Severe Weather and Major Drama

This has been a long a crazy week. Sometimes things start off kind of normal and then take a sharp turn for the worse. Starting with just going to Preschool. Pretty normal but then mommy gets called into the office because my Fenny has been a rascal because he likes two little girls in the class. Mommy was mortified and Fenley did not seem to think pulling a girl's pig tail if he was in love with her was a huge deal. Arg. It went kind of down hill from there for us.
We were supposed to go to our hometown but the winter storms rolled in and snowed in our hometown (this never happens) and icy conditions in our city shut it everything down later in the week.

I kind of forgot that during the week was my Spring Shrimp and Grits Kids trunk show. This makes things a little crazy organizing for all my friends to come and see the new adorable line, and managing my roaming hands kiddies but we survived. And I am excited to see their new Spring duds because they have seriously grown since last year and the twins needed some new stuff because little Bear wears big brother's old clothes. So...whew...one thing off our plate.

Then the bad weather rolled in creating chaos. We live in a city where people get a little nutty because bad weather and cold weather is so rare. I am attaching a link my friend Reed sent me that made my eyes tear up I was laughing so hard. It pretty much in a very mocking way, sums up the delirium that had set in for the severe cold weather.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy80Arss0Go

Mary Ellie still trying to create a fashion revolution...Navy Coat with baby Bear's puppy dog hat that she had paired with polka dot gloves for the cold weather

Pleased as punch about her decisions and not minding the impending chill in the air

Still battling the new twin bed situation. We are tiiirrreeeddd to say the least. I am sure moving to big kid beds is a challenge for all parents but twins seem to think every night is a slumber party. And baby Bear is getting a molar that looks excruciating and he is crying lots at night. We need sleep....in a very bad way! But the twins were warm in long jammies for the cold nights ahead and decided to sleep together to stay war. Must be nice to have a built in best friend.

After a few frozen days, we planned to get up today and head to Austin. Then the children woke up with green gunky noses. Gross. Then, Bear chucked my iPhone into the toilet. There goes all my pictures and contacts (no, I have idea to sync things so they are not backed up). I was annoyed, to say the least, because I do not mind too terribly when it is his favorite elephant push toy lounging in the toilet or even when Navy Mary Jane gets the occasional soak, but my iPhone cuts me off from the world. Boo HOOOO.

Then, the worst happened, a pipe flooded all over our yard and water seeping into our hoarders-scary-room that I literally just had the handy man come and price yesterday to fix up the room. Add one more thing to the list to repair out there....bugger. Thankfully, Colby, my neighbor noticed the water gushing and even had the handy tool to turn off our water {not totally handy when you have to take a shower, wash clothes, wash dishes, bathe children and give them water to drink but saved our house from further disaster. I would call and thank her but I don't have her cell phone number or anyone's number thanks to Baby Bear washing my phone for me!}.
We called two services that laughed and said I was way down on the list of repairs and they could come Monday. Miracle of all miracles....they both randomly showed up a few hours later at the same time?! What in the world?? Turns out the plumbers were old boys and cheerful about the double booking and fixed it quickly (just needed a more expensive cap) and problem solved. Water on and all is well {except I still need a phone and everyone to email me their contact information}.

What a week....I still feel like those mummies but all is well that ends well. No major damage, no major bill, but we sadly we are still missing Aunt Holly's shower tomorrow but we survived a few major detours relatively unscathed this week.

Stay warm and for goodness sakes wrap those pipes!! :) And starting tomorrow I am resuming a week of blogging and fun Valentine's Day ideas. Stay tuned and thanks for letting me off the hook for a few weak weeks of entries.

PS I have not properly thanked Angie for her mystery box that arrived last week. We love mystery boxes around here. Auntie Angie sent a box of Valentines cookies for my three munckins. Each child got their own homemade batch of cookies in a theme cookie cutter shapes and names in their own little bag. I am SO blessed to have a friend like Angie. She is the sweetest person alive and how many people can say their friends make all of their children individualized cookies for each of their children? We love you, Angie, and thank you SOOOOOO much for the cookies. Hugs and big kisses to you. We miss you!

A personalized Mary Ellie cookie from Auntie Angie

Mystery Box Heaven