bubble mania

as usual - beyond the loads of chocolate, marshmallows, jellybeans and egg-dye stained fingers. Easter also calls for bubbles. lots and lots of bubbles. so...procrastinator mommy extraordinaire missed out on the giant bubble jugs. along with a few other things. one of these days i will learn to stop saying, " oh i'll grab some next time" when they actually HAVE something on base. it is never there upon my return. even if i came right back in 5 minutes later, somehow there would have been a hoard of people standing in line having formed out of thin air with carts loaded with bubbles. at any rate, at a great expense, i bought 90 small bottles of bubbles and of course, 2 days past Easter there were the jugs again, so i grabbed several of those and the boys were none the wiser. this is probably my last year i can get away with stuff like that. hopefully within a YEAR i can get it together a little better. uh, i'd better start stocking up on them right now come to think of it.

this one cracked me up. it's not really in focus, but the sun ray, his feet. made me think of the OLD (betraying my age here) star trek shows. "Beam me up Scotty!"

It was a short game, but really, can YOU dribble a bubble???

i probably go through more bubbles than the kids to be totally honest...

weekend fun

This past weekend we met up with some friends and their kiddos at a nearby adventure park. What is an adventure park? Well good question. It's more than a playground and not an amusement park. All natural type surroundings, little stories to go along with each little area. Basically, a lot of big ass treehouses, slides, swings, cable swing thingies and some really overpriced food.


cody, the brave boy he is, completely kept up with the big kids, as usual. ranging from 7 years on down to his 2.5 years. he never winced, cried or hesitated to do anything, but this face cracks me the hell up just the same.

i think that this simply means. joy.

camo cody.

i don't really care what anyone says...

i think having peacocks around is kinda cool actually.
sure their poop is like tar and all over the place, they scare the crap out of me when they are peeking in the 2nd story bathroom window and...yeah, they are sorta loud if that bothers you. loud bothers me, but they don't. i love it. i mean, how often do YOU walk out your backdoor to find this? they come everyday to be fed, one in particular is our favorite and he will eat out of our hands (he's getting rather plump too i might add).
well. everyone else in the village seems to dislike them, but i like 'em! :)

how to entertain bored little boys

Lesson #342.
Thanks Granny.
It was too chilly still for them to be out shooting each other. So I threatened them within an inch of their lives if they squirted themselves or each other AND persuaded them to tattle on the other if someone did.
Then I said they had an important job to do with their water guns. Please go and shoot all the spiders they could find. It would really help Mommy out if there were not so many spiders outside.
If you've ever been in England, you'll know there is far from any shortage of spiders in this country.
I got at least an hour or two of peace from this stunt.
I love how clever I'm getting lately.
Thank goodness, I was beginning to worry about myself! ha!

Service with an ENORMOUS smile

Well, I think the greatest coolest gift I could've gotten beyond my kiddos and my husband is well more blackmail than I'd anticipated. For that, I've had to swear I'd get my rear up and post the amazing eyes.
Here is how, Kade will get away with just about anything for his entire life....

See? Just looking at this photo makes me want to run down and give him a soda and candy bar at suppertime!

I'm too speechless for more words at the moment and Mikey just drove up, so much chatter to have with him as there's SO much excitement in our house today!!!!!

LOOOOOVE~!

concentrate....

so NOW it wants to work...

for real. i need sleep.
addiction?
yeah.
i must stop now.
i love that the day AFTER i was taking pictures and playing around, that stupid glue thing fell off.
isn't he such a cool dude?

that's one way he gets away with so much... those eyes. oh but this is SO not THE look. nope. i've actually got THE look on a photo taken on THIS day. however, i'm withholding it. wonder what i can blackmail for for it? it's one that will melt the hearts of even the most hardened people i swear it. my beautiful beautiful boy. he just takes my breath away sometimes...

this giant kid. that's my BABY in case you did not recognize him. sometimes i don't and he's right across the room from me. i mean i REALLY got the shaft on this baby thing with him. *sigh*

perty darn cute if you ask me! (his shirt says, " could i be any cuter?").
oh you have NO idea. photos certainly don't do him enough justice. his words lately really make it almost unbearable!

k.
later peeps.
for real this time.
:)

enjoy!