Let's go sledding! (since we got SO much snow...)

Some cool shots of JP in action. Here he was going over a jump. Click on the picture and you can see his face better... an awesome expression! He loved it!

Snow Angel!
We had fun sledding... about 2 hours of fun! I also got a video of JP doing the jump. That was his favorite!

Where's that FOOT OF SNOW???

Alarmists! That's what our weather-people are. Alarmists. All we've heard for the past 3 days is what a MAJOR snowstorm we would be getting. MAJOR! THE SKY IS FALLING! STOCK UP ON GROCERIES! YOU WILL BE STUCK AT HOME FOR DAYS!!!  Come on. Last night when I went to bed the last thing I heard one of them saying was that we would get a dusting, maybe. The others were still promising snow. When I got up this morning there still wasn't any snow. NONE! They were then saying the snow would start around noon but it would be SOOOOO heavy and treacherous. Another weatherman was saying, "These storms have a mind of their own."  Ya think? I wonder if that was his way of saying, "I was WRONG!"

It finally snowed.  Did we get a foot? No. Did we get a dusting? No. We got around 4 or 5 inches. Maybe.  The streets are fine, too.  Stranded? Hardly!

I want SPRING!   Then they can mess up the thunderstorm/tornado forecasts...

Best friends monkeying around...

We didn't have any plans for today besides enrolling for summer camp at school so I thought it would be fun to go to Monkey Bizness at the Great Mall. I messaged a few of JP's classmates (well, their moms!) and a bunch of us met up for some fun! Monkey Bizness is great... giant inflatable slides, obstacle courses and a big climbing structure. The kids had a blast... so did I! Yes, I went down the slides a few times. Why not? Of course I only did that at first when we were the only ones there. :)  It's a neat place and now JP is talking about wanting his birthday party there. Why not? It's clean, fun and you get a room of inflatables all to yourself! All we would have to do is bring the cake and the kids!  There were lots of sweaty kiddos when we were finished!  JP said his favorite part was tackling and wrestling with Hayden. No surprise there!

Picture this...

Picture this:

I am in the kitchen going through the mail. JP is in the family room playing the Wii. I hear a "clank" and a "spash" followed by little feet running into the kitchen. JP starts looking around for something, grabs a towel and runs out of the kitchen and as he passes me by he says, "Stay there!"  Did I stay put? Nooooo. He spilled a glass of water on the coffee table and some got on the carpet. Not much and it's only water. How it missed my camera that was inches away from the water is a miracle but I think it's cute that he wanted to clean it up really quick before I saw it.  :)

Let's go fly a kite!

There's nothing like flying a kite on a beautiful spring day!!! We didn't lose it in a tree, either.

And how about some batting practice? We were pitching to JP and Mommy came up with the brilliant idea to hang the ball from something so JP could get used to hitting it suspended in the air. The willow tree is perfect!

We had a great day outside. :)

WHAT?

"Mommy, I want to talk about your boobies."

Yep, you read that right. That came from left field, didn't it? We have talked about our "private" parts and that we only talk about those things with Mom or Dad. I guess he wanted to talk about my "boobies" over lunch.

Oh to be 4.

Spring Break!

Well, it's almost over. Boo Hoo! And BOOOO that Kate had to go home today! We miss her already. We had a great time at the lake and going to the zoo yesterday. What fantastic weather we had all week as well!!! Here are a few pics:

LOVE those freckles on his nose!
Trout, trout and more trout!  Oh.. and check out JP's "hillbilly" shirt. LOL!
Kate made a new friend with this crawdad.
What a view!

JP got to see his buddy, Hayden today for a quick playdate. Those boys crack me up... they are tackling each other and rolling around in the grass constantly! It's always so fun to watch them in action.  I think JP will be real excited to go back to school next week! Swimming, too!

Sorry!

OK.. so I've been a lame blogger this week! Most of you have Facebook so you catch up with me there if you aren't on the Patch so it's not like you haven't heard from me at all, right?

OK.. a recap!

1. My jacuzzi bath was heavenly. It felt SO good! Have I take another one since that night? No... but I will. Soon.

2. The boys went out to breakfast yesterday at Mom's Kitchen while I ran some errands and then we met up for some bowling! Yes, the real kind. Jim actually beat me in both games. I do better on the Wii. ;-)

3. I baked a pie yesterday! Yes, you read that right. A pie. A choc chip cookie-like pie.  It's yummy! Kate... there's some left so you can try it tomorrow or we'll take it with us on our trip.

4. I got to be the snack volunteer at school today. So fun! I love to see JP in action and he's always so happy to have me there. Awwww. He's really been throwing out the "I Love You's" recently too. LOVE that. Such a sweet kid.

What else....

