circus

• Saturday we went to the Ringling Bros. circus. It was such a disappointment. The kids liked it though. When I think of the circus I think of lions, tigers, jugglers, and acrobats. The show lasted over 2 hours but I left thinking I hadn't yet seen anything. When we arrived their were protestors outside with signs claiming cruelty to animals. Maybe being a circus performer isn't all that exciting anymore and no one aspires to grow up in the circus. Or no one is running away from home with the circus being the only job available. Whatever reason I was dissappointed. Not to mention the $10.00 you have to fork over for a small bag of cotton candy.

Just another day.

Alexandra is really enjoying second grade with Ms. Walker. Her favorite part of school is going on the one bar. In my day called the twirly bar. Xavier is doing better and likes to show everyone his bling bling teeth. He and Eli play blocks and cars pretty well together. Eli loves to chase hold and squeeze our two cats Larry and Shadow. But they put up with him. Vanessa is absolutely adorable and goofy. Her walking is pretty close to running now. I love her blonde curly hair. I love my kids. They are all so wonderful. Especially now while they are sleeping. Derek has been sick with the flu for the last 3 days. I was sick last week so I know how he feels. However, I didn't get to spend my first day in bed and the others lying on the couch. He did get up and go to work for half days so that is more than I. I was able to stay home. I appreciate him so much for that. Well gotta go.

All New to me

I haven't been able to keep up on scrapbooking while living in a small space with 4 kids always trying to help. This is why I am attempting to blog. I am not sure how this works. It seems weird no knowing your audience. I am mostly doing this as a record for my kids. It will be my way of writing their journal. So I will write as if they are my audience and anyone else can read.



Today was quite eventful so I am just going to start with today and not worry about anything before. Xavier went to the dentist today. What an experience. He was very nervous. I thought I knew what was going to happen. Alexandra has had conscious sedation. This was different. They put him out completely then did all his dental work. 7 crowns. He went out mad and confused and woke up mad and more confused. But the work could not have gotten done without it. The rest of the day he was miserable. But it is over and done. We shall have to have better brushing and flossing habits so Eli and Vanessa will not have to go through this. However, it was not entirely our fault, our mouths are full of bacteria. Xavier just has some more prone to decay.