Catching up and Welcome Home

Today Ali and Ryan came home after a week @ camp. This was Ali's 3rd year but Ryan's first and he did great with the exception of only one letter telling us he was sad. This week flew by after coming home from Mark and Stacie's and then my mom being here until Tuesday. Here's some bullet points of the week and sorry for no pics...... Sunday, as we were getting the kids out the door for camp, Jack decided to grab Ali's still plugged in flat iron burning both hands which lead me to completely panic for numerous reasons and then spend the next two days converting the downstairs bathroom into Ali's private bathroom since it's completely off limits to Jack. Luckily I am fully stocked up from the Burn Center and was able to avoid going to the doctor and he's doing fine. Tuesday, of course the earthquake for which I am still straightening pictures on the wall and which also lead to a phone call to Allstate to add earthquake insurance to our policy. Wednesday I received a letter from Ryan from camp telling me that he wanted to come home and he hated camp....p.s. "I'm crying".....which wasn't really funny but just a little to know how melodramatic even boys can be and NO, I did not go pick him up which I'm glad because he told me he was just scared of a spider in his cabin and that because I usually get the spiders in our house it made him miss me.....aaaggghhhhhhh. Thursday I spent a good part of the day doing one of my favorite things...gardening. I also watched my cat pee about 15 times throughout the yard which lead me to take him into the vet on Friday and spend $150 because he has a urinary tract infection. For anyone that has or has had a cat, it's super fun when the vet tells you that you have to administer medication to your cat. You might as well just tell the vet you aren't going to do it and can you just pay to leave the cat there for the next 10 days because giving a cat meds is a joke. My cat is 13 years old and NOT declawed so it takes both Doug and I to give him meds and half the time we don't even succeed. Then last night I decided that I was going to clean Ryan's room from top to bottom so I could get rid of some stuff before he got home without him knowing and this morning I rearranged his room making it look awesome....we will see how long it lasts. Which brings me to right now.....the kids got home today around noon and were filthy which I think is a good sign. They both said they had an amazing time and they want to go back next year so I guess I should start saving now since Ali's camp alone costs $525! Maybe next year I can convince all 3 kids to go!