Saying Goodbye

We lost a dear friend this week. Our little platy fish, "Mick" went home to fishy heaven via the plumbing(try explaining that to a three yr. old). Mick got sick rapidly with a internal bacterial infection. He began to retain water under his scales and started puffing up like a blowfish. A condition called dropsy. I researched his condition on the internet and realized his outlook was dim and by the time they start the pineconing stage (scales stick out) its just to late. The fish experts recommended the most proper way to euthanize a fish is to put them in the freezer! I couldn't even imagine doing this to our little Mick. I prayed that he would suffer no longer and asked the Lord to please take him quickly, the following day he died. So I'm sure you all are wondering how Nevaeh is doing with the loss of her second fish. (We lost Mick's brother "Rocko" earlier this year, actually Mick killed him, sort of a Cain and Abel situation) I was able to tell her before he died that Mick was sick and he was going to die. She went to his tank and said with such empathy, "Aww Mick , I'm so sorry". I told her when he died that we can go to the fish store pick out some new fish for her tank! And Mick quickly became a distant memory! I on the other hand am mourning the loss of our little pet, I get attached to anything, it doesn't even have to be living! ( I once got attached to a hiking stick, that I named, at girl scout camp and was brought to tears when my troop leader wouldn't let me take it home)
photo below is not Mick, but it looks just like himMick was a "Mickey Mouse Platy"

he had the black mickey mouse emblem on his tail.

Good bye Mick ... you will be missed(for a week or so).

Girls Day at the Beach

Yesterday Rachel and I packed up some lunches, a blanket, towels, camera, buckets, ball, frisbee, and two adorable children and made our way down to Pirate's Cove at Corona Del Mar Beach. Those of you who've been there know that this is no easy feat...But we did it! and it was Fun! Nevaeh was a bit leery when it came to the water and even declared earlier that, "I don't like the beach anymore, It's scary." (She was a a little fish last summer...how quickly they forget) It only took a few clever moves of Rachel the Child Whisperer and she was chest deep in the frigid waters of the cove! Charlotte wasn't on the ground for but a few seconds before she darted off the blanket and, as if she were a starving child with a bowl full of rice, ate handfuls of sand like a scavenger! I waited for the "Yuck this is gross, why did I eat this" look to flash across her face but....it never came. Lo, I had to intervene. Char spent the majority of the time in my arms(thus my buffness;). She weighed in at 23lbs 29in. at her appt. today...must have been all the sand! All in all we enjoyed ourselves and the overcast day watching the sailboats drift by, trying to collect shells carried out to quickly by the mild waves...And Rachel and I took turns yawning all the way home.

My "sweetface"

"Child Whisperer"

Lil' Scavenger

Everybody was KUNG-FU FIGHT-ING!!!!

Kung Fu Panda!!!.... Al and I had the chance to take Nevaeh(minus Char) out on a little date last week. We took her to the movies for the first time(that she can remember) and she loved it. It was a little loud for her at first, but she adjusted in no time. It was really fun and she kept saying "I'm so Sited!" Of course we were a little late(the norm for us) and so we had to run from the parking lot to the theatre, which in hind sight just added to the fun! We got there just in time to miss all the 'who knows what you might see' previews. I believe that when a little girl watches Kung Fu it translates a little differently in their minds, more of a form of art than of violence and so Nevaeh (who likes to be the Panda) and I (who like to be the Tigress) have been doing lots of Kung Fu Dancing!

Home Sweet Home

OK ...so I've heard that in the blogging world there is only one thing more annoying than a blogger who doesn't blog and that is a blogger who apologizes for not blogging with every new post. So I will continue to post at will and not apologize for my lack.......

....OK OK I'm really sorry, but here's my excuses and I have really good ones. We have been home sporadically for only 14 days this month. Add in - 3 meals a day, dishes to accompany them, coffee press twice a day(pure joy), laundry for 4, packing, unpacking, laundry, re-packing, unpacking, laundry, 2weeks of home-made baby food, 15 hrs of work on a new tattoo(not mine), one accident on the carpet(again not mine),two sick babes, several sippies full of milk, 300 sit-ups a day(who am I kidding), a new love for veggie tales, multiple cheerios between the toes (which badly need to be painted), vigorous house hunting, an ever increasing list of blogs to check, which often inspire me to keep going, communicate with husband, throw in daily Bible reading, prayer in the shower, and the ever exciting trip to check the mail! Which consists of dodging brightly colored dragonflies, scaring timid turtles, watching baby duckies grow, counting fish, and picking flowers in our beautiful little oasis....(Oh why do they have to raise our rent!)

So we are home now...and it is ever so sweet!

Daddy's Day Off Day

Our favorite day of the week! This week (technically last week)we went to the park and had a picnic, followed by baseball, swinging and some intense jungle gym playing! Nevaeh learned to swing on her stomach(which she's always been afraid to do), played in the sand, climbed trees and said "watch me" 10 million(not and exaggeration) times and Char... ate the grass. It was a great Daddy's Day Off Day!

Rain or Shine

Papa & Nana's House103 degrees!

A few days later it was 65 and raining?

iPhone

It's official. I need (need?Hmmm) an iPhone. It would be so much easier to keep up with my blog and you all would reap the benefits. So any contributions to the iPhone fund are welcome.



Kidding



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more interesting informative posts to come...
I promise.