Apparantly I don't blog enough

I've received a complaint that it is too long between blogs. Now I'm in a pickle. My life is boring. Really, nothing happens around here. And I'm usually asleep when the kids do anything blog worthy. But, I'll give it a try...
Joel doesn't like it when Wes and I hug each other. Or maybe its just that he doesn't like being left out. Every time we hug, he wedges himself in between us, taking turns as to which on of us he grans onto. He gets really mad when we see him coming and "close the gap". Then he'll start slapping one of us on the rump until we let him in.
Joey had his first official band concert. Ok, his first official one here. Being a former band nerd myself, I am quite prepared for middle school level band playing. The rhythm section is usually off and there are usually quite a few sqeeks from various instruments that aren't quite finding the right note. Not to mention middle school bands tend to be "top" heavy. Lots of wind intruments, lots of trumpets, very little bass section. I must say, I was very impressed. They were quite good. I'm in the process of securing a copy of the recording from Joey's teachers, so I will try to post the video.
Mackenzie is her usual self, although her attitude is getting to new levels. She employs the foot stomp more often than she used to, and the range of her whining seems to go up with age. I'd rather hoped it would be the opposite. She's already planning her birhtday...in May, and for anyone that wants to know, she wants earrings. I told her that was actually a quite reasonable request. She seemed shocked to hear that.
Me, well I go to work, I sleep, then I work around here. Then I do it all over again. But that's the story of many people's lives. My biggest project right now is staying on top of the laundry and finding new and simple things to make for dinner. I miss having the internet at work. I seem to have more down time there than at home. Although not so much last night. They all seem to be on a similar cycle with their behavior, and last night was the night too be throwing fits and seeing things that aren't there. Its one of those frustrating things about an insitutional surrounding. When your child is on medication of any kind, it is the parent's job to monitor behavior. In the case of where I work, we HSA's are the closest thing, we are the day to day care providers, and the only information anyone takes from us is on a little worksheet where we right down who's sleeping, whose hallucinating, etc. No one ever asks us to ellaborate, then the doctors adjust medications without telling us and we have to wonder why someone is acting funny. Oh well, c'est la ville.