Black Eye

A month or so ago, my lil' Emily Jo fell from her sister's top bunk bed. Other than a nasty black eye she was okay, but it was scary! Unrelated, but a funny Emmy moment two days ago came when she was trying desperately to tell me something, but kept getting stuck half way through her sentence, "I just want to..." repeated over and over and over again until I told to to just spit it out already. She immediately stopped, turned and let a large plop of droolie spit dangle to the floor! I was first stunned, then upset for a millisecond until it dawned on me she had simply done what I had asked her to do. Ah, bless the little ones.

Easter stuff

Easter festivities 2011

Not Ready

This is the theme for my life right now. N O T R E A D Y. I'll tell you what I'm not ready for:

1) I am not ready for girls chasing boys at recess agh!

2) I am not ready for this new semester of online classes. Just can't get into it and I've still got a
an entire YEAR before I'm done!

3) I was not ready to attend the temple when I had the perfect chance to go. Night before, I
discovered my recommend had expired 3 months prior!

4) I am not ready to "run", (walk briskly with a short-lived jog here and there - that should
count, too!), my first official race. It's called The Sole Burner for the American Cancer
Society in Appleton. It's a 5k. I love saying 5k. It sounds more impressive than 3.1 miles.
Anyway, it's on Saturday- May 7th and it is more than safe to say, "Not ready".

Getting excited to have my sis coming next month to help me wrap my head around things and dare I say it, catch up?!

Santa visit 2010

See Jensenkids on Santa's List

Jensenkids made Santa's List "http://family.go.com/santas-list/video/206963-jeffreyjayjensen/" - Send your Picture to Santa and See Which List You've Made This Year

Something the kids enjoy doing at Halloween almost as much as trick-or-treating is going through the boxes of costumes I've acquired, (mostly from costumes my mom has made through the years, but also a few I've just collected), and trying everything on. It doesn't matter what size or gender, it is a crazed identity swap. They do so much giggling and goofing that I hope it ends up being a memory they look back on with fondness. Their real costumes this year ended up being Darth Vader-Will, Witch-Jessa, and a Ballerina Dragon-Emily. My mom made this dragon costume for Will when he was a toddler and Jessa wore it the year it fit her as well. This year is was Emily's turn. The tutu, (and pink tennis shoes), came as an attempt to distinguish her from a boy dragon. Even after I was sure it was pretty darn obvious that this was a little GIRL dragon, one poor, thoughtless man could not put the pieces together. I'm curious what he must've thought that tutu was all about then? Ahh well. . . Our pumpkins this year were kindof a little of this and a little of that. We planted pumpkins in our garden, like we do every year, but because our summer was super ultra wet, it seemed the garden was in almost a constant state of flooding. That took a toll on our pumpkins and we ended up with really only one "good" one. The rest we picked up at the Farmer's Market one Saturday. Will wanted Dad to carve a scared face on his. Jessa wanted to do her own face with a marker. When I saw her end end result I was really suprised. For being 4 years old, I thought she did awesome! Emily was content to have Dad draw a smiley face on hers. The photo of the kids sitting next to the intricately carved face on a pumpkin is the artistic work of my very talented father-in-law.

Nuh-uh!

I have virtually ZERO time for anything else, since I began my four BYU-I classes online, but after so many fun things in such a short amount of time, I had to take 2 seconds to share.

Wednesday was a gorgeous day! Will, Jessa, and cuz Brady went outside to play leaving a sobbing 2 yr. old little sister in their wake. The facts that a) I had to work on school b) it was a beautiful day and there won't be too many of those left for awhile and c) I could watch the kids' every move from my french doors and quickly get up to holler if necessary, all led me to give in to Emily's mournful cries to be permitted to join the outside merriment. It did my heart good to see them all having so much fun together enjoying being outdoors doing the running and screaming and laughing thing. After probably an hour and a half it was time to come in for dinner and seriously, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN!!! Emily came in with a mosquito bite under her eye. The pictures below will show you what that has become. :( Because it has gotten progressively more swollen and hideous, I made a call to the clinic today to ask if I needed to bring her in. The girls were in the bathtub with the door open, while I was 10 steps away at my NOT-cordless phone. All seemed well as I was being given instructions for Em and making an appointment for her to be seen, when Jessa began to shriek. "Mom! Mom! Come here, quick!" I was attached to the phone with the nurse and I could both hear and see both of my girls, so I knew no one was dying. I told her she'd have to hold on while I continued listening to the nurse. I think it was when I saw them trying to scramble to get OUT of the tub that it hit me, -there is a very good probability that someone pooped in that tub. That has happened once before. Will was about 4 weeks old and it was infant poop. It escaped his small body and permeated the water like a green fog. I asked Jessa, "Did Emily poop in there?" She responded without hesitation, "YES!". I ended the phone call and entered the bathroom to assess the damage. I was prepared for grossness. I was relieved to see one small marshmallow sized solid chunk floating around. I reached across the tub to grab a container to scoop it out with when the horror unfolded. There tucked along the edge and NOT floating was the mother load! Since it refused to jump out and put itself in the toilet, I was nominated for the job. While unpleasant to the nth, I can successfully report, 'mission accomplished'. Oh, but the cherry came when Emily then peed on the floor while she waited for me to get things cleaned up. Yes. Yes she did. (Sigh) On the plus side, Jessa is no longer having complete meltdowns about having to go to school! (Gotta look on the bright side, right? :) ) Let me just close by telling you that in spite of the ick, the work, the stress, the worry, the exhaustion, I would not trade my calling as a mom for anything else you could hand me. Even during POOP-IN-TUB mornings.