The past 7 days

Earthquake?  check

Hurricane? check

Mass Murderer? check

Yep you read that correctly… apparently while the news was busy covering the Hurricane a Mass Murderer was in the area - they found his car about 2 miles away from our house – they blocked off the road where we grocery shop and buy pizza – they had convoys with swat teams and TONS of police officers – it was pretty crazy (or so I heard) and I had NO CLUE until after the fact. The story is pretty sad ( he was a Capt in the Army going thru a divorce – he killed his soon to be ex-wife, her boyfriend, her boyfriend’s son, and then his MIL - he didn’t kill his daughter but dropped her off at a local hospital).

Its been a C-R-A-Z-Y week!!!!

Super Porridge

So, as you know I am not a chef , a cook,  ok so I dont make anything...haha

But I wanted to try something with Hannah called Super Porridge - its not really "super" right now but as she gets older I can add things to it to make it very healthy.  This was so easy too -

I bought some rolled oats from The Fresh Market - I measured out 1/4 cup and put it in the blender for about 2 mins - then I added that to 1 cup of boiling water and cooked for 10 mins - thats it! See, I told you it was easy.  I cooked it the night before and when I heated it I added some breast milk to thin slightly - although Hannah seems to like it thick not runny.  I have tried bananas and green beans and she hated both but this porridge - she loved!! She was grabbing the spoon - so cute!

Hurricane Irene

We got lucky with the hurricane and really got mostly rain - had some high winds but no damage and we didnt lose power - thank goodness - our tiny little creek which is usually a few feet wide is now about 20 feet wide - its pretty crazy out there!

Pinterest

If you're familiar with Pinterest this idea has taken storm - of course I thought I would try it too - I bought about 20 boxes of crayons when they were on sale at BRU for 25 cents - this project took 3 boxes plus a few extras - I glues them to a canvas board and allowed them to dry

Then I melted them with a blow dryer

They took a few minutes to heat up and then they just started to pour - it didnt turn out as cool as the ones I saw online did but cool none-the-less -

This will go in the play room

End of Summer Carnival

Sam's school had an end of summer carnival today - face painting, bounce house, food, and fun!  Sam sat in atop the slide staring at the bounce house -I asked if he wanted to go in - he said yes after everyone was out - LOL - I was like ummm, yeah that wont happen...

He finally decided to go in and had a blast!

He got some "arm" painting - haha



Here is his artwork - showcasing "water colors"

A perfect way to end the summer!

The culprit!

When I picked up Sam from school today his teachers were very concerned about Sam's cough and suggested I get him seen ASAP - so I called the ped and gave them all the details - crusty eyes, fever, runny nose, cough - They seemed pretty convinced the cough was croup and unless he had labored breathing (he didnt) they wouldnt treat him for it - its viral and needs to run its course - after a few minutes the nurse told me I could still bring him in for a check as it sounded to her like he has an ear infection.  I thought to myself "he doesnt have an EI  - I would KNOW if he had one"... my mommy instinct told me to just get him looked at so we went in.  Sam wanted to go to the doctor  - he asked me several times when we were leaving (when daddy gets home) but once there in the doctors office he freaked - he didnt even want to get weighed - didnt want his temp taken - nothing - it was a battle!  Anyway as soon as she looked in his ear she said :

"oh - he has a nasty ear infection"

*GASP*

*DISBELIEF*

What???  He does??? Are you sure???  How did I not know this?  He wasnt pulling on his ears - they weren't red - he was sleeping fine (besides his cough)

I felt horrible that he had been feeling like crap and I didnt even realize it - I asked him if his ears hurt - he said "yes".   =(  I guess next time he gets sick I will ask first thing!!!

Anyway we leave there and head to CVS to get his abx - we wait and wait and finally the pharmacist realizes they called in the abx to a different CVS - grrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

While waiting for 45 mins we eat funyuns, gummy worms, and water - then Sam gets bored and starts playing with all the generic Zyrtec bottles - I am like "Sam.... stop!  Sam leave those alone"  Until he looks at me and says "Ohhh I found a dollar!"  I look and look again - he found a TWENTY dollar bill!!! OMG!  I tell the pharm and he says "keep it"  so being the good mommy that I am I put it in Sam's savings account.

It was a long evening but glad to know Sam is on his way to recovery.... oh and twenty bucks richer ☺

Earthquake

Its a beautiful day for an ..... EARTHQUAKE!!!  What??? Here in Pennsylvania??  How weird is that!

the view from my office

It was around 1:55pm when I started to feel the rumble - to be honest I thought it was the very noisy guys in our office and thought to myself "what the *&#^(*^ are they doing now??"  Then I saw things on my desk shaking and I could feel the whole building shake - ok this is freaky - everyone came out of their offices and congregated in the hallway - yep, it was an earthquake!

According to the USGS it originated in Mineral, Virgina and was a 5.9 on the ricter scale - no damage here but hey, now I can say "yeah I felt an earthquake and lived to tell about it"  lol