5. I have been hitting a wall every day around 3:30 or 4pm. I just feel wiped out at that time. I always get a 2nd wind though so then I'm up until midnight doing things like race on the Wii or type on my blog! LOL

6. We are going to the lake tomorrow! WOO HOO! Kate is coming with us and we are SUPER excited about that. It's going to be so fun and the weather is looking perfect! Mid-upper 70's Mon-Wed... NICE! I see alot of boat action in our future! We'll be swimming too... but it's an indoor pool.

7. Jim and I are officially members of Metcalf Ridge Country Club. Yep... a new golf membership. Before you *gasp* keep in mind that we only have to pay $10/month to belong. YES! I need to have my GHIN number active somewhere so I can play in some Invitationals with my friends and this will be perfect! We can only play after 10am each day with this "cheap" membership but who cares??? There isn't a pool... or a restaurant for that matter but it's a nice golf course and there's a snack bar. What else do you need? Oh.. beer. There is that, too.  (for Jim, not me!)

8. Our family friend is about finished with our taxes and I am sure we are getting a refund! Nice. It will all go towards our property taxes that are due in May but still.... nice!

9. Jim is going to take Jake to JP's school on March 27th for "Pet Day."  Jake only listens to Jim and will do "tricks" so I know he will be a big hit.  JP tries to get Jake to sit, fetch, come... and Jake looks at him like he's nuts and then just looks at Jim for a command. too funny. The kid tries, though!

10. It's Spring Break week! YAY! Hope everyone has a great one and a HAPPY St. (James) PATRICK'S DAY!!!!

Ahhhhh....

I have been waiting for this day for about 10 months now. The day I can once again take a bath in my jacuzzi tub. When we decided to renovate our master bathroom we decided to get new fixtures for both sinks and the tub since we upgraded our shower/shower fixture. So... the jacuzzi fixture was removed but the new fixture (which sat in the box on the ledge of the tub all this time)wasn't installed.... until today. I can not wait until tonight!! YAY!

Egg Dive

Spring Egg Dive at Blue Valley Rec = FUN! JP had a blast. The Easter Bunny was even there!!!

Going for those eggs!
Check it out!
Turned in his eggs and got a great goodie bag!
They had a raffle too but we didn't have a lucky ticket. 5 eggs in each pool were marked with black stars on the bottom and if you found one of those you won a gift basket.  Amazing how psycho some parents are about those! Some dad was dragging his kid across the pool to get a starred egg that he saw. Nice. JP could have cared less so that's good!

Can't wait for next year!!

Pizza Box Racer!

JP and I got to go the Emporia State University womens basketball game today with Grandma Judy and JP was selected to be in the pizza box race during the media time out. He was so excited to give it a go! And even better.... he got to carry Minsky's boxes! :)

He did great and would have won if it was 1 length of the court but they had to turn around and come back and when JP turned he dropped a box. (Wade dropped one going the other way)  It was hilarious and JP did great and was especially happy that Corky the ESU Hornet raced all the way back with him.

Here is the video I got of him coming back...look closely and you can see JP dropping the box. LOL

We were so proud of him to do that in front of all those people! GO JP!

Interview with JP

Interview with JP... age 4 1/2:  (copied from my Facebook Notes)

1. What is something mom always says to you?
'I love you more than anything in the whole wide world!' (Awww!)

2. What makes mom happy?
'Playing with me'

3. What makes mom sad?
'um.... other people biting you.'

4. How does your mom make you laugh?
'Tickling me'

5. What was your mom like as a child?
'You were a girl'

6. How old is your mom?
'38' (almost! Wish I was...)

7. How tall is your mom?
'Medium'

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
'Playing with me.'

9. What does your mom do when you're not around?
'Play on your computer'

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
'Because you are old.'

11. What is your mom really good at?
'Playing the race car Wii with me'

12. What is your mom not very good at?
'You're not good at feeling so good.' (I'm sick)

13. What does your mom do for her job?
'Get people to buy things.'

14. What is your mom's favorite food?
'Your favorite food is..... diet coke.'

15. What makes your mom proud of you?
'Swimming! Diving for things.'

16. If your mom was a cartoon character, who would she be?
'Maybe... Toad.'

17. What do you and your mom do together?
'Play with my Batcave and play airhockey.'

18. How are you and your mom the same?
'We both got the same thumbs and fingers.'

19. How are you and your mom different?
'I talk like this and you talk like that.'

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
'Because I love you.'

21. Where is your mom’s favorite place to go?
'Maybe to the grocery store.'

22. What is your mom's favorite color?
'Purple!'

23. What does mommy like to wear?
'This sweater.' (points at sweatshirt)

24. What else do you want to tell about your mommy?
'Tell my teachers about my mommy that we got different tops.'

The end!