I......

• have no photos for this post.
• can't believe Reed is already using his cast as a weapon. This morning he was crashing it down on Dane's head.
• think it's funny Milo is helping with the clogging fundraiser. Right now he's unloading 3,000 pounds of frozen cookie dough. So much for people's diets, ha.
• am loving this weather. Sunshine is good for the soul.
  
• love that Reed went down for a nap today without crying for a long time. The first time since Monday. He misses his thumb in a big way.
  
• don't like that Reed can't settle himself down in the early morning now because he's without his thumb. Dumb cast, we were all up before 6am. Not good around this house! I feel a nap coming on when I stop typing.
  
• was watching Finding Nemo by 6:30 this morning. Don't judge.
  
• feel frustrated that we still haven't found a job for Milo. Heard of any lately?
• am not of fan of being in limbo, it's stressful.
• can't believe how fast time goes by. Honestly, 8 weeks on Friday since the job loss. 8 weeks!
• know I'm being taught patience, long suffering, humility. Among many other traits I have a long, long way to go on. Why am I such a hard headed student?
• feel bad Dane missed his last soccer game last night. He's been feeling crummy for a couple days and has only eaten toast and sips of water and Sprite. You know (!) he's sick if he turns down his precious oatmeal. He's back to about half of his normal sass and energy today and I'm crossing my fingers no one else gets it. And I'm pumping him full of food, he needs donuts!
  
• need to learn to not take on days and days at a time. Sometimes it's hour by hour (minute by minute) that gets me through. Why focus on all the days?
• just heard the washer finish. Time to switch loads.
• want my Easter to center around Elder Jeffery R. Holland's talk from the Sunday morning session of General Conference. You can read it tomorrow here.
• am done with this post for now. I had so much more when I was writing it in my head late last night and early this morning. It's gone now.

{after dinner edition}

• think begging/crying for Nemo and getting it is a major skill for the one year old around here. I'm ashamed to admit we're watching the first part again for the 3rd time today. I give up on feeling bad when I tell myself he hasn't gotten through the whole thing each watching. That's a good thing, right?
  
• am so happy that Dane is feeling better. For dinner he ate a big helping of the Mexican Lasagna I made. Then he asked for a bowl of the precious oatmeal and a piece of toast. He finished all of it but the toast. So grateful his appetite is back, he's skinny enough without eating for two days!
• finally got brave enough to give Reed a bath with his dang cast. I bathed him standing up in the sink. He thought it was so strange and I love that he finally smells better. Not that he was disgusting, just a freshly bathed baby is the best smell.
  
• can't wait for the kids to go to bed tonight. I'm painting the kids bathroom with a generous offering of free paint from a great friend. Thanks friend (...she lurks...).