Foolishness

The cat in the hat.

 

Five inches the week before Easter.

 

Mother and Son Sighting

After checking to make sure no one was cheating by standing on their tip-toes,

We confirmed that the boys have not quite grown taller than me this year.

Smile from Nicholas, bonus.

If You Can't Beat Them

Join them in the basement, for an afternoon of Tetris. 

Where mom didn't do too bad.

Happy Easter 2019!

Flashback Friday: Easter 2012

While We Were Out

We went ahead and closed on our new house in North Carolina!

 

And we welcomed ourselves in before having to pack up and head home for now.

 

The kids had no problem finding their living area and settling in. Thankfully phone service is good there.

 

Strikingly similar to our previous house in Texas, we think we'll make ourselves right at home during our April through June staggered move.

 

And, I have no high hopes that this will actually organize the flood of shoes, but perhaps it will help keep them dumped in an out-of-the-way area for at least a little while.

One Rainy Day

It turns out that on our route home, we were able to stop and see a no-kidding replica of the Ark. 

We absolutely laughed at the coming storm that was arriving as we arrived there.

 

The three levels inside were quite impressive, and we debated who was assigned to feed the T-Rex.

 

The whole experience was well done and filled with mini-exhibits throughout, filled with information.

Spring Break

With grades back to an acceptable level, all around, the children were lifted from being grounded--just in time for us to put them in the car and take them to the beach.

 

So, we had some long sleeves and flannel shirts, but still--the beach!

 

And summer colored manicures.

 

And despite the cold and lack of swimming suits, they were undeterred.

And we found that when you instigate the everyone-helps-everyone rule, a game of Trivia Pursuit doesn't take five days.

 

Sharks in the aquarium--better than in the wild.

 

And then we drove home, through a late-March snow storm (sigh).

March Was Full of Surprises

Struggling through dinner the day after Daylight Savings Time started.

 

The first change of earrings--little pigs.

 

And a private outing to the movies during spring break.

 

Grounded

Girls get quite creative when they are grounded.  Here they have made their own homemade facials.  The boys were surely somewhere arguing, having been grounded at the same time.

 

The facials included Elmer's Glue, for some reason. But when peeled back, I have to admit I considered trying it in an attempt to get that soft skin. Then I realized that soft skin just comes with being 11.

 

Then Alida became very creative with her free time and decided to try some fake wounds.

Science!

 

Sixth Grade Science class has changed so much since I was there. I received this from Elaine while working away one day last month. She was quick to tell me that her teacher said it was okay that she had her phone out in class.

 

 

And when I showed this to our lab director while I was at work this month, he was excited to tell me that he makes DNA with all of the same materials in his lab.  He also entirely got the double helix dance that was going on during the presentation without missing a beat.

Skiing to the Beach in March

Mid March was (sigh) still perfect weather for skiing in Wisconsin.

 

And the lifts were open, so off we went.

Nicholas may have first tried to put on a pair of skis that belonged to a man with a thick Russian accent, who was not a gentle soul. But Nick wound up finding the correct pair. We have a way with the other skiers of different ethnicities.  We've taken to packing our own lunches after getting into a bit of a row with a gentleman over open seats in the cafeteria last time we were there.

And, my crew was off. 

 

And, first time ever that we've found a single hotel room that had enough beds for all of us, never mind that Patric and I wound up in the bunk beds in the loft after reaching bedtime before the children.

 

 

 

More on the beach in a little bit.