Dads Rock Too Share Café

Aimee- I wasn't cleaning it up! I left that job to hubby.

Well Happy belated birthday Donna!

Tracy- I'm right there with you... should be leaving for work now....

Lauren - Checking into a hotel sounds good:) Sorry the dog got sick in the wee hours of the morning. Bummer for hubby (clean-up).

Aimee - How are you doing?

Donna - Happy Belated Birthday!

Tracy - Yay that you get to use some of the same resources! Hey, why not, right? Your good to get permission though just in case.

We are in Day 2 of summer camp for Mr. T and it's going well:) Took him to his FIRST baseball game last night and he did GREAT! So, did the D-backs, they WON! He was happy eating his R's (Rasinets) and of course I was sure to make them last. He was happy clapping along and looking at the big screen. We were upper level nose bleeds section ($2 tickets for teachers), but right behind home plate. Last night was a big deal for us:)

Sweet picture Lindsay! I hope you're keeping a journal to capture these wonderful days- especially for T.

Came home to someone's BBQ chicken crock pot recipe... and I had forgotten I started it, so it was a doubly special surprise! Smells delicious!

Lauren: Lol, it's as if these kiddos were brought up on islands with all the water love! Oh wait....

Jackie: Ugh on all the stuff breaking! Makes me kinda glad that we're renting. Though my dryer did smell kinda funky last night, think some lint was trapped somewhere and went away when I vacuumed part of it up.

Lindsay: Aww, looks like a fun family trip, love it!!

So stinkin' excited! Our new pastor's wife invited me to this "single parents" retreat this weekend at the campground, it includes deployed military spouses too. They have people to watch the kids while the moms or dads hang out and do our own thing. Even people to watch the babies at night and make sure they're sleeping. Ha, like Elim's gonna go down for anyone but me, he'd scream bloody murder if anyone else picked him up in the middle of the night!

Stacy, that retreat sounds like so much fun. Maybe Elim will surprise you!

Tracy, want me to come get you organized? You know I love to label things and don't get me started on spreadsheets

I'm at work, it's 1:30am and I'm falling asleep... It's going to be a loooooong night

Stacy-I hope you have a great time at the retreat!

Laura-Wake up!!!!

Lauren-Dogs have the worst timing! I think I would have thrown up right next to the dog!

Lindsay-Great picture, glad everything went well at the game!

Alex is at Sea Turtle Camp this week at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, yep, the home of the famous Winter the Dolphin! I have never seen her happier, she even gets to go snorkeling all week during camp! I told my husband that we feed into her obsession with animals! I'm okay with it, it makes her happy!!!!

Laura- Oy, I don't think I could ever do an overnight shift.. unless they were paying me to sleep on the job.

Stacy- Retreat sounds nice- how are you doin' sans Charles? I can't even imagine.

Katie- We've got an animal lover over here too... I can think of worse things for them to be into.

I can't believe it's already Wednesday!

Lauren~ Me either.....! Wasn't it just a few minutes ago that we were posting that we were happy it was Monday because of our long to-do lists???

Stacy~ That sounds fun!! They'll probably be like the baby whisperer or something.... My luck, they'd be able to get all of the kids to do better than I get them to do!

Laura~ I'm not envying you at all! Can't keep my eyes open on regular work schedule, much less a night shift!

Lindsay~ Fun!!! I love baseball games!!

Katie~ I'm sure marine biologists get paid pretty nicely too. You're looking at a good nursing home when you're older!!!

Today's Ansley's last day of cheer camp and they do a mini exhibition of their "skills" at the end of the session. She's super excited for me to see what she's been working on, and Yay--I'm done with the dentist in plenty of time to do just that!!

I didn't read anything, I'm sorry. I will.

Just know.

It's. So. Hot.

98 according to the news, 104 according to the car. Blah.

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Tracy-I was at the dentist on Monday and all I could think of was our discussion every year between which yearly appointment is better!!! I bet Ansley looks so cute cheering!

Liz-Holy hot!!! It is rainy here, so it is staying in the 80's.

Lauren-This week is flying for some reason! We leave Monday for our annual RV trip!

Just got news that 98 degrees is reuniting and will be performing at the big concert that I am going to in August! Boy band mania, I am going to be in heaven!!!!

Katie - Have fun on your RV trip! That movie has been on a lot recently too:) The boy bands concert sounds like fun!

Liz - Although we don't have a lot of humidity, just know that I UNDERSTAND:) Nothing like an ice pack in your lap while driving around!

Tracy - I bet she had a good time at cheer camp:)

Stacy - That could be an interesting time out. Is it far from your place? I know about those repairs. Our A/C unit needs some repairs to avoid replacing the whole thing. Just waiting for the cc statement to close to space this stuff out:)

Liz~ Boo for mega heat!! It's hot down here too and super humid, but it's par for the course!

Katie~ You and your boy bands!!! Where is the RV heading this summer?? I'm sure you're coming near me when I'm out of town. Text me and I'll tell you about another Share momma that will be moving to the ATL soon.

