I cannot tell you how many times I have had to take Josh's lunch to him at school because he left it at home. I tell him every morning to make sure he puts his lunch in his back pack, but it seems to go in one ear and out the other. However, last week he left it home and I didn't notice. I had a bunch of errands to run and was going to be gone all day. When it got to lunch time he and his teacher tried calling home, but didn't get an answer. I had my cell phone with me, but for whatever reason they didn't try calling it. Anyway, they left a few messages that I didn't get until I got home at 3 pm which was too late for me to do anything anyway. I asked Josh about what he did at lunch time when he got home from school and he was not happy. He said his teacher made him get school lunch which happened to be macaroni and cheese that day. He HATES mac and cheese and was not happy about it. Josh then tried to blame me, but I quickly corrected him and pointed to his lunch box still sitting on the counter. I did my part of packing the lunch, it was his part to put it in his back pack. He reluctantly agreed with me. I had to laugh a little because maybe that experience will help him remember to put his lunchbox in his back pack for the rest of the year. Heee-heee.
I keep wondering where the diapers disappear to and I think I found out this morning. Sarah and Noah have been using the diapers for their babies which seem to dirty them faster than any real human baby ever could which is saying a lot. I wonder how many clean diapers have been thrown out in the diaper pail....I can wonder because I am not about to go out and look. I better keep a closer eye on these two!! Or maybe I can start talking them into potty training their babies....
Last week it was time to color my hair again. I am coming to the sad realization that I am getting more and more gray that are starting to stand out against my dark hair. D'oh!! Anyway, while I was at the store I found a box of brown hair color that was on clearance and it also had a coupon on it as well. DOUBLE SCORE!! I came home with my purchase and showed Aaron and then sweetly asked him to help me apply the color to my hair. He was not very happy about it, but he helped me. The whole time he was applying it he kept muttering, "Greater love hath no husband than he who helps color his wife's hair..." However, I learned the hard way that you get what you pay for. My hairdresser (Aaron) was not very careful in the application of the product. He got it all over my forehead, ears, face and neck. I didn't notice until after it had been on my hair for almost the whole time it was supposed to be on. When I went to wash it off I was horrified because it wouldn't come off my skin. I scrubbed and scrubbed, but unfortunately my skin was horribly stained. Oops. Then I noticed that even though the box said the color brown, it turned my hair BLACK!! I basically looked like a freak. It took a good four days of scrubbing in the shower for long periods of time for it to finally fade enough that it didn't look so bad. Sigh....As for now I now have black hair and weird light gray splotches all over my face, ears and neck. Oh well on the brighter side at least I don't have any gray hair for now....I don't know which is worse though obvious gray hair or looking like a black haired spotted freak.....I still love my husband, but next time I may consider paying a bit more for some hair color and someone to apply it.....
Daniel had a field trip to the zoo last week. About a month ago his teacher sent home a letter saying that they wanted all the first graders to bring in a white t shirt so they could decorate it and everyone could have matching shirts for the trip. Well I didn't have any nice plain white t-shirts to give him so I was going to run to the store the next day to get a pack of them. The next afternoon I gave Daniel the pack of t-shirts to take to school the next day when he told me that he already took care of it. Huh?! He told me he found a white t-shirt of his own and took that. The day before the field trip he brought home his decorated t-shirt and I was a little embarrassed. He had found an old, too big, nasty used to be white t-shirt that was now dingy gray because it got washed with jeans shirt that he presented to his teacher to be decorated. I am sure his teacher felt sorry for the poor kid whose mom didn't send him with a nice white t-shirt that fit him. I was a little embarrassed, but what can you do? I tried--I really did!! Daniel just beat me to the punch by one day!! Daniel was very pleased with himself because he took care of the whole t-shirt thing himself. I just had to sigh and send him on his field trip with his gray shirt hoping no one took notice of how much the gray stood out against all the other white crisp t-shirts around him. Here's the proud gray t-shirt wearing first grader himself:
Sarah had her preschool graduation last week. This graduation was different than any of the other kids preschool graduations Aaron and I had been to before. Instead of an actual ceremony they had us go through a typical preschool day with the kids. So when we first got there we did a craft. We made picture frames for their preschool class pictures. (Yep that's my black hair...)I had lots of help from Sarah and Noah whether I wanted it or not.
Then the kids showed us the songs they danced to. Sarah partnered up with her little friend Gabby that she played with every day.
Then we had recess with stations. Sarah and Noah immediately went to the bubble station and blew bubbles.
They then did a bean bag toss throw station, bowling station and the playground to play on. At the end of recess they had everyone line up (which Noah marched right over and lined right up with everyone else).
