Monday, April 25, 2011

Happy Birthday Jackie!

How many times can I say time flies? I've said it before and I'll say it again...slow down Jack, you are growing up too fast! Jackson or as Sadie likes to call him Jackie, turned 9 last week. Mother nature decided to give him a little surprise and snowed. He wasn't going to let snow in April ruin his special day!

I was excited that I finally got to use this Birthday banner a friend made for my b-day last August! It looked adorable.....Thanks Camie! Jack was excited to open the card presents first....he knew that meant $$$!
We took a trip over to the Science Museum because Jackson can't get enough of that place. He had some birthday money to blow, but somehow didn't think the stuff in the gift shop looked as cool when he had to use his own money, so he went home empty handed!


Jackson got extra lucky and ended up with an ice cream cake and cheesecake! (it's a long story)
All in all, I think his birthday was a success, even without a party. Happy Birthday Jack!

Monday, April 11, 2011

We interrupt this spring break blogathon to bring you this breaking news:

This is how I feel about the whole situation below:


John Parrish is in trouble.

Major trouble.

Trouble beyond description.

Why you ask? Well, I was putting away laundry today when I found his stash. I feel hurt beyond words. I keep reaching around to pull the knife out of my back but can't quite reach.

What was in his stash? Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies. That's right, he was hiding thin mint cookies from me. That dirty dog. He will never get away with this. How could he possibly think that I wouldn't find out about this betrayal and deception. I wonder what other goodies he has stashed from me throughout the years. I don't know if I can ever trust him again.

I'll be expecting a big, huge apology when he returns.


Saturday, April 9, 2011

A fun day at the MOA

Tuesday afternoon John headed to the valley of the sun. On the way to the airport, he met us for lunch at the MOA. We ate at Wolfgang Pucks restaurant where they have fabulous butternut squash soup. MMMMMM

As soon as John left the real party began. We headed straight to Nickelodeon Universe to get our ride on. Can you believe my boys went on this roller coaster? OK, I guess for my boys that is not such a big surprise.

The boys spent a lot of almost unsupervised time while waiting in lines. (I had Sadie and couldn't go on most of the rides) I was pleasantly surprised how well they treated each other in such close quarters. I guess even they can manage to get along when fun is on the line.
You know your t.v. might be on a little too much when your toddler yells out Sponge Bob! She couldn't wait to go meet him. Max on the other hand tried to pull his arm off and almost got escorted out.
We stayed the entire day and Sadie did better than I could have imagined. I honestly thought she was going to be my excuse to leave early......."ok boys, Sadie is getting way to tired, we have to go now"......but she was a trooper and waited around like a little champ. To end the fun filled day we stopped by our favorite Crepe stand and partook of it's yummy deliciousness. Do you see a theme in our outings? There is nothing like topping off a fun day with a sweet treat!

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Spring Break Part One

Last week was spring break for my munchkins. Whenever we don't have any hot vacation plans I always dread spring break. As this was one of those years, I was honestly not looking forward to it at all. Maybe it was the fact that John was going to be out of town for a few days and at school for both weekends of spring break.

I decided to make the most of it and planned some fun little adventure every day, and you know what? We actually had a great spring break!!

On Monday we hit the Science Museum. Jackson got to bring a friend along, so he was in heaven.

Normally Sadie is happy strapped into her stroller, but not today. I think she has decided that checking everything out is way funner! She had no clue how to play with or what she was looking at, but she loved every minute of it.
Getting a good happy shot of Max is like striking gold. Consider me rich today.
This picture isn't the best, but I had to put it in here. This is the Mississippi River in all of its flooding glory. If you look closely, you can see a fence in the water. The river also covered the sidewalk.
We capped off the trip with Izzy's ice cream. As always, the salted carmel did not disappoint. I'm almost glad that Izzy's is so far away or I would be there on a daily basis.

Next stop on our spring break extravaganza: The MOA