So Glad It's Monday!

I know, that's so counter cultural, but if you knew the kind of weekend we had, you'd be happy too!  I'm about to clue you in on how this weekend wend down at the Stout house but before I do, I want to warn you that it involves lots of throw up and bugs.....this is not for the faint hearted, so if that's you, turn away now and ask me for the censored version later :]

Alright, here we go...

Friday in our home is pizza picnic Friday.  We always watch a  movie and we either make pizza or purchase it to be eaten in our living room on our picnic blanket during the movie. This week was no different except we added a little something special...we decided to make some home made cookies after the food was done!  I got a lot of comments and likes on this picture of little Sammy making sure the cookies were cooking correctly...

We played with the kids after 2 cookies each then put them to bed!  Johnny and I watched the movie Hugo...if you haven't seen it, you should!  It was really good...our kids are a little young for it even though it's PG and I'm glad we decided to wait till they went to be to watch...I won't spoil it for you :]

 Once our movie was done, Johnny and I decided to watch a couple episodes of the Big Bang Theory...we love that show!

Anywho, around midnight, we decided to head to bed...Johnny decided to check on the kids while I went to brush my teeth.  I hear him call for me and he tells me to stay out of the kids room.  Turns out Sammy is asleep on her tummy with puke all around her {I don't do well with puke smell}.  It was on her sheets, on the wall, on the floor, on her...it was everywhere and she was ASLEEP....how long had she been asleep in her own puke??  HOw did we not hear her get sick? Why didn't Joey come get us {they share a room}?  We felt so guilty!!

Johnny stripped Sam, put her in the bath and got most of the nasty off of her then handed the bath duties off to me....I bathed her and washed her hair out while Johnny stripped the sheets and moved Joey into the boys room so she could continue to sleep and get out of the smelly room!  We got Sammy dressed and set up the Stout infirmary down stairs.  The Infirmary consists of our love seat covered in every beach towel we own along with a puke bucket and a blankie.  We get a few jammie shirts and washrags anticipating that she will get sick again, which she did :[

I tried to calm her down and get her to go back to sleep in the infirmary all the while, Johnny is upstairs with the Lysol, Resolve and elbow grease! The washing machine started up and little did we know, it wasn't going to get a rest this entire weekend...more on that later!

Sammy got sick again and then around 2am, she fell asleep and Johnny was done cleaning {I need to take a moment to say I have the best husband EVER!!!}.  He came downstairs and sent me upstairs to get some sleep {I had a headache all day :[ and it wasn't getting any better!}.  Again, best hubby ever!!

Around 4am I get a tap on the shoulder..."Babe, I need you to go downstairs, the smoke detector is beeping and we don't have any 9 volt batteries...I need to run to WalMart."  I get up and head downstairs and dose in and out...next thing I know, I wake up to go get my own pillow from my bed and Johnny was home and upstairs...he traded places with me and I got to sleep in the bed while he took couch and puke duty.

We all woke up on Saturday and had a lazy day...Sammy threw up for the last time at 8am.  We missed Isaiah's bday party, but we got to snuggle and watch movies all day while Sammy fell in and out of sleep...

Sammy was up and asleep and up and asleep...finally she woke up hungry!  She wasn't too excited that we limited her water and food intake...sorry Sammy :[

 

Like I sad, we took Saturday easy...Joey and I did get out of the house for a quick trip to Hobby Lobby and Walmart {Jo has had a little cough for the past few days so we went to get some Tussin :]}.

Later that night, we bathed the girls and got them ready for bed...we read stories and I looked over and Joey was really scratching her head.  I looked into her hair and discovered moving BUGS....GROSSSSSSSS!!!  This time I was calling Johnny.."Babe, look in her hair and tell me that's not lice.".  Johnny responded with an affirmative on the lice front and I got up and left the room...didn't say a word, just left to go to the store for some lice shampoo.

We got through treating the girls around 9:30pm.  While I was gone, Johnny did more laundry...not only the girls bed linens, but the boys since Joey had slept there on Friday night, and ours just in case.  We had to crank the heat on our washer and dryer in order to kill all bugs and eggs that might be lurking in our house!

