It Was A Very Green Day, Indeed

I had St. Patrick's Day off work and neither of the boys had school. We started the morning with them each finding gold chocolate coins in their shoes by the front door. They were ecstatic about that, let me tell you! Chocolate first thing in the morning = a very good morning for little boys. :o)

Then we decided to go to the indoor playground. Just before we left, I remembered we had leftover green hairspray. The guys were all excited to be covered with green, so we used up the entire can of spray. They sure got a lot of attention for having the crazy green 'dos!

At the indoor park, we ran into Sharrie and her mom, Bette. They had Alex, Kenna and Jamey there, so the kids got to run around and have fun together. That was a nice surprise.

After the indoor park, I took the boys to a restaurant called Rockin' Rogers. It is a 50s theme diner. After their meal, the boys were offered a free ice cream sundae. Keats had noticed a brownie sundae on the menu and I told the waitress that I promised him that so we would forgo the free ice cream. She said she could add brownie bits to his ice cream for free so we took her up on that offer. OMG. Keats nearly died with delight from that ice cream! He kept saying "This is the best one I have ever had and I'm not even kidding, Mom!"

After the meal, I had the boys each give the waitress a dollar and say thank you for the great sundaes. She was one of those waitresses that kids love and that parents love, too, since they make their kids happy. :o)

Then we came home. Keats told me that this was the "third best day of my life." Lol.

Time With Sullivan

Above, Sully is just adorable on a swing.

Below, he is some sort of ninja tiger on the playground.

I'm not sure how the above "photo booth" strips will show up on here but I thought I'd try it out since they are so dang cute!

Here is Sullivan as we start our trek through the zoo.

Above, he is getting ready to climb/slide down the hollow tree...

...and below is him at the finish line. ;o)

Beneath that photo is him with a big, cheesy grin!

I love the markings on this turtle!

At the petting zoo section of the big zoo. The goats are the most friendly.

Check out the guy above...notice his rectangular pupil? So weird.

Sully got a few minutes petting this guy before they both wandered off to find something else fun to do.

How cute is this polar bear? He is awesome!

He walked right up to Sully and stopped in front of him! Of course I had my super-zoom and couldn't back up far enough to get a good shot but you can see that he was directly in front of Sully.

I made Sullivan eat some carrots before I'd let him have something "good" to eat. This is his "I'll eat it but you can't make me like it" face.

After the zoo we went to Family Reading Night at Keaton's school. There are lots of activities related to books and also seasonal creations to make. Here, Sully is showing off his binoculars that he made. He also made a bird feeder, a hat, and a Valentine's card.

Keaton just ran around the gym like a mad man. ;o)

I Love These Boys!

We only had one snowy day at our home this year. We had a few sprinkles of snow here and there but only one time did it add up enough to make it worth going out to play. The snow came late, I think it was March 3rd. School was running two-hours late due to the inclement weather which gave us just enough time to play before it all melted. The snow was literally gone by the time school started at 11:00 a.m.! Sully and Keats had a blast being silly in the snow (as you can see in the video I posted earlier.)

I Received This Email Today

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Monday, March 14, 2011 12:53 PM

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Keaton in A-4 for being a real leader in class and showing how to follow the directions when coming into the library, finding his spot by looking at the directional cards on the white board. Following those directions quietly and continuing to be a great leader in classroom behavior today

Diana Wanek
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STOMP

I took Keats to see STOMP in Portland yesterday. We both loved it! I was tipped off to a "pre-sale sale" and was able to score box seats for a pretty good price. Our view was great and the length of the show was perfect for a wiggly seven-year-old. Every few minutes, during the show, Keats would lean over to me and whisper that it was awesome or WOW! or that is so cool!

The cast of STOMP uses everything you can think of to make music. They had basketballs, kitchen sinks (even using those yellow dish-gloves for their squeaky quality), garbage cans/lids, innertubes, and brooms. They are an incredibly talented crew!

And I hope Keats picked up on how very cool it is to use brooms & dustpans! Perhaps I'll get some housework out of him if I can convince him that it will be building his musical talents?

Snow Day!

Bees

Bees have nothing on us around here. They are busy? Whatever.

I started back to school last month. My classes are online but it is crazy so far! I have one day a week where I have about 5 hours all to myself. Mondays I take Keats to his appointments and that takes up more than half of my "free" time. Tuesdays are my solo day. I usually work on Wednesdays. Thursday and Friday I have Sully with me since he goes to preschool just three days per week.

So, I'm trying to find a balance. I worked all weekend and yesterday cleaned the house like mad but barely made a dent. I think Santa should have brought me a housekeeper!

Mike bought me a MacBook for school and my hopes are that this baby will allow me more freedom to do what I need to do online. My point there is that I don't intend to neglect this blog forever. I would actually post some photos right now if I knew how to transfer files from my Dell to my Mac. ;o)

Off to the library now. Well, after I do a couple loads of laundry....