Love It, Love It!!!

Or in Avery's deep little voice, "Wuv it, Wuv it!" I love the little adventures the kids and I have, while we are on walks!
Avery and I were on our way to the library today, and the noon fire whistle went off. Then the church bells started chiming. Then we saw a bunch of birds pecking around in someone's yard. And finally we saw the water tower. Avery gets so genuinely excited about what is going on around her!

"See dat (that) water tower? Wow! Big, big water tower!"
"Hear dat, Mommy?! Where dat toming (coming) from? Go see it?" (fire whistle)
"What's dat sound?! Pretty song? Princess song?" (church bells)
"Touch 'em? Tute (cute) baby birds!" (all little things are babies, these days :)
"Here we are! We at da wibrary (library)! Wuv it, Wuv it!"

Video Games and Movies

Bryton loves playing video games and watching movies; however, we have to greatly limit both around our house. Otherwise, he'd want to do this a lot more than he currently does. A trend we are seeing...Bryton is having a hard time, at the age of 5 (since he's playing 10+ yr. old PS2 games), distinguishing between make believe and real life. He'll often ask me "Is that in this real life?" when he's watching a show on TV. I suppose this is normal, but for now he's on a break from video games. Movies I'm not as worried about, since we don't watch many... but Spiderman and Transformers aren't the first options out of my mouth these days.

Funny Kid

Last night the kids and I made chocolate chip cookies after bath time. As usual, we made them as an excuse to eat cookie dough :) Bryton had a little too much...he was literally bouncing off the walls from about 8-9:30 PM. We couldn't get him to chill out! He said he was trying to be "Spidey," and he did have some good moves...but his father and I didn't want to have to make a trip into the ER. We were watching the movie Second Hand Lions, and we kept telling Bryton to "please be quiet" (not only was he bouncing off the walls, but he was talking NON-STOP). After what seemed like the 100th time saying "shhhhh"...he replied "I'm just talkable tonight!"

Princess Worm Killer

My little princess is a bit obsessed w/ worms lately. She and I dig up many worms these days...looking for a "mommy worm" and a "baby worm." The problem is, they end up dead within 5 minutes. Avery will ask me "ohhhh...what happened?!" in her very concerned little voice. I have to hide a laugh every time, 'cause sure enough, "mommy" or "baby" worm (and sometimes both) are torn in half. So...then we look for more worms. Luckily, we've got a lot of them in our backyard! And when we ask if Bryton and his friends want to find and play with worms, their responses are "nope!" (I do remember when Bryton loved worms, as well...it just isn't his past-time of choice these days).

Springtime Fun

The weather is finally beautiful! I guess I didn't realize how much I'd missed waking up to birds chirping, sunshine filled longer days, playing outside, grilling dinner, and later sunsets! I'm anxious to start planting in my flower beds and garden, now that they are cleaned out ...
The kids are loving this nice weather, as well. This morning, Avery woke up at 5:45 and yelled, "Mom, sun coming up! Beautiful day! HAVE TO PEE, MOM!" Had to smile at that one :) Yeah, I'll be getting darker shades for her room. This has been her average wake up time.
Bryton has been falling asleep the second his head hits the pillow at bedtime! Lots of running, jumping, playing ball, etc. w/ friends. We were at a hometown track meet last night, and both kids had a blast running with school friends, and their siblings.
Yesterday , Avery and I were on a walk, and we heard a different sound coming from the trees overhead. Avery asked "what's that sound?" I replied, "I think it is a bird." Avery then says, "pecker bird?!" At closer inspection, she was right...it was a woodpecker!
We are loving Spring!

No Turkey for This Chick

Nope, didn't get a turkey first season. Had a great time, though! Brian and Dad weren't successful, either. Saw and heard quite a few, but they didn't cooperate. Too many females w/ them, from the looks of it...so I don't think they were interested in having to "work" toward our calls, in order to get a little action! Brian and I have 5th season, so hopefully I'll get one over Mother's Day weekend.

This Week's Favorites

Golden Wheat Wheatables - so much better w/ cheese, than Wheat Thins
V8 Fusion + Smirnoff - a great drink
Glade 2 in 1 "Creamy Custard and Blushing Apple" candles
Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion - original formula - this smell takes me back to being a kid again
Olympus Digital Voice Recorder (VN-4100PC) - I only wish I had one of these while I was still in college
Clorox Wipes - makes cleaning a breeze
Merle Norman Nail Color - Rose Sorbet - pretty on toes.