my day… 8:15 drag self out of bed.  shower.  brush teeth.  put pjs back on.  don’t want to think about what to wear today. 8:45 go downstairs to get mikey’s milk cup.  bring mikey to our bed, quick cuddle, give him his milk.  get allie from her crib, join mikey on the bed, nurse.  allie decides to absolutely refuse one side.  repeated attempts result only in louder crying.  give in and nurse on the other side.  read some books to mikey while allie still nurses.  try not to hit her on the head with board book.  try to nurse on the hated side once more, resulting in more crying.  resume on other side.…

  But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you;      And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.  Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you;      And let the fish of the sea declare to you.  Who among all these does not know      That the hand of the LORD has done this,  In whose hand is the life of every living thing,       And the breath of all mankind?  Does not the ear test words,       As the palate tastes its food?  Job 12:7-11   pics taken during a stroll in the park last week.  

  seriously, am i supposed to cut it or something?   

last friday evening, we headed to the state fair, also known as “the great minnesota get-together”.  the arrival of the state fair is a last hurrah of sorts as it marks the end of glorious summer days.  it was also our last hurrah as a family for two reasons:  this will be the last year we’ll be able to go ,  and it’ll be our last family outing for a while as phil just finished his month of dermatology and is now entrenched in the long hours of his peds rotation.  though he says it’s not quite as busy as medicine was, the call schedule will be every fourth night again. with…

yesterday evening around 6 o’clock, it started to rain.  i mean, really rain.  complete with lightning, thunder, and even golf-ball size hail in some areas (not near us, thankfully)!  i was in the middle of making dinner when the power went out.  hoping it’d come back on soon, we watched the rain and waited for daddy to come home. it’s raining, it’s pouring…     phil got home safe and sound.  but got soaked running from the driveway to the front door (garage door wouldn’t open with the power out). “it’s comin’ down like hotcakes out there!”     the sun was setting fast, so i scrambled around lighting candles.…