I had a dream last night that I went to the movies and when it was my turn to order the tickets, I couldn’t remember the name of the movie we wanted to see. For some reason they didn’t list them on the wall behind the register like normal. I tried to call someone for help, but suddenly my phone had been replaced with a different phone and every time I hit the buttons for my contact list, it took me to some funky screen and I couldn’t find anyone’s number.

We have a few daily battles here at the circus which I have to mediate carefully. One involves who buckled their top straps first in the car seat and the other is over who gets to eat off of the coveted plate at meal time. I made the innocent mistake of purchasing three different animal face plates last year at Target. I also bought some basic color plates as well. I was careful to make sure I got red and purple (my son and daughter’s favorite colors as well as 2 others since they baby didn’t yet have an opinion on colors and it was nice to have extras for when friends are visiting).

Found this on CNN headlines…it appears I am not the only mom living at the circus. Gotta busy Monday ahead of me, will try to post an update of our crazy circus life later today, until then you can read about this circus life.

Last week in church the pastor gave an illustration in which he mentioned the number of American lives lost during various wars in our history. My son looked over at me and asked why he was talking about American soldiers getting killed. This led to a discussion later in the week in which it was brought to my attention that my son was under the impression that good guys don’t die in war.

Last week the girls and I were at the auto mechanic waiting to get the oil changed in our minivan. We were sitting nicely in the the waiting room reading books and enjoying some goldfish when suddenly I look over at the older one and shockingly find her standing in the waiting room (filled with people) with her pants and underwear down to her ankles. I quickly pull them up and ask her why she did this and she explains that her “butt hurts.

A few weeks ago Scott’s cousin was married in CA. Since the groom was from Brazil, we were among many friends and relatives that weren’t able to attend the ceremony. The family thoughtfully broadcasted the ceremony live on the internet. I had never attending a wedding this way before. While we would have preferred to attend the wedding in person and share in their celebration with them, in some ways, it was the easiest way to watch the ceremony with our three kids present.

I recently discovered a way to entertain and delight my children, while also getting some help in the kitchen. I let them wash dishes in the sink by hand.  I don’t give them anything fragile. But at almost 3 and almost 5, they are quite capable of scrubbing pots and pans or large bowls…things I can’t squeeze into the dishwasher. They beg me for the opportunity and it keeps them content for up an hour.

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I am dealing with some serious reentry probs today, so my post is not only later in the day than normal, but will be more of a random tangent on life at the circus today. The entire circus fam is fighting colds. Runny noses, coughs…we felt them coming on at the end of last week but oddly enough standing in 15 degree weather for 4 hours did little to fight them off.

Game time 6:30pm on Sunday, January 18, 2009 Scott and I were in our seats by 4:45. We were too excited to stay away any longer. When we looked out into the stadium, it was obvious who the non season ticket holders were. There was a sprinkling of us around the stadium. Rookies eager to enjoy every precious minute of the event. As we sat down in our seat (only three rows back in the upper level) we could see everything!