Stolen basket

Jack woke up this morning and went out to the coffee table (where he left his Easter basket last night) - when he saw that it was missing, he asked me where I put it. I promised I didn't touch it, and then he got very sad because it was STOLEN!!  I was able to get the last few seconds on video:

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! The boys woke up this morning at 4:00 AM!!  We got them back to sleep and then had to wake them up at about 8.

   

After they found their baskets and eggs, they were allowed to eat as much of their bunnies as they wanted...  (SO hard for Mom and Dad!)

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.