN WOMENS SHOES--I TOLD HER SHE WOULD PROBABLY NEED NEW SOCCER CLEATS. "NO MOM, MY CLEATS STILL FIT" OK AND WHEN ASKED IF SHE WAS SURE-SHE ASSURED ME THEY DID. SO SHE HAS BEEN WEARING THESE FOR ALMOST A MONTH AND JUST WORE THEM ON MONDAY, SO WHEN SHE PUT THEM ON TODAY SHE KEPT COMPLAINING THAT THEY WERE TO TIGHT. WE WENT BACK AND FORTH THAT THEY JUST FIT ON HER LAST PRACTICE AND SHE TRIED TO TELL ME IT WAS LAST WEEK-NO IT WAS MONDAY AND YOUR FOOT DID NOT GROW THAT MUCH IN 2 DAYS. WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ON A FEW DIFFERENT ISSUES UNTIL I FINALLY TOLD HER THAT IF SHE DID NOT KEEP HER MOUTH SHUT ABOUT IT THAT SHE WAS GOING TO GET IT. SO WHEN I DROPPED THEM OFF AT MOMS THEY WERE BOTH UPSET WITH ME AND ME WITH THEM. BUT WHEN I GOT HOME THEY MET ME AT THE DOOR AND WE WERE ALL GLAD TO SEE ONE ANOTHER AGAIN. I GOT OFF WORK A LITTLE EARLY THIS EVENING. I HAVE BEEN AIMING TO GO TO WALMART FOR THE PAST 2 NIGHTS BUT WANTED TO GET HOME IN TIME TO TUCK MY BABIES IN. THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY THE POOL HAD A COUPLE OF GREEN SPOTS. YESTERDAY A COUPLE OF MORE. TODAY , YEP, TOTALLY GREEN. I HAD TO GO TONIGHT. I AM HOPING THIS IS THE LAST MONEY I WILL SPEND ON IT THIS YEAR. OUR POOL IS WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD. BUT WHEN THE NIGHTS GET COOL SO DOES THE POOL. AND WITH THE OLDER KIDS BEING BACK TO SCHOOL-NOBODY HAS SWAM IN IT SINCE SUNDAY. A POOL REALLY NEEDS TO BE SWAM IN TO BE CLEAN. I AM READY TO SHUT IT DOWN BUT WE ARE SURE TO HAVE ONE MORE HOT SPELL THIS YEAR AND THEN IT WILL BE DONE. I HAD TO TURN THE AIR BACK ON TODAY AFTER 3 DAYS WITH THE WINDOWS OPEN AGAIN.BUMMER. WELL FALL WILL BE ON ITS WAY SOON. I CAN ALREADY TELL JUST A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE TREES AND JUST A FEW EXTRA LEAVES FALLING AROUND THE HOUSE. I DEFINATELY PAY A PRICE FOR HAVING BIG TREES. TONS OF LEAVES IN THE FALL. THE UPSIDE IS THAT WE ALWAYS MAKE A BIG HUGE PILE FOR THE KIDS .THEY LOVE IT. AND REALLY SO DO I. I JUST LOVE SEEING THE KIDS HAVE A GOOD TIME AND ANYTHING IS WORTH THAT.