Saturday, April 18, 2009

Packing...

Well, right now I should be packing my bags for vacation as we leave very early tomorrow morning. I'm just at the point where I'm doing the last load of laundry for the kids and then looking and thinking "Am I packing too much?" So, I had to take a break to clear my mind! Mike has taken Jennah to the store to pick up cat food and some lunch. Hopefully two seperate items! Our grocery store makes the best sandwiches. I told him what I wanted but I'm sure it'll be a surprise as he had this "I'm listening" look but the "brain processing" look wasn't along with it. We'll see though! Well, for now, I must tend to Kaylee as she has a stink as Jennah would say!

Friday, April 17, 2009

The Critter Go Getter...

Well, I've had it... had it with the armadillo that's wreaking havoc in our yard that is. He's big, he's ugly and he's putting holes everywhere in our lawn not to mention the one he dug under the house. So today, I called the "Critter Go Getter"! It's time to get rid of Mr. Armadillo. The scary part is that this animal who should only come out at night is injured and comes out at all different hours of the day. This morning for instance, he showed up at 9:30am! He's a fast runner too. Mike has been chasing him out of the yard but man can that armadillo run! I won't go out if he's there. I know he's afraid of me but my thought is there's definitely something wrong with this animal and who's to say he won't run after me! Silly I know, but true. Hopefully, the Critter Gitter man can catch him. Oh, did I mention it's $150 to hire this guy! We only have to pay if he catches it though. I know, Mike was like "You really want to pay that just to get rid of the armadillo?" Heck yeah! Of course, I keep telling Mike to shoot it! Yeah right... I married the guy that catches insects and lets them outside when I'm ready to pulverize them with a shoe!

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Report Card Day !

Well, today was report card day. Not too big a deal as Jennah is only in 1st grade. She did make straight A's though so we let her know we're proud of her. She's going to miss her awards ceremony next week as we'll be cruising the Caribbean. It's all good though as they'll give us her awards when we get back. Anyway, must get going. I've got to get some sleep tonight!!

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Vacation time is near...

Mike dragged the luggage out of the garage this evening so I can start packing for our vacation that starts early Sunday. We're taking a 7 night cruise to the Eastern Caribbean. Now we're not taking all these suitcases but he wasn't sure which two I wanted to use. I found it funny that Kaylee dragged her "soupcase" as she calls it and put it next to ours...almost like we'd forget her baggage if it wasn't there!

Our Little Helpers...

Now this is what we had children for! Ok, not really, it's just some of the things they love to do for us...


They get the mail...


...and the trash cans!

Monday, April 13, 2009

Last day of Spring break...

Today was the last day of Spring Break! The girls go back to school tomorrow. We've had a fun time while they were home all week. We went to the park, rode bikes, and did some shopping and playing here at home. Today, I did what I thought would be my 96 minutes of pure torture with them... yes, that's it, I took both girls to see The Hannah Montana movie. It honestly was not that bad! There was a story line and not just her singing through the whole show and I believe there was also a learning lesson mixed in! Of course, the girls just loved it. Kaylee was actually holding one hand to her mouth like she had a microphone and waving the other hand in the air like she was dancing. It was sooo cute. I didn't take a pic as I'm pretty sure the people in the theater would not appreciate my flash going off on the camera! Oh well! We had fun! I'll miss them when I drop them off to school in the morning.

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Happy Easter...

Happy Easter! Jennah woke up this morning at 6:20am. Yes, that's right EARLY! Needless to say, I had her go back to bed until 7:30! When Mike and I got up, both girls were extremely eager to go outside to hunt for Easter Eggs! Jennah was happy that the bunny actually hid eggs this year as last year, "he" tossed them into the grass in the front yard and "it wasn't very fun!" according to her. Of course, the reason for doing that last year was that we were unaware our children would wake up before the roosters and we thought we'd have time to hide the eggs that morning. Obviously that didn't happen as we had planned. This year, we got smart and hid them after midnight hoping the ants and night critters wouldn't take off with them! Luckily, the girls found all 32 eggs intact this morning! Anyway, after that and some chocolate, we had both our families over for dinner and boy did we have a TON of food. Ham, lamb, potato salad, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, carrots, lima beans and a ton more not including desserts! I'm still full just thinking about it! All in all, we had a very nice day and hope you had a Happy Easter as well.

Jennah & Kaylee (The Egg Hunters)
All Cleaned up and ready for family to come visit.