Well you’ve made it to the end and it gets pretty boring from here on out!
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (March 25-27) were days filled with school, chores and outdoor play. We didn’t go anywhere or do anything. That’s been fine though. We’ve gotten a lot of work done and the kids have had some fun playing in the backyard and with the toys in the playroom. It’s ok to just be home sometimes. Because this week is spring break for the Fremont School District, all of the kids’ extra curricular activities have been canceled too. Because we knew that this week was so low key, we scheduled maintenance on the van. It’s needed it for a couple of months now, but with my busy schedule there was no week that I was willing to give up my transportation. This week was the best one. We should get it back tomorrow and it should run well for another 30,000 miles, right????
Just some side notes about other fun things that have been going on in March. We have been trying to diligently clean up the backyard and get the garden ready. The kids have been going out and pulling weeds for me everyday and I went out and “trimmed†back the trees so our garden will actually get some sunlight. I sure wish I could do more “trimming†but Scott thinks it will not make for good relations with our neighbors. Hopefully it’ll be good enough to grow a decent garden.
Jaime and Alix were talking about acronyms at the table. They were making some up and Jaime says ‘Hey mom do you know what POS mean’. I tried to hold my cool as best I could. Unfortunately I don’t remember what she said it meant but it fortunately did not mean what I grew up knowing what it meant.
A few Sunday’s ago, I was in the bathroom getting dressed after my shower and Jaime comes walking in. I said ‘Good morning Jaime. How are you?’ I got a very grumpy ‘Fine’ I said ‘would you like to go downstairs for breakfast. Dad is cooking breakfast right now?’ She looks at me and says ‘I can’t go downstairs with my hair looking like THIS!!’ It was so hard not to laugh and question who exactly she wanted to impress.
One night after Milo and Niah got out of the bath, I was dressing Afton and heard them running up the hall screaming ‘Super naked’ (kinda like superman just super naked instead). I went out in the hall and they had put blankets around their necks for capes and were running up and down the hall yelling ‘Super naked’. Had I been more prepared, a video camera would have been appropriate!
Milo’s lower lip and chin have been really chapped lately and so I’ve been putting Vaseline on him. One day I asked him to go get me the Vaseline. He comes running in and says ‘here’s the gasoline mom’. No matter how many times I try to tell him, he still asks for his gasoline.
Scott and Milo are out right now on a “dateâ€. Milo hasn’t had his birthday date yet and so Scott took him tonight. They went to Wal Mart and then they are going for ice cream. How fun to be five and out on a date with your dad. I’m kinda jealous actually!! :0)
Jaime, Niah and Afton are all in bed snoozing. Alix is reading stories on the couch. She ended up taking a 3 hour nap today and so is still awake, not ready for sleep. It’s so quiet in here, I’m not sure what to do with myself. I don’t have anything pressing to do so I’m not sure what to do, maybe I’ll read, or go to sleep……I guess I should clean!
Hope all is well with all of you. I’ll be saying goodbye for now and make a new commitment to write my weakly mono log instead of my monthly one! Ta Ta for now!
Bravo! I made it through every single word of every entry. Now that’s a dedicated friend! I love keeping up to date on all the Thompson activities. I loved this entry and all the cute/funny stuff the kids say. Gasoline is pretty funny. Plus I can just hear Jaime complaining about her hair! Ah, they grow up so fast! I did update my blog, but I forgot to add pictures today so I’ll do that tomorrow.