First of all, Jenna has been invited to one birthday party right after the other. And I know that there are a couple of more (including hers) coming up in the next month. Who knows what we all were thinking (or doing) to have so many kids her age all right in the same neighborhood. There are 19 kids born her same year in our ward alone, but then you add the three other little girls that are on our same street, but not in our ward, and that is all just a little overwhelming when you think about it!
At one of the birthday parties she went to, she came home with this balloon. Which Jayden has enjoyed more than anyone. However, he likes to let go of the balloon and watch it float up to the ceiling. Which means when he wants it back, it is a small production to get it down. It always seems like too much effort to go down in the basement and get the ladder, so I always try and bat it down with a duster I have that has a 8 foot pole attachment. Sometimes I am lucky enough to have it only take one try, but usually, by the time I make my way across the room standing on the couches and tables, to where I have hit it and can actually grab the string, it will travel it's way back up the ceiling and I have to start all over. I did finally get smart and I tied an extension onto the balloon so that I could reach it from anywhere in the room. If I were REALLY smart though, I would have tied a string on it long enough that Jayden could grab it from anywhere in the room. However, that lasted only until Jayden decided it would be a good idea to turn on the ceiling fan, and now I have a ten foot piece of string caught up in the fan. And now I REALLY have to go down to the basement and get the ladder. SHEESH! Pop already! Who knows, maybe it will have to have an unfortunate accident when I am unwinding it from the fan.
Funny side note about the balloon: I didn't realize that Melissa stuck a dart on the balloon. She had been trying to hit it with a dart and have it stick, but then realized that it would always bounce off. So she decided to stick the dart on herself and let it float to the ceiling. She wanted Spencer to think that she had actually hit the balloon. We've also been dealing with some sickies over here at our house. Two weeks ago, Jenna had pink eye and a double ear infection. Then about a week later, she threw up. In the car on the way home from the bank. I had a plastic bag for her to throw up in (what can I say I have Spencer, so I am prepared for him to be able to throw up anytime, anywhere) only she didn't quite tuck it under her chin all the way, so it went down the front of her. Then, the next day she threw up that morning, but then felt good the rest of the day. And that was that for her. But then, Melissa woke up at 5:30 in the morning on Tuesday and threw up. Then she threw up again around 9, and that was it as far as throwing up for her.
While the girls have been dealing with throw up, the boys have been coughing, which in their case leads to throw up (because they gag). So, Tuesday night, while I was dealing with some computer stuff, I hear Jayden yell out, "I throw up!" And sure enough I went in there and yep, he threw up. So after a bath and a clean up of his room...
He wound up in my bed for a bit... Have I ever mentioned the fact that I have some heavy sleepers? I do, Jenna was asleep in Jayden's room, and when he threw up, I had no problem, turning on the light and cleaning it all up while Jenna just slept. Here's the proof...
There was this time in our last house though where the smoke detector went off in the middle of the night, and all three (there were only three at the time) of the kids slept threw it. For like five minutes while Steve and I scrambled to find the culprit alarm that caused all the others to go off, the alarm blared and the kids slept. If only... However, maybe that isn't such a great thing afterall. I should be worried.The one good thing about Jayden throwing up (the silver lining you might say) is that on my way to the laundry room to throw the yucky bedding into the wash I realized that my Rice Custard was still in the oven. And had been for an hour and a half. Which is probably twice what it should have been. 
Rice Custard is one of those things that I grew up on in my family. We would have it everytime my parents were going out. Well either that or Pigs in a Blanket and Mac 'n cheese. The funny thing is, my siblings and I all like it, but none of our spouses do and none of our kids do. I think it is one of those things where we just acquired a taste for it, and now think its the greatest thing, but can't convince anyone else of that. I had quite a bit of rice left over from dinner, so I thought I would make this and then eat it for the next week for lunch. But once I let it cool down, I tried it (see the bite out of it?) and if I just don't eat the top bit or scrap any of the bottom it still tastes good (really Brett it tastes GOOOOODDD!).
So there you have it, my update. It is good to be back, and I have A LOT of catching up to do. Not having read blogs either for a week will do that!
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For the record, I like rice custard. I don't love it with the same passion that James does, but I do make it on a semi-regular basis for dinner. My only problem with it is that I don't think it's that filling, so I'm hungry like an hour after dinner. But it does taste good. I'll give you that.
mmmm....rice custard. I haven't had that FOREVER!! I should be making it while Blaine is gone! What was I thinking! And yes, balloons seem to have very unfortunate accidents at our house.
I don't care how good you say it is. I will forever be a rice purist.
For the record, Brett isn't a rice purist - he likes Japanese sticky rice. That's not pure!
Andrea, why don't you just step on the balloon like Lisa did - not caring who'll cry about it.
You have to have the Hatch blood for rice custard like Dean...and David...and Michelle...and Andrea... and Lisa! And Heather?
but not me!!! I'm a Moseley.
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