11/26/07 - For the past 2 school days, Jack has left school crying because Nico Brougham couldn't come home with us after school. Both he and Nico were there with coats on looking at me like "aren't you going to take both of us". So, I finally told Jack that I would call Nico's Mom. As soon as we got home, he was on me to call her. I called her and we decided that I'd bring him home the Monday after Thanksgiving. Well, the kids were off for 5 days and Jack asked every day if it was time yet. Finally, it was time! I picked Jack and Nico up from school and they just came home and played. Jack really enjoyed it and wanted to know if he could come back tomorrow!
12/4/07 - Jack has been asking to stay at after-school daycare for a couple weeks now. I finally decided to let him try it! So, today, he took his lunch (jelly sandwich, Cheetos, chocolate pudding and a juice box) and was prepared for the day. He was VERY excited. I picked him up at 4:10pm and he was playing away. He was happy to see me and said he was ready to stay again soon. We decided he'd stay every Tuesday since that's when his friend Colton Pence from his class stays. He's getting too big!!
12/6/07 - Well, Jack is one popular boy! Last night, Grant Shoulders' Mom called me and asked if Jack could go home with Grant and Nico Brougham today. Jack was very excited. She picked all 3 boys up from school and took them home to play until about 2pm. She's brave! He said he had a good time. Apparently they played charades because he keeps wanting to play that!
12/8/07 - Abby got a babydoll from Emily for Christmas. When I asked Ally what her name was, Ally said "Ashley"! She has an Ashley in her ballet class so I guess that's where she heard that name!!
The girls have been potty training. The best thing for them is to leave them naked from the waist down and the little potty chair in the living room. They are peeing very good and Ally has pooped quite a few times.
Abby calls Santa "Ho Ho".
Ally is becoming quite the tattle-tell.
Jack is practicing for his Christmas program in which I believe he has a pretty big part!
Ally's still doing great in ballet class. She loves it!
We're going to Nashville for Devyn's tournament this weekend. We're going to go to the hotel, etc to see the Christmas displays.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Monday, December 3, 2007
Gas leak scare!
We had a pretty scary weekend at the house this past weekend. Jack and I were playing "Chutes and Ladders" in the living room and I was laying on the floor by the fireplace. Suddenly I noticed the smell of gas, so I opened the fireplace doors and smelled around here there, but didn't smell anything. I finally smelled the little valve in the floor and that's where it was coming from. I called Vectren and told them about it and the lady on the phone took all of my information then told me she was going to "read some safety precautions to me." It went something like this: "Do not turn on any appliances... Do not turn off any appliances... Do not light any candles... Do not turn on or off any lights... Do not answer the phone... Do not hang up the phone... Grab your cell phone and get your family out of the house immediately. Good bye." Needless to say, I was TERRIFIED! Missy was in the shower, the girls were taking a nap, and Jack was laying on the couch watching TV!!!
Well, we chilled out for about 20 min. and then Vectren arrived. The guy went in and checked the valve on the floor, and sure enough, we had a gas leak! He told me all he had to do was "make the situation safe" and turn off our gas, but that would mean we'd have no heat and no hot water until we could fix the problem! So I asked him if there was any way he could just turn off the gas to the fireplace since we never used it. He said maybe there's a valve on the pipe that leads to the fireplace and if so, you could shut it off there. So I said, "OK, that sounds great!" So he said, "OK, go under the house and check it out!" And I said, "Huh? Isn't that your job???" And he said, "Uh no. That's YOUR job!" YIKES!
The guy looked just like Santa Clause and was very funny. He kept telling me everything I needed to do to fix it. He was talking about plugs, unions, nipples, check values, etc. and I finally stopped him and said, "I'm sorry. I have no idea what your talking about." He looked at me real funny and said, "What line of work are you in anyway?" I said, "Computers." He said, "OK, that explains it!"
So anyway, I had to put on the coveralls and crawl under the house to check out the gas pipes.. I was pretty scared going down there b/c I'm not crazy about going under the house anyway, but I was VERY nervous going under there with a gas leak. Unfortunately, there was no valve on that pipe so he had no choice but to shut off the main gas supply to the house... We were going to the RC Christmas Party that night and Mom was supposed to come over to our house to watch the kids, so it was a very hectic afternoon trying to sort all that out. We ended up taking the kids to Lori's house so she could watch them and then spending the night there too.
Greg came over the next morning and helped me (actually, he did all the work!) put a plug on the pipe that goes to the fireplace. There was a "union" there (I finally learned what that means through all this) so all we had to do was disconnect it at the union and screw in a plug. It was pretty scary working down there knowing there was stray gas in the area, but everything worked out great and we got the gas back on in a couple of hours. Jack even went down there with us and he was pretty proud of himself!
Well, we chilled out for about 20 min. and then Vectren arrived. The guy went in and checked the valve on the floor, and sure enough, we had a gas leak! He told me all he had to do was "make the situation safe" and turn off our gas, but that would mean we'd have no heat and no hot water until we could fix the problem! So I asked him if there was any way he could just turn off the gas to the fireplace since we never used it. He said maybe there's a valve on the pipe that leads to the fireplace and if so, you could shut it off there. So I said, "OK, that sounds great!" So he said, "OK, go under the house and check it out!" And I said, "Huh? Isn't that your job???" And he said, "Uh no. That's YOUR job!" YIKES!
The guy looked just like Santa Clause and was very funny. He kept telling me everything I needed to do to fix it. He was talking about plugs, unions, nipples, check values, etc. and I finally stopped him and said, "I'm sorry. I have no idea what your talking about." He looked at me real funny and said, "What line of work are you in anyway?" I said, "Computers." He said, "OK, that explains it!"
So anyway, I had to put on the coveralls and crawl under the house to check out the gas pipes.. I was pretty scared going down there b/c I'm not crazy about going under the house anyway, but I was VERY nervous going under there with a gas leak. Unfortunately, there was no valve on that pipe so he had no choice but to shut off the main gas supply to the house... We were going to the RC Christmas Party that night and Mom was supposed to come over to our house to watch the kids, so it was a very hectic afternoon trying to sort all that out. We ended up taking the kids to Lori's house so she could watch them and then spending the night there too.
Greg came over the next morning and helped me (actually, he did all the work!) put a plug on the pipe that goes to the fireplace. There was a "union" there (I finally learned what that means through all this) so all we had to do was disconnect it at the union and screw in a plug. It was pretty scary working down there knowing there was stray gas in the area, but everything worked out great and we got the gas back on in a couple of hours. Jack even went down there with us and he was pretty proud of himself!
Ally-speak
Ally is doing such a great job talking and it is sooo cute watching her learn how to put words together. We got this email from Lori today:
I forgot to tell you...the other night when I had the kids....I had a really bad belly ache. So, I kicked back in the recliner, I had my shirt up, and was rubbing my belly.....well, Ally would come over to me and say..."NO RI-RI....SHIRT DOWN!!" So, I said you dont like my belly. I said, Dylen is in there...and she goes..."BELLY SCARE ME!!!!!!"
I also heard her say her first 4-word sentence yesterday: "Jack Hit Face Me" !!!
Precious!
I forgot to tell you...the other night when I had the kids....I had a really bad belly ache. So, I kicked back in the recliner, I had my shirt up, and was rubbing my belly.....well, Ally would come over to me and say..."NO RI-RI....SHIRT DOWN!!" So, I said you dont like my belly. I said, Dylen is in there...and she goes..."BELLY SCARE ME!!!!!!"
I also heard her say her first 4-word sentence yesterday: "Jack Hit Face Me" !!!
Precious!
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