Babbling

The highlight of my week has been the obtaining of a new vacuum cleaner. Exciting I know. My old one broke which caused much hyperventilating on my part as I HAVE to vacuum every day, it has something to do with my obsessive compulsive disorder when it comes to clean floors. So I dropped the oldest 3 off at AWANA's and went to Wal-Mart to purchase a new vacuum, only to discover that they were out of most of them. I immediately called my trustworthy friend in NY and she began to search out said vacuums to check out their consumer responses. Needless to say that I walked out of Wal-Mart without a vacuum as the only ones that had decent reviews were $400.00. Don't get me wrong, I liked these vacuums, but I just have trouble paying that much for something that is going to suck up dirt off my floor when I paid the same amount for my first car... Call me crazy, but if I am going to pay that much for a vacuum it had better last me a L O N G time. So instead I went to Lowes and purchased a vacuum that was within my price range that had great reviews and so far so good. It has strong suction and I love the on board tools. So a big THANKS A BUNCH Melissa for helping me out in my vacuum dilemma. I am so glad you had your hi-speed in time for my crisis! :)

Now, on to more activities of the week. My son had his first baseball game of the season in which they won. It was an exciting game. I have to confess that I HATE it when my kid is up to bat. It is a stressful time. I sit and watch them and see the anxiety on their faces as they wait for the pitch. Watch them swing and if they miss I can see their stress level rise as they set up to try again. But boy when they connect with that ball and take off running I can also feel their exhilaration that they did it! I unfortunately did not remember my camera so I had to settle for a picture of him in our kitchen after the game. He cannot wait to play again tomorrow in his next game.


The other activity this week was my daughters gymnastics/dance class. She does this at the school on Fridays and I just had to take a picture of her doing her spider walk. It is basically a bridge in which you walk while maintaining this pose. It is a tough thing to do and I am proud of how well she is doing in her class. She is cartwheeling, front flipping, spider walking all over the place!
Of course my 3yr old has to get down and try to do what the other girls are doing. In her own version of course. Here she is showing me her stuff against the bleachers of the gym. Next year she will be old enough to take the class. The better question will be whether the teacher will be ready for her! LOL

Well that is what we have been doing this week. We are still looking forward to their daddy coming home albeit later than what we planned. That is the way it goes in this business, you can't really plan for things as you never really know what will happen. It will still be great to see him again and get to enjoy some of these fun activities with him. It is always nice to be together as a family. I have much more respect for families of truck drivers now that we are one. I had no clue when he started this venture what it was really like. It is a hard road to travel that is for sure. All the little things that you took for granted before that you miss now that one of you is away. I will be glad for his home time that is for sure!