plain crazy .......

Today was the kids school physical day, which they tell you only takes a few mins so the kids are scheduled back to back.....well of course the nurse can not find Sage's first year of shots. Sage was born in a civilian hospital and was seen by a private practice since Brian was finishing up his time at Xavier ROTC. So low and behold the records were never put in the computer, just a folder so now the poor nurse has to make us a shot record, along with trying to figure out what shots Kael and Maddie got while we were in Ohio......If you are in the military never...ever go ROTC or recruiter unless you are very close to a base.....it is a nightmare for records. See when we move from base to base it all follows nice and neat but if you have to take it off base oh my lordy. I am joking (somewhat) but since the Army was going to a computer system when we left Bragg for Ohio none of our stuff was entered like it should have but hopefully it will work itself out the years the kids are here.
So between Ohio and Kansas the kids missed some shots.....which thrilled them and me to death. The Nurse today....LOVE HER.....she copied everything for me so I would have a copy at home and was so kind to do all this. We took off to the other side of the hospital to get shots except for paperwork it was fast....Sage was pissed before we even got there, Kael had worked himself into a frenzy and was chanting over and over it's gonna hurt and Maddie who had to have the most just sat there quietly. So again I got a great nurse....she was quick, distracting and gave me personal copies of what she did.....LOVE HER, too. Finally got home for Sage to nap and she had crackers all in her seat, so I took it out to dump it....looked kinda dingy so I must wash it ....take off the cover....ewwww now I must clean whole seat...in the tub .....ewwww .....OMG U don't wanna know......now I must clean tub......all this took 2 hours....so we were late to get some dinner. And get this on the way to get something I came up with the brilliant idea to just "run" into Wal Mart for a bird feeder....hour later we finally got food. And of course the kids are hot,grumpy, and hungry all because I can not focus on (1) thing.......and then I wonder where they get it from.
Tomorrow nothing is "planned" or scheduled so I hope to get paperwork done and bills paid during the silence.......hoping to purge some rooms this week ......wish me luck

Pics from the park on post.....it was 100+ that day so we had it all to ourselves .....all the sane people were at the pool.

Sibling Wars

That is what it feels like here.....plus the trip to NC was no better.....they fight all the time. I am hoping it is just that they have spent too much time together and will get better since school starts soon and I can hopefully get them into some kind of rec program. Today it got so brutal Kael bit Maddie...lovely....at 10:06pm he is still sitting at the dining room table writing 100 times I will not bite Maddie.
As you can see today was the big day for our installation of the play system, see above as to why you see no pics of Kael out there...ahem. Of course Sage straddled a metal pole ( oh my I can not even imagine the pain, but I'm sure quite a few men can....LOL) but 30 mins later she was ready to go back out. We had a nice visit to NC, too short but that is our life now.
Hoping to get some grocery shopping done, post office visits, and recycle.....lots to do with us being gone 3 days. Weds is Dr appt's day for school physical's plus I'm trying to get the kids some extra stuff to do just to keep them busy for the next 2 weeks ( pray they go fast )
Time to go see if he's past 80 yet.....Night y'all

About friggin time.....

there is now a maple syrup without High Fructose Corn Syrup.....Log Cabin has FINALLY come out with one. My Household can go through a bottle like its water but all commercial ones contain HFCS so we have paid almost $6 for a tiny bottle of the "real" stuff. Not anymore, Thank You Log Cabin. On other news Kael lost 2 teeth this weekend, praying that's it for awhile. He woke up this morning with a rash on his face.....same spot and rash that we spent months going to derm's in Ohio about and no one ever figured out what it was or what was causing it.
Maddie and Sage have good day/bad days....we are ALL still adjusting to this deployment. Kael and Maddie Skype with him everyday so it makes it easier.
You will have to forgive me, my brain is fried ......I mowed the front yard today at 1330 ( have to do it when Sage naps ) and I am exhausted. Afterwards we had to go to the commissary and the kids actually behaved??????????????
The pics are from the 4th of July Carnival on Post.


