Little Things

1) Riley's tooth did come out. (See picture)
2) The boys came up with a solution for my empty wall in the living room. If only this picture could convey how much tape they used to adhere the poster... (See picture)

3) Corey is trying to go poo on the potty without assistance. Unfortunately, this is physically impossible when he has his braces on. Big messes have ensued.
4) The house is a catastrophe. I have 1 1/2 days before the in-laws show up to correct this problem.
5) Riley informed me this morning before school that I had a lot of laundry to do.
6) Corey's eye doctor said that we have to go back to patching up to three hours a day. Here we go again...
7) I have no groceries and no desire to go get any. I've been out of Coke for 19 hours already.
8) Ken thought he was going hunting after work tonight. See what happens when he thinks? (He was wrong.)
9) Ken will be getting paid for the overtime that he was initially denied. Sadly, we wont see it until the next pay period.
10) My batteries are dead in my camera. Again. It's supposed to rain the next few days so you'll never get to see my beautiful completed deck or the big rectangle of compacted dirt left behind when we got rid of the swing set.

Rock-A-Bye Corey

Corey rocks himself to sleep every night. He gets up in a crawling position and rocks his entire body back and forth, humming as he does so. When he has a hard time sleeping, he can do this for up to an hour, which apparently is what he did last night. Here's what Ken and I found when we checked on Corey before hitting the hay yesterday...

Corey was sleeping like a log after he (once again) rocked his mattress clear off of the bed frame.

If you look, you'll see there isn't a dust ruffle on Corey's bed, either. That's because it's impossible to keep one in place when Corey shifts his mattress night after night.

Somebody Was Bored at the Post Office #2

Here was Shannon's birthday package in June:

And here's Riley's from the other day:
Really, Mom, how long ARE the lines at your local Post Office? Do they do this to all packages?