On our day off

Krystyn — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:08:00 +0000

Whew. Yesterday was interesting. We were home because of the flooding in the area and schools being closed. Schools including our daycare.

Of course, Isabelle DID NOT sleep in. Up at 6:15. I swear I could set a clock to her time. And, she typically lets me know she's awake by screaming "I'M A.WAAAKKKKEEEE!" Yeah. It's that pleasant.

After breakfast and getting every body squared away, we had a mini tv-a-thon. The roads were still bad, so we had to stay in. A little tv never hurt, right?

And, holy cuteness, Natalie is adorable. She loves to climb into the chair (yeah, it's Isabelle's, but she never uses it), turn around, sit down and give the biggest smile.

I had to capture that on film. I've sort of been on a camera hiatus, and this definitely re-motivated me.

click to enlarge if you'd like. you can see her adorable chompers.

Then, Izzy was all "take my picture, too, mommy! Take my picture, too!"

So, I did.

At my mom's prompting, after putting Natalie down for her morning nap, Izzy and I whipped up some cookies.

Izzy's idea of making cookies involves sitting in the chair nearest the bowl the dough is in and eating spoonfuls of it.

So, I actually made the cookies. She just ate them.

But, rats, our oven is horrible. Elecrolux, did you hear that? We need a new oven! The temperature is all over the place. I know this because there is another thermometer that we placed inside the oven to tell confirm what I thought (more on that in a second).

So, this is what happens when your oven is no good. Flat, crispy cookies. Baking FAIL #320,546,966!

Fortunately, neither Izzy, nor Mr. Serious complained about them.

What you don't see here is the dough that spilled over the side of the cookie sheet and onto the racks in the oven. So, I decided an oven cleaning was in order.

I waited until the kiddos were in bed (thank goodness, because the oven and stove top get REALLY hot), and set it to clean.

I left the kitchen, and came back a couple minutes later.

Holy crap!!!! My oven is ON FIRE!

What to do....what to do? I pulled on the oven door, and was reminded that it was locked. Oh, well. Can't do anything about it.

So, what's a good blogger to do? Take a picture of said inferno in the oven.

Thankfully, it went out shortly after. Whew. That was a close one.

In the afternoon, the girls were TIRED on being in the house. And so was I!

"Let me out! Let.me.out!"

Wait. What is this? They are sitting next to each other and being cute and smiling?

And, then Natalie tried to get me...

and Izzy trying to be mommy, tried to stop her from getting away...

Of course, Natalie is just at strong willed as Isabelle and she got away.

We then headed to the library where there were only 2 (okay, maybe 3) breakdowns.

And, then, I got a call that school was canceled today (which meant daycare was closed) but that I needed to come in. Yeah, that's not going to happen.

And, then the choirs sang and I got an email that daycare was going to be open today!

So, it's back to work for me!

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The Great Rain of 2009

Krystyn — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:12:00 +0000

Since some of you have asked...we are okay.

The Atlanta area is experiencing record level rains and flooding.

(This is not my neighborhood, but an area close by.)

It has definitely been crazy around here. It poured and stormed all last night and rained most of today.

When I left work, I stepped in a puddle that covered over the top of my shoes.

Some schools were released early today. School is actually cancelled tomorrow as well.

Obviously, there are a lot of people that are in need of prayers. So, please pray for them.

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