Make it a Double......Xanax that is

I know what you guys come over here for....and it isn't my writing.

Since swim lessons ended, we have attempted to return to a somewhat normal state of affairs, so that we can finally get some social time (read: play dates) in. However...



Last Friday we spent the day in the bathroom. I was concerned because it shaped up to be another April 27, however, we were extremely fortunate that our atmosphere stabilized. We did get AM tornadoes that cause extensive damage just a few miles from our home, but, we again escaped unscathed. I am glad to say we are prepared this time. I have all of our emergency supplies and our plan is as sound as it can be. The kids even seem to get a mild kick out of things. They take everything seriously, but I do not want to instill a fear of something they cannot control.

So. Tornadoes.



And then the diarrhea started....for me and Alya. I assumed mine is my stomach issues. But, for the kids it is higly unusual. My kids are rarely ill, and, when they are, it seems clearly delineated. This weird stuff started Tuesday. Alya has had fairly persistent diarrhea. She also had a loss of appetite. Meanwhile Ben came down with a head cold. So....I trotted them to the doctor yesterday. Virus. With weird bug bite looking spots on the neck. Apparently it is going around. Also, it appears to be benign, but no one is quite sure what it is. Some theorize that it is a derivation of hand, foot, mouth. All I know is I have had semi-puny kids all week (thus a lazy cereal breakfast Friday just to try to get them to eat...photo above) and I have concerns about Alya becoming dehydrated. I am pretty sure she is tired of drinking Gatorade.



Ben's Winter indoor soccer season ends tomorrow. Since I keep our last name, location, and personal info secret, I am going to take liberty with this soccer picture. This is the 2012 Black Panthers team. No one had the heart to tell them that was not a superb choice for a name. I mean, would you want to disappoint those kids? They did a great job this season, and Ben actually got his foot on the ball a few times. He is learning to keep up and be more assertive. No goasl yet though....maybe someday....



Finally, I am not entirely sure, but I think this video may not have loaded, which sucks, because it is Alya's dance class! If it did load, this is a snipit of her recital dance. Enjoy, because she is adamant that she is not going on stage....again, no location or names or express intimate info, so no one should be able to figure out who the other kids are ;)

So...soccer, dance, swim lessons...and now that we may have a little free time...tornadoes and diarrhea....somehow that seems to be an appropriate summation of how life has been since, oh, I don't know....November 2006 ;) We are together. We are happy. We are (relatively) healthy. I think that is all we can reasonably ask for.