Daddy's home!

Daddy is finally home. We picked him up at the airport Thursday around dinner time. And since it was around dinner we went out to Red Robin-Yum. Our airport was recently updated. It is very nice to get in and out of, but I think it takes a little bit longer now. Oh well.

Here are just a few pictures from when Daddy was in Las Vegas. He had a good time, saw some cool sights, ate at some very nice resturants, but is very tired and glad to be home. We are glad he is home too.

This was Daddy's transportation. Nice huh? Even had a bar inside. Too bad we couldn't keep it.


This was the bathroom in Daddy's room. Living in the lap of luxury.


This was the pool at Daddy's resort (not a hotel). Too bad it was too cold to go swimming.

This is where Daddy spent most of his time----JUST KIDDING! He actually did win us some money--$5! Keep your day job, Daddy!

This was in the Venetian Casino.

These was actually inside the Venetian. It looks like he's outside, doesn't it?

This was outside the Venetian. Cool gondolas. You can actually ride on them. That would be fun.

Daddy met the Blue Man Group! I've always wanted to see them in concert (do you call it a concert?) Lucky Daddy! Actually these were just wax figures, but the Blue Man Group was playing later at one of the casinos.

So that was Daddy's trip. Next time, I am going.

Snow Day!

Tuesday night into Wednesday morning we had a total of 11 inches of snow! And since Daddy wasn't here, I had the responsibility of shoveling all that snow. I've never shoveled that much snow before. So right before lunch, we all got bundled up and out we went. We were out there over 2 hours and I still didn't get it all done! Talk about a work out! After about 2 hours, the kids were ready to come in (and honestly, so was I). Just as we were coming in, I got a phone call from a friend at church asking if I needed help shoveling. He actually sent his son and his daughter's fiance' over to finish shoveling for me. It took them only about 15 minutes to finish. And then later, the neighbor across the street did in front of the garage where Daddy's truck is. It is wonderful to have such good friends and neighbors.

So here are some pictures of our snow and the kiddies in it. By the way, my son is a horrible shoveler. You can tell we don't have to do it much.

Funny things said by K girl

Tuesday morning we did end up going out to breakfast with a friend from church. It had snowed but wasn't too bad. We went to Bob Evans. It was another nice break in the midst of Daddy being gone. C sat in the booth with Miss Friend and K sat on the end in a high chair. K did end up hitting Miss Friend once with her straw but thankfully Miss Friend has 4 of her own hooligans and understands.

Miss Friend and I were sitting talking, C was coloring, and K was drinking out of my water glass with her straw. Does everyone know what Bob Evan's straws are like? The kids straws are REALLY long and bendy. I guess you can make any shape with them and still use them to drink. Somehow K took a sip and the water kept free falling out of the straw, even after she finished drinking. But us adults weren't paying her much attention. All of a sudden she says, "I getting a bath." Just as calm as you please. And sure enough the water was just pouring out of her straw and onto her. It was so comical. She didn't panic; she just thought it was funny that she was getting a bath. Oh dear. Thankfully she was dry by the time we left.

Later that day, K said she "needed to color." OK--not sure about the need part, but whatever. So she got out her 24 box of crayons and dumped them on the floor beside my computer chair. She was making a "list" by just making little marks of each color on a 3x5 card. After each color she handed me that crayon to put away. But when she got to the white crayon, she said "Mommy, we need to throw this one away. It's broken." Too funny. Maybe I'll try to find a black piece of paper and let her color on it so she can see that it's not truly "broken."

Tuesday night was our movie night (see last post). We watched Wall-E. At one point during the movie when the little white robot was flying about, K said "She cold. She naked." I didn't know a robot could be naked. :)

Movie night

Last night-for something special while Daddy was gone-I pulled the kids mattresses into my room. They laid on them while we watched movies and then I was going to let them sleep in there with me. Let me start by saying NEVER AGAIN!

First of all, we started the evening by web-caming with some of my family. My kids were so busy the entire time. K actually was running in circles behind me. My dad calls her "the blur." She was really making me tired. After we were done talking, we went upstairs, got the beds ready, and got the kids jammies on.

The first movie we watched was Kung Fu Panda. I liked that movie. I think C liked it too. K was her usual self. She could not sit still, couldn't be quiet, couldn't decide where she wanted to sit, spilled her popcorn numerous times..... Oh my!

Next we watched Wall-E. I don't get the hype about that movie. I actually thought it was kinda boring. We got about 1/2 through it and since it was late (11 pm), we decided to turn the tv off and watch the rest the next day. C was already in bed and was asleep in a few minutes. Once again, K was her usual self. Up, down, tangled in her blanket, wanted in my bed, said she had to go potty (what a time to want to do that), etc....... Finally I pulled her in bed with me and after a very stern talking to, she settled down and finally went to sleep.

The night, however, was just as rough. I am convinced that she will forever sleep in a crib. She likes to be up against something--usually the side of her crib--but last night it was me. And I mean CLOSE. By this morning I was hanging off one side of our king bed and she was up against me. She also had woken up once in the night wanting to know where I was.

So needless to say, we are all a little tired this morning. And therefor, the kids are at each other and my nerves are a little short. Besides the fact that we are really missing Daddy today. And to top it all off, we have 9 inches of snow (and it's still snowing). We are all going out to shovel later--hopefully get some energy out. And then we are all taking naps this afternoon. AWANA was cancelled because of the snow, so there is no reason for us to go out tonight. I just need to make sure that I can get out tomorrow afternoon to get Daddy. At least I have 2 days to get the snow out of the way. That's alot of snow! I've never shoveled that much. Should be interesting. I'll take pictures and post them in a few days. For now, I'm off to veg out and drink my coffee!

Our Wii night

In our house the playstation, PSP, and now the Wii usually only get turned on on Saturdays. But since Daddy is away, the rules are a little different. Just so we all can keep our sanity. So Monday night we played the Wii. K only played for a few minutes. It doesn't keep her interest yet. I think she is a little too young and can't get the timing of the controller yet. She did play boxing and won! It was funny to watch her. C is pretty good, especially at bowling. He and I had fun playing quite a few different games together. It was a nice way to make the evening to by faster. Here are my 2 kiddies trying to do boxing. (BTW: see last post: I had 2 KOs!)