I took a few days off from blogging because of so much stuff going on I couldn't keep up.  There has been so much bad stuff happening to my family lately, death, illness, hospitalization, that I just can't understand how one family can take so much.  Before we knew about the latest hospitalization we went to REI and bought "The Hubby" a bike to replace the one that was stolen a few years ago and a bike trailer for "O" to ride in.  We went for a good bike ride as a family on Saturday, Sunday it was just "N" and me since "O" was in too bad of a mood.

It was nice Saturday because "N" was riding his bike like a madman and "O" for the most part sat there nicely.  We ended up going out to dinner afterward and if there were sidewalks to get there, we maybe would have ridden there.  Probably not because it was dark and I didn't have reflectors on the trailer.

Sunday we woke up and went to the early service at church.  We figured that we would eat breakfast after the service but instead of eating breakfast foods the kids wanted to eat pizza.  We bought them the pizza and we sat down then "The Hubby" said we should take turns getting our food while they eat.  By the time I got back the kids had splattered pizza sauce on "The Hubby's" dress shirt and not a cheap one either.  That was the beginning of the end of the kids for the day.  It all just went down hill from there. 

On our way home the kids were falling asleep and "N" took a good nap but then all of a sudden "O" wasn't tired and didn't take one.  So of course I was fighting her about that all afternoon and I wasn't going to deal with her attitude all afternoon like that.  Hopefully she learned her lesson since she couldn't go for a bike ride since she didn't take a nap.

I'm sure that within the next few months things will calm down again.  It just feels like it's going to take forever for us to get back to normal.  At least I know that when we move to Chicago, that there will be a more peaceful living going on.  We'll be near family and friends and hopefully it will feel like home there so we can buy a house and really start living.