Monthly Archives: March 2008

Fun in the Big City

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So we had an adventure to the big city today with Mary and Alice. We had a nice breakfast, buckled up the kids and hopped on the ferry. I felt like such a tourist but we took lots of pictures of the kids on the boat.
One would think that going to IKEA with 4 kids (ages 2, 3, 4 and 5) wouldn’t be so fun or productive. Wrong, they have Smaland where all the kids but Trey got checked in to play for an hour. Trey was a super shopper! We picked up the others and grabbed a quick plate of meatballs before heading back to the car. Mary knew of a great spot to get dessert, not really for the food…but that was cool….but for the atmosphere. It’s the Rainforest Cafe. Their store/waiting area was felt like a rainforest with animated animals and a stunning aquarium. Carlos loved the snake and he could almost touch it from atop Dee’s shoulders (you can see it in the picture). We got the most incredible dessert, the brownie/ice cream volcano with a sparkler on top. Plus, they had cups that flashed that we bought and they now have to use at home. I’ve never seen anything like them.
Spring break this week…hoping to keep the kids all busy with art projects, trips to the park and whatever else we can come up with.

Baby Chick, the Earth and Jurassic Park

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We had a pleasant Saturday that started off with a walk with Mary and Alice up to Bay Hay and Feed to pick up some plants for the garden and let the kids see the baby chicks. We are trying to make the garden the best this year and hoping to add some components (lady bugs? worms? bees?) that will help. Glad we didn’t plant our starts, as it snowed a little again yesterday.
Levi went for a playdate with Alice over at Grammie’s house and stayed there for 7 hours! We took Carlos and Trey for noodles and meat and then worked out in the garden for awhile.
Last night Bainbridge did a project for the Earth. Everyone was supposed to turn off their lights (and any other power consuming thing) from 8-9 to save energy. We got everyone ready for bed and then talked about what we were doing for the Earth. It was too bad to see that the majority of our neighbors had their lights blaring. Anyhow, we did our part then after the kids were asleep Dee and I watched Jurassic Park!
Off to IKEA today!

Bye Bye Ma

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Look closely in the outdoor pictures…it SNOWED here today. These pictures don’t really show it but it was really coming down at one point. Nothing stuck but it was still crazy to see snow in late March.

So here’s Trey with his new “Chewie” (thanks Anne). Since he’s been chewing on his coat, his shirt, his toys, his hands…anything he can chew on. It’s nasty and just had to stop. Anyhow, another mom we know gave us “Chewie” and Trey loves it. He even wanted to chew it at naptime, so we had his “ma” (pacifier) go to the “Ma Fairy” (who then takes the ma and gives it to a baby who needs it). Trey is really growing up, not sure he’s good with the potty training, losing his ma and being BIG. He’s doing great, though, and only threw a mini tantrum when bedtime rolled around and he didn’t have his ma.
The boys were busy with aikido today, Levi had a playdate with Colby (his absolute favorite person to play with) and Carolyn and the kids and Mary and Alice joined us for family dinner, too. Always fun to hang out with friends! All in all a good day!

Turbo Jam

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This is going to be me soon…well, maybe not quite…but close.
First off, you need to know that Dee is an “infomercial product buyer”. It’s pretty harmless, she doesn’t go mad and buy tons of stuff, just books here and there that promise household cures for every ailment, maybe a fancy new tool or this….Turbo Jam. It’s a workout system with kickboxing and upbeat music. It was actually a good buy, I did the workout this morning and it went really fast and I liked it. We will be getting a set of blinds for the front window, as it’s embarassing to be working out for the world to see, but I felt good doing it and had fun while I felt stupid trying to keep up with the moves. We’ll see….

Give Levi a Hug

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Giving a shout out to our little Levi, he’s got a double ear infection going on and he’s been a trooper. When one of the guys say “my ear hurts” we tend to comfort them and then see if they bring it up again, as when we rush them to the doctor’s office there is usually nothing wrong. So, Levi told us on Monday about his ear hurting and I kind of let it go, then last night he said “ya know, mama K, my ear still does hurt” so we made the appt and sure enough he was telling the truth! Don’t diss me for being a bad mom, remember this was the kid who not long ago put a rock into his nose!

Churn It Up

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We’re still coming down from the sugar high of Easter. I can’t believe how much candy the boys got, and that was even after we recycled the stuff from the morning hunt and put it in the evening egg hunt. We now have 2 gallon bags of junk that will quickly disappear (and not into little mouthes).
So the boys had school today, and afterward I thought it would be fun to have the kids make butter like I did when I was a little kid. Don’t get me wrong, we were never forced to churn butter each night for the family dinner, but it was a preschool project and my mom was a preschool teacher so we got to do lots of things like that for the experience. So I got the heavy cream and the baby food jars ready and the kids started to shake them. My memory bites, because as I recall we shook and shook and shook that stuff before we actually got butter. This time, the kids shook the jars for about 30 seconds and then said they were done and I didn’t believe it. The boys must be excellent shakers because they made butter in 30 seconds flat!
It was family dinner night with Mary and Alice and I made a Martha Stewart Bean and Polenta Pie (didn’t think anyone would eat it….Levi and Alice LOVED it). It tasted pretty much like a burrito and was something I’d make again. I made sure to buy some bread so the kids could have their homemade butter to spread on it. They were jazzed and it tasted great!

Happy Easter!

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Apparently we are going to have to give the boys our old digital camera. Nana and Papa did that with their broken one, and Carlos fixed it! They took some decent pictures, too. The first picture here was taken by Carlos.
Nana found some gummy worms that looked so real even our dirt and grime loving litte ones were hesitant to eat them. They overcame their fears and down the hatch they went.
Great breakfast and it’s always nice to go to my folk’s house and just hang out. My project for the rest of the day is bringing up bins and organizing the boy’s clothes. It’s a HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE job…I hate it. Time for Spring clothes to come out and some of the Winter stuff to get put away. Yeah, I know, I’m optimistic!

I Almost Forgot….

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Just a funny little story about last night:

The boys had helped us put the eggs out for our big hunt and did a great job spreading out the eggs, or at least we thought. When the kids all took off, Carlos ran straight to one of the far trees out in the orchard. Apparently he had hidden about 15 eggs and knew just where to go.

Smart little guy!

Flashlight Egg Hunt

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What a crazy busy day we had today. But it was oh so fun! Started out getting the boys all dressed up for the Messenger House Easter Egg Hunt. Always a good time, the boys got to see the Easter Bunny and get a ton of eggs. Levi had art class where he made a seriously cool painting (framable at age 4!) then all the boys took a short nap.

We did “poop patrol” on the 5 acres and got the eggs all set out for the first annual Field-Bennett Flashlight Egg Hunt. It was SOOOO fun. I think a good time was had by all. There were lots of kids with flashlights and baskets and off they went to collect eggs we had “hidden” in the yard. Now I say hidden in quotations because there had to have been at least

200 eggs out in the yard, just out there but I put reflector tape on each one so when the light shined on them it looked like little lights in the grass. Next year we are going to add the adult part of the hunt and hide beer in the trees. Does that sound white trash or what?

It didn’t take long for the kids to find all the eggs and we headed in for cookies and juice boxes. The kids watched Dora’s Egg Hunt and played for a bit and we cleaned up and got the boys to bed.

What a great day! Here’s a video of the flashlight egg hunt…pretty cool, huh?