After church today, Kayley told me in no uncertain terms that I was to get on that danged computer and write a danged blog! Some men may have been offended and not done it, but I, being the humble and obedient husband that I am, do hereby acquiesce and am now writing a danged blog.
Well, this last week was kind of a big one for the Throops because my WHOLE FAMILY came in from diverse locales for my nephew Kalon's wedding. If you haven't met my family you just don't understand the level of wierdness and political conservatism (in about equal portions) that entails. If you've ever seen the movie While You Were Sleeping, you'll get a good idea of what my family is like if you imagine the dinner scene where Bill Pullman and Sandra Bullock do nothing but laugh at everyone else. Now instead of a conversation about tall actors, make it a political argument in which no one is really taking the con side; everyone just talks really loud and fast to try and make the good observations first. Finally throw in a healthy dose of my dad's horrible (and I do mean horrible) puns. That's every family get together I've ever had, and I gotta tell ya', I love it!
Allie has decided that she's done with the whole waiting-for-Mom-and-Dad-to-pick-me-up-and- take-me-places thing. She is a crawler! I don't know how Kayley and I could have forgotten that when babies learn to crawl they require more supervision, not less. The other day I walked into the hall to see her quite happily trying to jam her finger into the only uncovered electrical outlet in the house.
Claire had a fun day yesterday finding Easter Eggs at Grandma Mary Kay's house. The entire neighborhood knew each time she found one because she would let out an earsplitting yell of, "MOM, I FOUND ANOTHER ONE!!!" It was interesting to me that even after finding twenty of them, the excitement was still almost more than she could handle. Evidently, the Law of Diminishing Returns has no hold on our Claire-bear.
Finally, we have had a hard time with being sick in the Throop household this winter. We've several colds come through, flu, strep and now we are graced with the presence of....Pink Eye! The girls and I have gotten everything we have been exposed to, while Kayley hasn't gotten even the sniffles. Right now I'm writing this post with eyes the color of a circa 1985 leotard. Hopefully, once spring rolls around, we'll start being healthy at last.
Well, that's the update! See ya' again next...well, whenever I feel like writing another!
