Princess' Mommy Dress

My grandparent's sent this adorable dress for Princess. She calls it "an almost mommy dress." She had planned a pretend birthday party for today so she got up and dressed by 6am in the perfect outfit for a party. She didn't want to be cold, so she put on a "strong sleeved shirt" underneath. I'm a little biased, but I think I have the two most beautiful girls around. :)

Dude Lost a Tooth!

Dude lost his first tooth today! I can't believe how big he's getting. He's super excited. He gets to be on the "tooth board" at school, and he can't wait for the tooth fairy. He told my Dad that the tooth fairy was putting an X-Box 360 under his pillow, I'm glad we squelched that idea.

It's Soccer Season

Princess and Dude had their first soccer games of the season on Saturday. Unfortunately it was only about 30 degrees outside and super windy. It was actually Princess' first game ever, and she did great at first. She was goalie first, and then she got to kick the ball at the beginning of the second quarter. I don't think she realized that everyone else would be trying to kick the same ball, so as soon as someone pushed her out of the way she was done. She sat on the sidelines while we tried to keep Honey Bunch off the field. Go figure. :)

Dude did great. He had a couple of good blocks while playing defense. He was goalie for a quarter, but his team did such a good job with defense, the ball never came close to the goal.

Our good friends have an 8 year old that is really fond of Honey Bunch (the feeling is mutual) and he played with her during Dude's game. I tried to get a picture of them holding hands, but the batteries died in the camera. I'll try again next time. This picture is a little blurry, but you kind of get the idea.

I'm So Spoiled!

Our van that we have had since Dude was a baby gave up on us recently. It was in the shop three times in the last month. We were hoping it would last a little longer, but it apparently had other plans. Doctor was so sweet and told me that I could pick out whatever I wanted. (Within certain parameters of course) We looked around locally quite a bit, but couldn't find "the" one. Doctor did some research online and found the perfect van, only it was 3 hours away. He got up early on Monday, drove down, and got a screaming good deal. I'm very impressed with his negotiation skills. It has the automatic open/close doors and hatch. Awesome! I can open them from the remote on the key even!

It has a six disc cd player and (drum roll please) a dvd player! Woo hoo! I am so spoiled!
We spent quite a bit less than what we were expecting, so he surprised me with a new rocker/recliner. Amazing! The perfect thing for a fat pregnant woman with swollen ankles. Thanks babe, I love you!

Mission Impossible

I'm not sure why I thought I'd be able to get the kids dressed in their Easter best and take a decent picture. I've decided that doing so is chasing the impossible dream. Last year, the best picture of the bunch was one where they were all looking down at the ground. :) The kids all looked great, but the pictures not so much. Anyways.....here are a few that are ok.
In this one, I had made the mistake of asking Honey Bunch, "Where is the camera?" in order to get her to look at me.

I'm putting this one on here so you can see how pretty the girls dresses are.

I think Princess is gorgeous in this one.

Jedi Training

We had Dude's birthday party today. I can't believe he's six! Craziness. Anyways...we held a Jedi training session and it turned out pretty well. We kept it small this year, mostly because I'm too tired to have a big to do. We had different tasks the kids had to complete in order to earn their capes, light sabers, eat cake, and do the pinata. In the end I'm proud to say that we have seven new Jedi. :)

Honey Bunch even got in on the action.
Dude enjoyed using his new light saber skills.

Hunting For Eggs

Our kids went hunting for Easter Eggs this morning, and they made out like bandits. I love the town we live in and the support for medical students/residents and their families! We get to go to the school gym instead of fighting the bagillions of of kids at the city wide hunt. (Art...that number was just for you!) It was pretty cold outside, but we still had fun.
Dude was trying to survey his options before he went into the forest area.
Princess had her allotment of 12 eggs within the first 30 seconds.
There was an egg in the trees that we were telling Honey Bunch to go get, but she looked at the forest with a look like, "You want me to go where?"

Happy Easter!

Friends Don't Let Friends Throw Rocks

On Thursday afternoon I got a call from the nurse at Dude's school. She informed me that Dude and a friend were playing catch with a rock at recess and his friend didn't have very good aim. Luckily, we joke that Dude doesn't have pain receptors. He was fine, but it looks pretty nasty. The rock (about the size of football) hit him in the corner of his eye. I had to go pick him up from school, but he didn't want to go because he wanted to show off his eye to his class. Funny kid.

Road Trip!

We had a fabulous spring break! It was so wonderful to have Doctor for a whole week. The highlight of the week was a road trip to an indoor water park. Our room was awesome! It had a "kid cabin" with bunk beds, a twin bed and its own T.V. The kids loved it! We also had a fireplace which was so nice after a day of swimming.

The kids' individual personalities really shined at the water park.

Dude was his adventurous self and he went down every slide and swam in every pool and had a blast.
Honey Bunch loved the little slides and spent most of her time going up the stairs and down the slide. Once she accidentally went down backwards and on her tummy. She loved it so much that she chose to go down that way the rest of the time.

Princess had a great time, too, but in her own way. She enjoyed watching everyone. There was a huge bucket that would fill with water and periodically drop on the people below.

She thought it was hilarious. Her favorite part was watching it dump on people. She even got brave enough at the end to stand underneath it.

The last day, Doctor surprised me with a pregnancy massage at the spa. It was heavenly! What a thoughtful husband I have.
Of course our trip included one trip to Subway, two trips to Burger King, two trips to Arby's, one trip to Wendy's and family tradition breakfast at IHOP. Our kids were thrilled to eat so much fast food, and Doctor and I were so grateful to eat real food again when we got home. We had so much fun that when we pulled into the drive-way, Honey Bunch shouted, "No home!" Hopefully our next trip will be sooner than later. :)

Warning - this post is not kid propriate

Anything that Dude thinks isn't appropriate for kids he says is, "not kid propriate" (pronounced pro-pree-ate). So here's your warning...this post may be offensive to some readers.

We went to the library today and Princess kept putting books into the bag. I tried to keep tabs on all the books that went in, but a few made it past my view. When we got to the check-out, I noticed a book titled, "Where Willy Went" with what looked like a whale on the cover. I thought, hum odd name, but then forgot about it. Later, I went to a baby shower and left the kids with Doctor. When I got home we had a conversation that went something like this:

Doctor: What's up with the Willy book?
Me: What?
Doctor: Have you read the Willy book?
Me: You mean the whale book?
Doctor: No, the little sperm book.
Me: What!?!?!
Doctor: Have you read it?
Me: What?!?!?
Doctor: (sarcastically) What kind of reading material are you providing for our children?

So, I find the book and read, "Where Willy Went...the Big Story of a Little Sperm." And then I notice the "whale" was another something that swims. YIKES!!! The girls had asked him to read it for their bed-time story. Good thing he noticed what it was before he read it, and was able to find something else for them to read. If you ever want a fictional account about the life of a sperm in order to teach your children about the facts of life, there is one available. Complete with drawings of the male/female anatomy and a picture of Mr. and Mrs. Browne "getting together." Long story short, I'll be much more careful the next time we go to the library.