Hop to it!

D: I see another battle hydrant!

D: I need some special juice in my special cup!

J: I need a birthday!   (translation: I want cake!)

Teen: If he's 23, how old was he 5 years ago?
Me: 23-5 is...
Teen: Mom! I don't have time for this!


(3/31) Work day for Dad and me and Sarah had the boys. it was nice out this evening, and the bigs played outside while I got dinner together and then well after.  I'm so looking forward to more summer evenings like this, where the kids stay out til it gets dark and time seems to slow down.


(4/1) I took the kids over to Grandma & Granddad's to color eggs this morning.  Sarah & her little joined us and we had a great time. I told Sarah we generally stay until we "wear out our welcome," which is code for when the littles melt down and need a nap.  The grands fixed us lunch and I left some spicy eggs (deviled eggs) behind as a thank you. Nanan arrived in the afternoon to watch the boys while I took the teen and her friend to the teen's appointment.  We grabbed pizza for dinner after and had a fun evening right up until I ran the teen's friend home and had the nerve to bring up homework. Sigh.  Nanan took C home with her tonight to stay a few days.  That will be fun!


(4/2) Work day for Dad and me and Sarah had my littles.  Sarah and I met at the gym to find that the daycare was full *again*. So I just took the kiddos home. We stopped at the "beautiful library" on the way home to drop off a movie and then went to go grab the teenager.  After we got home, I fixed the boys a snack and started on dinner for us girls.  More battling of unfair homework.  Seriously, I spend more time arguing about it than the teen does *doing* it.


(4/3) Work day for me and Dad had the kids.  We had originally planned to go camping this weekend.. BUT: I was scheduled til 5pm, and the weather looked yucky, and Easter is Sunday so we'd have to come home early, and the teen didn't want to go and would need transport to/from where she was staying... Which all added up to a big "meh" on the whole thing.  So instead, we opted to stay home. Dad ran up to grab C while the littles napped and work ended up setting us free a little early.  I took the opportunity to go walking with Sarah just in time for it to rain.  But there was Starbucks, so all was right with the world.  I took the bigs to see Home tonight - darling movie!  Definitely one we need to own.  And Dad and I watched Interstellar after the kids went up.  Also a very good movie.


(4/4)  Today I hit Zumba and then came home to see the teen off for her visit/stay with her siblings and that was the extent of my activities for the day.  We bummed around the house & yard, the twins went on nap-strike, and Dad spoiled us with baked penne and garlic bread for dinner.  We watched Horrible Bosses 2 tonight and it was horrible as promised.


(4/5) Had a lovely Easter over at Granddad & Grandma's!  We arrived early and had to corral the children inside because they were rarin' to go.  Something like 7 dozen hard boiled egg + over a 100 stuffed eggs were hidden outside in the yard and down in the forest below.  The kids had a ball.  The littles would shake the eggs and then chuck 'em if they didn't have anything in them, or were hard-boiled.  Aunt Shannon's puppy bounced all over them and helped eat the eggs. D probably ate his weight in candy and I cut him off at one point, but then found him around the corner parked in front of a grocery bag full of stuffed eggs helping himself.  We sang happy birthday to Uncle Craig on the phone and the littles came running for cake.  That was all they talked about when Dad took them home for a nap.  C and I stayed and visited all afternoon.  Granddad ferried us home around 5p, and then Dad went out to retrieve the teenager.  She came home with a very cute haircut and purple hair under the blonde.  Sounds like she had a fun weekend with her sisters.  Glad she got a chance to go!


(4/6) And Monday again.  Didn't we just do this?  Work day for Dad and me, Sarah has the littles and the grands have the bigs.