My life is changing and then again it's not.

The phone rang and I picked it up.  The person on the other end said they were looking for people to participate is a study involving children’s immunizations, was I the parent or guardian of a child between the ages of 2 months and 24 months?  Ummm, no!  Weird, how could that be?  I’ve been able to answer yes to that question for 25 years.

 John is not the only scientist in the house.  What do they say about Thomas Edison?  He failed how many times before getting anything right?  There must be something in the name.  I popped microwave popcorn for the kids as an afterschool snack.  Willard got the idea to put the unpopped kernels back in the microwave to see if more heat would pop them. Obviously a few kernels are not enough to absorb the rays.  The microwave overheated and stopped.  We figured he had killed it. I unplugged it to let it rest in peace. With little hope in my heart I plugged it back in to make sure it was really truly dead.  Surprise, it sprang to life. It smelled funny for a few days, but it worked fine.  No one was more relieved than Willard. If he handed over every cent that came into his hands it would take him until he was at least 13 to get out of debt to us.

Roy is ownstairs trying to convince Peter that the nap he took lasted all night and now it is Monday morning.  He’s not buying it. They learn young in this house. Now he is trying it on Melissa.  It took her a little longer. I think it worked on Tyler years ago and he is just hoping he can get it to work again.

 

Peter is really starting to read.  It is fun to watch. Lydia is great at encouraging him.  She asks him to read to her.  Actually she asks everyone and she has learned that bringing a book to Dad will get bedtime delayed.  It is not unusual to see the kids from Willard on down on our bed with Roy reading to them when everyone is supposed to be in bed.

We may be done parenting babies, but we are a long way from being done.