Tomatoes

My tomato plants have sprouted!! I just planted them the other day and they have already sprouted. I don't think I have ever had them sprout this fast. I really don't like tomatoes, I only grow them for the kids. Sarah and Zander are very excited. They love tomatoes and have even been praying for the tomatoes to grow faster than the other vegetables.

The Great Escape

When I am setting the table or serving dinner I have to put Levi in his highchair otherwise he will go around the table and eat a little of every ones food before I can get them all to the table. He also has to stay in his highchair while I clean up or he'll throw food every where. Sometime over spring break he figured out that the lever to release the tray was under the tray and he could use his foot to unlatch the tray. He can unlatch it and kick it to the floor in one quick motion. It is so cute and frustrating at the same time. I had to sit on the floor and pretend like I wasn't looking to get the pictures.

Here he goes...

Almost got it...

and the fake surprised look as it releases as if he doesn't know why the tray has come flying off.

Brendans Music

Brendan is taking band this year for his elective. I think he's pretty good, the noises he makes sound like songs. My first year in band I don't thing I ever got a note right and none of the songs I played ever sounded like a music. He loves his trombone and practices every day, sometimes twice a day. His teacher says he is doing very well.

NINE WORDS WOMEN USE
(1) Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.
(2) Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour . Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.
(3) Nothing: This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine.
(4) Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!
(5) Loud Sigh: This is not actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men... A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer back to #3 for the meaning of nothing.)
(6) That's Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a women can make to a man. That's okay means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.
(7) Thanks: A woman is thanking you, do not question, or faint. Just say you're welcome. (I want to add in a clause here - This is true, unless she says 'Thanks a lot' - that is PURE sarcasm and she is not thanking you at all. DO NOT say 'you're welcome'. That will bring on a 'whatever').
(8) Whatever: Is a woman's way of saying Bite Me!
(9) Don't worry about it, I got it: Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking 'What's wrong?' For the woman's response refer to #3.

Sprouts

So being that it was spring break I thought it was time to get some things planted before it gets too hot. I started planting on Tuesday and by Saturday I already had sprouts in almost all of my planter boxes. Its too early to tell what's growing , all plants look the same for about the first 2 or 3 weeks, but something is growing. I'm so excited!!! I also have blooms and buds on most of my fruit trees already, YAY!!

Spring Break Is Over...

And we survived. We didn't harm any ones children, but there were a few threats, we didn't loose anyone, and my house is still standing. My husband was home most of the week so I got a lot done, like the laundry, I haven't been caught up on the laundry for about five years and I haven't seen the laundry room floor since we moved in but I am proud to announce that the floor is still there and I found it, the mountain of boxes in my living room is now just a few boxes of pictures waiting to be hung, I learned how to make plantains for my husband, and I even had time to run speaker wires under the carpet so my husband could have surround sound for movie day. The kids had a lot of fun and the parents are exhausted, so exhausted in fact that we both slept through the alarm this morning, but the kids made it to school on time and now I am sitting in my clean house enjoying the peace and quiet of no kids (the extras will be here late today).

The other mommies are gonna kill me!

My yard is basically a giant sand box so I thought it would be a good idea to make sand castles. They were having fun, but it was hot and dry, so I let them have some water to wet down the sand. Everyone was enjoying the sand except Zander, he was enjoying the bucket of water.

(By the way the look on his face is because he just found a bug under the water.)

When it was time to come in I dumped the wash your feet bucket so that I could fill it with clean water. This was not the smartest idea of the day since I just made a fresh mud pit right in front of the door, but I've been up since five so we're blaming it on sleep deprivation.

The other mommies don't let their kids play in the mud like me, the cool mom, does. I keep telling them not to send their kids to my house in cute clothes cuz they're gonna get ruined, but they never listen. After all that hard work building castles and throwing mud we had ice cream. I was nice enough to bathe them before sending them home so maybe they won't completely flip out when they see the pictures.

In the end we only ended up with two sand castles, they decided the mud was a lot more fun.