Cucumber

Spring break is here for my kids and I decided that instead of just trying to endure it, that I would try to make it something fun. So on Sunday we sat down and made a schedule where the kids each picked out some fun things to do. They also go to plan the entire menu for the week. The first day I think was a success. We got to go to the library where the kids got to check out some books on their very own, brand new library cards. Trevor had even held some on the computer for himself. Then we did my weekly shopping, that's right with all 4 of them! It was not to bad. Then we went up to Bryan's work to pick him up. It is a 35 minute drive each way and Trevor read an entire Magic Tree House book (Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve) in the car. We spent an hour there, playing in the hot tub and watching movies. The kids love the clinic because they can play with all the exercise equipment and eat all the candy they want. We have also implemented a word of the day. Monday's word was cucumber and when ever anyone said it, everyone had to smile, no matter how upset they were. It worked pretty good, even Nathan said cucumber to people to make them smile. We are looking forward to the rest of the week together.

Jog-A-Thon

The kids came home a while back with a form to collect pledges for the schools first annual Jog-A-Thon. They needed sponsors to pledge an amount for each lap that they ran. If they collected $25 in pledges they would get a cool T-Shirt. I hate hitting up friends and family for stuff like this (they do have one more week to collect pledges though just to let you know) So I decided to pledge $1.00 per lap for each kid. For some reason I thought that they would be running around a normal sized track and in the back of my head I thought, OK the kids will run for 1 hour so I think they could at max run around a normal sized track about 6-8 times. Well this morning was the big event, and while I was getting ready the thought hit me that elementary schools don't have a normal sized track, then I thought....Oh no!! They are going to be running laps around the gym! And I pledged $1.00 per lap!!! They are each going to run like 50 laps! I was trying to figure out a way to get out of paying my pledge, or at least changing to $0.25 per lap as we pulled up to the school. Luckily they had the kids running laps around on the playground. It was not as big as a full sized track, but it was about half that size. The kids had a lot of fun, but it was really cold and windy. I am not sure on the totals so I think that they each ran about 20 laps. Nathan even went once around with Trevor! Not to bad, I will have to pitch in the extra five to get them their shirts I guess.

Easter Eggs

We had a lot of fun this year, we had a primary Easter egg hunt, then on Saturday we died eggs, it took almost 3 dozen this year! We will have more next year too, wow! The kids all got new shoes and electric toothbrushes in their baskets along with tons of candy. Easter Sunday was great. Barlow and Andrea came over for dinner, then we watched Enchanted, then had a game of Settlers with brownies and Italian Sodas. What more could you ask for? (Other than more family and a Settlers tournament!

My Kids Favorite Things

I thought it would be fun to ask my kids what their favorites were so that you could all get to know them a little better. But I put them in the wrong order so if I were you I would scroll down and start with Trevor's then read Kaylee's then Nathan's and then Ashton's. It will work better that way. Anyway.....enjoy!

Ashton's Favorite Things

Color: Flesh tones

Movie: Saturday night movies with Barlow and Andrea (this came as quite a shock because every time we have Barlow and Andrea over to watch a movie it turns out to be a REALLY dumb movie!)

Dinner: Breast milk

Lunch: Breast milk (I keep trying to give him baby cereal or baby food, and he keeps gagging on it then screaming at me)

Breakfast: Breast milk

Day of the Week: Sunday (he gets held the most)

Treat: Sour Patch Kids (Bryan let him suck on one, and he loved it!)

Book: Sad to say but I don't read much to Ashton, but I didn't read that much to Trevor either so there is still hope

Activity: Play Gym (he has played under his little gym for 1 1/2 hours before, he really likes it)

TV Show: Jeopardy (He just looks at the screen the whole show, loves the bright blue color)

Web Address: Ashton hates the Internet, because he tends to get neglected

Saturday Activity: Blowing out the back

Thing about school: Fewer people around to pick on him!

Nathan's Favorite Things

Color: Cereal (it didn't matter how much I said "no, Nathan, color, color!" he responded with cereal then said, why Mom, don't you like cereal?"

Movie: Nick Picks 2 (a combination of TV shows from Nickelodeon)

Dinner: Chickens - any kind

Lunch: Cananas (by this he means Bananas and he only said that because he saw some on the counter)

Breakfast: Can't you guess....cereal!

Day of the Week: Park day (he only gets about one every six months so he needs to enjoy them when they come)

Treat: Teddy bears (gummy bears) and a blue sucker (a blue sucker huh, interesting color, and to think I thought his favorite color was cereal!)

Book: Magic Tree House

Activity: Cry (I put this because that is what he is doing now because I would not let him play with the bag of apples I just bought)

TV Show: Mickey Mouse (he did not want to answer this one because he is still mad at me, but when I threatened to throw away the apples...idle threat....he came up with Mickey Mouse which is strange because we don't have cable and there are no Mickey Mouse shows on PBS)

Web Address: Nick Jr (yes Nathan has been able to navigate the web ever sense he was 18 months old)

Saturday Activity: Watch a movie on Sunday (who knows)

Thing about School: Movies (Nathan talks about his "teacher" all the time, it is kind of freaky)

Kaylee's Favorite Things

Color: Purple (at first she thought I asked her what her favorite Brother was...she looked at me really confused and said favorite brother?)

Movie: Barbie Mariposa

Dinner: Hot Dogs and Macaroni (we NEVER have this for dinner, we have it for lunch sometimes but not for dinner so I don't know where she got this answer from)

Lunch: Dino Chickens (smothered in Ranch dressing, if you don't believe they really smother them, ask Andrea, I think she was shocked when she first saw them do it)

Breakfast: Cereal-chocolate marshmallow mateys (if you don't know what marshmallow mateys are you really need to tighten your budget and start getting malt-o-meal cereals!)

Day of the Week: Sunday (wow, didn't expect that one)

Treat: Toaster Strudels (my kids don't think to far from the here and now, we had these for breakfast today)

Book: Ariel

Activity: Going to the store (not really, she complains every time we do it, but that is what she said)

TV Show: Dragon Tales

Web Address: Nick Jr

Favorite Saturday Activity: Play out side or go around the block (much better than Trevor's answer)

Thing about school: Snack (we are working on this, she will like more about school soon I hope!)