Then we went inside and we did puzzles with Sarah and Noah.Then they got their diplomas and picked up their picture frames. It makes me sad to know she is now old enough to begin kindergarten in a few months. What happened to my tiny baby girl?!
After preschool graduation Aaron had to go back to work so me, Sarah and Noah headed over to playgroup at the park. It is playgroup for the kids and adult chat time for the parents so there is something for everyone! Towards the end of playgroup Noah decided to see how dirty he could possibly get. He sat in the sand, dug down until he got to the wet sand. He then grabbed handfuls of the wet sand and tried to stuff the handfuls of the wet sand inside his ears to see if they would stick. That boy is 100% boy--who loves dirt, cars and anything boyish!! He and Sarah had to come home and have a shower. Here he is putting the handfuls of sand in his ears.
The inside of the card says, "You are such a sweet teacher so I decided to give you some choclate bars. and I hope you will have a sweet time eating these candy Bars. Ps Happy Birthday!!!" He then drew some balloons on the other side of the card. He was so excited to give it to her. What a thoughtful boy!
Sarah had a dance dress rehearsal last week. She was so excited to get dressed up with make up and fancy hair. She was more than happy to pose for a picture as she was putting on her dance shoes. Have I mentioned that I love having a girl even if it is only one! Aaron ended up taking her, but the camera memory was full so he couldn't take the pictures of her dance. Oh well glad we found that out during the dress rehearsal instead of the actual recital!!
Memorial Day weekend was this past weekend. I love holiday weekends!! What says the beginning of summer more than SWIMMING?! Saturday we took the kids to the water park using our Pass of All Passes since it was free. Here the kids are in the car ride down--they are all excited (except Noah who knows why) even if it was only 80 degrees.
We had lots of fun going on the slides. Aaron and I took turns being on baby duty. I am amazed by how much of a daredevil Josh is. That kid has no fear and went on EVERYTHING. Matthew I had to talk him in to going on any slide. He just wanted to hang out in the lazy river the whole day. Daniel was a mix--he is afraid of a lot, but would still try most things. During one of my baby duty stints at the kiddie section we had a scare. At the time I had Matthew with me while we watched Sarah and Noah play. Then all of a sudden the life guards ordered everyone out of the pool. I quickly got my kids out and we wandered to the side and that's when I overheard why they were ordering everyone out of the pool--they had a code brown at the top of the slide. Some kid either didn't wear a secure swim diaper or someone didn't make it to the potty--Um EWWWWW!!! From then on we were done at the kiddie pool even when they reopened it 20 minutes later we still stayed away because that is way gross!! The rest of the time we hung out in the wave pool. We hadn't planned on staying too long, but we ended up being there for five hours!! We had not problem putting the kids to bed that night--everyone was exhausted (including Aaron and me!)
Sunday we went to church and had our usual Sunday routine except for Sunday night we roasted s'mores. It was way yummy!! I ate way more than I should have, but they tasted so good!! Monday after some yard work and hair cuts we headed out on a family bike ride. Here's Sarah modeling her patriotic dress--she is always up for a photo opportunity.
Anyway, we loaded everyone up on their bikes and headed out.
Sarah and Noah insisted on wearing helmets just like everyone else even if they were just riding in the bike trailer.
Everyone did really well--especially Aaron who towed the bike trailer with both tanky buns in the back. I know Sarah and Noah are not big, but the longer you tow them in the bike trailer the heavier they seem to get!!
We brought along some baseball mitts, a bat and a baseball. We played baseball for a bit then switched to kickball. Then we played Frisbee. After all that we let the kids play on the playground equipment at the park. During the baseball game Noah and Sarah lost interest pretty fast. They found their own entertainment, though--playing in the dirt.
By the time we left they were both filthy, but they had fun.
It was the perfect day no too hot, not too cold to be outside to play. Everyone had fun.
We rode our bikes home then jumped into the car to take advantage of 7-11's beginning of summer sale with $0.49 Slurpee's. I am happy to say that no one got slurped this time which is a good thing. Getting slurped is when you turn the Slurpee machine on too fast and it sprays your whole body with Slurpee goodness. It has happened to us a few times, but we successfully avoided getting slurped this visit--phew!! We then came home and Aaron grilled us up a yummy dinner. It was a fabulous holiday weekend with lots of family togetherness.
Sarah had her dance pictures taken a few weeks ago and we got the CD back of her pictures. She looks beautiful!! A side note--she has had a sudden foot growth spurt. Her shoes barely fit her, but she only has a few weeks left of dance until it is over for the summer. Every time she has to put her shoes on she complains, but beg her just to live with it for a few more times....poor girl. At least she can smile through the pain....
I love my little baby doll!!