Nothing Says Romance Like Small Claims Court and Chuck E Cheese

Well the long awaited court date arrived and it was on Valentine's Day of all days.  It was an adventure in itself, maybe more of a circus.  Have you ever been to small claims court?  What an experience!  Prior to our tree case being heard the judge dealt with some criminal matters first.  Wow, how many tickets can one person get?  It was like I was being introduced to a whole other world!  Of course, our case was also a little bit on the bizarre side.  Our friendly neighbor, put on a show like you only see by Helen Mirren.  We are talking Oscar worthy!  Then to add to the performance her son was the director of the show and he is nothing but STRANGE.  The reality is our attorney probably thought along these lines "I have a case and it is small claims, the joys!"  while Strange son was plotting and preparing for 3 months to be attorney for the day.  In the end, we lost and she lost.  She was originally offered $750, that she turned down and in the end was awarded $980 instead of the $2050 that she was hoping for.  I am just glad it is over with and behind us.  However, the irony in my life is just a little much...guess what I received in the mail yesterday?  Jury Summons! 

After our time in court, sworn in and all, we took the boys to Chuck E Cheese.  I think this was our 3rd year to take Miller on Valentine's Day.  I know most people think we are crazy but it is a great way for us to celebrate.  We LOVE our Chuck E Cheese Valentine Dinners!   Of course the day started off even better.  Since David had to take the day off because of court he took Miller to breakfast and to school.  As they left all I could think was how full my heart was.  Here David had a rare day off and instead of attempting to sleep in, he was taking Miller to Mickey D's and to school.  Yep, there goes my heart!!!!

No "Viewing" Allowed...Really???

I was so excited about Miller participating in Jump Rope For Heart.  I was so proud of him for "catching on" to what it means for Steven and other kids like him, it is personal!!!  He was excited that I was going to come watch him jump rope.  But that didn't happen.  Sorry No Viewing Allowed!  That is what the overly perky lady at the front office told me when I got to the school.  To say that I am still just a little miffed is an understatement.  Long story is that I sometimes feel at a disadvantage at this school and Friday proved that to be true.  After Overly Perky Lady (OPL) told me that, I went home to eat and then went back to the school to check Miller out early.  Funny, while I waited in line the mom in front of me said that she wasn't there to check him (assuming she is referring to her son) out but to go watch him jump rope and she was happily passed a visitor's name tag to complete and off she went.  While I watched with daggers shooting out of my eyes at the OPL, I was quickly told that the other mom was on the list of approved volunteers and that is why she was allowed to watch.  I must say, nothing like having my intelligence insulted on the spot. 

• If other mom was on a list, her name tag would have been completed in advance.
• I heard what other mom said...no I am not checking him out, I want to go WATCH him jump rope, NO MENTION OF VOLUNTEERING, HELPING, or WORKING, just WATCHING!

Sad thing is, that as I waited another parent came in to check out her children but OPL was too busy visiting with someone to pay any attention to the parent so she went to the other side and checked out her oldest child, then returned to the elementary side.  When her oldest child came out she said something along the lines of: I had to check you out first because she was too busy chit chatting about how to become a substitute and if you make them mad you end up on the bad list.  I thought well my name will be in front of yours. 

But I have to say the day was not a total loss.  I was not planning on checking Miller out so when he came walking out of those doors he was a little excited.  First question, why didn't you come watch me?  Second question, why are you checking me out?  His summarized version of my answers, I wanted you to come see me but getting checked out is much better.  So take that OPL, you didn't ruin my day after all.  Yes, still just a little miffed!  :-)

I do have a couple of pictures of him with his JRFH sticker!

It Will Always Be Ree-de-ro To Me!

It seems like it has been awhile but we have been having too much fun for me to blog.

First things first, the hemoglobin for Sweet Mess was normal at last weeks follow up.  Very thankful.  However, he did get his 2nd flu shot and a couple of prescriptions for his ears.  For some reason the back of his ears continue to either get real dry and crack or something.  I thought it was not getting all the shampoo out but it has happened a couple of times and it is both ears.  But last week, they were NASTY!  Dr. D was concerned about how bad they were, so she started him on his first ever "pink stuff" aka antibiotics.  He wasn't a fan and neither was his tummy.  The cream that she gave him is much kinder to us all  :-)  There was a really cute moment at the doctor's office, Steven could not figure out what the band aid was and he wanted it off.  It was a battle of the band aid and well the band aid won because I eventually took it off.  But not before I took a picture and video taped it. 

Now on to our weekend.  Friday, Miller was all about having his friend over so after dinner the two of them played for a couple of hours while I tried checking into our taxes.  Let's just say, not a good time to try and do something for the IRS!  But they had fun!!  On Saturday, we enjoyed total laziness until it was rodeo time.  Now, every year we go to the rodeo with David's family and Miller loves it.  When he was younger he called it Ree-de-ro and it will always be that to me.  Where did this 6 year old come from?  The one who came home talking about being a bull rider instead of talking about the clown.  Makes me sad...no longer my baby!  But the real baby in the family did follow in his brother's footsteps and while enjoying his first ever ree-de-ro, Sweet Mess took a bottle only to spit it ALL up on me and in his diaper bag.  Correction, it wasn't spit up, it was full on PROJECTILE all over me.  As I already stated, the "pink stuff" was not kind to Steven's tummy.  David said that it wasn't surprising, considering Miller went PROJECTILE at another ree-de-ro, but it wasn't from "pink stuff" it was from a "nasty" Dr. Pepper that he drank.  It was really someones spit bottle.  Yes, we like to leave our mark every ree-de-ro we go!  :-)

Well Happy Tuesday To All!!!

Real Quick...thank you to everyone who donated to Jump Rope for Heart!  Miller will be jumping on Friday and I hope to be there to take some pictures.  It really means so much to us all.  Thank you, thank you and thank you!