Clubs

I guess the big thing amongst the first graders of Jim Darcy School these days is creating clubs. Never one to miss out on a trend, Megan created her own club....The Praying and Games Club. She was telling us about the latest happenings within her club over dinner tonight. Apparently, she was a little upset with a couple club members because they weren't taking her club seriously - they were more interested in the games part of the club and not really into praying. For Megan's sake, I hope these kids get their act together (said with just a little sarcasm). It sounds like she's losing members daily.

I'll just shut my mouth now...

So, this morning I was kind of on Kellan's case to hurry up and brush his teeth. He was struggling with this little task, though, because our cat (Buffy the Mouse Slayer) was in the bathtub. I could, and probably will someday, devote an entire post to complaining about our extraordinarily annoying and obese cat. Because this cat is so....ahem...overweight, she makes a lot of noise when she jumps in and out of the tub, but she really likes hanging out there. Isn't that wierd?! ANYWHO, for some reason, Kellan was just beside himself about the cat being in the bathtub and wanted me to get her out immediately. I was trying to inhale my yogurt before I had to go wake up Mr. Crabby, otherwise known as Jacksen. (He is NOT a morning person!) I was trying to tell Kellan that it really didn't matter if the cat was in the tub and that I didn't really want to skip my breakfast to deal with the issue. He got so mad and frusterated that he finally blurted out "Shut your mouth, MOM!" I was mortified and told him he just forfeited his bedtime snack....which he is now eating because I forgot he wasn't supposed to get one. Sigh.....

Kellan's Birthday

Mr. Kellan turned 5 today! He had a fun day at daycare and his daddy took him shopping for Sketcher Illuminator shoes this afternoon! Tonight we celebrated with pizza and cake and ice cream....and more presents, of course!

Kellan's Story

When Megan was 1 1/2, we decided we were ready for our second, and what we assumed would be our last, baby. We got pregnant after only two months on Clomid, which was so easy compared to our first time around. Unfortunatly, that pregnancy ended in a miscarriage on the day of my first prenatal appointment. We were sad about that, but previous experience taught us that it was God's will and we just needed to trust in His plan. SO....just one more month on Clomid gave us Kellan! We didn't find out for certain Kellan was a boy until he was born, but all along I just felt like I was going to have a little boy. (I don't know if I mentioned this with Megan and Jacksen's stories, but we didn't find out the gender of any of our babies prior to their births.) My pregnancy was very easy and Kellan was born on the very day of my scheduled C-section. His birth was very calm....the calm before the storm. For some reason, I had a very hard time adjusting to two children. I felt guilty that all of my time couldn't be devoted to Megan anymore and nursing was really rough. Kellan preferred bottles and pretty much quit nursing on his own when he was five months old. In many ways, Kellan was our easiest baby and it didn't take long for me to realize that I didn't take anything away from Megan. Rather, I gave her a great gift in her little brother. Kellan was a dream child until he turned three. He slept when he was supposed to sleep, ate whatever we gave him, and played well with his sister. From the moment he turned three until about 3-4 months ago, we had our hands full. He decided bugging his sister and brother and making up his own rules was much more fun than anything his parents had in mind. However, right about the time we thought we couldn't take another day, he turned back into our sweet little Kellan....and not a moment too soon. Jacksen is now three and he seems to be following in his brother's footsteps...Heaven help us!

The Weekend

It was a great weekend for the McCauley kids....

Marc, Megan and Kellan went night skiing Friday evening. They met up with the Lindgrens and the Burgers and had a great time with their kids.

Megan is playing on a YMCA basketball team and Marc is coaching. She played Saturday morning - there are some pretty amazing players on her team. Unfortunately, she's about as enthusiastic about basketball as she is about soccer.....well, it's good exercise anyway!




Today was Kellan's last day of being 4....that's what he informed me when he got up this morning! We had a birthday party for him at the local bowling alley this afternoon - he was delighted!

Tomorrow we are having Grandpa and Grandma McCauley over for Kellan's birthday dinner and a little more present opening. It's hard to believe our middlest is already 5....seems like just yesterday I was having a major panic attack about adding our second kiddo to our family....more about that day tomorrow....

Birthday Ideas

Mr. Kellan is going to be 5 this coming Monday! It's a little tricky having a birthday only a month after Christmas - there is nothing that he really wants or needs. When we ask him what he would like for his birthday he tells us just two things:


1. Sketcher Illuminators (Yes, shoes! A boy after my own heart!); and

2. A magic wand that makes things in books turn real.

The first request is totally doable (Is that a word?!), but the second....not so much. Hmmmm......

Interesting Night...

Megan spent the night at her friend's house on Sunday night and she came home in a very grouchy mood yesterday afternoon. I assumed she was grouchy because she and her little friend stayed up late; however, I was wrong....

Ami and I made crazy meatballs for dinner last night and they were sooooo good! Megan ate a good dinner, but seemed kinda tired. The kids were all in bed by 8:00, but Marc and I were up until 9:30-ish working out, making lunches, etc. At 11:45 we woke up to Megan screaming because she was throwing up....all over the floor in her room. I was immediately regretting making crazy meatballs for dinner (they have saurkraut, chili sauce, and cranberry sauce in them) and I was also regretting putting light yellow carpet in the kids' rooms. Marc and I spent 45 minutes trying to clean the carpet and stripping Kellan's bed. We have found the kid in the bottom bunk is at a disadvantage when the kid in the top bunk gets sick. Kellan was so grossed out by the whole thing that he ended up throwing up himself. Nice. Anyway, we got the mess mostly cleaned up, Megan snuggled up with Marc on the couch and Kellan got to sleep with me. Unfortunately, Kellan is a very active sleeper and I was really sore from working out all weekend so I had a hard time going back to sleep. Just as I was finally dozing off, Jacksen woke up crying because he had a bad dream. That was pretty much the end of our sleep time for the night.

So now I'm staying home today with three kids who, besides being a little tired, are feeling perfectly fine. Sigh.....