ouch.

Just painful

I just cant help it.

I would like to thank my sister for this link. I was havin a bad day - then i remembered this song.



If you to are having a bad day - please click above.

Oh...The Humanity...

So...hmmm...where to begin....

Saturday August 18, 2007 - Summer is winding down, Marc & Jen wanted to make at least 1 trip to York's Wild Kingdom before September (because even though they're open...everything INSIDE is closed down).

The Plan: Let Nora wake up the family, get ready and 3 hours after she wakes up pack everyone in the car and take off south. Nora will stay awake for 20 or so minutes (enough time to stop for a bagel/coffee) and then fall asleep for the remainder of the trip - ensuring a rested child. Stay at "zoo" for a couple hours, then head to "other destination" - beach/mall - something else to make the drive worth it.

The Early Morning Execution: Nora wakes at 6 (thanks for sleeping in)(yea..i mean that - its usually5). Coffee. Marc takes shower. Jen Takes Shower/Marc dresses kids and prepares "Outing Equipment" (snacks, change of clothes(VERY IMPORTANT), toys etc). 9am - out the door everyone happy/awake.
15 minutes into car ride, ready to pull off to get coffee/bagel...Nora's asleep...dammit...if we stop she wakes up ...so we press on..hungry and under-caffeinated...
1 Hour into car ride...Nora Awakes (still 30 min to go till "zoo") - Biddeford...Dunks...fantastic...still time to eat and drink coffee before we get there. score.
Stop at dunks: 25 minutes...a little lenghty but mmmm coffeeeee
Back in car, on the way - eatin good eats.

Oh....The Humanity: 3 minutes of highway... Avery starts to cry. Avery throws up. A lot. No, really A LOT...like a lot.
Pull off at rest area for the decontamination...right...as best as possible anyway...change clothes...discontinue eating good eats (cuz..she felt fine till she ate the dunks)
"Avery are you ok?", "I'm sorry i spit up a little bit" (now shes crying cuz she thinks we're mad at her for throwing up..poor thing) "Can we go to the zoo still, i wont cry any more"(what kind of parents are we?)

Zoo: Went fantastic...everyone had fun - we fed the animals and what not - everything we wanted to do...2 hours later - a little tailgate party on our way out (yogurt)....back on the road to the mall (its too damn cold for the beach and we forgot the beach stuff)

Oh...The Humanity:45 minutes of highway. Avery REALLY starts to cry...Avery throws up...MORE THAN BEFORE...its everywhere - seeping into the seats...now everyone's crying ...crazy weekend drivers bumper to bumper - need to get to the mall ...cuz we're going there anyway and we're out of clothes...finally get there - Jen and Nora enter mall to purchase new clothes for Avery - Marc & Avery stay in car - so now there's a crazy man undressing a 2 year old in the parking lot of the mall - i had to make sure i had my story strait just in case i got questioned as to what the crap i was doing there (cant be a man alone with a child in this damn country any more without being accused of something)

Jen & Nora are back...avery dressed - quick run in ot return the dress to Macy's - back in the car - 45 minutes to go.

Crying: The whole way home. poor kid just wanted to go to bed...

This is why we dont go places.

756*

Thank goodness over.

Now come on A-Rod - get to it.

Amy, The Girls, Falling Ice & CMP

So...my sister was kind enough to volunteer to look after my girls while Jen and I went to Greg's wedding this weekend.

Putting aside the fact that when we came home Avery had a very swollen black eye (from a "bug bite" wink wink child protective services) i think she did a bang up job (ha...that's funny on so many levels)

CMP is the power company - they dont so much like Falling Ice - or Hail - or Thunderstorms in general - so when that all started i guess they just gave up and the power went out...slackers...

so now you have a woman with no kids taking care of 2 kids under three - at dinner time - with no way to actually cook any dinner - here's the really really scary part...she did exactly what i would have done - cold pasta. done.

i have to say - aside from the "dont take that kid in public unless you want to be arrested" eye Avery's sporting ("bug bite" why does benedryl not help? hnmmmm) - i call it a success - adam came up and we all hung out on sunday swimmin in the pool - it was great.

I bet she's got a better story than i do though =)