to do list:

1)grocery shopping

2)date night (love my sweet baby)

3)baby shower for my long lost CASA kid (who was lost but now is found. thank God. amen.)

4)bbq

5)meet with contractor about...windows, insulation

6)love on my dogs

7)love on my kids

8)stationery for baby claire

9)lunch and spamalot with tall jen

10)plan some mayhem for the hentzen boys (and jh)

11)blog updates

12)dust my camera off for some sp&b love (serious lack of sp&b posts, b/c no recent pictures)

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does anyone out there in blogland use a shared bedroom for your kiddos? i am mostly committed to the idea for our new house, but need some serious suggestions...would you please send me ideas, links, pictures, etc. {yes, i will have you do the work for me if possible...} here are a couple of ideas i've come across...

my biggest concern is that i will have to camp out in their room until they fall asleep every night so they don't torture each other. oh wait! i already do that every night. will the stuffed alligator in the middle of the wall bed be enough to separate my children?!? {insert the mad scientist laugh here} maybe i should be asking how people handle the shared bedroom and ask for suggestions in parenting shared bedroom children {hee hee}. i wonder if they have articles about that on babycenter.com:)...

i just want to thank you all for the kind words about doc. he is responding well to prednisone. it's making him feel much better...for now. we are just being open with the kiddos and dealing with their questions as they come. it does not help that sp fell apart the other day because he thought he made his tulip die. one step at a time...for the first time in recorded history i am not stressed out or overwhelmed about any of the craziness going on in our lives. i love it. i am so happy these days...so thankful for my blessings. we have such an amazingly supportive and loving family. and very dear friends. so today the glass is half full, and it will runneth over. ttfn.