safety first

Last week Keaton was playing in the outfield when a ground ball came to him.  He stopped the ball and threw it back in the infield. 

After, he threw the ball back, we heard him happily exclaim, "I stopped it with my cup!"

Let Your Light so Shine

Just a fancy way of saying, "Let's play with fire at Family Home Evening."

Candles, IBC root beer bottles, and the 90 pack of crayolas (unwrapped) make for a melty good time.

We couldn't keep from singing "Ring of Fire' all evening.

"And it burns, burns,burns..."

"Down, down, down and the flames got higher."

 

Of course, we finished the night with some cold ice cream.  Yum.

serious love

$5.99 plus tax at Super Target.  Get ready to fall in love all over again.  Your nose will thank you.

when strawberries are .33 a pound...

I load up my cart with 40 pounds of them.

40 pounds of strawberries + 4 w0men= 78 jars of sweet goodness. (technically 77 jars and one crusty blue plastic container that i didn't hide so well.)

four pictures from easter

dying the eggs on friday night this year.  it seemed more peaceful.

the finished product.

new sandals were tucked in Kate's basket.

i love the smallest beak and no eyes.

it's the danish in him

 

little league 2010

have i mentioned that i love this boy?

a lot.

april 1st

i am not a big fan of tricking people.  i am not a prank puller.  april fools day is not a day that i am willing to spend any time on.  but, i absolutely love and adore the way these four words looked on the chalkboard that hangs in our kitchen. 

Excuse me?

The other day, Sara and I were taking the kids out to dinner and a movie.  On the way to dinner Keaton was playing this game where he was trying to get someone to say the word “what.”  Knowing that game very well from my childhood, I listened to the questions being asked and the ways that Keaton was trying to trick someone into saying “what.”  After a few minutes I piped up and here is how the conversation went:

Me:  Hey Kea, what word are you trying to get us to say?

Keaton:  YOU JUST SAID IT!

{laughing and giggling from Keaton and Weston}

Me:  I didn’t say “it"”, I just asked what word you are trying to get us to say.

Keaton:  YOU JUST SAID IT AGAIN!

{more laughing and giggling}

Me:  I didn’t say “it”.  Just tell me what word you are trying to get us to say.

This goes on for a few minutes.  Finally this stops – the boys frustrated, and me with a big smug smile on my face.  About 5 minutes later we hear the boys talking about the game again.

Keaton:  Let’s try and get him to say the word again.

Weston:  Nah, Dad doesn’t even know what the hell the word is.

I about crashed I was laughing so hard, I just couldn’t help it – the little stinker – it’s not that he used the word, but that he used it in perfect context.

I love that kid.

Me & Kea

I am not a field-trip Mom.  I don't ever want to be at the zoo at someone else's leisure and I don't want to tell somebody else's child to toe the line.

Therefore, Brian has become a field-trip Dad, by default.  But my plans for him to accompany Keaton and his class to the play, "Peter and the Wolf" didn't quite pan out this year.  I guess he has to work sometimes.

So I became the field-trip Mom...and it was kinda nice.

I loved riding on the bus with Keaton and watching the world go by.  I loved sneaking him starbursts and holding hands.  I loved eating lunch with him and I loved that he is friends with everyone. 

I loved that Keaton introduced me to a boy that goes by "Chili" (not his real name) and it was just a matter of fact.

I  loved being with my boy, even on a field trip.