What Child Is This?

We went to Lagoon again last night..... no big surprise. I think this makes trip #7 since it opened. We went with some of our friends who also got season passes. (It is going to be so nice to have so many friends and family to go with and make the summer that much better!)

While there, our very shy, very clingy, very scared of rides son mentions he wants to ride "The Bat"! Holy cow! We don't hesitate to let him change his mind, we just head straight for one of the roller coasters that he said he would never go on and get in line. HE LOVED IT!

He then rode the new ride "Jumping Dragon"... another one he said he'd never go on. Loved it!

He then rode the "Lady Bug Bop"... another one he said he'd never go on. Loved it!

He then went on the "White Roller Coaster"... another one he said he'd never go on. Scared him, but he went on it!

He then went on the "Wild Mouse"... another one he said he would never go on. Loved it!... at least at first. When we got home he said it was kinda scary and he wanted to wait before he rode it again. I told him that was okay because the "Wild Mouse" still scares me!

His big sister loves all rides, but was still hesitant about riding some of those rides last year. She is facing her fears and has decided to go on all the rides she can ride this year. She started on opening day with "The Bat" and she has been slowly adding a new ride or two ever time we go... she is now riding rides that I am even too scared to go on... like "Wicked"!

She, and the rest of us, have told him how fun all these rides are, but he has always been firm about them being too scary and he'll try them when he is older. OLDER?!?! Over night he grew up and was ready to face fears that were far too daunting for him a week ago.... and not just one, he did them all at once!

Mike and I are still trying to figure out what happened to our shy, clingy, scared boy!?!? He is very cautious (which I love), but he also knows when he is ready for something bigger, harder, scarier, whateverer. He decides what and when. I love that about him. Hopefully his school teachers will, too!

Garden Thought

I once had a garden thought

to remove bushes for a garden plot.....

But life got too busy

after we welcomed baby Lizzie.....

So now we have a garden pot.

Insanity

So I am realizing that I have not posted anything on here for a while. Forgive me.... I am living in a world of insanity! Having 4 kids is more hectic than I imagined!

So in every minute of everyday, this is my life lately...
Someone is hungry and needs to eat NOW, and if it is not one of the kids, it is me!
Someone has just made a mess that will take waaaay too long to clean it up!
Someone can't find their shoes ANYWHERE... how do shoes disappear?
Someone desperately needs to take a bath!
Someone needs a band-aid and a hug.
Someone is screaming for some unknown reason!
Someone needs help with homework, coloring, getting a dress up on or building a lego tower.
Someone needs a friend to play with because they are too bored with the rest of us!
Someone needs to use the bathroom, but someone else is in there.
Someone should be doing the dishes, laundry, or cleaning something, but no one is.
Someone did not have the attention they needed and is now lost.

No matter, life is full of drama and goes too fast I have decided. Just get dressed in clothes you don't really care about and make sure you have your running shoes on!

April Showers

April has showered us with a beautiful new baby!

"Z" arrived on April 13th and weighed in at 7 pounds 3 ounces.

She is an absolute sweetheart and loves to sleep! We love her and appreciate the sleep!

Pie, Roo and Bug are so happy to finally meet her and welcome her to the family.

Nesting and Not Nesting

I am so eager to have this baby here! I swear there is not a spare inch inside me for it grow anymore! I am tired of the back pain, the legs going numb and the jabs at my ribs!

I have been so anxious about it that I have been getting the nursery all set up and ready.... I still have 4 weeks left... maybe less! HOORAY! I have not done it this early with any of the others. I just feel like I am soooooo ready to have this baby!

Yet, every time I think about it, I get soooooo terrified! I am not the biggest fan of, well, LABOR! It always has gone very well for me and I have recovered quickly, but just the thought of LABOR is freaking me out this time.

I am also a bit scared of having 4 kids... probably should have thought about that before now. Well, I actually did, but I thought I would be ready by the time it was really here. I guess I have 4 weeks to get ready.... maybe less! AARGH!

Oh well, life is an adventure, right?

Please Rewind

How old am I? Seriously! How old do you have to be to know about tapes?

We often get movies from the library. We usually get DVDs. We picked up some VHS movies this time as well. My oldest daughter was taking one out after we had watched it. She noticed the sticker on top that said "Please Rewind". She had to ask what that meant.....

Hello! Has she never known that tapes need to be rewound?

Has she grown up in such a digital era that she only knows the half a second it takes to skip to the next track on a CD...

Or change albums instantly on the ever awesome iPod...

Or never know the pain of having to watch all the previews on a movie, even though you are fast-forwarding it. DVDs have completely taken away a piece of my childhood by letting us skip right to the feature film!

How bizarre it is to see my own children not understand things that were so common in my childhood.

I guess that is how it was for my parents. I completely cannot understand "party phone lines", beehive hairdos, slide-rulers, getting a telegram, having food delivered by some one on roller skates, or getting your first TV - ever.... and having it be only black and white! ... and such a huge piece of furniture, but only have a 15" screen !

Oh well, such is life. I guess I am just getting to the "Retro" stage of life.

Better Late Than Never

So I found our camera after a while of it being lost. Did I mention how much I LOVE my children?!?!? Anyway, here are a few pics of the past few months.

Pie's Birthday! I Can't believe she is now 7 years old! How time flies! She loved getting princess books, some sewing crafts and a new princess backpack, but she especially loved the Tinkerbell watch!





Bug tried really hard to help with the tree decorating, every single day! Here she was moving some of the ornaments around and she figured the best place to keep them was on her arm. She just couldn't get them off when she needed to.

The kids wanted to go out and enjoy the snow after one of the snow storms. They all ran outside before I could inspect what they were wearing. The door closed behind them and I ran to make sure they were okay out there. This is what I saw when I opened the front door. I don't think any of them were really prepared to be outside. They promptly came inside for some hot chocolate.

Roo's Birthday! I can't believe he is 5 and soon of to kindergarten! He had to have a Star Wars birthday, in case you couldn't tell. Dad was nice enough to decorate the cake, since I was at a total loss. He also had to wear his Star Wars shirt all day, in preparation for the party. He loved getting a new, not broken "Life Saver" and a Storm Trooper helmet from his favorite Aunts, Mom and Dad missed the boat by giving him K'Nex, but the plays with them now.