After the second time we got the girls ready for bed, Johnny treated my hair.  That's love people!  When you spend your Saturday night de lousing your wife, you are AMAZING!!!  Later he said he never saw anything in my hair, but better safe than sorry!!!

We finished up the weekend by watching church from our couch.  I'm so glad we can do that!  If you ever need to, just click on http://www.christfellowshiponline.tv and join us!  Anyway, we were in no state to get out of the house, so we stayed in!

 

Johnny's mom had us over for dinner on Sunday!  What a blessing that was!  Then we headed up to the church for Financial Peace University with our Life Group!  

So.....The Stouts are glad it's Monday! I hope you had a better weekend than we did, and if you made it to the end of this story, you rock!  I mainly wanted to jot this down for my own recollection :]

1st Day of School 2012-2013

Well, after 2 weeks of school, things have finally settled down long enough for me to write about the girls 1st day of school :]  Both Joey and Sammy are attending Our Savior Lutheran in McKinney and they are both loving it!

For the first day of school, I got up with the girls and made them yummy waffles, got them dressed and we were out the door in record time!

 We let the girls pick out their cloths everyday and this is what they came up with!  Perfect!!

I decided to get a little crazy and in hindsight, this probably wasn't the best idea, but I interviewed the girls on the way to school...yes, I was driving...yes, I know I shouldn't have, but it's cute, so I'm posting it :]

I felt like a crazy lady carrying all their gear...school supplies, rest mats, back packs, kids...they actually carried their own bags and they walked, but my hands were full.

I dropped Joey off first and we got all her supplies in her locker, put her snack and drink on top of the locker and she sat down at her table ready to color...no worries, not a tear, just a "bye mom, bye sis".  I do love that about our kids!  When all the other kids are crying and ours just walk in and tell us "bye" it makes me feel good.

Next was Sammy's drop off...her class is on the other end of the school and she is SLOW, but we eventually got there.  We got all her stuff in her hallway cubby and I knocked on the locked door to her class room {all doors are locked on the outside so people can't come in and steal your kids :]}.  The door was opened by her teacher Miss Beth and in went Sammy....I asked if they needed anything else and Miss Beth who was blocking the door so that 3 screaming children wouldn't escape said "nope, see you at 2:15" and closed the door.  It was at this moment I was glad to not be "one of those parents" who was shedding tears as their little ones toddled into their class.  Since Sammy snuck past, I didn't get a hug or kiss...nothin!  Oh well, such is life and I would have been blocking in those kids too, so kudos to Miss Beth :]

Anyway, I went to work and came back to get the girls.  There is a playground on the property of their school, so I took the girls over there since their teachers said they had a great day!

We played, we sweated and we left :]  When we got home, I decided to do our annual first day of school interviews...

Joey went first...

Joey 4 

 Sammy went second...

Sammy 2 

If you want to check out Joey's previous years, you can go here for 2 years old and here for 3 years old.  It's fun to look back and see how much Joey has changed and how different she and Sammy are :]

We are praying for a blessed year at OSL and are excited to see what the girls are going to learn!

Playin in the Puddle

If you've followed our blog here for any amount of time, you know we have a ginormous puddle in our ally way any time it rains! At times we let our kids go crazy in it....take a look! {for your facebookers, there's a video at the end...click on original post if you want to check it out}

Sammy's 15 Month Check Up

So we had Sammy's 15 month check up and this was a picture of the calm before the storm!  Sammy had to get her shots at this appointment and I guess I've never been there for them, but Johnny gave her a sucker before in anticipation of what was to come :[  

Let's back up.....We came in and got her weighed and measured 1st.....The results are in, and here we go....

Height: 28.5 inches {5th %ile}

Weight: 19lbs 2.5oz {4th %ile}

Head Circum: 18 inches {44th %ile}

After we got through the formalities, Dr Frank came in and did the exam.  She said Sammy is right on track with everything, and she was really excited to hear that Sammy has more words than she did at her last check-up, and was surprised that she didn't have any stranger danger {not in a bad way, just surprised....at this age a lot of kids don't like anyone but their parents}.  

