Family Fun Day

Today was the first day in quite some time that we didn't have anything in particular to do. We didn't have much planned and enjoyed spending a sunny Saturday as a family. We started the day with a baseball game at which Little A was awarded the game ball. She was So excited! She's been working hard every game in hopes that she would get that ball, and she finally did! Yeah, Little A! Well done!

After baseball we headed off for haircuts (all of us except B... He has no hair to cut!). Big A got a short summer cut but B lost the battle for a buzz cut. He had Big A convinced up until the time he was sitting in the chair and Deena (the hair cutter) told him what a buzz cut was. At that point he looked at B and said, "Why would I want a buzz cut? Those are stupid!" Oops! I guess he told B!

Haircuts were followed by lunch at one of the kids' favorite 'dives', Roy's Chicago Hot Dogs. You'll notice that Little A's hair is all over to one side now, making her look TOTALLY different... She has decided to grow her bangs out and now has to keep them clipped to one side, braided, or in a headband so that they're not in her face. I can hardly wait to see what daddy decides to do every morning... YIKES! Too bad every day isn't crazy hair day!

African Cats is a term heard frequently in our house since the movie came out on Earth Day and we finally saw it yesterday afternoon. African Cats is the new DisneyNature movie and we highly recommend it (along with their 2009 movie, Earth, and their 2010 movie, Oceans). We're now waiting excitedly for the 2012 Earth Day release of Chimpanzees!

Let's see... What else did we do yesterday... Two trips to Target, one trip to Office Depot, a quick trip to Swirl Time and dinner at El Torrito! BUSY, but fun-filled and enjoyable! No schedule, no rushing, just fun and silliness!

I love these guys! I hope we can do it again soon!

Happy Easter!

Ah... Easter... The season of egg hunts, chocolate bunnies, and rejoicing in the fact that Jesus died on the cross for my sins. Guess it doesn't get much better than that!

Yesterday we had our 'party of the year' Easter party at Grandma and Grandpa's. As usual it was a *HUGE* hit! The kids ran and played and played and ran and the rain held off for the perfect amount of time.

My friend, Tracie, made these matching dresses for Little A and and three of her friends to wear to the party... TOO CUTE!

Our friend, Kristi, did face painting at the party. You should have seen some of these kids! I saw a lot of bunnies and butterflies, but just one black widow!

This year we started something new that I'm SURE will be back by popular demand. Our newest event is an egg drop! Rest assured that next year the 'guidelines' will be much more stringent, but we had a good start this year!

We saw eggs packed in all sorts of things from super padded boxes to playground balls filled with marshmallows... From wooden boxes to inside a box wrapped in bacon and suspended mid-box in nylons... And then there was Big A's... He pushed an egg down inside a jar of peanut butter and gave specific, written instructions on which way to hold the jar when it was dropped.

The egg survived! The peanut butter jar? As expected, not so much!

Little A pushed hers down inside a can of frosting (complete with sprinkles!). We taped the jar after the egg was inside and both frosting can and egg survived.

Check out this crowd! And this wasn't even everyone! We figure there were almost 200 people there. YIKES!

After the egg drop we had the kids' egg hunt and then the adult egg hunt.

To wrap up the afternoon we were entertained by award winning children's recording artist, Tim Cain! There was singing and dancing and just plain fun going on here! The group of kids who sing along with him changes from year to year but there is one face that you'll always find there, and that's Little A. She LOVES him!

When the party was over we cleaned up and headed home around 8 o'clock. (Here's where I once again apologize to Theresa for not making it to dinner... I know we suck, but we just partied too long and too hard!) After a long, exhausting day all I wanted to do was go to bed but Easter Bunny duties called and alas I had to stay up and be a mom.

Must be molting season for bunnies, because we woke up to Easter Bunny fur all over our upstairs! Darn bunny! Thank goodness he also left all this cool stuff!!

We slowly (because we were all dragging a bit) got ready for church and headed out to the Easter pancake breakfast that the High School Youth Group puts on.

After church we had some lunch and then we all laid down for naps without any complaints! Two and a half hours later (yes, my kids napped for TWO AND A HALF HOURS!) we headed back to Grandma and Grandpa's for Easter dinner and yet another 'egg' hunt.

Happy Easter, Everyone! Please take a moment to think about the TRUE meaning of Easter... Beyond jelly beans and chocolate bunnies!

He has risen! Hallelujah!

Happy Birthday, Papa!

Happy Birthday, Papa!

Thank you for being the best Papa in the world and thank you for playing with us and having fun with us. We love playing with you and teasing with you.