PS....I vacuumed again with my new Vacuum tonight....still LOVE it !!! Good Night

And He's gone

Today was our official first day of deployment and he is very missed by all. Sage looks around but I don't think it fully hit her yet.....but OMG is she being a BRAT. Some of today's highlights were her whipping the other 2 with a glow necklace and refusing to eat her dinner....that one was fun she took her Handy Mandy cup threw it at the wall where it broke....nice huh? Now this can be due to deployment, terrible 2's or just Sage???
Today I got the Mortgage finally on automatic draft, why it had to be so difficult I will never understand??? Got all Kids their Dr's appt's and get this I have to get 6 different appt's .....One day for only School Physical's ....back to back and for CYS ( Army YMCA or Rec department ) I have to go 3 different days. But at least the School Physicals will be done before school and hopefully I can get the kids in some kind of Fall activity??
Maddie had to go to the dentist today for a cleaning and I don't think we will stick with them. 1) They only take kids 3 and older which means I would have to find Sage a different dentist( not a biggie ) 2) The place is not kid friendly....not one bit....no toys, no mags, no books, no TV, and no color......I honestly was so uncomfortable it was very cold feeling. Very Strange place. The Dr was nice but she does not know about GERD ( why Maddie has Caps on 8 teeth) and would have to refer us out to deal with crowding of the teeth. So I need to check with a wife who's hubby went with Brian because they all went to a different dentist Weds.
Speaking of teeth.....Kael lost another one tonight.....that's 2 this week ......pray for me, I hate being the tooth fairy. Well I am off to bed......so the kids will go to sleep so I can sneak in there. These are just 4 of the 12 I took trying to get a decent one.......do you see what I have to deal with??????? Night All

Today was spent trying to figure out how the medical is run here. The kids have to get school physicals done before school. Registration starts on the 19th so I need to get on the ball. I need to get all our medical records turned back in so I must locate that tomorrow. I need to figure out how to get the kids Prescriptions filled/changed over. It drives me bonkers trying to figure out each base's different system. So I have figured out what new vacuum I am gonna get. We went to Lowes tonight and got a rug for the family room floor, a Gardenia bush to hopefully conceal our A/C from the street in the future and a oven lock ( Sage can pull this one open, door is not heavy at all ). It is slowly starting to feel like a home : )
Hopefully I can get some "army" stuff handled tomorrow.....Lots more to come I'm Sure.

Happy 4th

We have been busy. Aunt Bambi arrived Thursday and we went to the Salute to the nations on post. Friday We grilled out and tried to catch the fire works but we were too late. Saturday Aunt Bambi kept the kids while Brian and I went to the melting pot in Savannah.....yum.
We are staying busy trying to get things out away, put up and Brian has to pack to be ready to deploy anytime after Tuesday. It seems we find something everyday that has to be fixed on this house....and while they are small it is still annoying since I have to call the builder, who has to call me back, who has to call the contractor, then call me back to set up time....ugh.
Hopefully everyone is having a wonderful 4th and I'm sure once this week is over we will be back to a somewhat normal schedule.
Or Maybe Not??? : {

Well Hello there Stranger

We have had no internet or phone service for 10 days......fun. We made it all the way from Mt Vernon IL to Asheville NC where there were NO HOTELS with space for us so we ate a quick dinner and got back on the road and still could not find a hotel until we got to Morganton NC....long ( cranky ) night. From Morganton we made it to Pinehurst to see Granny and made it to GA the next day.
We did the walk thru and signed away our life on Tuesday. The Movers got here Weds am and unloaded. We have worked, worked and more work but it is 90% done. Brian had to go back to work on Monday and he has not stopped, plus they are making him a walking pin cushion with all the tests/shots. We are trying to get all our bills, insurance, kids stuff changed over now that we have internet.
There are a few things left to be fixed ( paint touch ups, baseboard nailed down, little stuff) We are pretty much alone on this end of the street except for the single lady across the street but another one has sold beside her and the one next to it is almost complete.
We already had Sage at the dentist.....she hit her mouth on the slide at McDonald's and busted her lip. Well as luck would have it the skin hanging from the busted lip got caught between her 2 front teeth......can you imagine??? So we tried to floss it out but no luck. The dentist who removed it was nice enough to take us because he does not do children under 3 and after Sage I am certain he never will again, but he thinks the teeth might be loose so he said let the mouth heal and go to a dentist in a couple of weeks. Hopefully we will be back to a slightly normal blogging schedule now. Night all.
1) We sure have missed Granny
2) Maddie at our first Hotel Mt Vernon IL
3) Sage first night, she was exhausted
4) Leaving Leavenworth....Same van, same color, same decals as me except she has more children and they are from Ft Bragg......Brian did a double take ....LOL after that I had to get a pic.
5) One last pic on our old steps......Goodbye Leavenworth.