After the exam she gave Joey a sucker and Sammy got one too.  Johnny went ahead and opened them up for the girls.  We both laughed because when Joey was Sam's age, we would not have given her a sucker :]  Anyway, we were preparing for the shots.  Rosa, our nurse, is super fast and great at shots...she came in and got ready and from start to finish it took about 30 seconds.  Sammy proceeded to scream and cry from that time to the time we got home :[  So dramatic!!!  

I love you Sammy, but your sister was a way better shot getter!  She would cry for a second, you'd pick her up and it would be done!  OK, comparison over..sorry Sammer :]

By the time we had left, Sammy got shots and a sucker...Joey, who wasn't even the center of attention, walked away with a sucker, 2 stickers, lip gloss, and a care bear :]  All in all a fair trade...LOL

Sammy's next appointment is when she is 18 months...I think we get shots at that one too...please start praying now :]

Wisconsin Take 7

I think we might be nearing the end of the Wisconsin journey :[  It's been fun reliving it with all 2 of you reading :]  Anywho, here's more shameless pics of my super fun family....this was family picture day, and out of all the ones we took as the Stout 4, this is the best shot :]

.....and most of our shots were candids.....

Here's Johnny coaching the Joey on how to not to squint into the bright sun :]

not sure what sam's doing, and me and Jo have some wierd head tilt :]

"I know the sun burns your eyes, but it's just for a minute....you can do it Joey!!"

"uh kinda" :]

Ok, sammy, you are getting out of control :]

Maybe if we try a different location?? Um, nope....

 LOL, still no...

hahahaha....no

 Mily came out ready for her turn and gave Joey some entertainment for a minute :]

Seriously, how big does our girl look???  

There are more family pictures, and I'll post those another day when they are all edited and ready for public viewing....after the pics though, we piled in the car and headed back to crooked lake!

 By crooked lake is this crazy giant rock that the siblings would climb when they came to visit their grandad....it's super steep, slippery, but you feel accomplished when you are done!

we made it to the top!!!

brittany decided this would be her workout of the day, so she went back down and climbed back up :]

we were all so stinkin' hot after that, we went to the lake and jumped right in!

we even took this tiny hiny in with us :]

Joey caught a fish...it really surprised me how she wasn't even scared of it!  She tends to be a bit girly, but not with this little guy...she even held him in her hands!

just another awesome day in crivitz, wisconsin!  I need pictures of "the puzzle story" from anyone who has them...also if you have pictures of Joey fishing, that would be great too!  Back tomorrow for what may be the last WI post!

Wisconsin Take 6

Since the beach at our houses were not very sandy, we trekked 30 minutes a couple of times during the week to go go Crooked Lake :]  This is the lake that Johnny and his siblings grew up coming to.  Their granddad had a cottage across the street from it and they would go visit him weeks at a time during the summer.  Becky will tell you this is her favorite place on Earth, and it is so much fun, clear, and awesome!  So, here we go.....

We lugged these beach toys each time, and the kids loved them!!

"Yay, we love crooked lake....why are you making us wave Zip??"

Grandma with the girls...

Savannah's first dip in the lake :] She's about the age Joey was when we went last time!

At the lake there is this little pavilion with picnic tables to eat on.....we packed our lunches and picnicked while we were there!

Sammy won't wear hats but for some reason she kept this hood on which is good because we didn't want her to get sun burned! On a side note, none of THIS Stout family got burned!  

Grandma loves this lake too!

Our sweet child :]

Brittany conquered her fear of the sand :]

This was awesome....Carter said he had to pee and Johnny told him to go in the lake.  He just went up to the edge, pulled down his shorts and went for it.  It was the funniest thing!  Luckily the family next to us thought it was funny too :] Johnny then told Carter to go in the water up to his waist next time :]

Joey usually won't wear hats either, but I convinced her to wear mine so her head wouldn't get burned.  She looks so cute in hats...I wish she would wear them more often!  She played in this sand for a good hour or so :]

Grandma took Sammy in and she loved it!

*splash splash splash*

We love crooked lake :]

these girls were so hungry from all the play time at the lake that they downed all these grapes :]  

I'm pretty sure we stayed here for like 3 hours the first time we went, and the kids could have stayed longer if we'd let them!  See you later for some more....I think I'm almost done :]