Kite Flying Fun

OK, I don't know why but I love kites. I recall flying a kite or two as a kid but its not something I remember doing a lot. So, I buy kites every year much to Ben's dismay because they usually tear in the pain staking process of actually getting them in the sky while the kite string is in a child's hand. But about 6 weeks ago Wal-Mart was selling some colorful but small kites for $5, so I almost bought 3 (a fish, a dragon and something else really cute I can't remember) but upon thinking of Ben's reaction when I got home I decided I should only get one and settled on the owl. Finally today it was windy enough to fly kites!!! (We have had many a windy day, 1/2 of this town still has missing siding and the other 1/2 have tarps on their roofs!) Anyway, we went to the park after school and had such a fun time flying this kite. For $5 I am going to go see if they still have their other 3 designs. I also had a bigger kite with 2 strings that I could fly but the kids couldn't keep it up longer than about 30 seconds. But the small, cheap Wal-Mart kite, even my neighbor's 3 year old was able to fly! I had planned on about an hour at the park (yes, I have an exam tomorrow!!) but the kids had so much fun we stayed for 3 hours! Here are some pics of the kite flying fun.
And for those who might be interested, (Just don't tell Megan I told you.)
this little boy, Jared, has sort of turned into Megan's little kindergarten crush. He is in her class, lives just around the corner from us right next door to the park and his mom is an RN and works with Sheryl at the hospital out here. He is kinda cute!

Let's just hope she doesn't come home with a ring.

Easter

We had a calm, no frills Easter this year. Here are the pics of them with their baskets in their Easter clothes.

Dyeing Eggs

The kids had fun dyeing Easter eggs. This year I just decided to buy a whole bunch and throw away what we didn't eat. They did eat quite a few though. I think it will be a very long time before Abby eats another hard boiled egg.

Glasses

Abigail got glasses. Her vision isn't horrible yet but she wanted them anyway. Ben has pretty bad eyesight so hopefully getting them now will slow any future losses.



And the video of the chimp on the last post didn't work. Here is a picture of her. It is through glass so it is kind of fuzzy.

The Zoo

Last Monday me and the kids went to the zoo. Here are some pics. . .

The kids wanted to take their own pictures. They started by trying to take a picture of this peacock who was trying to eat bugs in the grass. . .

Then along came some turkeys who also wanted breakfast. . .

A fight insued. After snapping this pic we decided to move on. . .

We saw the albino crocodile (on the bottom of his pool) and the tiger. . .

We went on the train ride. . .

We visited the elephants and zebras at feeding time. . .

The new baby girraffe. . .
. . . and here is a video of the baby chipanzee Acara. She kept stretching out her arms towards people wanting them to come play with her. It's too bad she doesn't have someone else her age to play with. Her dad was in the cage with her but he was rolled up sleeping and wouldn't come play!

Sad News

Spring break has finally started so tomorrow I hope I will be able to post a bunch of stuff. Last week was pretty crappy for us. It started out with the news that the 1st dog Yogi got pregnant had a hard delivery. Even though the vet was called in they lost both the only puppy and the mother. :( (That was her 1st litter.) There is one more pregnant dog (her 2nd litter) so we are hoping for better news on that delivery. It should be another 3-4 weeks. Then at the end of the week I got my official "we are sorry, but your pre-reqs are too old" letter. (The U has an accelerated program for people who already have their bachelor degrees but I don't know anyone who got in that finished school more that 2 years ago.) This makes this semester all that more frustrating because I only needed these 2 classes for the U and now that I am starting COMPLETELY over I won't be going to the U. Yes, I am going to go get my high school transcripts and pretend like I never went to college because it will work out better in the long run. Because the program at SLCC is an associate program I don't need one single class I have taken over the past year!!! So I figure I will just start all over on an equal playing field with the other 400,000 freshman that are trying to get in. Anyway, here's hoping for a much better week for spring break. We went to the zoo today (I'll post that tomorrow) and here's a picture of Yogi who got groomed today.

Posting

I know I need to post more often. I am just so strapped for time! I applied for 2 nursing schools but with the time constraints on prereqs I will probably not get in. This means one more year of redoing the prereqs I took so long ago, and then I can reapply! Anyway, spring break is coming and I will try to post some new stuff. For now enjoy these pics of my dad wrestling with the grandkids. I am not sure who is winning.

Demotivators

The journey of a thousand miles sometimes ends very, very badly.

I added a link to this company that makes demotivational posters, calendar, clothing, even not so happy valentine candy hearts. I think most of them are pretty funny. We bought a calendar this year. My March demotivator is: INSPIRATION Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration, which is why engineers sometimes smell really bad.