Hey everyone! I just thought I'd update since I had the chance to get on a computer. I don't know what to talk about though. Hmmmm.....

Well today I got picked for the spirit competition for our pep rally. That was fun. I got to be crazy. It was a half day so there was no early class. Cristie, Annie, and I went to Lamarz Donuts and Starbucks for breakfast. We were sugared up and ready for school. I guess that's about it. Have a great weekend!

Guess where I am right now. It's bringing back joyful memories. I'll give you a hint:

"Hey, quit touching me!" "WAAAAAA!" "Give that back it's mine!"

Yeah, I'm babysitting. Right now I'm very grateful for it cause I'm broke.

I went to North Carolina over the 3-day weekend and met my family who live there and another family I didn't know there (that other family was a little strange...) We camped in a cabin and went white water rafting. I've never done that before. That rafting part I mean. If you have never done it before you've gotta try it. The section of the river we went down was 8 miles long and it took us 2 hours. When we got in the river it was around 10am. Me and my favorite cousin Lisa got our oun raft thingy so that made it more fun. The water was about 50 degrees, and of course the raft fills up about 3 inches the entire time so we were sitting in the cold water for a long time. Oh, but it wasn't just our butts that went numb. When you get in the rapids parts water splashes up to your face and gets the shirt under your lifejacket wet, too, and right when you're a little dryer it happens again. But hey, it's all part of the experience which i really want to do again. You're not really thinking about it much anyway. You're mainly trying to figure out how to not get thrown out of the raft, and you're looking out for rocks cause trust me. You don't want to get stuck on one. It happened to Lisa and I. It was actually pretty funny. You would haved laughed if you saw us. It was a big rock smack in the middle of the river, and we managed to get ourselves completely out of the water, raft and all, on it. Adam and my cousin Daniel were in their own little raft just drifting by. We yelled to them but they obviously couln't do anything. They laughed at us. Then they went around the bend and disappeared from our sight. Anyways, when we got stuck we started laughing at first. We laughed for a while and tried to push off the rock and surrounding rocks with our paddles, but the rocks were slippery. We stopped laughing and realized we had to put our heads together or we were going to die there. So we went "One two three BUDGE! One two three BUDGE!" Like 50 times and finally got back into the water. Oh, the funnest part was when you get to the sign: DANGER! FALLS AHEAD! I was a little freaked out. I was expecting, you know, actual water falls. No, it was more like downhill, so you went faster. it was a lot rockier in that area but it was so cool. Literally. We got splashed a lot. At the end we tried to save this kid who fell out of the boat he and his family were in. I think they thought we were professionals, and now that I look back on it I don't blame them. The kid was floating down the river but his family was getting farther away from him (by the way, people have died in the Nantahala river) so Lisa and I were like, "We're gonna come up next to you." We grabbed him and brought him to his family. He couldn't get into the boat and started panicking, almost flipped out boat which made me fall out and hit my knee on a rock and lose my paddle. The End. Well, I guess if you're still reading you deserve to be reassured in knowing that I got back into the boat easily, my knee was fine, and we found the paddle. Then we had lunch and did it again! Whoo hoo!

I did something very awesome in Driver's Ed. yesterday. We got to drive with drunk goggles on! That scared me. The whole time I was telling my teacher we were going to die. I think he believed me.

I'd love to tell you about what I did today, but I think I've said enough and probably made your eyes tired from going back and forth so much. Oh, and please leave me some comments. Thank you much.

We had a great time at the fair. My favorite part was riding the Zipper. Gosh that was fun. Right now we're talking girl talk, looking through yearbooks and snacking. I love my song on here. It's my new favorite song. Well i'm gonna go talk some more. I really hope we can stay awake in church tomorrow.

4:30am

WAAAAAA! WAAAAAAA!

"Ugghhhhh..."

WAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

Alicia drags herself out of bed to make a 6 ounce bottle. Finally Patrick goes back to sleep.

6:30am

WAAAAAAAA! WAAAAAAAA!

"He'll fall back asleep."

WA-WAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

"Ok, ok I'm coming...Good morning, Patrick."

7:30am

A sleepy three year old slowly walks into the kitchen where Alicia  is feeding Patrick.

"Good morning, Kristina."

"Morning, Aweesha."

