Dogsitting

The happy dog & the grumpy dog! We "dog sat" the cousin's dog "Maggie." We spoiled her rotten. Notice our poor jealous Max (the big dog) with his sad doggie eyes. We're not buying that act! We had a lot of fun and the dogs played together and chased each other in circles, and they both barfed! It was the terrier barf bash! We look forward to more doggie playtime....minus the barf!

Cutie Pie!!! 3 1/2 Months Old

Soccer Moves!

Check out these fancy moves! Ashton narrowly escapes the dreaded alligator chop! Rosie moves the ball down the field. Our team is the blue team, the official color is "sapphire."

HOLES!

The kids love the movie "Holes," so we decided to stick them in one! My Hubby doesn't believe in wasted space. He noticed in our house that there was an area above the basement stairs that was "wasted space," and should be turned into storage. He said, " I can turn that into a storage space in one hour!" So off to the garage he went! And 4 hours later, the storage area was created. I understand honey, if the drill would have stayed charged (the battery is old) you would have kept on your 1 hour timeline. We decided that this "wasted space" was actually a great place to store kids! They couldn't wait to crawl inside and check out the hole so we put them to work sweeping up the drywall dust. You will see in my next post that we freed them from the "hole." They had to get out after only 15 minutes exploring the "hole" to go potty.

Grovin' at the Dam!

The dam was releasing water on Saturday, so we took the kids to see it. The weather was gorgeous so we took the kids for a walk on the trails below the dam. We were able to get close enough to the dam to actually feel the water misting on our faces. The kids thought they saw fish coming over the spillway, the water was so fast that I can't imagine how they saw any.

Language Arts Fair

Oakley, in white, to the right of the teacher, competed in Literature Bowl. His team came in 5th place. It was fun to watch, they even had buzzers. If you're as old as me, you may remember the show, "Head of the Class," an old sitcom about a bunch of smart kids that would wear matching sweaters and go to competitions, it was just like this one, except these kids wore t-shirts. At the Language Arts Fair, Daisy won 1st place for a book about horses that she wrote with a friend. Rosie's class won first place for the book they wrote about the holidays, Rosie wrote and illustrated the page about groundhog day.

School Carnival

Our little tough guy wins at the football toss.

Rosie, in green, enjoys musical chairs.

Oakley competes at cup stacking.



Daisey, in blue,
sings karaoke
with her cousin.

Game On!!!

After 3 weeks of rain-outs, Oakley finally played his first game! Actually the first 2 games, a double-header. He won the first game and lost the second one.
Our creative cheerleader! {Now we know why soccer doesn't have cheerleaders.} Oakley was playing goalie and in the middle of the game he yelled at his sister to stop cheering. She continued to cheer, yelling, "GO Oakley!!" until the other kids on his team asked Oakley to make his sister to stop cheering. Oakley was embarrassed, but I was proud of Rosie for being so supportive. Rosie found the old warped card table in a junk pile near the soccer field, along with a couple of old wooden stakes.

Kicking the ball.

Car Wash

Baby Girl

Glasses

These should make school a little easier!

4 Year-Olds Say the Darndest Things!

Walking in the door after pre-school, Ashton said, "Mom, sell me to the gypsies!" I said, "do you want to live with the gypsies?" "Yeah," he said.
How do you argue with that? Does anyone know any rich gypsies??

Why is My Steering Wheel Wet??

I got in my mini-van Thursday morning and as I was rushing off to an appointment I noticed my steering wheel and dash were damp, and my rear sliding door on the right side was dripping water from the top. It had rained over 4 inches the night before, but how did it get in my van?? I checked all the windows & doors and they were all closed. I called my husband to see if the driveway, which is in low-lying area, had flooded and allowed water to seep in the doors. He said, " No, but when I went out at 7:30 AM to clear out the ditch to keep water from backing up into the basement, I saw that the van's sliding door had been left wide open ALL rainy night long." So he closed it. That solved the mystery, but which of our 4 little suspects was to blame??? A good friend of mine says the mantra, "I love my kids, I love my kids," over and over when these things happen, so I tried that. Then I told my sister, who lives in a city with 1 million+ population, the story of my van. She said, "Wow, your van was still there!" Time to count my blessings ~ no one stole it! My husband says all mini-vans smell like kid slobber, maybe that was enough to deter any would-be thieves. My other blessing ~ the photo above is NOT my van! Whew! The next day we had 50+ mph wind gusts, so I left the van doors open and it aired out the slobber-mobile pretty good. I love my kids (?), yeah, I guess I do!!!

How Do We Stop 'em?

I keep getting comments from people I don't know, then when I open their comment it takes me to a website advertising something or tells me to download virus software. Everyday I have to delete 1 or 2 of these bogus comments. I adjusted my security settings and I am hoping for the best. Is there any way to shut these jerks down? Is anyone else dealing with this?

Fun with baby!

Sorting cars by color

Rosie holding baby

You like?

Do you like my sunrise photo I added behind my title "Crazy Times?" I took the photo at my house, it is the view from the front yard. I think it turned out pretty good. Whattcha think?

Popcorn Popping on the Bradford Pear Tree!

Ashton told all the kids on his preschool bus, "Look at my beautiful tree." He thinks it's an apricot tree. He got to taste apricots at school and they are yummy! He will be disappointed that this bradford pear tree doesn't make any fruit.

Wanting To Be A Big Boy

Ashton, 4 years old, told me he broke his bread like they do at church, only his sacrament bread had jelly on it. I can just imagine if there was jelly on the bread every Sunday, it would be impossible to teach the kids to only take 1 piece.

Soccer Time!

Soccer kids! I wasn't planning on such a busy spring, but we have Oakley in soccer and baseball, Rosie and Ashton in soccer, & Daisy in gymnastics. We were supposed to have 2 soccer games on Saturday, but the field was too muddy. Better luck next week. (Unfortunately, 2 thunderstorms are in the forecast) Like our new garden inspired code names?