Rumor Has It...
Riley Katie has been keeping the rumor mill running lately. We’ll drive by Chuck E Cheese and she’ll say, “Connor, we’re going to Chuck E. Cheese!” Connor says, “Wow! Ror, did you hear that? We’re going to Chuck E Cheese!” Or she’ll see the 197 bus go by and say, “Hey, Katie’s here! Katie’s here!” And then we’ve got half an hour of talking Rory off a ledge when she doesn’t show. It’s getting old pretty quickly.
Rory threw a huge fit the other day because he was insulted by my telling him to change into pajamas. Evidently, he took it the wrong way; I said, “Ror, get changed for bed.” He replied (after throwing himself on the floor in sobs), “I will NOT get changed! I will stay Rory Elio!”
Little Ms. Bacon is teething, so she’s up, oh, approximately… all night long. I am bleary-eyed and cranky, and if she weren’t so darn cute, I’d sell her to the gypsies. She’s rolling over on her own now and has begun to actually play with her little baby toys. She definitely recognizes her brothers, and has shown her precocious intelligence by cringing in fear every time Riley Katie comes near her.
Connor is mourning the loss of his friend Natalie, who has now been gone longer than she was actually here, but Connor is clinging to the drama with great ferocity. He wakes and says things like, “I had a lovely dream. I dreamed that Natalie never left….*sniffle*…” And then there’s the standard, “I just can’t believe they’re gone. It’s so hard to believe.” It’s hard for ME to believe that they stayed for two nights in this crazy house!
I need to sign off because…. I have a date tonight! Melina-the-beautiful-babysitter, as she is affectionately called by Connor, is coming over to watch the oldest three while Chris, Reagan and I go out for dinner. So I’m going out this morning to get my hair done. How lame am I? No need to answer.
P.S. I just ordered a shirt that says “I [heart] Reagan.” I realize they probably didn’t mean THAT Reagan, but I do!
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