My life is busy.

So apparently blogger hates me. Or hates the idea of me posting more pictures of my incredibly good-looking children. What’s up with that? Probably jealousy. So I’m attempting a post with no pics, it’s been awhile so we’ll see how this goes.
First of all I feel this need to number my post, because I have so many different things to talk about, that I don’t want anyone to get confused, and numbering the paragraphs kind of helps, right?
1. Collin has formed an attachment to Michael Jackson, and before you get too worried let me explain. Awhile back I thought it would be very fun and reminiscent to order the Michael Jackson History video from Netflix. Well to my surprise it arrived yesterday, and I was all excitement to watch the old school videos and dancing and singing. So I put it on. Talin was interested for like five minutes and then disappeared upstairs to play on his own. Collin on the other hand watched the entire two-sided DVD in awe and amazement. Trying to imitate Michael’s smooth dance moves and asking how he can learn to dance like him, and drooling over the incredible moonwalk. It was amusing.
2. Last summer when I was pregnant with Caleb I let the boys play soccer at the YMCA. It was hell. After one game I was so upset I locked myself in the bathroom and cried for an hour, looking back I think it was probably the hormones. But anyway, I thought I’d give them a second chance this year, so I signed them up for indoor soccer. And I wish I could post the pictures, because then you could get a feel for how much fun it is to have your kids in sports. They are so cute and uncoordinated. And thank goodness it’s indoors, which means they can’t wander off into the foliage and pick flowers.
3. We took the boys to a minor league basketball game on Monday when they had the day off. And what’s really cool about this is that the team is the Iowa Energy, and they are affiliated with the Phoenix Suns, so the really good players get to go back and forth from the Suns team to their minor league team. Anyway, the kids had a great time and it was the perfect thing to kill the cabin fever we’re getting.
4. Mr. Caleb is doing really well lately. In fact he’s getting quite fat. He is now 17 pounds 11 ounces. I’m so proud of him. He gives me quite the work out hauling him around everywhere. And I’m becoming increasingly freaked out at the idea of him being a year old in two months, where has the time gone?
5. I have found myself increasingly busy lately. I would like a vacation, does that exist when you’re a mom? We are starting therapy for Caleb now. Thank goodness he doesn’t have to have physical therapy, which we previously thought. He only needs speech and occupational. But occupational comes every week, and twice every other week. On top of that there is speech, there is the home nurse Tanda coming every week, and the Early Access who comes every month to assess Caleb, and then the normal doctor’s appointments. My day timer is ridiculously full and my life line as well. And when you add in taking the kids to school and picking them up, which is three times a day, it becomes so incredibly hectic, and to think I wanted to start working out?! I still try to squeeze that in occasionally. On top of it I have been asked to do a drawing for the Stake Relief Society theme this year. The theme is something to the effect of “May the Savior Life You Up”, don’t quote me on that, I might be wrong. Well, I hardly feel capable of drawing the Savior, so I’ve opted to do a woman’s profile with her hand reaching up, and the Savior’s hand coming down to grasp hers. If it turns out somewhat decent I’ll post it. The real kicker is that I need it done soon, like in a couple of weeks!
6. I used to think it ridiculous that my Aunt Nina would bathe everyday for like an hour, not an exaggeration. And now I’m realizing why she had that need. With everything going on, my only escape as of late is to grandly announce that I’m going to take a bath. And then I sneak away with a good book and soak myself in warm bubbles and forget that I’m a person for a while. I totally understand the bathing escape, and I don’t even have six kids, five of whom are boys, like she did!