Liar, Liar... Part 2

Okay, so one story for one day is not enough. I went to have lunch with Carter today & his assistant teacher told me another one. When he came in yesterday morning, he went to her & said, "guess what... we got robbed last night". So his teacher was very concerned about it & asked what happened. He proceeds to tell her that in the middle of the night someone broke into our house, so he got his gun & Corby got his gun & somehow the tooth fairy got in there, and they both shot him & took care of things. She said he was so believable, so she went down to Chandler class & asked him "did ya'll get robbed last night?" Of course we didn't & he told her we didn't.

What am I going to do with this kid????? When I talked to his teacher today (because she was back at school) she thinks it's hilarious. She is sure that he is going to do something great with this skill one of these days. Of course, she's a grandma herself & loves to hear what he comes up with. But for me, I'm just waiting for somebody to freak out about one of his stories, because, they are mostly believable (not the tooth fairy part) stuff that can really happen. When he tells them, he makes no grins or gives you any reason not to believe him. HELP!!!!!

Liar, liar, pants on fire

I have a storyteller on my hands. I've posted previous stuff about this before. Carter is a big time fibber. Sometimes it's about little stuff & other times it's more serious. Today was a serious one. He told me that his teacher wasn't at school today. So I asked why & he said "she crashed her car into a tree." Very nonchalantly.... no big deal. I freaked & started into a million questions. Is she okay... was she hurt... is she in the hospital? To the last one he answered "yes", but she'll be back at school tomorrow. Oh my gosh! My heart sunk & I'm thinking, if she's in the hospital, she won't be back tomorrow! So I called his assistant to ask her about it. She wasn't there. I called a friend who's kid is in the same class. She wasn't there. I called another friend who's kid is in the class & he said she had an appointment. "Ding"... the light bulb went on. I played into his story. He is SO believable. Then I started drilling him again & saying "are you sure she had an accident?" and he started to cry. I knew it... the little stinker! So I called his teacher (should have been the first one I called, but I didn't think she would be there if she was in the hospital) to make sure all was okay & she laughed out loud. She loves his stories... apparently he tells a lot of them in school and says that he's going to be a great writer one day. Let's hope so, but for now he's writing his own story...I call it "the little boy who cried wolf". One of these days, no one will believe him when he IS telling the truth.

Do you have to, do you have to, do you have to let it linger...

I feel like that song keeps repeating over & over in my house...we just can't get rid of it. Carter has strep throat again. We went to the doctor again this morning. I'm still snotting (for lack of a better word) but it's better than it was. It's reverted now to coughing up all the congestion that I guess settled in my chest.

Other than that, things are pretty good here. Kensley is just walking everywhere now. She's so cute strutting around the house. She loves to carry things around, but she can never carry it all at once, so she gets frustrated (like in the video) and screams at the stuff. She's saying new words everyday. Her newest is "oooos" for shoes. I heard that one for the first time today. She's also saying "mow" and points to her nose... yes, she's a little confused. She's starting to nod her head if she wants or doesn't want something. It's hilarious, because you really don't expect an answer & she shakes yes or no.

The boys started basketball this past weekend. They had their first game on Saturday. It was cute to watch them. Carter's league (5 & 6 yr olds) are still pretty much clueless and the coaches are on the court & guide them. We lost big time... but they don't officially keep score. I don't know if he is going to like it or not... it just doesn't seem like his kind of thing. Chandler's league (7 & 8 yr olds) is more into the game. They actually look like they know what they are doing. There are some big kids in his league. He's so skinny & small compared to the other kids. He's raring to go at the beginning of the game, but towards the end, he's tired of it. Although, he is doing much better than I expected and sticks with it. Kensley doesn't cooperate very well at the games, so I'm not as attentive as I would like to be. They have a game every weekend, so I'll try to get some pics and post them.

Cough, blow, gag, bark....

...that's what is sounds like around our house these days. Sickness still plagues this house. I thought we would be on the mending side of things by now, but not so much. I'm still not over my sinus infection and wondering at this point if that's what I really have since I've been on an antibiotic for a week now. I was looking forward to going to church this morning since we've haven't been in a few weeks (out of town for Christmas, sick kids, me sick). I laid everything out & even got our breakfast stuff ready to make pancakes all laid out with cups, plates, forks, etc. Then about 12:30 am I was getting ready to go to bed & Kensley started fussing. Normally I just let her fuss & she goes right back to sleep, but she kept fussing. So I went in there to check on her & she was standing up. I picked her up, she gagged, we ran... thankfully we made it to the toilet in time, but she threw up several times last night. I am wondering at this point where in the world she would have picked something up because we haven't been anywhere (except yesterday morning to watch the boys basketball games) in almost a week. Who knows! Then, in the middle of the night, Chandler starts his barking cough. Ugh! I'm tired of it. I'm sure it could be a lot worse, but I'm ready for everyone to be well for a while. I want to feel up to par again and have some energy to do stuff. So, until next time... let's keep out fingers crossed & pray that we all get well.