Ansley had a great time at cheer camp and did well with her exhibition!! Love watching all of the little uncoordinated girls out there!! She also started a thing for the summer at our church called W.O.W. (Wild On Wednesday). The best way I can describe it is Field Day on Crack!! It's crazy, but super fun for anyone who participates!

Finished my three tests that are due tomorrow at midnight!! Yep--you heard right, I DID SOMETHING AHEAD OF TIME!! Only 7 more assignments to finish between now and Sunday!

Katie: Love that Alex is having such a blast at camp, can you adopt me so I can go?

Lauren: I'm doing ok! It's hard keeping up with the house and stuff without the extra help at night and with dinner but eh, whatever, it'll be clean eventually.

Tracy: Aww, yay, I bet that was fun seeing all that she's learned! Look at you doing stuff all ahead of time!

Lindsay: It's about two and a half hours or so from here!

Ugh, so Elim's had another molar pop through today. Since the 13th he's had three pop through, two molars and a front and a third molar is still working it's way through. I'm hoping the way he went to bed isn't an indication of how the night is going to go, if so it's not gonna be pretty.

Stacy~ Lots of teeth at the same time!! Reframe: He'll have his in soon if they all come in at the same time!! Ansley always cut at least two teeth at a time. The only downside to that was that she also lost two at a time....hee,hee!!

Okay---someone tell me what fun thing is going on that I'm missing!! There's usually a ton of chatter going on in the cafe, but it's been quiet since I'm able to be on more. (I usually only have one post to catch up on...)

Back to my to-do list! (Maybe that's where everyone is... )

Katie, I can't believe 98 degrees is going to be at that concert and I can't go! Ugh... I miss all the good concerts.

Sorry, I am completley distracted by missing out on 98 degrees and can't remember anything anyone else said.

Nathan just asked me if I'm having a bad day... it's 98 and we have no a/c, I've worked nights the last 2 nights in a row (that means I've gotten about 6 hours of sleep total over the last two days) and I have to work again tonight... he's pretty observant. But I did tell him Mommy would try to take a nap and then have a better day, we're all now in our rooms napping.

Stacy: Poor dear Elim, hope he had a good night..... that parent retirement sounds great, but I am not so sure about leaving kids over night.... it is good to listen that you are doing fine.....

Tracy: Wow! you impressed me already done with all that....

Lauren: ugh! I can't stand puke, glad your hubby was there to clean up the mess

Jackie; Glad to see you here, so sorry to read all the things broken in your house, when it rains it pours doesn't it..... tell me about it, I can't find someone to come fix my stove, the one that came said he will be back and I had been waiting for him for months......

Katie: Glad Alex is enjoying her summer camp....

Laura; hope your shifts change soon, so sweet of Nathan and Trevor to nap with you.....

Lindsay: great picture! So glad you had a great time spending so little, that is smart.... Hopefully we hit the movies tonight for Madagascar 3, I must confess I am not huge fan of cartoons.....

Liz; well you should enjoy the nice weather.....

So regular 6 months visit to the dentist with the kids was awful.... S had a molar that from some days now I had seen it had a different color, so I asked to move the appointment for this week, yep he had broken it, don't ask me how, a big piece of it, so Dr. said that he could not do anything with it, and since it was already little loose it was best to take it off... I almost fainted there, I am so scare of dentist..... S started crying, Dr. cheered him up, he said it was a piece of cake, so I grab his hand and he put some pain reliever, and took it off.....ugh! awful! after that S was laughing and saying it was easy... I need a glass of vine right there, then it was miss V turn..... she had some molars sealed.... and dentist assistant must have had day off or something since I was there helping the dentist.... And I felt like I was in the torture chamber......

Happy Thursday....

Lorena

Fly by...

Day 3 of heat and humidity...Rains are moving in tonight, so the overpaid weatherman says....

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Lorena-I am so sorry for the horrible dentist visit. Glad it's over!

Laura-I am still sad you can't go, my heart is broken!

Tracy-I am busy down at the beach with Alex's camp. It is a 30 minute drive, so I have to spend the day down there. I know...tough life!

Oh Katie....I'm feeling sorry for you..... Really, I would be feeling sorry for you if you're like me and have 100 other things to do.

Lorena~ Ugh!! Sorry for the dentist visit! Yuck on having issues with S.'s teeth, but I'm glad he thought it was easy and the dentist was able to put him at ease.

Laura~ No A/C??? Want me to ship you one?? I had to do that with some friends who moved from GA to Ohio a few years back. They couldn't find one anywhere so we shipped one from down south cause you KNOW we have A/C!!!!

Okay---4 things marked off my list of homework to-dos and only 3 big things to do.

Tracy - So awesome that you are movin' and groovin' on your assignments. More time to PLAY:)

Lorena - I've definitely seen more cartoon/animated movies as an adult than I ever did as a kid. I think you'll like Madagascar 3 though:) Sorry about the molars and dental stuff. I hope they gave you extra candies for helping out. I would need a drink after all of that too:)

Katie - I bet you are having such a good time down there:)

Laura - Sorry for the no A/C. Hoping that you are finding ways to stay cool.

