Ouch!

This picture is of ONE of Michael's bruises that he got while riding in his first BMX practice race - I swear it looks much worse in person:

And then the poor kid ran into a cactus tonight while he was riding his bike - 

Ouch!! 

Chore Day

I asked Jack how he was helping Michael with the chores, and he told me "Michael sprays the 'Cleandex' on the mirror, and I wipe it off!"

April 2

A quote from Jack:

(with big, sad tears in his eyes) "Mom, April second is NOT a holiday!"

Watermelon Obituary

It is with a sad heart that I have to report the (uh-hm)... passing of 5 watermelon seeds, who have lived such a short life on our back patio.  We are, however, offering a reward for anyone who has information about the whereabouts of the seeds...  Any ideas?

p.s. I am doing a small happy dance right now because it wasn't ME who killed them. 

Garden

The boys now have a garden.  I didn't provide the garden- I am blaming my neighbor for most of it.  She bought the boys a sunflower seed that they planted, then brought them down a tomato plant.  A week or so later they came home from her house with an aloe plant, and now... we have a garden.  I should probably mention that I have never, ever kept anything alive in my house.  How the kids have survived this long is a miracle (I bet it has something to do with how they tell me that they are hungry). 

A few days ago, Steve came home from Home Depot with watermelon seeds for the boys.  Yup, you read that right -watermelon seeds in the middle of the desert.  I decided then that I needed to document this whole thing myself :-)

I am posting a picture to prove that these plants are actually alive right now. We'll see how they're doing next week. 

No words needed...

A Summer Preview

The boys were getting dangerously close to the pool today while playing with an R/C boat.  Since we thought it might happen anyway, we dared them to jump in (and bribed them with an all-you-can-eat ice cream buffet).  Jack was a little braver, but they both got in!!  P.S. The water was 61 degrees...  brr!