If he only knew...

On the way home from school today, Landon says that he wishes he was me. "Why?" I ask. He replies "Because all you have to do is work. You get to stay home all day."

Do you think if we switched places he would still want to be me?
I don't think so either.

I need to get back to unloading the dishwasher, unpacking from our trip, doing six loads of laundry, catching up on work, refereeing, feeding a baby, making dinner, and helping Landon with his homework. At least I get to stay home all day...

What you do on a spring day...

Playing with my camera

Grown up teeth

Landon has a permanent tooth coming in; however, his baby tooth hasn't fallen out yet.

One day Landon told me he had a hole in his tooth. I was a bit confused (and nervous since we were going to the dentist the next day), so I asked him to open up. Then I saw it--"The Tooth". This big ol' tooth is just making his home behind his other teeth. What a mix of emotions I had when I first laid eyes on "The Tooth".

"What the..."

"Oh my gosh, we are going to have some serious orthodontics bills".

"Wow--I guess I haven't brushed his teeth in a while since I didn't even notice it." (Note: he brushes his own teeth.)

"The dentist is going to have to pull his baby tooth. How do I prepare him for that one?"

and finally...

"My baby is about to lose his first tooth. Oh--this is all going way too quickly. He can't be getting permanent teeth already. I can remember the day his first tooth came in, and now it's about to leave his little mouth. Can I stop time? My boy is growing up. " Sigh

So while Landon is overjoyed with the arrival of his "grown up teeth" as he calls them, I'm a little sad his new friend is pushing out the baby in him.

Working with Daddy

29 hours of Noah

Here is what I got from Noah in a mere 29 hours (remember he was asleep for at least 10 of those hours):

• A diaper taken off at nap time, so once he fell asleep, pee could easily spray all around his bed.
• One single poop to go along with the pee.
• A 6:30am wake up call for my parents. I'm sure they were so glad we spent the night.
• Kasey outside without a leash or fence at my parents. Don't worry-Noah was out there by himself to watch her. (Note: Kasey is a hound, and if she tracks something, she's gone.)
• A candy bowl about to be raided. When Grandma saw him, he calmly says "Don't see me, Grandma. Don't see me."
  
• A train and a car landing on Lilah.
• Lilah woken up several times throughout the day.
  
• Four costume changes while I was on the phone for my payroll call.
  
• A spiderman costume worn to Landon's school--it was that or he was going naked.
• Landon's new toothbrush flushed down a toilet because we were chasing him to get it back. (Please feel free to read that one twice. I'm still in disbelief.)
  
• His shirt halfway off at Landon's soccer practice. No worries that it was about 47 degrees.
• A small tube of toothpaste all over his hands and toothbrush. Of course, some of it made it to his bed when I discovered what he did and he went running to hide.

Needless to say, he went to bed without a book being read. When he was laying down looking up at me, I just prayed that I'm getting it all now instead of when he's a teenager. At the rate it's going, though, I might not make it to his teenage years. I love ya, Noah, but boy, do you wear me out!

Any questions?

Any doubt who Landon's dad is? I didn't think so...