Rememberance

Tonight at dinner, my grandmother who is 87 reminded us that today, 4/26 is the day my Grandpa Carr (my dad's dad) was released from POW.

A day to remember, 4/26/1945..

i just keep forgetting to......

tell everyone about this really precious moment.

Yesterday morning, Sophia came downstairs and started brushing her hair to get ready to go to school. She stopped and looked and me and said, "i wish grandpa herb was here to brush my hair. He does such a good job and it does not hurt."

That was such a cute thing to say and remember. Over spring break Sophia and I had gone swimming. Grandpa Herb was there managing the house while the chimney was being worked on. Dad spent at least 15 minutes slowly, and gently brushing Sophia's hair. It really did turn out very pretty that day.

Eggs, Beautiful Eggs

Tonight we colored our Easter eggs. I used my favorite food coloring, the gel concentrate type from Joann's, to get bright colors! Much better than the store bought kits.

We had 48 eggs and 10 colors. Missy and Randy came over to help with the egg dyeing. Everyone had a great time and the colors turned out amazing. I was surprised how quickly the 48 eggs were colored. It was so much fun, we might have to do it on a regular basis.

Not what I expected in a Spring Break.

Sophia's 1st Spring Break was/is this week. I had decided a few months ago that we should try to travel somewhere, Chicago, Centralia, or just somewhere. Well none of that panned out. I had already taken the week off, but ended up returning one of the days since Justin was off to be able to watch the kids. So, I figured that this would be a prelude to summer break. I decided to make plans and have ideas for each day of the week to keep us all busy. However, it did not work out as planned.

First of all, the weather for the week was COLD and RAINY.

Monday: Great day, the kids actually did not even try to kill each other, we made it to Sam's, then lunch with my parents and swimming before a nap. Miles felt a little warm after his nap. That night he began to spike fevers.

Tuesday: Canceled play date d/t miles being sick. Justin stayed home to help with the illness. Sophia traveled to have a G.G. and Sophia date.

Wednesday: Miles feeling better, but still canceled breakfast and another play date. Having chimney work done on the house, so we went to my parents for the day to stay away from the noise and dust.

Thursday: BEAUTIFUL DAY: My dad came over to watch the house so we could get out and enjoy the ONE really nice day of spring break. He made green scrambled eggs for Miles and Pink ones for Sophia. They both loved the "different" eggs. Miles went to Kindercare for the day. Sophia and I packed the entire spring break plans into this day.....
Zoo, lunch out, Swimming at the rec center, playing on the computer, and then to the park. We were both exhausted and Sophia was asleep at 7:45.

None the less, i am glad to be going to work tomorrow. I had hoped to be able to figure out how to manage the kids and keep them busy for the week by myself, but the weather did not hold up, illness set in our house, and work being done on the house did not allow for any form of normalcy. Hopefully the summer break will be less eventful, but full of outdoor time and early bedtimes!

Let play a new game

Today is the 1st day of spring break for Sophia. She spent the day with G.G., Grandpa Herb, and Miles. They had a great time which included pink pancakes- made by grandpa Herb, going to the movies, helping make dinner, watching Peter Pan in Spanish- (just don't ask) and eating dinner together. It seems that the kids volume button had been turned up very high. After a busy and long day at the medical center, as well as lack of good sleep last night, this was not appreciated by myself. Justin was aware of my beginning frustrations and told the kids we would start to play a new game, Who could be quiet the longest. Never the less, it went something like this, with a great ending.

Justin, "Okay, we are going to see who can be quiet the longest. One, two, three, go."
Sophia, giggling
Justin, "Miles wins"

repeat this 4 times.

Finally, Sophia says she is ready
Justin: "Ready, one, two, three, go"
Sophia: brrrrrrrrrrr....rrrr..rrrrrhhhhhhhh (Sophia FARTED really loud.)

I guess she lost again.

This could be a long 1o days. Luckily, I will be going to work on Friday again. And just think, I was invited to go see NKOTB (new kids on the block). It would have been louder and I am glad that I did not go.

p.s. Sophia is getting really good at reading and just questioned me about writing, 'Sophia farted'