Jeff is now installing a reptile tank light above our new office area that he found at Recycle Reuse for $1. The baby needs to come soon before he conjures up any new projects. My mom spent the day weeding our "garden" which wasn't weeded all summer, baked 30 pounds of squash and hung up clocks and pictures on our walls. I think she is bored. We took the kids to an open house at the local fire station tonight. After viewing a video about what to do in case of a fire while fifteen really obnoxious kids screamed and kicked their legs against our backs and the walls of a trailer "smoke house", the kids were asked to practice what they had learned. As smoke/fog suddenly poured into the trailer, E inexplicably covered his ears and started backing further away from the door. When I reminded him to get close to the floor, he got down on his back with ears still covered. Although I had no intention of crawling on the floor of the trailer amidst a bunch of screaming kids at 41 weeks pregnant, I finally had to order him to crawl out the damn thing behind his sister. I suppose this is a good example of why it's a good idea to practice what to do in case of a fire. Then two irate women cussed at my mom for calling their obnoxious kids "obnoxious." They ran away before she had the opportunity to ask them if they needed a hug. D had the opportunity to put on a firefighter outfit and shoot a firehose at a fake burning house. This led her to ask the fire chief, "are there any female firefighters?" His answer was "yes", there was one female firefighter at their station and she was now in the smoke house. However, no one felt compelled to re-enter the smoke house to meet said female firefighter. Maybe D will surprise us all and become a firefighter! E stated unequivocally that his favorite part of the outing was the free popcorn, with the free coloring book a close second, and that he will not be visiting the smoke house any time soon.

Another doctor's appointment tomorrow to check to see if the baby is still OK in there. It sure hasn't seemed to slow down much in the past week, and is currently pushing some appendage against my ribcage in a fairly violent manner. Let's all join together in asking the baby to please come out before the 16th - the last day that my doctor wants to wait before inducing me...

Katie