Fire Station Trip gone Bad

We started the day with such hope and it went well until.... S puked at the local fire house : -(

We had a tour scheduled at our neighbor's fire house today with our homeschool group. We got there late (my MO lately - getting out of the house on time with 3 takes a ton of work!!). S was determined to bring in his Lighting McQueen car, I told him no, he won. He was glued next to me while L took off to play with her friends and Baby J hung out on my chest in his Moby. I didn't even think about S being sick, just thought he was acting shy like he does sometimes. We rang the bell to the fire house, they opened the door, we entered all pumped about the impending excitement... not 10 feet into the building, S puked all over the floor and not once but TWICE! I was so worried and a bit embarrassed as well. Not overly like I would have been even a year ago but still somewhat embarrassed. I already feel like I don't have a real handle on things sometimes, being the only one with 3 in our group. Poor S was mortified and upset because I was scooping him up to leave. The firefighters were awesome cleaning up our mess. I left L there with our good friend J from the K family we hang out with all the time. She was fine without me. I left her booster outside by J's car and S, Baby J and I headed home. I was bummed for S since he didn't get to see the fire trucks but we'll have to reschedule the tour for another time. L came home about 2 hours later, after a trip to MickyD's to get some ice cream (thanks again J for taking such good care of L - she had a blast with you!!). I asked L at nap if she missed me and she said "NO" very quickly. She must have been able to read the hurt on my face because she quickly responded with "I did miss you some Mama but I really had fun with my friends!". S feels fine now - hopefully no more puke!!

We are planting a garden in the front part of our property. I ran to the store tonight and got some seeds to start planting. We are going to start next weekend getting the garden area ready. With the economy in the tanks, I have been super concerned lately about the idea of not being to feed our kids or of us going hungry. I have slowly started stockpiling stuff. I like the idea of growing some of our own food, for the food and for the peace of mind that comes with having that knowledge, the know-how to provide for my family. I feel logically that the ability to feed my family, the money to buy food will always be there but still, the little voice in the back of my mind, that gut feeling tells me to do this. The kids are sure excited about the garden. Hopefully they'll be willing to help me weed it too : -)

We got a jogging stroller this weekend. Our other neighbor had one he found at a yard sale and $20 later, we have a jogger. It has been super nice on our dirt roads. It's a double jogger so one spot belongs to Baby J and L & S have to share the other spot, although today I stuck Baby J in the Moby and the older 2 both got to ride. What a work out for Mama - pushing 70 pounds of kids and carrying another 18 pounds. I sure hope that will help melt away this last 10 pounds!!!!