Kids say.....

Here's one of those "Kids say the silliest things" posts. We were in Wal-Mart yesterday, making a mad dash to get groceries for my daycare while Lizzie was in her dance class. I am an expert level procrastinator, and hadn't bought my groceries yet.

So, as we're on the aisle with butter, eggs, biscuits and all those wonderful breakfast items, I grab a bag of bagels, and turn to grab some cream cheese to go with them. Hannah-banana gets all excited. She knows what breakfast things those are. The conversation goes like this:

 Hannah: Dad, look! Donut butter!!
Jeff: What???

 After I finish laughing:

Me: Hannah, that is called cream cheese spread, and those are called bagels. The creative side of my children will never cease to amaze me...or make me laugh :)

If it doesn't kill you, it will only make you stronger..

or it'll make you have jelly-legs for a couple of days. I finally used my C25k app that I bought sometime last fall. YAY me! The program is set up to alternate between walking/jogging. For the first run, I felt like I did pretty well. I did at least finish, make it back home, and am still alive. That's better off than I thought I would be.

Some interesting information I think I may have known before the run is that the span of road that I used is nearly two miles. I think that I had heard that before, but once you run/walk it you realize that two miles isn't really all that far. So a nice surprise I got out of Thursday (besides the fact that I really survived the very first run!) is that I made the entire two miles. I loved that the program ended after 30 minutes, and I was only a very short distance (less than 2 minutes) away from my starting point. It was very nice to get back in my car and drive back home after a 30 minute walk/run. It was only after I got home and sat on the couch for an hour that I realized that I may have to sleep on the couch. It was the next day (Friday) before I realized that I may not be able to move or walk at all for the next 24 hours. It was Saturday when I realized that the hurt was slowly going away, but was at that time mostly centered in my lower legs. Sunday I barely hurt, and today, NO PAIN! Which means it must be time to run again, lol

I think it's a good thing that the first week is a run 3 times program, because if they wanted me to run every day, or every other I'd be in a lot of pain!

And now for the $64,000 question: Does she run like a girl?

ABSOLUTELY! But that's okay...at least I ran!

Button, button, who has the button.....

We do! L collects all sorts of things. She has a small collection of bouncy balls, some beanie baby bears in all sorts of colors from the different states her daddy has visited, and she has a somewhat impressive collection of pajamas and nightgowns. But today, the collection of all collections invaded my house. Nana bought L.......a BUTTON BOX, complete with lots of buttons. Not too sure about this latest idea of my dear child's, but dad says the buttons go back to Nanas house, and will stay there. (and I agree...I can just imagine what sort of 'fun' H could get into with an entire box of buttons!)

It's a cool interest to have, this collecting buttons, I'll admit that much...but close to maybe 500 buttons in all sizes?!? I don't think we are quite ready for that!

Things I never thought I'd ever say....

now includes the phrase: "L! Please don't write on the dog!"

I'm so very proud of L wanting to know how to spell words and write them down. However, she just couldn't see how writing on the dog with an ink pen was a not so great idea.

Oh yes, the joy of parenting, and protecting the dog...see? I AM a multi-tasker :-)

Long Time, No Write?

Yeah, I've been sort of busy lately, I guess. More like, maybe blessedly chaotic around here. I went back and checked and my last blog was written in March...I'm such a terrible blogger. I've wondered if my life is really interesting enough to blog about, or if my writing is really worth reading. I'm still not sure about either, but blogging is fun for me, ya know, when I actually get around to doing it. I'm not sure exactly what all my family and I have been up to since the last time I took the time to blog, mainly because half the time I can't even remember what I did yesterday, but here's a small rundown.

March: Began daycare renovation (which sadly, is still in progress!) We repainted the walls a very nice light green which ended up making my daycare much brighter....which is very good, seeing as half of my lights don't work and we can't figure out how to fix them :) Also got new comfy short shag carpet, which is a H-U-G-E improvement from the super thin throw rugs glued down on top of very hard concrete.

Also in March, my best friend's baby was born...on the 24 I believe...he wasn't supposed to be born until June 3. That baby is an amazing, adorable, and FEISTY little guy! We praise God for that sweet little guy, and praise Him for the baby's safe delivery, for sustaining him, and making him the little fighter that he is.

April: Watched the "Royal Wedding" (OF COURSE!)...celebrated Easter at our church and with our families. My dad really believes in the "all-out Easter candy fully loaded down baskets" and therefore we are STILL eating chocolate eggs, Peeps, and some marshmallow treats in June.

May: Filled with T-ball...or at least would have been if we didn't have so much severe weather/tornado and rain cancellations. Because of all the reschedules, we were STILL playing T-ball in June. The princess swears she's not ever never EVER going to play T-ball again next year, and I promise that I won't sign her up!

June: VACATION, BABY! I'd been (not so) patiently awaiting vacation week since we made our plans to go in the winter. We went to Branson, MO for 6 blessedly quiet days. We met some friends there, and really had an awesome time. We got in some mini-golf time for the Princess, went and had some of the tastiest frozen custard I've ever eaten, and saw the Sight and Sound Theater's production of "NOAH". I have nothing but great things to say about that theater. They are truly amazing there. I don't have lots of experience seeing plays and all that, but NOAH is a wonderful production based on the experiences of the family from the Bible. They do it right and they do it well! My kids will probably never forget the experience, and I know I won't ever forget the look on either of my daughter's faces when the animals started coming down the aisles and up on stage to board God's Ark.

Now we're back at home and work and our normal daily lives.

That dreaded day....

Ohhh Garfield...I totally feel your pain. Enough said about today...tomorrow WILL be better, just based on the fact that it's not a MONDAY. (Hope for the future!)

Wonderful Window Sprouts

Last week we planted seeds in cups to create a "window garden". The daycare kids have been doing an excellent job watering their plants, which range from cucumbers, sunflowers, pumpkins, and green beans. The kids are so excited to take care of their plants. They're so proud of their little garden that they tell their parents of the progress every day. Even when the only thing you could see in the cup was the dirt! Today when I showed them their cups, they noticed something different....one of the cups that had been planted with sunflower seeds had SPROUTS!

They were so wired to see that their tiny little seeds had produced something. I can't wait until all the seeds start coming through the dirt...and I can't wait to see their excitement and happiness when they each in turn get to plant their loved and well-tended little plants outside in the yard.