Busy Bee

Whew! Garin is a pistol! He is so much fun as he changes from baby to toddler, but he wears me out. He was just sitting at my feet, playing quietly, and I heard a funny crinkly sound. I looked down and discovered that he'd pulled a zippered baggie of cookies out of his diaper bag, figured out how to open it, and had a half-eaten cookie on the floor, one in his mouth, and one in each hand. We finally bought appliance locks for the toilets (let's hope no one needs to go in a hurry!) and yet another gate for the bottom of the stairs yesterday. He was furious about the gate, rattling it and screaming last night because he wanted to climb. This morning, while I was showering, he tried to send my panties down the drain...several times. Fortunately they didn't fit. I'll have to stay on my toes for the next....oh....20 years or so!

I had an awesome series (for me anyway) yesterday at bowling. I bowled 118, 122 and 143. I can sometimes bowl that well, but not for all three games; I'm not usually so consistent.

We're busy with homework....I'm loving it!....and preparing for Garin's birthday party next weekend. We're going to move some furniture around to better accommodate everyone in this little base house, and I'm pre-making most of the food. I need to clean well, of course, and I'm making his cakes. We'll need a couple for the guests and one for him. I found a great rubber ducky 3-D pan, and he loves his many rubber duckies. I think he'll be really excited when he sees them! And it is some fairly basic decorating with a star tip.

Memaw fell a few weeks ago and has been having a lot of back pain. The doctor thinks she may have a compression fracture of the spine, so she's on pain medication until they do the MRI next week and decide on a course of treatment. She may need an injection that fills the space and hardens, which is supposed to stop the pain permanently.

That's about all I know, I guess!