John, Laura, Kyle, Christopher (CJ) and Alyssa Mullen

Tuesday, November 17

Another day closer to Daddy being home. We had an uneventful and thus wonderful day.

Alyssa had lots of fun at preschool. She used the potty twice during her preschool day, learned rules like "Don't touch other people's food", "Wash your hands after playing with playdo" and "Don't stand on chairs". Aunt Jennifer reports that she has charmed all the staff at the preschool and they all talk about how adorable she is. Little stink! (I have to admit though her Shake Your Booty dance is cute).

CJ is very excited about getting his orange belt but doesn't want to do the test if Daddy isn't home. He is very concerned about it. He wants his cheering section of course!

Kyle took both of his AR tests at school that he has been putting off and luckily remembered enough of the stories to only miss one question total. Yay!

Both boys did a great job of listening at karate and doing the moves. CJ is ready for his test --- we just have to go over the style of the month and word of the month....flexibility.

As I am typing this I am hearing the annoying chirp of a dying battery in a smoke detector. That means I will have to get out a ladder and climb up to the 9-10 ft ceiling of wherever it is and dismantle it as I don't think I have any 9 volt batteries. Yuck!

Okay....I went looking and we have weird smoke detectors...you don't take them off the ceiling...ooops...you just slide out the battery casing and replace the batteries. That would have been helpful knowledge to have as it would have been easier than fighting the thing on top of a ladder. sigh..... I ripped it off the ceiling and I am not sure if I can get it back up. sigh..... well at least it won't chirp at me all night...

when is John coming home..........will I make it.......sigh......

Posted by Mullen at November 17, 2009 09:17 PM