Near Disaster Averted....Sharpie Carnage 101

It's not blood. Thank goodness.

When I heard Brian walk into Isaac's room tonight, to see if he was asleep and heard "oh (insert poopy explicative here)"...and didn't hear Isaac crying - I was terrified.

Rightly so.

The scene which I happened upon, only seconds later was one that brings oneself to a standstill. Wordless. Stricken. Overwhelmed.

Red streaked down his legs. It covered the sheets. It dripped from the sides of his bedrails.

Was it blood?

No. Worse. Much worse. Sharpie. RED sharpie.

How he got it, we can only speculate, but he had it. He had it on his legs, his arms, his toes, his sheet, and worst - HIS BED. The beautiful white bed, purchased with such consideration....striped. Like a zebra. Only red and white.

"Get mom on the phone - STAT!".

Mom came to the rescue with the bizarre knowledge that only mom's of many years (and many sons) would have. Perfume.

So now, our son is blissfully sleeping, in a room, reeking of "Clinque Happy"...to the extent that I don't think I will ever be able to consider it a "fresh delightful smell" anymore. It is now on par with bleach, resolve and ammonia.

Happy. Right. Relieved is more like it.





(I think Brian is high off perfume - he claims to see the image of the Grinch in Isaac's scribbles)

Frog or Poo?

When your son goes quiet, while playing in the pool - and then you hear "Mom! I found a frog when I pooped on the ground"....well, really, what else can you do but chuckle? What came first? the frog or the poo?

Go Fire Up Chips.

To counter-act all the "Go Redwings" I had to endure during the playoffs, I decided it was time Isaac started learning about his parents Alma Mater.

Celebration in the City

Last weekend, Brian and I got a sitter (Grandpa Freeman), dressed ourselves up and headed out for a night of fun in Flint. We went to the Fundraiser for Downtown Beautification and Dedication of the Rutherford Parking Garage. We had a wonderful dinner, drinks while enjoying a performance by my aunt and uncle (Lynne and Rick Church)....some dancing - and all capped off with fireworks (and lightning!).

In classic fashion, we didn't get photos of ourselves, but we managed to get some nice ones of friends and family who attended...

Lynne and Rick Church performing

Perry and Michael

Brian and Michael

Mom, Candy, Aunt Cathy, Grandpa and Laurie

Gerard, Heather, Jim and Mike

Grandpa Time

Isaac, Dad and I spent some quality time together this week. We made a trip to the cabin to fix the water heater and a window...and spent some time in Flint on the way to and fro. Uncle Michael provided some iShots of the iSprat.

Does this look like the sort of man who just gave his grandson a Popsicle? Oh yes, yes it is. After 3 days of hanging out with a mischievous toddler, a Popsicle is all he could come up with to get him to sit still...for a minute or two.

More pics....

Downward slope of 2009

This photo is from the Relay to Life in Cascade. Please note the "Sinking Titanic" bouncy toy. I found this excessively disturbing. A boucey that mocks plummeting to one's death - at an event for people stricken with cancer!!!

Anyways, I digress. I have been slacking in the blogging department.

Right now, we are in the midst of preparation for Brian's "Canada Man-Trip Oh-Nine" and the Mothers & More garage sale - which I volunteered to host. Garage sales are a lot of work, geesh! Isaac keeps asking "are we having a party in the garage?"

Later this month, we will attend the Celebration in the City gala in Flint, a dedication of the new parking garage as well as a fundraiser for downtown beautification. Aunt Lynne and Uncle Rick will be performing - which MAY be Brian's first time seeing them perform, aside from our wedding. It should be a lot of fun.

Isaac Update:
Isaac is quite the grown up little man nowadays. He loves playing with friends and riding his bike. It's hard to keep him entertained if there isn't something physical involved, yet, he still loves his books. He now understands the concept of the library, and we have been checking out new books every other week. Sometime this spring, he just started spouting out letters, and now he knows almost every one. The other day at Sears he said..."S, E, A, R, S...Two S's, one E, one A, one R!". It cracked me up. One of my favorite phrases from right now is "just a couple little whiles, mom". In addition, we have casually re-started potty training....he actually can go almost all day in his "big boy undies" - with the exception of errands and sleep times. I am just not brave enough to attack the errand part yet. We have Boo-Boo Car ("Cars") undies and some REALLY cute boxer-briefs (he doesn't think they are half as fun as the cars ones).

Also, in the meantime, I am working on the back bedroom. Progress is slow because of everything else we have going on, but slowly but surely, we are making progress.

Hope everyone else is having a wonderful start to the summer!