8:00am

A bedheaded 6 year old trudges down the stairs and into the kitchen.

"Good morning, Maureen. What would you girls like for breakfast?"

"I want one waffle with butter."

"What's Maureen havin'?"

"She's having a buttered waffle."

"I want one, too."

Alicia makes breakfast while holding the baby.

"Breakfast is ready."

"I don't want butter!"

((sighs))

9:00am

"Aweesha, will you pway babies wiff me?"

"In a minute. I have to put Patrick down for his nap."

"But I want you to pway wiff me nooooow!"

"Kristina, go in the playroom and play quietly with Maureen."

"Otay."

9:05am

"AAAHHHHHHH!!! ((giggles)) You can't catch me!"

Alicia opens the door of the baby's room and finds the girls running around the hallway, screaming.

"Girls! What did I just tell you?"

"Ummm, I don know."

10:00am

"Maureen and Kristina, it's time to brush our teeth and get dressed."

"Why?"

"Because I said so."

10:20

"Ouch! That hurts!"

"I'm being as gentle as I can, Maureen."

"That hurts my hair!"

"I know. I'm sorry."

"Owwwwww!" ((whines)) "Ouch!"

"I'm doing the best I can. Stop complaining!" 

12:00pm

"Okay, you can have pasta, fish sticks, soup, or a sandwich for lunch. What do you want?"

"Can I have pizza?"

"No, that wasn't a choice and besides, we don't have pizza."

"Ok, then I'll have fish sticks."

"Good. What do you want, Kristina?"

"Mat-aroni and cheeeeeeese."

"Allright."

Alicia puts the fish sticks in the oven, then starts the macaroni and cheese."

WAAAAAAAAA!

She runs back to give Partick another bite of his mooshy carrots and pasta.

"Here you go."

He grabs the food out of the spoon and throws it.

"Patrick!"

"Why's the food taking so long?"

"Because it has to cook."

1:45pm

Alicia gets Partick ready for his afternoon nap.

"Eeewwww, somebody needs a diaper change."

She grabs the wipes, a clean diaper, and something...anything to keep him entertained for one minute. She lays him down on his bed.

WAAAAAAA!

"Here, here's something to look at, look. Just don't squirm around. Patrick, hold still."

He rolls over. She turns him back over. He kicks his legs. Then rolls over again.

Wa-wa-WAAAAAA!

"Well if you would just cooperate."

She pins him down and holds her breath. She can tell this is going to be a bad one. She was right.

2:20pm

"I have an idea, let's play a game!" Maureen said with a grin.

"A game? What kind of game?"

"You stand there, and I have to try and shoot you with this, and when you see the dart, duck or run away."

2:40

Quiet time

"Now I have time to unload the dishwasher, clean the kitchen, and do the laundry."

5:00

"Aweesha!"

Alicia stands at the bottom of the stairs holding Patrick.

"What's wrong, Kristina?"

"Maureen won't let me pway wiff her dwess up clothes."

"Maureen, you need to share, ok?"

((burp)) Patrick smiles. The spit up ran down his shirt, Alicia's arm, and was dripping onto the floor.

"Great."

6:45

"Please put your dishes on the counter when you're done."

"I'm done! Can I have dessert?"

"Sure. What would you like?"

"Two scoops of vanilla icecream with sprinkles."

"Ok. Are you done with your dinner, Kristina?"

"Yes."

"No you're not. Eat three more big bites. Here's your icecream, Maureen."

"Yum yum yum yum!"

"Now am I done, Aweesha?"

"Nope. Two more big bites."

"Now am I done?"

"You didn't take anymore bites. Oh, no! Patrick , don't..."

"Eeeewwwww, he's messy."

"I see that."

7:30

"Goodnight, Patrick." ((Finally))

8:00

"K, girls, ready to read some stories?"

"I want this one!"

"I want this one!"

"We'll read both. Climb up in bed. The Big Itch. One day, Clifford had a---"

"Hey, she's kicking me!"

"Kristina, stop kicking her. Clifford had a big itch."

"Kristina, you're on my side!"

"Kristina, stay on your side of the bed. He tried to scratch it on a---"

"Stop it!"

((sighs))

8:30

"Goodnight, sweet dreams."

Tomorrow we'll do it all over again.