Missing Daddy

Last night as I was tucking the boys into bed, they each found notes under their pillows from Steve (he left yesterday for a short business trip). They were SO excited to read their notes - after Michael read his, he opened his pajama drawer and slipped it inside.  Tonight I looked in there, and look what I found:

Tons of notes saved from Daddy, and a few there from little brother, too.

Who's the cutest 8 year-old in the world?

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.