We love you lots and we hope you have a great birthday!


Love, Big A and Little A

LIfe Lessons From The Easter Bunny

Six Things About Life I Learned from the Easter Bunny:



Don't put all of your eggs in one basket.

Everyone needs a friend who is all ears.

There's no such thing as too much candy.

Everyone is entitled to a bad hare day.

Let happy thoughts multiply like rabbits.

Some body parts should be floppy.

HAPPY EASTER WEEK!!

Just Another Manic Monday

Two years ago we bought a new computer. It's been great except for the fact that it's running VERY slowly and the left side CTRL key fell off shortly after purchase.

Four weeks ago we received a notice in the mail that our extended warranty was about to expire and asking if we wanted to extend it. We do not wish to extend it, but we DO want to take advantage of the time that we have left to get things fixed.

Three weeks ago we took our computer to the Geek Squad with the promise that it would be as good as new when it was returned to us.

Well... It certainly WAS as good as new! New like we'd JUST TAKEN IT OUT OF THE BOX!

According to B it worked fine when he brought it home from Best Buy on Friday afternoon but when I tried to use it Friday evening it froze and wouldn't do a darn thing. He messed around with it all weekend but today he ended up reinstalling everything so our computer thinks we just took it out of the package. It's SO frustrating! But hey... At least the CTRL key works!

Then there's my iPhone. My iPhone that worked FINE four days ago but now will not connect to Wi-Fi in the downstairs portion of my house. REALLY?? It works GREAT upstairs, but will not connect downstairs. And it's slow to respond. And the 'HOME' button isn't working correctly.

So back to Apple we go... And what do they tell us? It's fine! Give it two weeks and come back if you're still having problems.

CLEARLY MY TECHNOLOGY HAS A CASE OF THE MONDAYS!

It Wasn't Me! I Know NOTHING!

Um... Remember this post?

Well... Today my little friend MIGHT have pulled a bench over to the sink while his mom was in the bathroom...

And... She MIGHT have come out to find this...

Like I said, I KNOW NOTHING!

Fun In The Sun Sink

Today I watched this little cutie while his parents went car shopping... We had a BLAST!

One Little, Two Little, Three Little Indians...

Four little, five little, six little Indians...

Seven little, eight little, nine little Indians...

Makes a baseball team!


The A's are playing baseball this year... I lucked out in that Big A was old enough to move up a league and young enough to stay in the lower league. Since he didn't play last year and this is Little A's first year playing, I decided to keep him in the lower league. It worked out GREAT because they are on the same team! Aren't they the cutest little Pee-Wee Indians you've EVER SEEN!?!?


They are both enjoying it and I can see their skills improving. The Pee-Wee league is coach pitch. The coach pitches to the kids about five times and pretty much any 'hit' at all counts as a hit. If they don't hit the ball after about five pitches, they bring out the tee. I'd say the A's hit off the tee about 50% of the time.

Every child bats each time the team is up and there are no outs, fouls, etc. A hit is a hit and they get to run to 1st base. They advance one base with each batter until the last batter comes up and they run all the way around.

They rotate positions in the field and every child plays. Every ball, no matter where it lands on the field, is thrown to first base. They get great practice throwing and catching (or at least throwing...).

Little A is always watching and ready when she's in the field. She crouches down and keeps her eye on the ball.

Big A? Not so much although he's getting better! He prefers to play in the dirt, pick grass, dance and talk to the opposing team's players. But hey, he's having fun and THAT is what I care about!

GO INDIANS!

No Pun Intended (Or Maybe There Was...)

1. The fattest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.

2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.

3. She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.

4. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class, because it was a weapon of math disruption.

5. No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.

6. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.

7. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.

8. Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.

9. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.

10. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

11. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

12. Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other: 'You stay here; I'll go on a head.'

13. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.

14. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: 'Keep off the Grass.'

15. The midget fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.

16. The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.

17. A backward poet writes inverse.

18. In a democracy it's your vote that counts. In feudalism it's your count that votes.

19. When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of religion.

20. If you jumped off the bridge in Paris, you'd be in Seine.

21. A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at him and says, 'I'm sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger.'

22. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. One turns to the other and says 'Dam!'

23. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.

24. Two hydrogen atoms meet. One says, 'I've lost my electron.' The other says 'Are you sure?' The first replies, 'Yes, I'm positive.'

25. Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? His goal: Transcend dental medication.

26. There was the person who sent ten puns to friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh. No pun in ten did.

My 'Little A'pril Fool

YEP! Today is Crazy Hair Day at school...