two non-vision-impaired mice. see how they make themselves comfortable in my home.

so lexi's much, much better. lincoln ended up getting sick, too (i'm pretty sure he had what lexi had) and he ended up missing a day of school, but now he seems to be just fine.
we emptied out lincoln's piggy bank for the first time over the weekend. he hasn't had it his whole life- only about 2 yrs. there were 11 dollar bills in there (!) and a whole bunch of change. we haven't taken the change to be counted at the bank yet, but we took his dollars and let him buy whatever he wanted (and/or could affford) at dollar tree and walmart. it was his first experience picking out his own things and paying for things himself. when he made his first purchase, he requested that the lady give him back the money once she counted it to make sure it was enough. he wasn't happy that it was gone forever (now maybe he understands how i feel ALL THE TIME!). he bought a plastic snake, plastic dinosaur, whoopee cushion, fart putty (this goop stuff that makes fart noises when you squish it in its container. absolutely hilarious for a 4-yr-old boy!), some candy, a sword, some bubbles, and a magnifying glass. it seems like maybe there were one or two other things, but that's all i can think of right now. i think his selections were pretty dang hilarious.
i forgot in my last post to say that lexi, at 6 months, is only 12 lbs 3 oz and 24 3/4 inches. isn't that crazy tiny!!?? of course, that was after she had been sick for a few days. we go back next week to get her shots and she could be more by that point, since she'll be feeling better (at least she should be!). so she's in the 10th percentile for length and not even on the charts for weight. it's so crazy having such a tiny baby. she's still in some 0-3 month clothes and still too small for several 3-6 month things. i bought her cold weather stuff in 3-6 and 6-9 and she won't even end up using the 6-9 month stuff! i know there's still lots of cold weather left, but there are some things i can't imagine her fitting in to anytime in the near future!
two mice were found in our house last week. freakout begun immediately. it took us 4 days, but we finally got one of them. now we're just waiting for his (her?) friend. pleeeease God, let it have been the female that's already dead! mouse babies in my house would make me evacuate. BLAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we didn't tell lincoln that there were mice in the house, for obvious reasons. on the third day, however, i was woken up by a frightened, wide-eyed little boy. "MOMMY! THERE ARE SOME MICE IN MY BEDROOM!" ...i acted surprised, "What?!" "THERE ARE TWO MICE IN MY BEDROOM!" ..."What were they doing?" "I THINK THEY WERE PLAYING! DADDY NEEDS TO GO KILL THEM NOW!" (little did he know that we had been TRYING to kill them for days. we had to pretend like we had killed them both before lincoln would go to bed that night.
holy cow. is it 6pm already? i haven't even finished making dinner. where did this day go??