Us Against Them

     I want to remember the little things in life with young children.  They are so funny and so much happens that it's practically impossible to remember if you don't write it down somewhere.  And I'm really bad at doing that!       Tonight I let the kids play with flashlights because it was a kind of gloomy/cloudy day so it was dark enough before it was bedtime.  They had some fun and then got me to join in.  We did shadow puppet stories and then acted like the flashlights were fire.  We put them on our hands and saw that it turns our skin red so we hurried and blew out the fire on our hands.  Then it turned into me sitting in between each child, holding both flashlights, one for each of them, and turning them on and off when they blow it or tap it.  They would tap the top with a "match" and then blow out the "flame."  It was fun and we were entertained for awhile and then, can you imagine, they started getting mad...

This scene plays through my head every time someone merely mentions kidney stones.  I can relate everything in life to either  Friends  or Scrubs .      Yes, I had kidney stones.  Hopefully not anymore.  I had surgery yesterday, so I'm thinking I'm all done with that chapter of my life.  Thank goodness!        It all started three weeks ago, on my dear Jenna's birthday.  I woke up about 4am, unable to sleep because my right side hurt a fair amount.  Enough to get me out of bed and onto the couch trying to readjust and get comfy.  Unfortunately I hadn't been able to sleep much up to that point either because I was on a volleyball high.  I had played pretty late into Thursday, it was our last game of the season and I was still heated and angry over our loss because, quite frankly, we should have won.  But whatever, point is, I couldn't sleep much.  I had finally taken some ibuprofe...

Isn't she the cutest?  Just playing in the rain.  She lurves it! Taking after his big sis, he must snuggle up in the towel after his bath.  He is fully clothed under there.  Hahahaha!  I've become obsessed with Jimmy Fallon's late night hashtags.  This one is so fitting.  It didn't last long but I got a picture of it!!:)  Just holding hands while watching the tele.  One of his latest hiding spots... He thinks he's pretty smart.  My shopping buddy.  There wasn't enough room in the cart so she improvised.  More funnies.  Baylee has started carrying Tate around and letting him jump to her from the couch so she can catch him... Most of the time.  He wraps his legs around hers after he jumps.  Just sharing a treat and watching a show.   She is so stinking cute!   Playing at the park.  As it turns out, Tate would rather push than be pushed.  He's never liked the swings all that much.  Except th...

     By the way, not so baby hungry anymore.  I think I'm pretty happy with just two:).  I'm sure that thought will change again soon, I seem to go back and forth a lot. Baylee is getting so stinking big it's killing me!  One day I went to put on some older ish pajamas and they were kind of snug.  I looked at her and teasingly said, "Baylee, stop growing!"  She looked back at me a little concerned and said, "I can't.  Heavenly Father wants me to grow and I'm listening."  How sweet is she?  Filled with such wisdom for her age.  She's also getting really good at playing with friends.  Now that the weather is warming up a little bit, we've been able to get outside more and play with friends at the park.  Apparently she loves climbing trees.  Luckily she's only had a few minor scrapes.  She's very sweet and helpful with Tate.  He'll be screaming and she'll ask him what he wants, she'll go down a list unti...