Wide Awake!

Greetings ... from the middle of the night!
Here are my observations:
1) the windows are open ...
2) nice cool evening (love that!!)
3) there is a mad skunk in the neighborhood (don't love that)
4) why does there have to be a mad skunk in the neighborhood on the night we turn off the A/C and open the windows ... ugh!
5) the water softener and sump pump are loud at 2:30 am ...
6) the computer screen is really bright at 2:30 am ... guess that's why they give you the option to "adjust contrast"
7) the skunk is getting closer ... i think the mad skunk is not only in the neighborhood ... i think they are in my yard ... yucky!! (i'm not going to check)
8) the rice krispies i just ate (with fresh strawberries) were yummy
9) i'll regret this in the morning! (not the rice krispies ... but the lack of sleep)
10) what will i do in the morning to get the skunk smell out of my house
11) i'm too tired (or just plain lazy) ... so i'm not using the shift button (oops ... just did to make the parenthesis) ...
12) that's an interesting word!
13) i know what you're thinking ... shut up and tell us something about the kids!! :o)
14) ok, i will ... but i won't tell you what we've been eating ... b/c i've been told my blog makes people hungry! :o)
15) oops ... i already told you i was eating rice krispies ... sorry. but hey, they're all gone now ... so we can move on to bigger and better (or actually little and cute) subjects.

we had a great weekend with the girls ... here are the highlights!
1) daddy cancelled his trip for the weekend :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
2) that made us all VERY happy to have daddy (husband) home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3) on saturday we took daddy to conner prairie (an outdoor history museum nearby). we bought a membership earlier this summer and the girls and i have had lots of fun going there with friends ... but daddy had been yet.
4) on sunday we went to the state fair ... that was super fun (more about that on a future post)

**** i was just interrupted by miss nataliya standing in the hallway upstairs screaming :( :( :(
i ran upstairs, sat in the rocking chair with her, calmed her down and asked her "what's wrong honey?" her response "the chicken!!!" followed by more crying! so i asked her, "a real chicken or a big chicken?" "big chicken!!!!" ... "the big chicken from mcdonald's?" ... "yes!" (more crying)
so i assured her there was no big chicken here, etc. then of course she asked to sleep in our bed ... but i met her half way and offered to make her a little bed on the floor next to our bed. she said yes to that and then said "take sheepies. sheepies have tea party!!" so off she headed to our room with about 8 sheep, 2 blankets, a pillow and a mommy shirt. i told her the sheep would need to wait until morning for the tea party ... she said "ok mommy!"

so i'm off to bed now ... b/c i'm sure she's wondering where i went. oh, and yes, there was a big chicken at mcdonald's ... about 4 months ago (when they introduced their southern style chicken sandwich ... which i haven't tried ... it can't possibly be as yummy as chick-fil-a). ok, enough about food and chickens!

ni-night!