It Got Away From Me

The blog, that is.

I've been collecting pictures on the camera and quotes in my head, but haven't found the time to sit and get it all down.

I'm stealing a few moments now as the boys are amusing themselves upstairs with disaster drills; working through the crazy events of the past few days, I guess. On Wednesday, we had heavy thunderstorms and tornado watches/warnings. On Thursday, the college spent lots of time testing and re-testing the tornado sirens. On Friday, we had tornadoes touch down all around us, destroying homes as close as seven miles away. We were safe and happy hanging out in our basement, but many of Owen's peers were still on the school buses -- in hail storms, with tornado sirens blaring. Three busloads of kids and their drivers were forced to take shelter in a tiny country store less than a mile from where one of the tornadoes touched down. So thankful Bill picked Owen up from school that day!! The college is busy organizing work crews. We're hoping that we can find a way that the boys can help as well.



When not dodging tornadoes ... life has been busy, but generally uneventful.





























And, mostly for my own amusement, some quotes from Alex ...

Me: Alex, what did you have for lunch today?
Alex: We had raba-lowly. Yum!

Alex: Mom, am I doing a good job of not driving you crazy?

Alex: Mom, can we cook some meat?
Me: Um, maybe. What kind of meat do you want?
Alex: I want some chocolate meat!

Alex: Mom, can we look at more pictures of hamsters? I want to see a poisonous hamster!

Alex: I want you to paint my room this color red.
Me: Maybe we could paint it a subtler red.
Alex: I know what a subtler red means. A subtler red is a red that comes out really slow.

Upon entering the Krispy Kreme doughnut shop ...
Alex: Mama, this place smells beautiful!
Me: Yes it does, dear. Yes. It. Does.