Say hello to my little friends

I'd like you to meet the "Squishy" family. Blue squishy, green squishy and purple squishy as they are lovingly referred to. 

It started with simple purchase from the Target dollar spot and Green Squishy was adopted. He got endless hours of play and weeks later when we went back to Target, we had to have the purple one. Now today, Blue Squishy joined the family. I didn't even see him on the shelf but Kenley did and we had to go back. He was the last one there and was hidden under other stuff in the back but she had still seen him. Kenley LOVES playing with them.

They often make the journey outside with us to play in the backyard and we play all kinds of games. We throw them, we jump over them, we hide them and then find them, we throw them in the bucket and we chase each other around they yard. Best $3 total ever spent!

May the odds be ever in your favor...

Let the Hunger Games begin!

Last night Clay and I went to a movie.  We had both read the book "The Hunger Games" (on the recommendation of his friend Bill) and wanted to see the movie. We had been hearing rave reviews and it did not disappoint. Now the book is still better than the movie (as is the case most of the time) but this movie was about the closest to the book that I've ever seen done. It was a rather long movie (2.5 hours) but it didn't feel long as the story moves right along. If you haven't read the books, I won't give any spoilers but I do recommend them. They are a very fast and easy read and definitely enjoyable. In fact, several friends at work have been reading them too and all enjoying them. Clay will be reading books 2 and 3 after he finishes his current book and I may reread them before the next movies come out.

Reservation for 1 at the Hotel Brockman

The Hotel Brockman had a visitor check in today. Grandma Verna is here!!! She is going to watch K and Chase for the next 2 days as the sitter took a few days off for spring break. I know they will all have a great time together and it's so nice to have an extra set of hands :) Plus Clay and I have plans to sneak away to a movie tomorrow night and run some errands on Friday afternoon. Everybody loves when Grandma is here!!!

The end of the day

These are yesterday's pictures posted late because my internet was acting up and it was 945pm and I wanted to go to bed. I really considered retaking a picture of the day and making it a picture of me throwing my stupid computer out the window but I just took a deep breath and after getting kicked off for the 4th time I just gave up.

So anyways....

Granted I caught the pictures at the "wrong time." You know the pictures where you are mid blink or talking and have the weird facial expression on your face? Well I caught a few of those tonight at the end of a long day. Wondering if the kids feel the same :)

Uhh....what was that mom?

GRRRRRR!!!!!

Yes I'm enjoying dinner. Can't you tell?

Sparky

No this isn't our dog and NO we aren't getting a dog....

This morning when I dropped Kenley off at the sitter's they said they had a surprise. They got a puppy over the weekend and named him Sparky. Kenley isn't too sure about the little guy and acting a little scared. Although I love puppies I wasn't as keen at first either since they will have to give so much effort into a new puppy and I still have a 5 month old there that lays on the floor (think dog hair and 4 clawed paws) constantly and needs his own attention (since he already has three 2 year olds, a 3 year old and two 4 year olds to compete with too) but I'm sure it will end up okay, as long as Chase doesn't get trampled on or scratched up or worse yet bitten since its a puppy and puppies tend to chew with those little teeth. The sitter just said it was because the kids begged all weekend. (Side note: they also just got a hamster within the last 2 weeks because the kids begged. I hope they don't beg for anything else soon.)

I don't think Clay and I will ever have a dog even if the kids beg. We are cat people by far. Now if they beg for a kitty, well that's a different story.

I'll keep you posted if Kenley ever warms up to Sparky and how it all works with Chase. It concerns me but I'm prob just being too overprotective or worrisome.

Walking with determination

I couldn't decide which picture I wanted to post for yesterday. They all remind me of our little trip to Tipton Trails yesterday to take a walk. I had wanted to go see the swans that were there and I did get to see one. I wanted to take its picture but we were on the wrong side of the pond and as we worked our way closer it took off. It was pretty neat to see such a large beautiful bird fly. You could even just hear the wings moving. Kenley really enjoyed it too.

Since the swan flew away I focused on other parts of the walk. They had just done a controlled burn last week and the grass was already sprouting back bright green through the charred black ground. The sun was warmer than we had expected but we enjoyed the warm rays. We had taken both strollers so that Kenley could also ride. To start Clay pushed Chase and I pushed Kenley. Then Kenley wanted to push the stroller herself (which was quite the scene since she doesn't drive straight) but what it ended up being and what I liked the most was Kenley just walking and leading the way.

She walked with such determination like she knew exactly where she was going even though she had never been here before.

She walked confidently by herself and enjoying herself.

 She is growing up and becoming confident and independent even if it's just a short walk around a pond. I would have loved to run up and hold her hand and walk with her but it was also so enjoyable for me to just follow her lead and experience the adventure around the pond from her view.