Randoms

Dallin and Eli had some fun posing with these silly sunglasses!

Ju-Ju-bee

E-Diddy

A random Lizard in our backyard eating a bug the size of itself. I watched it... it took it a LONG time to get it all in there! SICK! ;)

Rani (according to Eli she is his girlfriend) came up and grabbed Eli by the hands and starting giving him lessons on "how to dance like a prince and princess" on the kitchen floor. It was the cutest thing I have ever seen! :)

"HEY, LOOK MOM! I DIALED 9-1-1!"...

said Connor beaming with pride.

In a panic I started yelling and screaming and ran over to hang up the phone. (I am sure this made the dispatcher on the other end feel very at ease.)

2.7 seconds later the police called back.

Yup, that is about how it went. Gotta love kids! :)

SPRING BREAK - DAY 6

We had plans for the Rodeo this day (Saturday) but Seth told me I was too sick and I could not go. I had been willing, but I was secretly relieved when he told me this. At the same time, I was bummed that we missed out on Rodeo once again. Next year! :)

I took Connor to the store that morning to look at the bikes. Connor has had the same $40 bike since he was four and had outgrown it awhile back... not to mention he had recently popped the tire. The kid deserved a new bike! :) So we hit up Wally World to pick out a sweet new ride. His only request was "one that pedals backwards" (has hand breaks). Easy enough. We were big time when we walked out with the $70 bike... I am hoping that means we get seven years out of this one! ;)

Connor's bike is now the envy of all the kids on the block and they beg to ride it! :) I can hear "Oh how sweet, it is!" playing in the background of my head as Connor floats on cloud nine.

And his bike has those cool bars in the back so two can ride! :)

Seth then took Connor to a birthday party that day and let me once again SLEEP! We rented Astro Boy that night for the kids and called it a WEEK!

SPRING BREAK - DAY 5

Friday morning comes and I feel (and look) even worse! My pink eye has now spread to both eyes, there is nothing pink about them... they are RED, and are starting to swell. I can't physically move anywhere with out wanting to cry (from my head pounding and body hurting). I promise a day of Rock Band (on almost mute) til Connor's heart is content. I didn't think he would go for this at all, but he actually seemed really happy about the idea! So we jammed for HOURS! I didn't have to move, was hidden from outside eyes, and I officially no longer suck at this game! It was a win-win situation for all! I can now hold my own on the guitar set on the easiest level. :)

Friday night Connor has a baseball practice (which is like hitting the jack pot for this kid) so somehow he thinks this is the "best day ever!". I didn't totally fail him after all. Seth is the assistant coach but I asked him to take Eli and let him run around unsupervised while I took Dallin with me to the minute clinic so I could get tested for Strep. Turns out the minute clinic should really be called the 800 hour clinic! The test came back negative... dangit! I was hoping some antibiotics would take care of the way I felt. I came home and SLEPT.

SPRING BREAK - DAY 4

So it's the fourth day and I now have pink eye, but of course my Doc is out of town for the rest of the week and can't see me until Monday. He prescribes me some eye drops without seeing my eye, but they don't seem to be doing a darned thing! My eye proceeds to get worse and I start feeling SUPER lousy (body ache, chills, head ache, sore throat).

Still determined to give the boys a fun spring break... but too embarrassed to go anywhere I can be "seen"... I took them to the duck pond (with sunglasses on) to walk the lake and feed the ducks as well as our own tummies. We enjoyed the sunshine and ate Happy Meals on the park bench. Turns out those ducks are NUTS over french fries! The boys highlight was when we saw a whole family of turtles laying out on the "island"; four big ones and two baby ones. My personal highlight was after we passed a personal trainer with three high school aged girls working out. Suddenly my boys wanted to show me right then and there (on the pathway in front of all the cars) how well they could do push-ups. (Their push-ups were quite the site to behold!) And I think Connor could do a total of three sit ups. Maybe next time we will skip the McDonald's and hit the gym?! ;)

Later that evening when Dad was home we decided to hit the zoo and see if it would be a little less crowded a couple days later and at night. WRONG! But after we had made the trek out there and after we had prepared our picnic dinner we (or should I say "I") was determined to go to the zoo! Eli had been begging and crying ever since Monday to see the "yions" and "raffs" (lions and giraffes). So we waited over an hour just to park the car and braved the crowded masses.

I thought the wagon would be a great idea with both the boys... but it was a nightmare to steer and pull among all the crowds!

Eli and Tiff at the petting zoo. I am pretty sure there was a goat behind us that must have ran out of the picture at the last second! :) (Tiff in her hat and shades that she wore everywhere the rest of the week... at dusk... or in stores... everyone thought I was a creeper, I am sure! ;)

We didn't get the whole zoo done before it closed but Eli was satisfied seeing his lions and giraffes among a few others. We love you boys!

SPRING BREAK - DAY 3

The third day of Spring break was St. Patrick's day! And once again we had big plans and high hopes. We had invited over 5 other families to join us for a St. Patties feast (of green pancakes, green eggs, green juice, Lucky Charms (with green milk), and a rainbow fruit platter) and to be finished off with a treasure hunt for the leprechauns pot of gold! Ironically, our luck seemed to have run out as I woke up that morning with PINK EYE! I quickly texted all the families to tell them that it was still on, but that they come at their own risk. Oh how they dropped like flies! (You know who you are!) It's okay, I would have done the same. ;) I was devastated to tell the boys that probably no one was going to show up and I was sorry. It quickly became quite the fest of tears at our house. Then my last friend to respond, single handily saved the day by texting me that she and the kids would take their chances and were coming! YAY!

The Little Leprechauns: Connor, Dallin (still in PJ's- but we made sure the night before that their jammies had some green so they wouldn't get pinched), Rainey, Larkin, Eli, and Jacob.

Dallin feasting on a pancake and Lucky Charms (of course he only ate the marshmallows out... why have they not made that cereal with only marshmallows yet)? Does any one's kid ever eat the rest?

My beautiful fruit rainbow deserved a picture all of it's own. :) I found the idea in the Family Fun magazine... a personal favorite. (I altered the clouds from marshmallows to Cool Whip... it made it perfect for dipping!)

The woman who saved St. Patrick's Day... God Bless You, Lindsey! :)

The kids seemed to enjoy the breakfast (and undoubtedly peed green for three days straight with all that food coloring ;) and the treasure hunt was a success (except for the fact that I had planned enough gold candied treasure for six families and now there were only two to eat it!) We missed the other families (although we totally understood), but had still had a fabulous time!

SPRING BREAK - DAY 2

On the second day we decided to do Go-Carts as a family (meaning with Dad). Seth worked his Google coupon magic and got some great discounted prices for all of us. We had Connor lie and say he was 8. (What?! He hasn't been baptised yet... his sins can still be washed away. It was the only logical thing to do). This act was key in order for the the whole Washburn Family to race together. By doing so, Connor was able to drive by himself . Seth and I took turns in the two seater go-cart with Eli and for two extra dollars and an "if you are okay with it" then we were able to add Dallin on as a lap rider in the super-fast go-cart. (That actually holds up in court?) Anyway, we finished the night off with ice cream cones. It was a great day!



Three excited little boys!

OH YEAH, BAY-BEE!!

IT'S GO-CART TIME!

EAT MY DUST!