If you wonder where your child left his roller skates, try walking around the house in the dark. ~Leopold Fechtner

Isaac has had the most boring week a 6 year-old could have. He felt much better on Monday so it was very difficult for him to listen when I would tell him to lay down, take it easy, slow down. That night his symptoms came back and he realized the rest of the week he should take it easy. No t-ball, no kids camp, mostly hanging out with Mom. It wasn't all bad, he still went to the adventurarium on Wednesday as well as a sleep over at Solem's. And on Friday we went to Devil's Tower with Ron, Denise and Jack. It was good to catch up and hang out with them for the day.

This week is busy with work, birthday parties and meetings. It will be good to get back to the regular grind and not be freaked out about my kids' head. Usually I just have to make sure my concussed athletes are sitting down for the 2-3 hours after school, which is hard enough, but all stinking day is a huge challenge!

As for an update on the house--we (meaning Chris) tore down the decrepit old deck. Yep, we are deckless, but hopefully the new one will get started soon.

My Husband Says He's Broke--Can You Fix Him?

O.K I kinda have a lot of catching up to do. May be some splanin, but here it is.

Chris planned a vacation to MN. I didn't know I was going to get the chance to come with him until the last minute. So if I missed you that would be why. I was on his iterary and mostly just along for the ride.

We played some paintball and visited some the first days we were there. I didn't take many pics until the last days of vacation. Probably should have gotten some paintball pics. We went to Iowa on Sunday and drove to Garrison from there. Fishing was cold and windy the first days. I honestly don't remember the misquitos being nearly big enough to carry Zoey away. Guess I have been away for too long.

We spent a day up in Longville to fish on Little Boy Lake.

Yeah, I don't know what's under there either.

This was not the BIG fish!

We did some Turtle Racing and yes it was a huge fiasco like before. I went out with two kids and found out that I cannot handle putting numbers on two turtles at the same time. So I set Isaac's down (he didn't want to hold it) and Ike chased it around the ring. While I was getting Zoey's number, her turtle scratched her and she dropped it on his poor little head. He should have ducked. This was the first warm sunny day and we totally enjoyed ice cream from Frosty's.

Honestly, we had a better place for him to sleep. I promise! But he loves to sleep in the chair. We moved him during the night, but he still ends up here.

I LOVE MY uncle Aaron. " We don't fight. We love eachother."

Ike and Papa

That sunburn looks like it hurts.

Lets go watch a Twins game!

We got our faces painted for the occasion.

Trainer! Trainer! What would the team do without their Certified Athletic Trainer?

Short Stop

Go Twinkies! But we have a lot of traveling left could you please do it in under 16 innings? We left after the 10th inning, but had we stayed we totally would have gotten our money's worth. Almost two games for the price of one.

One minute my kids were running through the sprinklers in the back yard and the next minute it was heavy rain and some hail. Who woulda thought?

So why were we in the house before the hail started? My kids put the sprinkler under the climbing dome and started climbing. Yes, I was aware of this. Well, it was slippery and Ike fell and hit one of the bars on the way down with his head. He had an instant concussion. It wasn't bad, but we had a calm afternoon. At bed time his headache got worse and he came upstairs complaining of nausia. Once he threw up we decided to go to the ER. They gave him some tylonal and meds for nausia. I swear we waited forever-but I was home in less than two hours from the time he vomited! He has zero symptoms today and it is very difficult to get a 6 year old boy to lay down all day when he thinks he is just fine.

I made a pan of chocolate chip cookie bars yesterday also. Who needs a spoon to clean out the bowl when your tonge works just fine?!

I love MY uncle Aaron

Should I be blogging right now-- absoutly not. But my daughter has the biggest crush on her Uncle Aaron and the things she says just cracks me up. She has been so nervous around him not making eye contact. This morning he decided to sit down right next to her on the couch. I later asked her about it. "He smiled at me mama and I smiled at him. We don't fight, we love eachother. His cabin is so nice." I told her the cabin and the deer antlers that hang on the wall are Larry's, but she dosn't care. She has been quite the conversationalist this morning, but I had to document her first crush.

Never do anything that you wouldn't want to explain to the paramedics. ~Author Unknown

Bars

Beam

Floor and no pics of the vault. But watching them run and jump was interesting.

Isaac's program

Brown door (kinda in the background) before

Happy lighted new white door.

Yucky green leafy dining room with decopoge (Ya I don't know how to spell that) coming off the wall.

Matching calming colors with border.

Other than a dimple in a cute little chin, what's more adorable than a toothless grin?

Just so everyone knows-- Isaac got his tooth pulled this morning and there was nothin' to it. He got a baggie of goodies to bring home and still says "Mom, I like going to the dentist." Of course he didn't have a lazy day like we all thought he might. He was running around like nothin' happened, except we let him have some popsicles and ice cream of course. His tongue keeps exploring the new space in his mouth and describing how it feels to me. Now Zoey wants to go to the dentist and she can't wait for her first tooth to come out. She's got a ways to go yet. But I suppose this means the tooth fairy should stop by tonight? Does anyone have some cash? What is the tooth fairy's going rate for teeth that need to be pulled by the dentist?

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. ~Thomas Jefferson

Another fabulous day in the Soost household. Most of us woke up with mild cold like symptoms. We all got out the door late. Again. I dropped Zoey off at daycare and Isaac off at Kids Kamp. Went back home cuz I (totally Ike) forgot the shoeboxes and papertowel roll for crafts at home. Came back and met with a client. Picked up Isaac to take him to his dentist appointment. He was amazing! He let them do everything without complaint and very little squirming. While he does not have any cavities he does have a draining absess tooth which will need to be pulled. Bummer. He got to pick chocolate flavor for his polish and melon for his flouride treatment and was excited to get a new toothbrush, dental floss and some new tatoos. I dropped him off back at kids kamp and picked up Zoey for gymnastics. She was the leader today and they do something new and great every day so far. It is fun for me to watch and the kids absolutly LOVE it. We get her warm clothes back on (cuz its still rainy and cold here) and head to the Children's Center to see if she qualifies for speech therapy. She totally qualifies, but will still need one more test before we actually start meeting. They need to test like a zillion times, which I don't fully understand, but its free and they are super good. Plus they needed to retest her hearing which was great and will restest her sight again next time. They told me she was a little near sighted in the fall and am currious how she is doing now. Zoey and I picked up Isaac, came home and made some yummy pork chops for supper. Now we are jammied up and ready for bed. The morning comes too soon for the little ones anymore.

Character is what emerges from all the little things you were too busy to do yesterday, but did anyway. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Not

Only day 2 of summer vacation and I am sitting here on a sugar high trying to figure out how to get the paper towel roll out of the middle of a half roll of paper towels without actually unrolling them so that Isaac can make a rain stick at camp tomorrow.

My day started out a little slow cuz everyone was drained from yesterday's activities. But we made it to daycare, T-ball, kids camp and gymnastics so far. I had a client scheduled in there too and Chris still has softball tonight. The kids are having a great time and sleeping well. I'll have to update tomorrow with Ike's dentist results and Zoey's speech results.

Now I feel like a mom-- making sure everyone is where they need to be, preferably on time and with swimsuits, towels, mits, waterbottles, gymnastics clothes, lunches, nap mats, layered clothing for this stupid weather and of course paper towel rolls to make rain sticks.