the weekend of the toe killer...
Catchy title, right? Well the toe killing actually began over the weekend and ended last night. Lynn was the killer and Caleb's right big toe was the victim. Lucky for you guys I couldn't bring myself to take any pictures! The only reason I didn't take any pictures was because looking at the carnage makes me gag and cringe and I don't gag and cringe. Seriously. Ready for a little flashback? Alrighty, but first how 'bout a cute picture of Molly in one of her new bibs I made for her over the weekend (in between attacks on Caleb's big toe).
click on the pic to see more of this bib. i even made a few extras to put up for sale too!
Okay, so the toe killing...Saturday we made a trip out to IKEA to buy a couple chests of drawers for the boys. We decided on the six drawer Malm
for its ample drawer space and two would fit perfectly side by side in the boys' closet. Well, we loaded up the four boxes of six thousand pieces the chests of drawers came in, rounded up the boys from the play area and headed out to the parking lot where Caleb kept trying to get on the back of the cart and we kept telling him not to because of how heavy and hard to control the cart was (if you've ever shopped at IKEA before you know how their carts are to control with all four wheels on 360 degree casters...ugh...brilliant design concept there). Caleb managed to get on the cart anyway and then decided that it wasn't a good idea after all so he hopped off and Lynn proceeded to roll right up on his toe with a cart full of two tons of particle board and plastic laminate.
After all that fun we thought it would be a good idea to load everyone up on Sunday and check out the Star Wars exhibit at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. The following picture should just about sum up how the trip went:
click here to see the flickr set from the trip.
First of all the content of the exhibit was great. We really enjoyed being able to see so much up close. However, the people flow was HORRIBLE. FWMSH sells tickets to the exhibit in fifteen minute intervals. You enter the exhibit at your specified time and can then stay in the exhibit as long as your little heart desires, but once you leave, you may not return unless you purchase a new ticket. Let's just say lots of people stayed well past when they should have. It was really crowded and made for short tempers and rude people. Caleb was in full-on three-year-old-terrorist mode: whining (omfg! the whining), yelling at complete strangers that it was HIS turn to listen (to the recorded info at each display). Logan was pretty good for the most part, except when he was trying to regulate on Caleb. Logan has a hard time understanding that it is not his job to regulate. Lynn was in rare form...I won't even get into it here, but if you were one of the people who crossed his path, you have my sincerest apologies. On the flip side, Molly and I were absolutely delightful.
Okay, back to the toe...amazingly the toe and nail survived unscathed after the IKEA episode; however, I think that episode primed his toe for its ultimate undoing last night at Walmart.
Lynn came home early from work to take the boys to NRH2O with our friends Gary and Jared. They all had a great time! According to Lynn, whoever designed this water park is a freaking genius...it is well laid out with lots to do for every age group. Anyway, on the way home from the park they stopped by Walmart to pick up a few things. While en route to the car Caleb was farting around on the back of the cart (again) and hopped off before Lynn could stop. At that point the Earth spun off its axis and time stopped. Somehow the cart ripped Caleb's toenail almost completely off the nail bed! Lynn tells me, "he took it like a man." Holy shit, people, what does that mean? He took it like a man. As soon as he said it we both started laughing...it was impossible not to and luckily Caleb was not within earshot of the conversation. For the foreseeable future we'll be doing twice daily twenty minute long Epsom salts soaks along with dressing changes until the toe nail comes completely off. Fun times!
click on the pic to see more of this bib. i even made a few extras to put up for sale too!
Okay, so the toe killing...Saturday we made a trip out to IKEA to buy a couple chests of drawers for the boys. We decided on the six drawer Malm
for its ample drawer space and two would fit perfectly side by side in the boys' closet. Well, we loaded up the four boxes of six thousand pieces the chests of drawers came in, rounded up the boys from the play area and headed out to the parking lot where Caleb kept trying to get on the back of the cart and we kept telling him not to because of how heavy and hard to control the cart was (if you've ever shopped at IKEA before you know how their carts are to control with all four wheels on 360 degree casters...ugh...brilliant design concept there). Caleb managed to get on the cart anyway and then decided that it wasn't a good idea after all so he hopped off and Lynn proceeded to roll right up on his toe with a cart full of two tons of particle board and plastic laminate.
After all that fun we thought it would be a good idea to load everyone up on Sunday and check out the Star Wars exhibit at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. The following picture should just about sum up how the trip went:
click here to see the flickr set from the trip.
First of all the content of the exhibit was great. We really enjoyed being able to see so much up close. However, the people flow was HORRIBLE. FWMSH sells tickets to the exhibit in fifteen minute intervals. You enter the exhibit at your specified time and can then stay in the exhibit as long as your little heart desires, but once you leave, you may not return unless you purchase a new ticket. Let's just say lots of people stayed well past when they should have. It was really crowded and made for short tempers and rude people. Caleb was in full-on three-year-old-terrorist mode: whining (omfg! the whining), yelling at complete strangers that it was HIS turn to listen (to the recorded info at each display). Logan was pretty good for the most part, except when he was trying to regulate on Caleb. Logan has a hard time understanding that it is not his job to regulate. Lynn was in rare form...I won't even get into it here, but if you were one of the people who crossed his path, you have my sincerest apologies. On the flip side, Molly and I were absolutely delightful.
Okay, back to the toe...amazingly the toe and nail survived unscathed after the IKEA episode; however, I think that episode primed his toe for its ultimate undoing last night at Walmart.
Lynn came home early from work to take the boys to NRH2O with our friends Gary and Jared. They all had a great time! According to Lynn, whoever designed this water park is a freaking genius...it is well laid out with lots to do for every age group. Anyway, on the way home from the park they stopped by Walmart to pick up a few things. While en route to the car Caleb was farting around on the back of the cart (again) and hopped off before Lynn could stop. At that point the Earth spun off its axis and time stopped. Somehow the cart ripped Caleb's toenail almost completely off the nail bed! Lynn tells me, "he took it like a man." Holy shit, people, what does that mean? He took it like a man. As soon as he said it we both started laughing...it was impossible not to and luckily Caleb was not within earshot of the conversation. For the foreseeable future we'll be doing twice daily twenty minute long Epsom salts soaks along with dressing changes until the toe nail comes completely off. Fun times!
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