Stay Tuned

It's been a pretty uneventful week, sorry. The weather is getting SO nice, and yesterday was the first day Ethan rode his bike to school. He was so excited. Jason's bike had a flat, so he took mine with Elliott on the back and rode behind Ethan. It's a pretty short ride (only 3 minutes) so Jason videoed the whole thing. It's not exciting to watch, but Jason added some extras to spice it up.  :)

Last night, Jason gave me the night off. He took the kids to hockey, and I went with Jaymee to the "Vagina Monologues". It was SO good, and so nice to have a night out. We laughed so hard, and some of it was serious and tugged at your heart strings, but mostly, it was funny. The best part was Jason and Dereck's reactions. They would have loved it if they went, but it's more fun to let their mind's wander and keep them guessing what it was really about.  :)  haha

Jason made this really short video of Elliott going down the slide at the park. It's cute, and since I don't have a lot of other things to put on here, I thought I would share.

This morning I went to school with Ethan for the "Veggie Party". Yes, it was a bunch of kindergartners eating veggies and ranch, then marking on the sheet they had if they liked each one or not. Erica (bless her!) kept Elliott for me, and took him and Carson to the mall to play. He had a great time.

I can't wait for tonight. We have a HUGE surprise for Ethan. Stay tuned for that.

Laugh a little.............

I'm still cracking up about this...........On Saturday, after a long day of briefing, or de-briefing, or sleeping, or whatever it was, we went to "The Wal-Mart" to get in some walking and stretching. Jason found this.....it's for magnifying bugs, but this was way more fun.

Hope this gave you a good laugh.

While our weekend was uneventful, it was nice to get away for a couple days, just us. We left for Helena on Friday, right after Jason got home from work. Of course by the time we got to Bozeman, both kids were starving, and definitely ready to be out of their seats. Not even the movie could prevent that meltdown. Lucky for us, there is a little kid heaven (aka McDonald's w/a playplace) right off of the interstate. I think we were all happy to be out of the car. We ate some grease bomb food, and the kids ran around the playplace like they had been in the car for days instead of an hour and a half.

When we finally made it to Helena, and got all of our things to the room, Ethan and Elliott crawled up on the bed, and stared at the t.v. Cable is a luxury for them.

Saturday was a really long day for Jason and I. I think the National Guard was trying to kill us with the plethora of power point presentations and speakers. While it is important information, there comes a point that you just cannot bring yourself to pay attention, or care. Good thing we have 2 more meetings coming up. Ugh. Elliott went to a daycare for the day. His first time EVER at a daycare, and he did great. He was clingy to the first person he saw, but was sound asleep, and didn't want to get up when we got there. Ethan was really lucky, and got to spend the day with the state youth coordinator for the Yellow Ribbon Program. She is the COOLEST lady. They did fun projects all day, and Ethan had a great time.

After dinner, we took the boys swimming (I know I should insert a picture here, but alas we were all in the pool). As expected, they had a great time and got totally worn out. After going back to the room, they went to bed, and Jason and I were able to go to the lobby bar and have a couple drinks with his buddies. That was a treat for us.

Sunday morning, Jason had stuff to do that didn't include us, so I took the boys and met my friend and her kids at I-Hop for breakfast. I love these little get togethers, where I can catch up with my army wife friends, and their kids. When we were done, we picked up Jason and headed home. The drive home felt way longer than the drive there. We are all exhausted, and we have a lot to do before our week starts. Guess I better get to it.

Have a great week.

Fast learner

Yestereday was our first day "back to normal". Jason went to work, Ethan went to school, and Elliott and I were home doing laundry, dishes and playing. Elliott decided he wanted to wear his ice skates. I was excited after the terrible time he had on the ice with them. After he had them on, he was on wild high. He walked all over the place, and played a little hockey and soccer in them. He was even able to get up without holding on to anything. He is going to be great if he keeps this up.

Easter, our way

We don't seem to have typical, traditional holidays, ever, and today was no different.

We got up, and the kids hunted for the eggs. Elliott was not all that interested, and mostly just played with the stuff from his basket. He really likes the magna-doodle.

He did help find a couple, but mostly he left it up to Ethan.

He likes looking at them, just not looking for them.

After egg hunting, it was time to open the baskets!

You can't get much more excited than that. :)

The boys and Jason played with the new toys, and we all got ready to leave for the 2nd annual Easter Egg Hunt and Brunch at the Hayashida's. We really do have awesome friends.

Just when we thought we found them all, Elliott finds one more.

Now we are home, just lounging. Jason is making tacos for dinner, and that should pretty much be the end of our day. Maybe it's not "traditional", but I really hope that when my kids are older they remember the holidays as a really fun time with family and friends. That seems more important to me than how we are dressed, or what we have to eat.

Hope you had a great Easter too.

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Early Easter

Jason and I have a really hard time keeping surprises from Ethan, like a REALLY hard time. I wanted to get Ethan some hockey skates for this summer, and we got really lucky and got an amazing deal on these! They were brand new, stickers still on them. As soon as we had them in the house, Jason had to give them to Ethan.

And, of course, as soon as he saw them, he had to have them on and go outside and try them out. HAD TO! And, like everything else he does, he was a total pro.

Safety first.  :)

Within the first few minutes, he was jumping, spinning, skating backward, and his favorite show off move, cross-overs. Like I said, Pro!

After he was done with dinner, Jason put on his roller blades too and they both went across the street to the basketball court. A kid from the neighborhood joined them. I see a lot of time being spent at the park this summer, and probably new wheels at some point. I say, money well spent. Ethan could not be happier.

Then today, the Easter box from Grandma, Papa and Grandma Mac came. YAY! Elliott waited patiently for Grandma to get on Skype so they could open it.

Finally, it was open, and they tore into it. New movies, lots of candy, and some really fun light up cups.

Elliott had to show Grandma everything he got. I love technology.

Unfortunately, the Easter Bunny will still be coming, so there will be even more stuff. Good thing I really do love them.

Sorry about all the pictures.

Happy Thursday.