Need ME Some.

These are my one of my favorite things about Easter:



Do you think I could find them at our local Wal-Mart. NO I could not.

So I bought these:




They are good, but I NEED to get me some of the Cadbury Eggs.

The other bonus about those little eggs of chocolate heaven is that Calvin can have them, not that I'm going to share them anyway....

Hannah are you reading this...if you can find some I'll share them with you (wink, wink)!!

Moving.

I asked Calvin to put away his Nintendo DS.

He stomped away and then informed me that when he got older he was not going to live by me.

I asked him if he was mad at me for making him put away his DS.

He told me he was going to move to another town.

I took that as a yes.

Straws.

We spent last weekend up in Fargo for our annual 'Lundon St. Patricks Day' celebration. Tom & Shirl booked us a room to share with Hannah and Jerod, it was a semi-private, 2ish room sort of deal. So Jerod and Hannah took the super comfy pull out couch and Brian, me, Elle & Cal piled into the king size bed. Everyone was sUpEr comfy! The next morning the kids woke up bright and early to go...SWIMMING. Ellery was the first one up, asking all sorts of questions like, is the pool open? are Kenzie & Kaylee (cousins) up yet? did you bring my new suit? what are those straws for that you keep in the bathroom?

Well I say (I hear giggling from Hannah in the next room) 'those are for when you get older.'

Ellery is persistent, 'like for what?'

'Well it's for when you are a woman and we are not going to talk about it right now' (more giggling from next door, thanks Hannah)

Ellery is not going to let this die ..'like what?' she asks again.

Finally I say 'Ellery it is something we need to talk about in private, so lets talk about this when we get home, and I think I threw in there for good measure....'I think the pool is open, lets get going'.

Brian took the kids down to the pool while Hannah, Jerod and I had a good laugh.

Jerod suggested I tell her they are for nose bleeds. Can you imagine the next time she has a nose bleed and she comes walking out with one of those stuffed up her nose and a long string hanging out. Ugh.

She has not brought it up again, and I am not about to remind her. So I have bought myself some time...I'm taking suggestions on how to have this 'talk' with an eight year old. An eight year old that still thinks she has a front butt and back butt.

My Son is Bilingual..Sort Of.

Typically Calvin comes down in the morning and lays in my closet while I get ready. Today was no differnt. EXCEPT today he started talking a bunch of mumbo jumbo.

I asked him what he was saying, his reply: 'I don't know because it was in Spanish'.

That kid is special!

Game of Hell.

So 'Santa' brought Ellery The Game of Life for Christmas, she really wanted it. So 'Santa' the cheap-o must have found this at Wal-Mart on big bonus sale for $5 and Santa did not read the box carefully and gave her EXTREME Game of Life. It SUCKS. It's not the good old game of life I remember. You know pick your car and put your male/female driver in and off you go, have a few babies, spin the wheel, go to college, or get a job. OH NO. Now you get to pick from 10 different careers, Celebrity Vet to Racecar Driver AND you get to pick your homes Ice Hotel to a Floating Boat House. A floating boat house, you have got to be kidding me. It took us three long nights to finally complete the game with cheating by me, after I but the kids to bed, I would push the cars along further and make sure the kids had more money than we did, so they would win and there would be no tears and when we landed on an Extreme Life spot you were supposed to do some fancy thing...I told them you just read it and pretended that you won whatever was on the slot.

So I am giving away this game. Interested? Or I might bring it to Aunt Hannah's!!

Grocery Shopping.

It's not often that I offer up to take one of the kids grocery shopping with me. On Monday's I am off early, so after Ellery got home from school (Cal was at G. Judy's) I asked if she wanted to go grocery shopping with me. You know an opportunity to put things into the cart that I normally wouldn't buy. Throw in the ice cream, cookies and juice boxes. Plus we are at Wal-mart and there are plenty of buying opportunities for an eight year to talk her mother into. Her response:


I think I would rather stay home and get my homework done.

One word describes that girl: OVERACHIEVER

I hope she always wants to do her homework without me having to ask, because I have a feeling Cal is going to be the exact opposite.

We did end up grocery shopping, I had to convince her she had plenty of time to do her homework once we got home.

And yes we ended up with ice cream, oreo sticks and numerous other goodies!!

I knew this was coming....

Calvin asked me the inevitable question last night:

How do babies get out?? (Aunt Hannah is 30 weeks pregnant)

I stalled and said 'Well, you see...and then Ellery chipped in and said, 'they cut them out of the stomach', to which I finished up with 'yep, she's right'. Then she said 'then they have to cut the cumbilical cord', yep that is a 'c' before umbilical.

Sock Snack.

Last night I went up to tuck the kids in.

I walked into Ellery's room and she threw her blanket over her head but not before making a face that looked like she was going to cry. So I sat on the edge of her bed and asked her what is wrong.

'I did something stupid' she says all mumbled from under the covers.

'Like what?' I say, my mind is racing, what could she have done in the 10 minutes she has been up here.

'Welllll' she says, 'there was some red stuff on my sock, it smelled good so I ate it.'

'You what?????' I say trying not to laugh.

She repeats herself and says 'it smelled like cherry, is it going to make me sick'.

'No', I tell her but in my head I was thinking what in H E double hockey sticks was she thinking..and I can't wait to tell Hannah ..this will 'crack her out'.

I gave her a big hug and kiss and told her not to eat things off of socks anymore!

I tucked in Calvin, no drama there and called Hannah, we laughed pretty hard over this one.

I love that girl, dirty sock snacks and all.

In desperate need of getting one these out....

7:16 AM

Calvin comes trudging into the bathroom with his spaceship footed pj's on, eyes barely open and says, 'Mom, can I play Wii'

Houston we have a problem.

That Wii is going to be put away as soon as we can get our bikes and spring toys out.

Please let it be soon.

Dirty Blonde.

Calvin ALWAYS tells Hannah how pretty she is. Suck up.

So today I asked Calvin who was prettier, me or Hannah and he of course said Hannah. And I asked why and he said because her hair was grey. We started laughing and then he said oh I mean yellow. So I said what color is my hair then, cuz it's very similar to Hannah's and Ellery chimes in 'dirty blonde'. I have a hair appoinment for March 11th, the dirty blonde is outa here.

Then Calvin said I was prettier than the devil and Martha Speaks.

They are going to bed early with no supper.

Super Mario.

At this very moment, the four of us (hannah, me, cal, elle) are squished together on the couch, while Hannah, the Super Mario Brother QUEEN, is getting them onto the next world. They are totally using her and she doesn't seem to mind. And they are yelling at her how to do it and she wants to slap them I can just see it in her eyes, but she can't because she is playing the game, lucky for them.

Here is a sample of our conversation while she is playing.
Hannah: Hey Calvin, why do you wear your winter hat in the house?
Calvin: Because Ellery is.
Calvin: Press one.
Hannah: Why does it keep telling me to do that. (sort of in a loud yelling voice)
Calvin: Zip it zippity.
Hannah: I'll never pass.
Calvin: Well just try too.
Ellery: Ah poop she didn't pass it.
Calvin: Well Ellery we are half way there.
Calvin just breathed on Hannah and she said if he did it again she would punch him in face. Ahh time to quit playing I think. The pregnant lady needs to go rest and eat.

Hannah is going to make a great mom!!