February 24

I woke up with a sinus headache again this morning.  I was contemplating sleeping in when Jeff got up and got in the shower at 6:45.  But, much to my surprise, Cebelle came and crawled in bed with me at 6:55 wide awake and ready to go.  Since she normally sleeps until 9, you can imagine my concern.  I was worried she wasn't feeling well, but she was just well rested and ready to wake up.  She has been going strong all day long.  Hayden woke up at about 7:30, apparently on the wrong side of the bed.  He has been a bit of a cranky pants today.  He has complained non-stop.  About everything.  I'm actually getting pretty sick of it.  I could understand complaining when he doesn't get his way-but complaining even WHEN he gets his way?!!  Ridiculous.
Regardless of his crabbiness, he finished his schoolwork AND the homework that is due tomorrow because he wanted to watch Prehistoric Planet.  It is one of his favorite all time shows.  He has a DVD of all the episodes that originally aired on the Discovery Channel.  He can pretty much recite the narration line by line.  It's pretty impressive considering that it's over two hours long and he doesn't get to watch it very often-maybe once every three months or so.
The kids have been playing "Eye of the Tiger" pretty much non-stop on the stereo system all day.  They know every word and they have made up dances.  It's pretty entertaining.  That doesn't mean that I'm not going to take the iPods and delete that stupid song off as soon as they go to bed tonight because if I have to hear it one more time I'm going to gouge out my ear drums with my knitting needles.  But it has been pretty funny to watch them.
In other disgusting news, I went to check Cebelle's bed today because she got up so early, I was worried that maybe she was hiding toys or there was a mite infestation (old house-we have dealt with that before) or that her heater was just being too loud.  What I found was that one edge of her beautiful white bookshelf headboard was the home of (please jump to the next paragraph if you get easily grossed out) a crusty, dried up collection of boogers.  I still get dry heaves when I think about it.   When I called her to question her about it, she yelled at ME and said it was because I didn't put tissues in her bedroom.  I pointed out that there were tissues and toilet paper down the hall in my bedroom and bathroom and that she could have gotten up and used them.  Then she said, "But I get in trouble when I'm running around after bedtime!"  Touche'.  And as mom, dad, Andi, and Jeff said, "At least she wasn't eating them."  Ick. So.  Gross.  I think this is going to be an awesome story for future prospective boyfriends, however.  Between that and all the naked baby-butt pictures I have of her, it's possible that I can blackmail her into not dating until she is 21.
I actually had lots of reading time today since we got out of bed so early.  I finished a book by Juliet Marillier today and then had enough time to read "Witch & Wizard" by James Patterson.  I was interested enough that I will probably read the rest of the series.  Especially considering that I read this one in just over an hour.  Have I mentioned how much I adore my NOOKcolor?
I also worked on my cross-stitch project while the kids watched their shows and played their music.  I am going to work some more on a baby blanket this evening.  I'm in the process of making some spaghetti for dinner.  I took some sinus medicine and am not feeling particularly munchy.  The kids wanted spaghetti, so that is what I'm fixing.  They are both pretty tired this evening because of the early rising, so there is a lot of bossiness and grumpiness in the still going on "Eye of the Tiger" choreography session.  I'm thinking that it might be a good night for early bedtime.
On that note, I need to go drop the pasta and get out the salad!  I hope you all have a peaceful evening!