Ten for Tuesday 4.14.09 Spring Break Is Finally Over Edition

I've a little too much "quality" time with the kids lately, if you know what I mean. . .

Actually, we had a lot of fun over spring break, but I am tired, the kids are tired, and the house is Trashed. Notice I said Trashed? With a capital T? Seriously. Ugh.

Here's a little bit of the craziness, in no particular order.

1. Easter! Wahoo! We love all of the fun traditions that come with Easter. Especially coloring eggs, egg hunts and lots and lots of candy.

Great Nana hosted the festivities and the boys had so much fun---as always. They also got to hunt for eggs at Grandma's house and at the park. ---Okay, just a side note---Why does the city stuff plastic eggs full of choking hazards for kids ages 0-3? What is a child in that age group going to do with a mini eraser shaped like a chick, or a plastic ring with a whale stuck to it? They are going to shove it in their mouths and choke on it. Speaking of choking. . . Ty was finishing off his peanut butter sandwich in the car when I picked up carpool yesterday and choked on it. Like really choked. Could not breathe. I stopped the car and grabbed him out of his car seat and he was finally able to swallow it down and he started coughing and sputtering. It scared me to death. Time for a CPR class. Okay, enough of that.

We also enjoyed a delicious dinner at my mom's house. Alas, I didn't get any cute pictures of the boys in their Easter vests. Ty was having a fit and demanded his dinosaur sweater. Maybe next week. . .

By the way, a BIG thank you to our awesome neighbors who volunteered to help Reed with the gravel on Saturday morning. He was able to finish in time to join us for our Easter hunting activities. Two down, one to go!

The following pictures were taken Easter morning and are titled, "Why I hate my camera."

Why can't my camera take a decent indoor photo?

This little one was very excited about the chocolate bunny he found in his basket.

2. The boys each got an inflatable punching ball from their Grandma for Easter. When we got to Nana's house on Sunday for dinner, Ty told Andrew that "We have punching bags at our house because we have anger issues."

Anger issues? Really? This sweet thing? No.

3. Karate is over. Michael liked karate. A lot. He especially liked the medal he got at the end.

4. Soccer started up again.

5. On Wednesday we went to the Children's museum for a fun-filled day. Hands down, my favorite thing to play with were the Magformers---the magnetic shapes we used to build things with. Ty especially seemed to like them. They cost a fortune, but were a lot of fun.

Blake woke up at quarter to six that morning, and was just a little bit tired by the end of the day.

6. Reed took Michael to the Jazz game on Monday night. I wish I had taken a picture of Michael's outfit before he left. He wore his favorite camouflage shirt that's about 2 sizes too small under his Jr. Darts basketball jersey, his soccer shorts---which are also too small, and his Angels baseball hat which is about 2 sizes too big. He was so excited to go, and Ty can't wait to be 4 so he can go too.

7. I finished one of my projects! Hooray! I made this cool little bag out of an old sweater I bought at DI. It's not perfect, but it will be a nice place to keep my knitting projects. Plus, it feels so good to actually finish something!

8. At dinner on Sunday we were reminiscing about my parent's ancient refrigerator. The thing is really old, and at one point was an awful mustard yellow. My mom didn't like the color and so she dragged it out to the back deck and spray painted it white. It looks much better, but it's still old. I told her I had seen a picture of an old refrigerator that someone had wallpapered, and I told her I'd post it. What a fun idea. Makes a statement huh? I think Reed would pretty much kill me if he came home and found this in our kitchen, but I do like it!

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She must really love the pattern, because she did the stairs too.

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9. Okay. Time for a rant. What good is a blog if you can't rant every once in awhile? So here goes. . . Who is the Bozo (Bozo with a capital B) who thought it would be a great idea to make everyone dial the area code when making local calls? Aargh! I hate it! I know I will never get used to it. My small mind is not capable of holding 10 digits long enough to dial. Someday I might find the time to go through and reprogram all the numbers in my cell phone, but for now I'm just going to be royally bugged every. single. time. I try to make a call.

10. On the bright side, guess who has the funniest stake president ever? Me. That's right. He actually played a clip from SNL in the chapel during Stake conference last weekend. He said it was in hopes of being released, but I don't believe it. If you need a laugh, click here.