OK, it's been a while since I've posted. Soon I'll try to recap the past month or two. But not now. I can report, however, that Alaina has had a record-setting mishap evening. While I prepared dinner the kids were "sitting" at the table. I put quote on that as Alaina has had trouble for many, many moons actually sitting in her chair, and any number of remonstrations and falls have not cured her of this problem. I heard her cup flying, water spilling, and spun around just to see her falling backwards to the floor. Luckily, her elbows took the beating her head was heading for. We recovered from that, ate dinner, and as I cleaned up dishes, I heard a solid thud from the living room. Another of Alaina's poor habits has been fooling around on the couch and coffee table, again despite prior experience that could have taught a more timid child not to do this stuff. I ran over to see her holding her nose, which promptly began bleeding out of both barrels, and a bit of swelling is showing up. Watching and waiting to see the extent of the damage, but I think we have dodged the broken nose this time.
Meanwhile, Ethan and Bill have gone out to play catch. Ethan is in coach pitch baseball this year, and out of seven practices, I believe only three have worked out. The rest went down the drain with all the rain we've been getting. His first game is the 8th, and he is excited. Anyway, I finally got back to my dishes, glanced out at them playing and saw Ethan in his Mr. Incredible suit with big fake muscles, which is several inches too short, showing his St Patrick's Day bright green socks with gold leprechans, heaving the ball with painstaking form. It made me crack up.
