Easter Tradition

Our "Easter Camping" tradition started when my Grandma was a little girl and has grown and grown. Her parents started taking her and her siblings on a camping trip for the Easter weekend, when there were only 9 of them. It has now grown to over 200 and our camp usually consists of around that many. We always go where there is plenty of sand to dig in and plenty of rocks to climb on. The Easter Bunny hides the baskets in the rocks so that the kids have to climb for them, following the jelly bean trail. This year we were down by Green River. The weather was great for the most part and we really enjoyed our new trailer. My Dad was home from Peru for the week. My boys were like his shadows the whole time. It was fun to watch them chase after him, they think he is the greatest.

Green Eggs and Ham

Bridger brought home this cute Dr. Suess hat, and Berek has one too, but wouldn't go put it on so that I could take a picture. It must be Dr. Suess' birthday, since the Google logo is made of up cat's in the hats and things 1 and 2. Anyway, my favorite part about the Dr. Suess day, is today when I was at the school helping with Student of the Month, we passed Gage's class. They have little Dr. Suess rymes that the student did on their door. Gage's was so cute, it read, "I like green eggs and ham in the dark, I like green eggs and ham with Linkin Park." Now, I am really naive about music, and Dad has the boys hooked on a couple of Linkin Park songs that are okay, but who knows, the rest of it could be trash, and there it is right up there on his school door. Who knows, but I thought it was cute, Gage loves his ipod and his music.

Adventures in Dirt Biking

Gavin finally got a dirt bike, yikes! He has always wanted one, and we told him if he'd save $300, we'd help him buy one, when he was about 8. He is a terrible saver, so I figured it would never happen, and then I wouldn't have to worry about him breaking his neck or leg or whatever else. Well, this last summer he worked for a family in our neighborhood with landscaping and made enough to give us $300 for the bike and buy him a cell phone, with a little left over. I lost the argument that he didn't really save and save and save. Steve finally started looking seriously and they went and looked at a few and bought this one. It is older and wasn't too expensive, since he will be learning on it. He tipped it over already, twice last night. I hope he survives his new adventures in dirt biking. Bridger said last night that when he grows up he wants to be a "dirt Biker" like Gavin. Too cute. I thought I had a picture of him on the bike, but maybe I didn't get one because he was driving too fast.

Bunko or is it Bunco?

We have a really fun Bunko group in our neighborhood and this last Thursday was my month to host. My kids get to watch me get ready all day and set out the candy at all the tables, all the time wondering what Bunko is. I set out mini Charleston Chews on one of the tables, my kids' favorite. We also had Sierra Mist, which they were hoping wouldn't get finished off by "all" 12 ladies. The next day when the twins got home from school, their first questions was if there were any Charleston Chews left (they were in bed when Bunko was over). After lunch, we were going to play two games, one I choose (some type of learning) and one they choose. They chose Bunko. I have a Bunco game that was given to me a couple of years ago that I pulled out, which is the ? of the spelling, I have always spelled it Bunko, but the box is Bunco, so maybe I have been spelling it wrong all along, and hadn't noticed that everyone else spells it different? Or maybe Bunko is right? I personally like Bunko better. Anyway, back to the boys, we sat down to a card table and played Bunco. 21 was a little high for their attention span, so we played to 11, and I really wasn't sure if they would catch on to the counting of the numbers, but they did and they had a great time. They had their Sierra Mists and Charleston Chews right there to snack on.

Slow, Children at Play

In the nice weather we have been having, my boys have been riding their skateboards down our hill and flying onto the road in front of our house. It scares me to death that they are going to crash, or worse, be run over by a car. So I have been placing my "Slow, Children at Play" sign (my mother-in-law had it made because we lived on a really busy street before) out on the road, hopefully so cars would see it and pay attention that kids are around and hopefully slow down. It looks like its been working. But, when I came in the house today, they decided the bigger hill would make them go faster, and when I no longer heard their wheels going down the hill, I went looking. They had gone done the big hill onto the main road, which a car would not be able to stop. So, I guess they were being looked after by someone other then Mom on that little jaunt, because they came back unscathed, but with their tails between their legs as they saw me standing with hands on hips. It kind of reminded me of the "Poky Little Puppy" story. When I asked why they would go out there, they answered "Because we could go super fast" and "Mom, Don't be mad". See what happens when there is two, they never would have done that alone.

Basketball

The boys have been in basketball this season and have really been enjoying it. Gage is on a team with several boys from our neighborhood and they have a good time. I would like him to be more aggressive, but I would like that for Soccer, too, and maybe that's just not him, we will have to see. Maybe he saves all his aggressions for his siblings at home. The twins really like their team. They don't really have games, they just scrimmage against each other and learn the basics of the game. There are 22 kids on their team and they split up into 3 groups. They do really well if they don't get teamed up with one of their little friends from Kindergarten, then all they want to do it play. So, we make sure they are each in a different group. Gage has one more game tomorrow and the twins have one more week, and then we are all done. Woohoo!

Slugs - From Flushed Away

I had to post this picture, because I think they are so cute. Gage found in the "Bonus Features" of the Flushed Away movies a walk through of how to make slugs out of clay. So we got out the clay and we followed along to make our slugs. I think they turned out so cute.