Haha Ouch

HAHA:
On a recent Costco trip to get Dan (for his birthday) the two kinds of alcohol he's been saying he wanted, but wouldn't just buy for himself, I remembered that we were also running VERY low on peanut butter. I had to laugh when Connor crawled into the cart and offered to keep everything safe. Two big jugs of alcohol and a double jar of PB. LOL!! (One of these things is not like the other...)


OUCH:
At his first freestyle tournament, Connor went out onto the warm-up mat and started doing some neck stretches. I'm convinced something permanently damaging would happen to me if I tried this:

Grandma's and Grandpa's house

We celebrated Easter this past weekend with my parents because my dad works this coming weekend, and also, the weather was gorgeous this past weekend, and for all we know, it will rain this coming weekend. We figured we'd take advantage of the good weather and Grandpa being off work!!

I didn't end up taking any egg hunting photos. The kids were running every which way and I figured we'd take a group photo afterwards, but then I apparently forgot...

I do have a photo of Grandpa showing off a card trick for the kids. I'm glad it's one I already knew how to do, or it would have driven me NUTS trying to figure out. LOL


Emily and Grandma ended up on the floor doing a hidden objects paper


Connor talked my dad outside to mess around with the truck with the "bucket" lift on the front, and then the kids had to search a bit more to find the final three eggs (after counting all the found eggs, we realized three were still hidden). Some of the eggs had quarters inside instead of candy, and Connor LOVED that! He was obsessed with all of his quarters, and how it was an easy way to earn money. haha!

Pretty sure Jared somehow managed to eat about half his candy while the rest of us were clueless. That kid can inhale sweets in the blink of an eye. When we were unloading all the new treats into the treat bin at home, Jared's bag was full of lots of empty wrappers. He still ate a good dinner, and I guess the quicker he eats it, the quicker it's not sitting around my house tempting me!

Always a good time at Grandma's and Grandpa's.

Bubble Wrap Dance Party

After recently purchasing a rather large roll of bubble wrap (so I could start wrapping up jar candles, breakable knick-knacks, etc in an effort to make our house look less lived-in so we can list it for sale soon), and the kids, of course, came home and saw the roll and begged to have a piece.

How could I resist letting them have a bubble wrap dance party?







And yes, I had my own piece as well! *grin*

Connor's Pet

As part of science class, the first graders got to "raise" Darkling Beetles, starting from the mealworm stage, and ending with bringing a Darkling Beetle home (with parent permission) to care for for the 1-3 months that they live.

We've had Connor's beetle for close to a month now, and it seems to be doing well! We give it a little chunk of apple or potato (this is how it drinks), and it came with a container full of bran flakes.


I included this picture of me holding the container so you had a better size reference for the beetle and it's little container home. Hardly takes up any space at all, and just sits on a shelf where we'll see it and remember to care for it.


Last I heard, Connor still hadn't chosen a name for it, but I see him frequently checking on his beetle, and he's good about asking if his beetle has fresh apple or potato chunks. As far as pets go, this one is pretty darn easy!

Family Photo

There are very, very few pictures showing all five of us at once. And when we do end up with one, it's usually something like this:


We're awesome!

Daddy had to go to Montana for a work trip so we were FaceTiming him and he took a picture of the screen. :)

Science Fair

Emily Grace with her finished Science Fair poster ("How does dye in the water affect the color of a white flower?")


I shared the results of Emily's science project here

Jared with his finished Science Fair poster ("Is there really iron in your cereal?")


Jared tested four cereals (Cheerios, Corn Flakes, Life, and Apple Jacks), but was only able to find iron in two of them (Life and Apple Jacks). We used two different magnets, both quite strong (hard to remove from the fridge!). Both magnets found iron in Life and Apple Jacks, but NEITHER magnet found iron in Cheerios or Corn Flakes. It's possible we still didn't have a strong enough magnet, but Cheerios and Corn Flakes were both supposed to have MORE iron in them than the other two, so it leaves me wondering...

Iron Particles in the bag of ground up Life mixed in water:


Iron Particles in the bag of ground up Apple Jacks mixed in water:


I may never be able to look at Apple Jacks again without the image of the bag full of what looked like vomit. *gag*

Connor, who adamently did NOT want to do the Science Fair, was feeling very sorry for himself this morning and wishing he'd opted to do it. Live and learn!

Quote of the Week

Connor found a penny at school today, and very excitedly started telling me all about it once we got in the house from the bus stop:

"I found a penny today, and it's from the EXACT SECOND I was born. It even talks about the Year of the Dog on it, just like my Chinese sign! See, look! It says, 'In Dog We Trust'."

Totally adorable and innocent reading mistake by a 6 year old, but it warmed my heart and made me smile. Until meanie-poo siblings burst out laughing and told him it's 'In GOD We Trust' on the penny. Thankfully, he laughed at his own mistake along with them. And then we also discovered the penny was from 2008 (he was born in 2006). *grin*

For a short moment in time, he'd found the COOLEST. PENNY. EVER. How many of YOU can say you have a penny from the EXACT SECOND you were born, and even have it talk about your Chinese Zodiac sign???