Tuesday, Tuesday........

I hate being out of school on Monday. It just prolongs all the wonderful things about Monday mornings. I'd much rather be out on Friday. Yesterday just teased us. It seemed like summer and now we must go back for a few days. We lucky folks in Jasper City get to go through Friday. You can rest assured that Mrs. Tuggle will be at the door waiting for the clock to change to 12:00. We had a good Memorial Day.........nothing special just good times relaxing and hanging out together. Today Ian and Zeke had to go to the ENT...........good new and bad news. Ian has a bad ear infection............more antibiotics and some steriods that make him crazy wild. We go back in 2 weeks to discuss what happens next. Zeke's ears were not infected, just a little red. Maybe he is cutting more teeth, and that is what is causing his fussiness and discomfort. Luke is doing well. He is actually asleep........it was almost 11:00 last night before he finally fell asleep. He is so funny......I will have to start writing about some of the funny things he says. Tonight for instance, he told me he couldn't say Zeke's name straight because he doesn't have bracelets on his teeth. Apparently Ms. Behre, his teacher at school, has told him that her braces are to make her teeth straight. I guess he took that and ran with it! This is the teacher that was out a couple of weeks ago because she was at home with her flute. Oh, I could write a book....... We did do something fun tonight. Tonight was our night to feed the Elliotts! Me being the awesome cook that I am.......treated them to Mexican food at our new Curry Mexican restaurant. All was going well......kids were being good, eating good food, enjoying good fellowship with friends,......and then Ian threw up. Not just once, but twice........everywhere! We may never be allowed in there again. The Elliotts have been out to eat with us before, so they kind of new what to expect. This was even crazier than usual. Tomorrow is the boys' last day of school. It will be Ian's last day of Blooming Grove ever......he is going to Pre-K at West Jasper with me next year. It is bittersweet. I think it will be good for him, but I love Blooming Grove and I know he will miss everyone there. They will still have to endure 2 Tuggles.....Zeke will get to start when he turns 1. He should be a walk in the park compared to Luke when he started. He was a bit difficult. Ok- I have rambled a lot about nothing, but I seem to have trouble slowing my brain down enough to go to sleep and thought writing would help. If I don't post again before the beach I will definitely have lots of good stuff and pictures afterward! Pray for healthy ears!!

A quick update

Zeke eating his 1st cheese puff!

Ok- so I have uposted in a LONG time. Things have been pretty busy for the Tuggles. We are trying to get this school year finished up. I had a birthday on May 5th........I can't believe I am 28. Then we had mother's day. I am so blessed to have my 3 precious boys! The boys are just getting over sickness......the big boys had pneumonia and both of Zeke's ears were infected. Chad hurt his ankle and got to sport the big boot like I had for a while. I think we are all on the road to recovery now. Chad finished up his golf season at school, but has been extra busy with side jobs. I have been crazy busy at school. I have taken 22 girls to Birmingham to paint and eat at Stix, gone on various other field trips, and brought 6 of my kids home to swim at my house. Believe it or not I am not completely crazy yet. We have also been playing ragball. Ian loves it and is read for the major leagues any day now! ;) Luke is another story. The first game he got mad when every ball was not hit directly to him and he threw down his hat and glove and cried and pouted. He hit the ball and ran to first base but would go no further. The next time at the bat he hit and went straight to the dugout. I don't think he would even bat in the last inning. The next game he did run all the bases, but he refused to wear his glove while on the field. Also, he will only go out there if Mommy is with him, so I go to the next base and yell for him to run to me. I get to be out there with all the coaches and dads. Last night I was able to watch from the stands with the other moms. Luke did much better. He hit the ball everytime and ran all the bases. He played in the field......with a little coaxing.......although he didn't catch any balls. He wore his glove some of the time. It was a much better game! It was even better when we had supper at the new Mexican restaurant in Curry. It is great.....now we don't have to drive to Jasper. We are having a nice laz Saturday now watching Little Einsteins and playing. The boys didn't get up until 8:00 which was great. We get a day off on Monday then the boys have 2 days of school, Chad has 3, and I have 3 1/2. On Friday the Tuggles are headed to the beach! Hopefully I will have more time to update the blog throughout the summer. Enjoy the pictures of the boys.