Sense of Humor

Parenting in general relies on having a sense of humor.  Otherwise, without laughter we would all go insane!  Now that our youngest two are getting bigger, I am once again reminded how ridiculous a 4 1/2 year olds sense of humor is!  Our boys, although super duper cute, can be super duper annoying!!  They both make sure I am watching every little thing they are doing, trying, and or attempting...whether or not I have seen what they are doing several times before.  I will inevitably hear, "mom, mom, mom, mommy, mommy, hey, hey mom", on and on until I answer.  "Watch this!".  98% of the time they are doing something so stupid I feel like I may have been better off sticking a fork in my eye!  No offense to my boys! :)  I always give them some line of appraisal, which was all they were wanting in the first place.  There are those occasions when they pull off something I never would have imagined a four year old could do.  Most of those times I get 911 ready on speed dial!  I have seen them both do flips on the trampoline, jump from heights that should not be jumped from and climb on top of the shed!  Now, those were the times when they asked me to look after they had already climbed too high or were in mid-flip!  If these are the things that come with boys by age four, I can not fathom what is waiting for us at age fourteen!

Field Trip

Recently the boys got to go on their very first field trip.  We took the school bus to the Museum of Nature and Science, which I love going to.  Brenden and Garhett however, were much more excited for the ride on the bus, it really didn't matter where we were going!  The two of them were so cute, looking out the window watching traffic, finding a few landmarks they recognized (Elitches, Mile High, or for them, where the Broncos play), and talking with other kiddos seated nearby.  Once we got to the museum the weather was terrible, wet and snowy.  The three of us grabbed our paper sack lunches and headed off to see what we could see.  Immediately the boys were overwhelmed with trying to choose what to check out first.  Once a decision was made we found ourselves seated on a bench looking through our lunch bags!  Now, with tummies full we could venture off and get into some low key trouble!  We made our way to the room filled with everything you could ever want to see about outer space.  They both enjoyed looking at models of planets and seeing themselves on the infra-red cameras.  I was hoping to look at the rocks and minerals exhibit, but both boys mentioned how much they liked throwing rocks so I decided against going anywhere near that.  We wound up making our way to the dinosaurs, what four year old doesn't like dinosaurs??  Well...mine!  Rather, they like dinosaurs in books or t.v. shows, not in real life.  I have never moved so quickly through the dinosaur exhibit as I did that afternoon.  I'm not sure we even looked at anything, they were pulling my arm out socket trying to get out of there.  Next, I took them to the Hall of Life section of the museum. They get to have their own cards and play games, measure themselves, see how healthy they are for four...etc.  Upon entering, they both see the man climbing a mountain and totally freak!!  I guess seeing an actual body, without skin, was disarming for such little guys!  I think after that is when they decided they were ready to leave.  I was still trying to show them there were good things to look at.  All of the sections about different countries and regions of our own country feature animals, which my guys were appalled by..."so many dead ones.", I think is what Garhett told me!  Finally came our time to leave, they both fell asleep on the way home, probably exhausted from being frightened for so long.  I will take them back, like I said I love the museum, I will just give it a few more years. 

Catching Up

 So, we are still alive and breathing...just busy!  We have reached many milestones over the last month and had there been more room for pictures, that may have been all I posted on here!  If I was to put everything in order of importance starting with the least important and working our way up that would be awfully difficult, so I will begin with the most recent.  Last week our littlest lady, Addy or Boomba, graduated from kindergarten!!  It was hard to believe that she had already finished her first year of school.  She is really looking forward to being a first grader, which I am reminded of each day...could make for a long summer!  Also, Addy performed in her first dance recital.  Ballet and tap.  To say they were cute is the understatement of the year!  I could not get over how adorable those little girls were!  Alexys has finished her fifth grade year with wonderful grades and left her teacher with many memories...especially the questions Lexy asked during "Growing and Changing"!  Long story, if you call and ask we might tell you!!  Our Alexys is going to be a big sixth grader this fall and is ready for Outdoor Lab... in November!!  Nothing better than a mountain trip in November!  Brenden and Garhett and working on perfecting their fielding and becoming home run hitters, all in preparation for their Golden Glove awards and MVP's for batting! :)  They have already perfected the art of joke telling and throwing whatever they can find off the deck, so it's time to move forward.  Also, in case anyone forgot, we became parents to a teenager last month!   That milestone, to say the least, was so strange!  I never imagined ourselves being old enough to have a teenager!  However, we are two lucky parents to have the teen that we have!  Apes, not only made the honor roll, she is now an official National Junior Honor Society member, a member of her student leadership and recently played in a state volleyball tournament!  She is becoming a wonderful young adult!  I can hardly wait to see what awaits us in the future!!