Two cute stories....

The other day Justin was watching Power Rangers Jungle Fury on DVD. If anybody knows the Power Rangers you know how they come in all sorts of groups, and Jungle Fury just happens to be one of the new group of kids that will save the world from the evil spirit Dai Shi and his side kick Camille. Anyway, Justin was watching the movie and he told me he wanted to go out to Walmart and get the Jungle Fury Mega Zord. I told him he did not need to get another toy (especially another Power Ranger). He proceeded to start BEGGING for it, he just will not be able to survive without it! He came up with the idea that he could get it for his birthday, which is in October, so I told him that it was going to be a long time for his birthday, so he started crying. I suggested that maybe the Easter Bunny would bring it. He said the Easter Bunny could not bring it because he did not have an egg big enough for the Mega Zord. I told him that the bunny probably would have an egg to fit. He suddenly turned off the water works turned around and looked at me and his dad and said that he might have an egg big enough, but it was also going to have to be square yeah know. He is too funny, that he was able to come up with the concept that not only was the egg going to have to be big, but it was also going to have to be square to fit the box.

Hobbie came home from school on Monday with a love note in his book bag. This is what it said, "You are so cute, I can't stand how cute you are. From your lover". Needless to say I was a little surprised that my almost ten year old is getting a LOVE note. I asked him who he thought it was from and he thought the hand writing looked like Summer's, who is a girl in his class. Before he went to bed on Monday he asked me if his black Spider Man shirt was clean so he could were it to school the next day. Of course it was not, so I told him that I would wash it. Being the wonderful mother that I am, I fell asleep watching 'Medium' and did not get to wash the shirt. Tuesday morning I pulled out a red shirt for him to wear. He asked about the black shirt and I told him I had fallen asleep and did not get a chance to wash it, but I had the red shirt. He looked a little disappointed about the shirt so I asked him why he wanted the black one. He said that he wanted it because it matched his black jacket and it made him look nice. I do believe the love note had a little affect on him. We talked about the red shirt and he decided that the red shirt would be ok with his black jacket because it had some black stripes down the sleeves. I asked about the note today when he got home from school and he said that he did not have it anymore. He said that his friend Josh wanted to see it, then it went to Derek, to Eric, Samantha took it from Eric to read, then Samantha got caught with it by their teacher and that was the end of the note. Of course I am thinking that he is way to young to have Love notes in his book bag (he, he:) ), but his dad thinks he is now the stud of the 4th grade class.

Hope you got a little chuckle from these stories. Erin is breathing down my thoat to get on the Webkins site. Ta, Ta!

Spring Snow

It had snowed for the final time (hopefully) Saturday night. It snowed about two inches and the kids were not to impressed with it. It had rained a lot before the snow finally did come so the ground was pretty wet and muddy the next morning. It did not take long for it to melt when the sun did come out, because it was not that cold. Our power kept going off for a couple of seconds and then pop back on. It did this four times while the kids were trying to watch the "Cars" movie. Finally the power went off and stayed off for a while. The kids were so fed up with it ( they got tired of having to start the movie over and over) that they went outside to jump on the trampoline for a few hours. I was excited, because it did not even start getting dark until 7:30, but you sure do loose track of time when the days start getting longer. Before you know it it is 7:30 and nobody has ate dinner yet. OOPS! No wonder they were complaining that they were hungry. Then you have to hurry up and take baths and eat and then off to bed because you have school in the morning. Oh well, they had a great time playing outside. I hope it is getting warmer where you are at, and have a good day.

Scrapbooking Weekend!

This past weekend was my Spring scrapbooking weekend with all of my friends at Camp Wartburg in Waterloo, IL. My good friend Trisha is a Creative Memories consultant and she hosts, along with her down line Shelly, weekend crops. There is always one in the Spring and one in the Fall. They always start on Friday at 4:00pm and end on Sunday at 4:00pm. You eat, little bit of sleep, a little bit of wine tasting and crop the weekend away with friends. It was a wonderful time. The weather was great and I got 32 pages done, which is not as many as I usually can get, but I still got quit a bit done. It is difficult for me to do it at home so I love these weekend trips.

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

Justin and I went to go see Mickey Mouse! My mom and dad are retired and go to Fort Myers for the winter, so we have to visit and go see Mickey. My older two kids went three years ago to Disney World. Now it was Justin's turn.

We got on the big plane in St. Louis and went to Fort Myers on Saturday, 2-21. We stayed the night with my parents and then on Sunday morning we all drove to Orlando, it was only a three hour drive, which was not bad at all. We stayed at the Buena Vista Palace Hotel on the park grounds. It was a beautiful hotel. When we got settled into the hotel we then walked to Downtown Disney, which is a huge outdoor mall. Justin's favorite place there was probably the Lego store. It is amazing all the figures they have made with the Lego's.

Justin in front of the hotel.

One of the Lego creations in the water.

Some more Lego guys that are in the store. There were so many more.

Justin was so excited about the whole thing. The big day has finally come! On Monday we went to Magic Kingdom! He was totally in aaawwww. We rode lots of rides, saw some shows, saw a parade, and most of all he got his character signatures. The main signatures he wanted was Chip-n-Dale and Mickey-n-Minnie. We got them and then some. The weather was wonderful, mid 70's. It did get a little chilly when the sun went down.

"Look mom it's Chip-n-Dale!"

I love this picture. We are on the side of the main street watching the parade. Priceless.

The next day we drove back to Fort Myers to mom and dads house. We stayed there another night and then flew back home Wednesday evening. We had a great visit. I think we wore Grandma and Grandpa out at Magic Kingdom. I believe my parents will go to Disney again, but when we go to the parks we are on our own. They have had their fun.