Competitive Reece

Last night was skype night. I laughed so hard at Jill's story of Reece.

After begging to go bowling Jill took her children bowling. At the end of the game, Abby beat Reece by one point. Oh the drama. Reece wouldn't leave the bowling alley. He sprawled himself across the lane and wouldn't move until Jill would say that he won. Of course he didn't, the score didn't lie but he wouldn't let it be. "Tell me I won," he pleaded. Now, I can imagine Abby standing there with a grin on her face that says "Nee Ner Nee Ner Nee Ner," but innocently acting like "I don't know what his problem is. What is mom going to do about this?" Anyway, Jill did get him into the car but still, more drama. "They should shut down every bowling alley. It is an awful game." etc. etc. Now, later on that week he had a birthday party that was a bowling party that he was okay going to. If he lost there, it would be okay. But to lose to Abby and maybe Trevor, well, that is just WRONG!

She had another story previously, after Christmas. I gave Trevor Monopoly for Christmas. So they had a family night where they played it together. Reece did not think he was winning. I guess he bought so many houses that he was low on funds and panicked. In his panic he brought on the drama. "I am not playing this game. This is the dumbest game ever! We should take it back to Aunt Sally!" While he was throwing this fit, Jill realized that he passed 'go' and didn't get his $200. She told him that he actually had $200 more dollars that he should have had. Well, that changed his tone immediately and he calmed down and started playing again. I don't know that he won. You know how monopoly is, does it ever end?

Jill, if you are reading this, I would love to have it in your own words and any other examples. You tell it so much better. Your kids are hilarious.

Yeast Free Cooking class

I went to a cooking class this week on yeast free cooking. They had 7 recipes that they made and had us try. What a great idea. Yeast Free eating is really so hard to do and they had awesome recipes to help you enjoy it. I joined their e-mail group. If you want to find out more, here is their blog:

http://www.drhotze.com/Wellness-Community/Blogs/Dr-Hotzes-Blog.aspx

Nikki in a dream

Well, so much for blogging again, eh?

Well, this may be out of order but I didn't want to let it go till I was "ready" to post it, or else I would forget it. I don't want to forget it so this is as good of a place as any to remember it with. Nothing spectacular, but a sweet moment that I don't want to let go of.

I had a dream with Nikki in it.

I went to bed last night with the fear of forgetting to do something the next morning. That part was real. I was awake in my dream, although, I didn't realize it was dream until I actually did wake up, later.

So in my dream I was looking for what I feared I would forget the night before. I was looking in the garage, talking to myself about how could I possibly loose this thing, which I put away so carefully. From behind me I heard Nikki telling me about how she had lost something that she couldn't believe she had lost also. I can't remember what it was she lost, though. I turned as she was talking and there she was talking to me in the flesh. She smiled, her beautiful, sweet smile as she talked to me in her sweet, innocent voice. I remember being blown away to see her but I didn't flinch. I didn't want to make a big deal about it and kept on as if everything were normal. I continued to look and looked in the car. I came back in the garage. Mom was sitting on the bench (I don't really have a bench in my garage). Nikki was looking around a pyramid shaped shelving unit in the middle of the north carport for whatever I was looking for. (I don't really have a pyramid shaped shelving unit either). I sat down on the bench next to mom and wanted to say something about Nikki but thought it would jinx it so I still acted normal. Nikki slowly circled the pyramid shaped shelf looking for whatever. I sat there as she slowly passed right before me and couldn't believe how real and 3-dimensional she looked. I wanted to reach out and touch her but I feared I wouldn't feel anything and shuttered. I didn't want to jinx it either so I just acted normal. Then the dream was over.


I had another dream with her in it a couple weeks ago, but it was just a quick blip of her. We were on a school bus, I guess it was a school bus, and it was moving. Nikki was playing patti-cake with someone on the bus. She was grown up, not a child. She was next to a window, with the background in the window moving, facing the back while playing patti-cake. I didn't see who she was playing with. It was very short but memorable.