My Baby Went to Prom!

I'm sooo not old enough for this!

 

Spring Break

We took last week off for Spring Break. I think we were all ready for a break. The first part of the week we really didn't do anything. The boys did their usual: playing games with each other, watching movies, playing video games, fighting, arguing, etc. I decided I'd better take them somewhere so we didn't sound too lazy. 

On Thursday, I took them to COSI. All by myself! Since Bond actually goes to work, he wasn't able to come with us. Pretty sad in a way because we really enjoy going places as a family. Unfortunately, Wally still had school. His spring break was the week before. So, at COSI we went to the Gadgets area first. The boys love to put the little balls in the shooter to shoot them out. Plus they have these 3 pulley chairs where you sit in the chair and pull yourself up. Depending on how many pulleys there are it's either pretty hard or pretty easy. Then we went to the submarine area. Dinodude and Rocket love going in the submarine. Surprisingly, we didn't go to the water area. That's my favorite place. I could sit there for hours just listening to the water. After that we went to the traveling frog exhibit. I had no idea there were so many different kinds of frogs! Their favorite was the most poisonous. They're the most colorful. We saw Steelers frog and a Michigan frog! The kidspace area was last. Pokemon King and Dinodude are too old to actually go in the kidspace, but they have a little area where they can go to play video games. Obviously, Pokemon King didn't like that! (wink, wink!) After that, they were all ready to go. 

Friday we went to the zoo. It was such a nice day, so of course, everyone else had to go too! We saw the crocodiles, alligators, snakes, lizards, manatee, bats, and a few others. We really wanted to see the new baby elephant, but we weren't the only ones! The line to see it was 2 hours long! We did not want to stand in a line for 2 hours! We also packed a lunch to take with us and we sat down and ate it there. It was a pretty fun time.

I didn't take pictures at COSI (forgot my camera!) But, I remembered to take it to the zoo; however, I forgot I had it until we were almost done. I did manage to take a few:

Happy Easter

What a wonderful Easter day. We started our day with Rocket finding his basket. He just had to do it before church. Since we're always late for church anyway, we decided to let him find his now and let the other boys find theirs after church. The Easter Bunny hides their baskets and gives them clues inside little eggs that are shaped like bunnies. Since Rocket doesn't read yet, he got picture clues as to where he should look. After church the boys got to hunt for theirs. When that was done, we watched the movie Bedtime Stories that the Easter Bunny gave to us as a family. We also got the Game of Life, which we played afterwards. When that was done, we went to Oma's house to hunt for eggs and have a yummy dinner. All in all, it was a great day, but now....it's back to reality!

Wordless Wednesday-SHHHH!

Happy Birthday to My Eternal Companion

Bond had a birthday yesterday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! 

We love you so much!!!

He also started his new job yesterday. He was in training most of the day. Looks like he'll really enjoy this job, too. Unfortunately, we still need to keep the paper route. But, oh how happy we are that he has a job. An actual salary job, too. Not commission. 

I went to Best Buy yesterday to buy his birthday gift (the new James Bond movie on Blu-Ray). Can you believe...they were completely out! I was so upset. I also went there to get a new keyboard for our mac. Babymoon decided to share his formula with our keyboard. Our keyboard didn't really enjoy that...so he decided to stop working! I took all the keys off and cleaned it thoroughly, but he still didn't want to work. So, I attempted to get a new one at Best Buy. Our old keyboard was a wireless, but for some reason the new wireless ones don't have a number pad. How can a keyboard not have a number pad?! So, I was going to get a wired one, but they were all out. Before I attempted to get what I went there for, I let the boys take turns playing the Rock Band drums. Now, we have that at home, but for some reason they have to play them at Best Buy as well. So, we spent 30 minutes at Best Buy and didn't even get what we came there for!

Bond's mom was taking him out to dinner for his birthday last night, so they stopped at the apple store so he could get the keyboard. They come home with the awesomest keyboard and a brand new wireless mouse. Can I tell you I'm in love?! Thank you Oma!!!

April Fool's Day

Happy April Fool's Day to all!

I was a little lazy this year. I didn't do anything. Probably because life is so hectic, there was no time to plan anything. But, our house did succumb to 3 pranks this year.

Prank #1

Wally told Dinodude that the new Godzilla 2009 movie was coming out on Thursday, April 2nd. Dinodude loves Godzilla movies, and was more than pleased to hear this announcement. His glee suddenly turned to sadness, disappointment, and rage for Wally. But, he was a trooper about it.

Prank #2

Dinodude really wanted to get Wally back, so we came to the conclusion that Wally must be punished! As soon as Wally got into the shower, Dinodude crept into the bathroom. After all, he did have to brush his teeth, so hearing him in there while Wally was in the shower wasn't at all unusual. When Dinodude was done, he took all the towels (including any washcloths) and Wally's clothes and we stashed them in my closet. Not only that, we took ALL the towels out of the linen closet, which is strategically placed right next to the bathroom. I know how Wally's mind works and I knew he would sneak out to get a towel. Wally was forced to find an alternative. He used paper towels to dry off and then put them around his waist and made for his room like a lightning bolt. He, too, was a pretty good sport!

Prank #3

Bond always sits down to read his scriptures at night, but tonight Dinodude will pull a prank on him. Dinodude put one of Babymoon's toys on the bed, under the covers where Bond reads his scriptures. This bird is no ordinary toy. This bird chirps like a real bird when pushed on his stomach. When Bond sits down on the bed, he will sit on the bird causing him to Tweet!

As I'm writing this, Wally has informed me that the pranks may not be at a standstill. So, as of now, these are the major pranks, but there may be more to follow!