Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Pre Fourth of July Festivities

Donovan and Hayden celebrated the day before the Fourth of July by staying up intermittently until about 5:00 a.m. this morning. They slept soundly from 5:00 a.m. until 7:30 a.m. and then again until 10:30 a.m. While it was mostly Hayden staying awake, Donovan did little to help his big brother sleep. We had a talk with both of them about other ways they can engage in pre-holiday celebrations such as (1) sleeping; (2) laying awake quietly; (3) smiling; (4) doing the dishes; (5) making us dinner; and (6) setting up and operating a realistically profitable home-based business.

It is supposed to rain most of the Fourth of July. As my dad would say, "Typical in Wisconsin." For my parents, whenever the Wisconsin summer holidays roll around, it is always some weather-related downer that makes the holiday a little bit tougher to celebrate such as sleet and tornadoes on Memorial Day, forest fires and tsunamis on July 4, and the proverbial Noreaster on Labor Day. Hopefully Mom, Dad. Katey and the pets are able to stay busy inside! I just went over to the library and rented (for free) three movies for me and the boys to watch--Glengary Glen Ross, Die Another Day, and The Good Shepherd. If they are to succeed in sales careers or as U.S. or British spies when they get older, then they need to watch these movies and learn.

The boys went to SuperWalmart, a camper dealership, the laundromat, the QuickieMart, and numerous other stops today with Melissa and Grandma Sue. I stayed behind and got some work done and made certain Hailey stayed out of trouble. If anyone knows how to de-Gremlinize a miniature schnauzer, then please let us know. We tried refeeding her after midnight, but that only made things worse:



The boys turn eight weeks old tomorrow. We do not have any plans to celebrate. However, they are accepting well wishes, so if you have well wishes, then post them. Additionally, we would like to thank all of the donors from the last fundraising drive. The money goes straight to the Boys' "Walt Disney World Vacation For Mommy and Daddy While the Boys Stay With Either Grandma And Grandpa Who Wants to Take Them For A Week Fund."

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I had the coolest dream about Melissa and the boys... she was sitting in this huge king size bed which took up all your 5th wheel. The bed was draped on all 4 sides with beautiful fabrics in a rich brocade. She looked like a princess as we all just brought her favorite food and babies. All she had to do was eat,sleep and nurse them and never leave the bed. In fact, in the dream she wasn't even allowed to leave the bed.
Larry says this is my postpartum dream world. It was awesome to get to hold them again!
Love, Auntie V

Anonymous said...

Auntie V,

That is Melissa's world! She is married to Kyle!

Anonymous said...

Glad to hear that the boys continue to rule. As usual we were under a tornado watch most of Tuesday 7/3 night, with heavy thunderstorms and violent lightning. July 4th was better however as we went to see the fireworks in Janesville we ran into a wall of rain just as we got to J"ville on 26. We turned around and went back to Milton and watched their fireworks instead " That's Wisconsin".

The GRAND Dad

Anonymous said...

gosh kyle stop feeding hailey after midnight she was such a cute dog untill that


- little sis

Anonymous said...

Speaking of dreams.....I'm going to have some "uncool" ones about scary gremlin dogs with funky toungues and cataracts. Kyle, where do you find this crap?

Karolyn