my day thus far

Elie (still in bed having just woken up): DAAAAADDDDDYYYYY (continuous yelling since I am attempting to wake up myself)
Enter me drowsy and exhausted: Good morning Elie
Elie: NOOOO I want Daddy not you (breakdown)
a minute elapses while I get her calmed down i.e. I leave the room
Me: what would you like for breakfast?
Elie: (breakdown) I DON'T WANT BREAKFAST I WANT LUNCH
Me: Alright, what would you like for lunch?
Elie: (breakdown) I DON'T WANT LUNCH I WANT TO GO POTTY FIRST
Me: Alright go potty
Elie (breakdown) I DON'T WANT TO GO POTTY I JUST WANT TO WATCH A MOVIE
Me: walk away with Elie still sobbing on the floor
end scene.

Just a glimpse at five minutes of my morning. Multiply that by the last two days and subtract sleep and you would see about where I am. Luckily, I don't have the cold Elie does and neither does Lainey. I am convinced that if God had really wanted to test Job he would have sleep deprived him, locked him in a small house with a sick, emotional three year old AND THEN made it rainy and cold outside. Oh, and had an infant strapped to his chest for most of the day.

Using my brain again

I started school officially this week. After reading through the syllabus on Sunday, I gave myself a little cry fest, convinced myself and Nick that I was going to quit and then sat down and did some of the work. It will be difficult to get myself in the homework groove again. So far, I have all my assignments done for this week (hardly anything) but I have had multiple brief panic attacks thinking I forgot something (doubly stupid since nothing is due until Friday). Getting the work done is scary enough, but I am worried about my ability to even be smart. School was so easy for me, but I have not written anything besides blog posts and grocery lists in six months and frequently when I am speaking I forget easy words and when I open my mouth nothing comes out (I guess that is the benefit of it being online, I can think about what I say AND have a thesaurus handy. Although I don't think a thesaurus can translate "you know...that thing" ). Oh well, I just have to pass the class I don't have to get an "A."

Tribe Weekend

Tribe Babies... hurry up baby Kelley




Fun on a walk






what the boys did for a lot of the weekend



family photo at Colton and Michelle's wedding



the girls dancing with "princess Michelle" Elie talked about it like she met a celebrity


Yeah! SNOW!!






All bundled up


Time for sledding


Elie loved it so much she requested to go by herself AND to go to the very top of the hill


Even Leslie went!