A Dr. Seuss Weekend

We were all overjoyed, for six months were just way too long,
To welcome Nana and Grandpa back home from Hong Kong.

They unpacked their bags and their first order of biz
Was to do something fun with Hubby and I and the Kids!

We knew there was really only one thing we could do
We'd go and see the new movie "Horton Hears a Who!"

Everyone sat so quietly the whole movie through, except for the Guy
Who tried to wander the aisles to say "Hi" to everyone close by!

The movie was so grand, we each had a super marvelous time
And it seemed all we could do for the rest of the day was Rhyme!

But what could we do after such a superly-fun family time stop?
Why, we'd get colored pancakes with eggs and ham at IHOP!

The suckers were great but the green eggs, well, they took a while
We said a great big "thank you" to Nana and Grandpa with a smile!

So now I can finally quote my favorite "Hortonism" with joy and with glee,
"You worry about your meatball Mr. Mayor, and leave the freaking out to me!"


(Author's Note: ouch!)

Hippity Hoppity

We had a really fun Easter weekend. We spread the joy out over two days, doing most of our partying on Saturday and taking time on Sunday to enjoy, well, Easter. But we still had one doozy of a sugar high at our house on Sunday, don't worry.

The Guy and I enjoyed some "bonding" time. Actually, this just kept him out of the easter egg dye!

My nieces were designated "easter egg dye engineers." My girls were in charge of watching them dry.

Here the cousins are evening out the egg-treasure. Grandpa snuck a few dollar bills in there just for fun, so everyone made sure to keep things even-steven.

Sunday, we tried to enjoy the real meaning of the day a little more. But somehow the Easter Bunny still made it to the house.

After the sugar OD, we got everyone cleaned up and ready to go. We clean up pretty well, don't we?

I hope you all had a fabulous weekend and you are enjoying some great Spring weather, for now. Have a great week!

Make Good Choices!

I cringe when I think of the day I say that to my own kids. Will I then eat a fortune cookie and become 16 again? I certainly hope not. But I hope all of us make good choices when it comes to the information we put on our blogs.

I read an article in our local newspaper today about information we put out there on our blogs. I just wanted to encourage all of you to be safe out there while blogging. So, just in case we all need a little reminder (which, frankly, you probably don't, but oh well), keep in the mind the following (these are my ideas, by the way, and I make no claim to being an expert):

-- Always remember, any information you put on your blog can be seen by the entire world. With that always in the back of your mind, I think we'll all be careful and stay safe out there.

-- Set up your blog so you have to approve any comments before they are published. Anything weird that comes through never even sees your blog that way.

-- If you designate your blog as "public", set it up so that you can't search for it on Google or any other search engine. The people who you want to see your blog will get your link, and you don't want just anyone to come across your blog while searching for information on how to build an underground bunker.

-- Avoid using real names (especially last names), in posts or comments for that matter. Also be pretty broad in referring to geographical locations.

-- Check out these posts for some other good ideas.

-- Blogging is so fun and a great way to keep in touch with friends and family. But like so much out there these days, it's a great tool that needs to be used wisely. Have fun and stay safe!

We went hopping down the bunny trail this weekend. More pics to come later!

Pressure!

All of the ladies in our family now officially have blogs! I'm going to have to really stretch to keep that creative bar raised high! Lucky for me I have funny kids who provide me with plenty of blog-worthy moments:

Picture if you will last Thursday evening. It was a dark and stormy night (actually it wasn't, I've just always wanted to say that). The Guy fell asleep for about 15 minutes right before bedtime and try as I might to change his clothes and transfer him into bed quietly, he woke up and was ready to party! At this point he became his dad's problem. Dad was watching "Angel" on DVD, a show about a vampire with a soul who goes around taking care of the bad guys. In this episode one of the demons loses his head (of course filled with flourescent green goo).

Guy: Uh-oh!

Dad: Yeah. The bad guy's gone.

Guy: It OK. I kiss it better.

So now Guy's on a mission to make sure all the bad guys have someone to kiss their owies better. I'm such a proud mother.

Happy Spring!

First Day of Spring, Huh?

Could've fooled me.

I sincerely hope that wherever you are, whatever you are doing, you have beautiful Spring flowers and temperatures in the mid-60's. Please send them our way!

Happy Spring!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I've done a horrible job of celebrating holidays in our house, but today I took a baby step in trying to remedy that. I've been reduced to a near-panic lately at how fast my kids are growing up. We have them this little for such a short amount of time, and I want their childhood to be full of great memories for all of us.

When Bells woke up this morning, she found she had been kissed by a Lucky Leprechaun.

I actually got the idea last year here. Just a silly little thing, but it really excited her. Her brother and sister didn't get kissed this year, so she kept asking if she was going to have more luck than them. We'll see. Maybe her mom will get lucky and she'll start waking up happy instead of grumbling at me for two hours every morning, particularly when I want to take her picture. Who knows.

So, make some green pancakes for dinner tonight and enjoy the people around you, big and little alike. Life goes so fast. Enjoy the ride!

We're On The Road to Avonlea, Because There's Nowhere Else To Go

Both Bretto and his mom reminded me yesterday that I haven't posted in quite a while. Well, sadly, there is a very easy explanation for this: there's been nothing to blog about! Unless you're all interested in my routine-of-late of get up, make beds, teach music lessons, clean house, "nurture" children (refrain from yelling for 15 minutes), teach music lessons, make dinner, supervise homework, go to bed, repeat, well, there's just not that much for me to share. Sorry, but I've been really boring lately!

I suppose this could also have something to do with it. I did not watch Avonlea when it was first aired on the Disney channel. But Kara gave us a Netflix membership for Christmas and DH wanted to watch Avonlea with this girls. There is something addictive about being able to watch a show sans commercials. One episode turns into one DVD, which turns into one season . . . get the picture? And remember how we started this to watch with the girls? Well, they haven't seen as many episodes as their parents, that's for sure! I told Bretto I've decided I want to move to a farm and churn butter. And smart husband that he is, he just smiles. He's smart enough to know that I'd last about 30 seconds on an actual farm, but even smarter to know not to say that out loud!

So, when I complete my triatholon or run for public office, I'll have much more interesting posts, I'm sure. Until then, you'll have to content yourselves with housework and TV overdoses! I do promise some updates on some craft projects I'm working on finishing up, however, so stay tuned!