Rodeo 2009

We went to the rodeo on St Patrick's Day this year.
We hit all our favorite stops...


The Animals

The "Handitizer" Stations - Jake loved them!!!



The Tractors

The Rides

The Bubble House

Fun on the Farm

The Pig Races

The Footsie Wootsie...the ultimate foot massage!

And of course, my personal favorite...the FOOD!!!

Sausage on a Stick for Lunch

Followed by some cool dipping dots...

Chocolate Milk from the Borden milking area

Fried Cookie Dough, Fried Oreos, & Fried Snickers...YUM!

Washed down with some freshly squeezed Lemonade!

And just in case we didn't get enough...one more stop for Roasted Corn on a stick, Sausage on a Stick and a BBQ Baked Potato for dinner!

Sweet memories - can't wait until next year!

Spring Break

We had a lot of fun over Spring Break.

Our friends the Hunters came over and we rocked out to their Rock Band 2 game. It was a lot of fun watching the kids belt out songs like "The Eye of the Tiger".

Even the little kids got into the action and were dancing around.

We celebrated St. Patrick's day in style, proudly sporting our green. Hayley helped make green eggs for breakfast, which Jake loved.

We made our 2nd batch of Shamrock Sugar Cookies since the 1st batch had disappeared so quickly before the 17th. So yummy!

Later that day we headed over to the Rodeo for some good ole' fashion fun. Don flew in from a business trip to Orlando and meet us there after a few hours. Check out the rodeo post to see the fun we had...caution, all the fried food we consumed may make you turn a little green around the edges - but it was so good!!!

Later in the week we had family come into town and had a blast with my brother and his family and my parents.

Grandpa on the trampoline with Trevor

Nothing beats fun with cousins!

Swimming at Grandpa & Grandma's hotel pool

Except maybe cousins and Blue Bell Ice Cream together!

Hayley and her cousin Abby

The week went by too fast, and it was back to school on Monday.
We can't wait for summer!

Hayley's Field Trip

A couple of weeks ago I chaperoned Hayley's field trip to the Natural Science Museum. It was a fun field trip. We even got to sit and watch an IMAX movie about Alaska.

While sitting in the comfy theater chairs, I was really glad I was with the 1st graders instead of with Trevor's 3rd grade class field trip outside at the Arboretum in the pouring rain. But Trevor said he had a blast on his field trip too. Bless those poor teachers and chaperones!

Good times!

Our group in action - Hayley, Shannon & Aiden

P is for Preschool

...and painting pig noses, playing with a huge parachute, making homemade pizza with pinnapple and pepperoni, picnics, playing with pals, play doh creations, and of course, popsicles!

So many perfectly fun things to do with the letter P at preschool!

Neglect

It's been a while since I've blogged, even my kids are commenting. I could say its because I am so busy getting ready for this baby that is due in less than 3 weeks, but no...not so much. It all started out so innocently, so not neglectful at all.

It was a few weeks ago, during a rainy school day. Jake and I were home & he announced that he wanted to play Webkinz, a computer site where kids have fun with virtual pets. They make rooms for the pets, feed them, play games and earn Kinz cash to purchase food, furniture, etc. Normally Trevor or Hayley would play with him, but this particular day, he wanted me.

So putting off the other fun duties of the morning like cleaning the kitchen, I decided to explore the Webkinz world with Jake...see nice mom, right?! Well, Jake showed me his dog and his dog's room and we played Jake's favorite games for a while.

Who knew the virtual pet world was so fun?

Over the last few weeks I have become an expert at word challenges (a lot like Boggle), and have even been called a math-a-magician by a dog named Booger (don't let the innocent name fool you, it is a cut-throat math-a-thon when you get up a few levels!).

In full confession, most of my playing time is after kids are in bed when I would normally blog. Otherwise they bust me and want to play themselves. On the lame, rationalizing side, I have earned lots of virtual money for the kids to take their pets on fun vacations and being the non-neglectful person that I am, I do always make sure each of the pets has been feed and is happy before logging out...and I always check the coupons and sale items and stock up on healthy snacks for the animals!

They say the first step is admitting you have a problem, so now you all know. I am getting back on the blogging wagon...just as soon as I check out the game of the day in my Webkinz world!