Spring Break

It's that time again! Time for another blog overload full of updates.

Our spring break was the first week in March. We had planned to have a fun vacation at the Great Wolf Lodge. Unfortunately everything was stacked against us. Princess came home from school the Friday before the break with a fever of 104 degrees and a nasty cough. That night her fever spiked to 105 before coming back down. She recovered so we were set to go. Then a couple days later, Honey Bunch had the 104 degree fever with a nasty cough. The flu bug was just starting to reek havoc on our family. Since Princess recovered so quickly, we decided we would be ok to go. We headed down and stopped at our lot to run around. I wish we had brought our camera because the kids had a kodak moment running through the wheat fields. Oh well. We got to the Lodge in time to get in an hour of swimming before heading to bed. The next morning we went to ihop for breakfast and headed to wal-mart (it wouldn't be a day if we didn't go to wal-mart!) to buy things to have for lunch later in the day. Then we headed back to swim. We had been there for about 45 mins when Honey Bunch fell and cut her chin requiring 20 stitches. So, the vacation was cut short. On the ride back home, I started to get a fever. Yep, I had the flu. Then late that night, Dude and Megaman found themselves fevered as well. Doctor didn't get it until 3 days later. It was a break to remember, that's for sure!

On a positive note, we had a couple fun surprises. We decided to go to Applebee's for dinner and found out when we walked in that we were there on a kid's eat free day! Then at ihop the next morning, we found out that kids eat free there as well if you are a guest at the lodge! Pretty cool!

New Looks!

March was the month for changes. Dude participated in a wax museum as Omar Bradley and got his braces off. He is so handsome!!!!
Princess got glasses this month. The poor girl was having a hard time seeing the board at school so I took her in. She was so cute picking out her glasses because she knew which ones were my favorite and wanted to make me happy. She would put them on and then frown, but try to smile. Then she would put on the pair that she liked and her face would beam. I finally convinced her that my feelings would not be hurt if she picked the ones she liked and she was so relieved. This picture was taken after we had been swimming and had just gotten in town after a 3 hour drive. I need to get a better picture, but she is still cute in this one.
And Honey Bunch's new look comes courtesy of a fall during our spring break getaway at Great Wolf Lodge. She fell at the water park and split her chin open. Doctor didn't have his suture kit in our family car so we drove the 3 hours home for him to sew her up. There was no way I was paying for an E.R. visit and I don't trust anyone but Doctor! This pic was taken before the 20 stitches Doctor put in. Oh, and Doctor has all the after pics on his phone, so those will have to wait.

Kid Comedy

When I took Megaman to school the other day, he walked in and went straight up to the receptionist and said, "I am quite the gentleman." She didn't understand him and asked him what he said. He replied, "I am quite the gentleman because I love to open doors for people!"

Almost official!

So we were supposed to close yesterday on 5.22 acres in our almost new town. We had a minor glitch caused by some confusion over the restrictions for the property. Anyway, those should be cleared up soon (at least by tomorrow). We are super excited to have so much land for our kids to be crazy on!

The Miracle of Forgiveness

Twelve years ago, Doctor was living with 8 other guys in a small house on the BSU campus. While shopping for a birthday cake for one of his roommates, Shawn, he met me. Shawn played the piano for me several times, so when I was invited by Doctor and his roommates to the birthday party I was happy to go. The rest, as they say, is history. Nine years ago, Shawn and his 5 month old daughter were killed by a drunk driver. Please watch this amazing video of his wife sharing her journey to forgiveness. Truly amazing.

Kid Comedy

Princess was snuggling with me the other day and she told me that I was the most beautiful mom ever. (Awwwwww!) Then she said, "There is a scripture about that, I think. Something about a virtuous woman being more priceless than rubies." To which, Megaman, who was nearby said, "Mom does NOT have a price. And the price is right!"

Kid Comedy - Mom Edition

So I LOVE LOVE LOVE music. I always have. Unfortunately I am not that great with lyrics. Today I was driving around and a song that I have liked since childhood came on and I started singing along. "Strum on the G string la la la Strum on the G string la la la .....G string sounding louder" Then I glanced at the car radio and it said "Cat Stevens Peace Train" What? Turns out the lyrics are "Ride on the Peace Train...Peace Train sounding louder." So it got me thinking about other lyrics I have messed up.

My version: Too many hearts have been broken, failing to trust the Navy
Realversion: Too many hearts have been broken, failing to trust what they feel (Dan Folgleberg)

My version: Everybody plays the flute, sometimes
Real version: Everybody plays the fool sometimes (Aaron Neville)

My version: Going through the Big D and don't mean Diamonds
Real version: Going through the Big D and don't mean Dallas

My version: Fresh Paint, Fresh Bamboo, somethin's going on in Nora's room
Real version: Crash bang, crash bang boom! somethin's going on in Nora's room

This one is actually Princess' misheard lyrics
Her version: There's a hole in my yard that can only be filled by you
Real version: There's a hole in my heart that can only be filled by you (Extreme)

There are many more, but here is my favorite, and it is actually Doctor's mistake.
His version: I won't poke my eyes out and surrender
Real version: I won't put my arms up and surrender

Busy Busy

We have been super busy! Dude is doing basketball, newspaper club, and scouts. Princess is doing violin lessons and activity days. Honey Bunch is doing tumbling and science club. Megaman is doing tumbling. And we have all the extra stuff, too, like birthday parties, play dates, dentist and doctor appointments, and school mixed in there somewhere. Anyways, I had a little time to catch my breath today so prepare for a blog overload!

Kid Comedy

Lately, when Megaman can't find something, he says that it "just appeared" instead of disappeared.

The other day when he came down for breakfast, MM shouted, "GIVE ME SOME BREAKFAST!" I told him he needed to ask politely. So, he shouted just as demanding, "MAY YOU PLEASE GIVE ME SOME BREAKFAST!"

What?

The Monday before Christmas break, Dude told me that his grade would be participating in a quiz bowl on Tuesday and that he was really excited for it. When I picked him on Tuesday I asked him how it went. He got big tears in his eyes and told me that he didn't do very well. He told me that he didn't know any of the answers and that he felt stupid. The other 5 kids on his team were mad at him because he did so poorly. I asked him he he did his best and he replied that he did, but that he felt so stupid. (again with big tears in his eyes) I told him that if he did his best, than I was proud of him. Later that day I was driving some of his friends home from a church activity when one of the friends said, "That was so cool, Dude how your team won today because you knew all the answers!" Dude then said, "No we didn't, we didn't make it past the semi-finals. I didn't know any answers." His friend replied. "Yeah you did, you won the trophy!" Again Dude denied it. I turned around and asked him if he won. He burst out laughing and said he did. When I asked him why he lied about it he said, "Mom, you would have gotten really excited and embarrassed me." Turns out he knew that a certain artist did sculptures, the 2 representatives from each state are called Senators, and a bunch of other stuff, surprising everyone with his knowledge. Have you ever heard of a kid lying about doing well? And so convincingly, too?