Retaliation

3D glasses we wore during a dino movie at the Imax. Another fun moment.

Myrtle Beach...Well we thought that we were being good parents by providing our lovely children with such a nice vacation. Yeah, they didn't care. We went to the beach as soon as we got there. It went very well as the 2 photos illustrate. However, day 2 on the beach left little to be desired. William was flinging sand and got some in his eye. He screamed on the beach the rest of the time. The next day he continued to rub his eyes. The next day he ended up with Pink Eye. We tried the beach for the 3rd time that day and again with the screaming. That was William's last go with the beach. We never heard any other kid screaming on the beach. Just our little prince.

We went to the Aquarium. Everyone actually had a good time. We are touching a hermit crab.

Nathan was the happiest when he could be on the loose. He acted like a 1 year old and I was ready for that.

William loved the thrill of needing to go to the bathroom during putt putt. Putt putt is different down here. It was unpleasant and took forever to get there and back. Especially considering we got lost on the course.

Broadway was really a great place. We stayed here all day.I love the pose of the kid in yellow. William does that all the time. The lady in the white tank and jean capris was smoking and pregnant. It took some restraint. Apparently she has never had a preemie and wants one.



This was at the Family Kingdom where few spraken the English. We couldn't find tickets for the rides and no one there knew what we were talking about.

Family Kingdom. He was so funny. Around every corner he made this expression and screamed "whoa whoa" we couldn't decide if he loved it or hated it. He said he loved it.

Family Kingdom. This is his speed.





River City Cafe. Indoor play area. We finally got to eat a meal in peace. Whenever we went to dinner they didn't eat. William ate his grilled cheese on this night on the move. Later, in the car he started coughing and he gagged and threw up all over himself in his car seat. That is a fun smell to try to get rid of in a hot car. And of course we didn't have clothes for him so we had to make an emergency trip to the mall.

Barefool Landing. Another fun place. Not as fun as Broadway.

I will be retaliating against all of the people whom I told we were going to Myrtle Beach with the children and they said "oh that will be fun" They were lying and setting us up for disaster.

Pomp and Circumference

William participated in Preschool graduation on June 6th. What a hoot. He said "please stand for the pledgess" and his name into the mic. It was so cute. He did a great job considering he has only been there for 3 months. His progress report was awesome too. He needs improvement in only a few areas, mainly gross motor. Oh that asynchronous development.

Nathan was for the most part well behaved. He did sneak away once to go pillage the floor by the preschool tables for some cupcake scraps.

Seeing Plaid

William drew a balloon with sidewalk chalk. I didn't know he could actually draw something. Sorry it is sideways, I didn't feel like going back and changing it's direction.

We spent Memorial Weekend in Ft. Wayne. Grandma got the boys matching outfits for a photo shoot. They look thrilled to be spending so much time together.

William will be done with preschool on the 7th. He will be going back next year. We have a very busy summer planned.

The Hummel's Go To The Zoo

We went to the zoo with grandma and grandpa Hummel on Saturday. We were there from 10:30 until 5:10. William, stubborn, walked the entire time when there was a perfectly good wagon he could have ridden in.

William is getting more and more brave. He has now touched a centipede and a snake. I didn't think he'd touch the snake. He said it felt soft.

Nathan's first pony ride. He is a natural.

This is William 17.2 seconds into the trip home. Nathan stayed awake for the entire trip home. He slept for about 40 mins. while at the zoo.

Happy Mother's Day...Putt Putt...It's Good to be King

Mother's Day was quite enjoyable. Obviously William had a good time (yes he is asleep). You'd think we had a kegger. They got me a digital frame that is fun to watch. We had a picnic for my mom and grandma.

This is my 1st school gift. I was so excited. Yes it is the top of a Big Mac box.

Last Monday we took the boys to Burger King (1st time) and then we went to play putt putt. We were very surprised that Nathan made it the entire time without going for a swim in the water hazard or busting his face on something. We leave for Myrtle Beach soon, Keith thought we'd be putting everyday, he now has 2nd thoughts.

Nathan is a very persistent, busy little body.

Refined Tastes

I forgot to mention that in a space of 3 days Nathan ate or tried to eat cat food and other nonedible substances. I had to dig 8 pieces out cat food out of his mouth. He tasted a rock that same night and 2 days later he ate a handful of sand. I tried to dig it out, but you just can't get sand out of someone's mouth who, frankly rather liked it being there. So, he chewed it up and swallowed it and really didn't seem to mind. A week later he managed to get more cat food in his mouth, so it must be kind of tasty.

Tornado Vs. Volcano =Run for your Life!!!!

One day a few weeks ago, all William could talk about was the volcano that came to his school. I asked if a kid or adult showed them the volcano and he said it was a kid. So I "assumed" the school had a presentation of a science fair project or something. The mom in me had to tell him all about the differences between magma and lava and so on and so on. So, we are at open house and he is showing grandma some stuff when he points down a long hallway and says, "that is where we hide from the volcano." Then it all made sense. They had a tornado drill. Tornado, volcano, it's all good. He knows a lot more about volcano's now.

We celebrated Keith's birthday last weekend. He turned 37 on the 27th. Obviously William was involved with the party planning since Keith had a Spiderman cake. William has reached the age where he tells everything he knows, so Keith knew well in advance about the cake and most of his gifts. Of course I can't get William to tell me anything about Mother's Day.

Nathan is full of it. He is so funny. He is a clown and a daredevil. He loves to slide alone down the slides at the park. He has beat William in the head with a toy twice in the last week or so. That doesn't go over very well.

Walk America was the 28th. Both boys did very well. Nathan decided to take a very uncomfortable siesta at the end.

William wiped his face in a funny way while he was eating cake and it looked like he had strange facial hair.

A Day At "My Preschool"

Since our Spring Breaks weren't the same I got to spend a morning with William at his school. He was so cute. When he was at circle he would turn around and just grin at me. He held my hand when we went our of the classroom. I was talking to another teacher as we moved in the hallway and he informed me (multipe times) that you are not supposed to talk in the hall. It was weird being the parent of the preschooler and not the teacher. It is so crazy how fast time goes. He loves his school. You would never know that he was much younger than anyone else in the class. He will be screened for kindergarten next week. They screen all of the kids, even if they aren't going on to kindergarten yet. I can't wait for my next school visit. I suppose I will break down and take a personal day.

Cosi

We took a family trip to Cosi last Monday. The kid room was a hit. Nathan was in heaven because he could actually do things and there were balls all over the place. We watched rats play basketball and William got to pet one of those giant milipedes from Africa. It was a fun day.

Thanks Easter Bunny!!! Bok Bok

What a fun filled time. They participated in 3 egg hunts between Saturday and Sunday. Nathan didn't get it, of course, but he had fun bopping around and getting into things.

The Easter Bunny tricked William and hid his basket and he couldn't find it. It really wasn't hard, William just kept picking up stuff we already owned and asked if that was it. I don't know about him sometimes.

Nathan got to wear new Spiderman slippers from his great grandma Sprang, in the buff, there is nothing better. He is our resident deviant, clown etc... Right now he has a roll of TP in the office and he is ripping it up. I don't know where he got it from.