A story or two....or four

Okay, so I said I didn't know if I had it in me....to "socialize" this crazy cat that wouldn't come out from under the bed...BUT Minnie Pearl has gotten soooo much better! Josiah has helped by attacking and forcing her out from under the bed! lol! Now, if at any time of day or night, I come and get in or on the bed (and no one is running down the hall or into my room) Minnie will come out from under the bed and jump up for some lovin'. She purrs right away and walks right into my face if I'm lying down. She also likes to take my pen out of my hand and bite my fingers (of course I am usually taunting her with them). So this is a picture of Josiah and Minnie sleeping on my bed, not a great picture....oh well! We got Naissa and Isaac an Easel for Christmas. One side has a magnetic wipe off board and the other side is a chalk board. The directions said to rub the side of a piece of chalk all over it one direction and then the other and wipe with a slightly damp cloth. I guess that's what gets it ready for kid's chalk drawings? So of course, our son Zachary went and wrote his name (in cursive) across the chalk board WITH CRAYON!! Now I haven't tried scratching it off with my fingernails yet but it wasn't coming off with a "slightly damp cloth". Isaac (of course) copied big brother and made his own marks after Zack did.

Isaac got his stitches out today (Sunday). I made Jim take him. He did really good, considering the stitch above his lip had been sealed into his skin! Isaac went to the doctor the day after Christmas because it became infected. He's taking an antibiotic now. We are praying it won't leave a nasty scar. We've been told by several people to put vitamin E on in, others say just neosporin, still another gave us the name of a scar lessening lotion (that I can't remember). He didn't bruise too much, just a little under the cheek. Most of the little scratches have already disappeared. This picture is much better than the previous Pirate picture.
I was looking in the pantry, which goes a lot deeper than we can actually reach, when I noticed a strange yellow chunk of somethin'. Upon closer examination it was discovered to be a cube of butter! Why it was left on the shelf in the back of the pantry has yet to be determined. Also discovered was where the kids have been stuffing everything we ask them to put away! Straws, plastic bags, a box of popcorn, marshmallows, napkins, and pasta just to name a few things that were crammed in between the shelf and the wall, some were suspended in mid air!! Geesh!