Therapies . . . OT and PT are working out, ST is a different story. I had hubby sit in on this last session and I vacated with D. Long story short, we're on the hunt for a new provider and may have found one who can do early Saturday mornings. We're early risers, so that will work. With full-day Kinder, I think weekly 2-hour hab is going to be enough and maybe pushing it at that.

Lorena - Matt had a tooth pulled about a year ago. It was MUCH harder on me than it was on him. In fact the next visit he asked if he could get another one pulled so the toothfairy would come again.

Tracy - In the grand scheme of things, this is a blip on the radar. You'll get it all done and show Ansley how hard you work!

Katie - So jealous....

Laura - Having no A/C stinks! Hope you can get it fixed soon.

Having a decent day today. Kids haven't been fighting as much which is good. My nephew's birthday party is later today so they are excited about that. I just wish I could take a nap beforehand!

Tracy: Yep, I'd much rather them come in all at once for him than one at a time, less time that he's in pain that way.

Lorena: Oh, they'll be in the room with us, just someone is supposed to come around to get them back to sleep if they wake up. But yeah, I never slept even when Charles was trying to get him back down so might as well do it myself. Ugh, bummer on the involved dental appointment, glad that S thought it wasn't so bad!

Liz: Wishing you some cooler weather!

Lindsay: Ugh on the ST not really working out, I'm sure it's hard to find a good provider! If you lived in Oklahoma I could give you a really good recommendation, my cousin does it and LOVES what she does so I'm sure she's amazing!

Jackie: Ugh, wish I could've had a nap here too, but no dice!

Poor bubba is just gnawing away at his hands even with motrin in his system. I hope they poke all the way through soon! We're all packed up and ready to go! I'm still debating when we're gonna leave. It's an hour and a half drive to where I'm planning on stopping for dinner, problem is it's about another 45 minutes to hour past that to camp and we gotta be there about 6:30. 5:30 is a really early dinner for us and we'll be starving by bedtime! Good thing I've got granola bars packed....

Stacy~ On the road again..... Good luck on the timing issue. It's always a game when you're on the road with little ones.

Lindsay~ Early risers??? Definately not an adjective to describe us. We enjoy our sleep!! Today Ansley slept in until 11:35!! And I let her!!!

Jackie~ Yay for kids not fighting so much. That always makes a difference!

Today, I felt like I'd knocked out several items on the homework list so I took Ansley swimming for a couple of hours this afternoon. Um....never make a deal with a 9 year old about swimming and getting out the first time.....it never works! Anyway, we're back home in the A/C now with showers all done!

Now back to work!

Tracy - Sometimes kiddos just need their zzz's. D sleeps in another half hour or so on summer break. He'd probably sleep longer if his younger bro wasn't up. Coffee pot is still programmed for 5:30 a.m. The coffee is for us, not T:)
Yay you for just two more courses!

Jackie - Hope you guys have a nice time at the party! Lots of parties happening in your neighborhood. My kids haven't lost any or had any teeth pulled yet. I have a feeling the pulling might be coming at the next visit in July:(

Stacy - Drive safe and have a great time! Yeah, I've left out the reason(s) for our new search for a new ST provider. I'm hoping I've found a good replacement. She's close by and can do in-home.

Hey, gas prices are coming down! Thank goodness!

Tracy - 11:35?!? Are you kidding?!? Matt's been getting up at 7:15.

Stacy - Good luck with the trip!

Lindsay - You are off for the summer right? Why are you getting up at 5:30 - That's crazy!

We are trying to work out a way to get me a new car (ok a new used car or a new lease) and I feel like everytime we get close, it slips away. So frustrating. I'm trying not to get too excited but now that we are really considering doing it, I'm anxious!

Please go to the blogs and help one of our own. She needs prayer.

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Jackie~ I know, right? I've trained her well on this sleeping thing!! Good luck on the car thing! Searching out a good car makes me too anxious.....

Liz~ Thanks for letting us know.

Back to the to-do list.....it's never ending!

Jackie - Oh, that's so exciting!!! I hope it happens for you:) I dream of any sort of new vehicle. My husband is still driving the same car he drove in high school. He'll probably still have it when D is old enough to drive! My body is just on a schedule. I guess I'm up with the sun:)

Liz - Thanks for the heads up:)

The kids are ready for the pool, but I'm trying to hold off until 9 a.m. for the neighbors' sake. Ah, they're mostly retired anyway and probably up at 4 a.m. I shouldn't worry.

Lindsay~ LOL!!! You're so right....retirees like to get up early don't they!? My neighbors are retirees and they enjoying cutting their grass bright and early. Usually it's only once every now and again, but since it's so hot, they're doing it in sections and it's been several days!

Picked up Ansley's cake today....super cute!!

Only one more paper to complete and a few tweaks until I'm done with school assignments!! Whoop! Whoop!!

.....and the house.......a ton of work lies ahead of me with that, but hey---it'll get done!

Lindsay- We also try to stay in 'til 8... it's hard some days though!

Tracy- Wow, that's impressive! I wonder where she gets those awesome sleep skills from?

Jackie- Ooooh what kinda car ya lookin' at?

Stacy- Hope you guys are having fun!

Relaxing day over here... and then this week we take Akeelah's birthday vacation- I think it will be so much fun!