Nathan Says

Nathan: MATHEEEEEW! STOP TALKING AND GO TO BED! If you're awake when the Easter Bunny comes, he'll skip our house!

Shhh... Let Mom Sleep!

It is 530 AM Friday morning. Other than a few cat naps on the airplane, I have been up since 530 PM Wednesday. The kids were up at 400 AM today. In an effort to let me get some sleep, Chris offered to get the kids up, dressed, fed, and take them grocery shopping. His heart was in the right place. His mistake was telling the kids, "We have to get dressed quietly because mommy is tired and needs to rest." Here's how it went down.

Chis: It's a race between me and the two of you. So you two both have to be dressed before I am in order to win. And remember.... we have to be quiet.
Mathew: (at the top of his lungs) OKAY!!! I'M GOING TO BRUSH MY TEETH.
Nathan: Mom? MOM!
Chris: SHHHH! Mom is trying to sleep, remember?
Mathew: EEEEEEE!! EEEE HEE HEE! AAAAAAHHHH HAH!
Nathan: Oh yeah! Mom? Mom? MOM!
Me: Yes?
Nathan: Mathew's light-up toothbrush doesn't work anymore, so I gave him mine. Don't worry, I washed it off first.
Me: (silent groan, eeeww!)
Mathew: (running into our room) Look Mom! I got Nathan's toothbrush! (bright neon blue flashing lights being waved an inch from my face)
Chris: Remember, we are letting mommy sleep.
Mathew: Mom! I got Nathan's toothbrush. SEE? (more flashing blue lights)
Me: Wow! That was nice of Nathan. Go finish getting dressed!
Mathew: Okay! (runs off, no pitter patter of little feet... sounds more like an elephant stampede)
Nathan: I'm wearing my Steelers jersey, but only when the Packers aren't playing.
Mathew: Look mom! I found my flashlight! (bright white light being waved an inch from my face)
Chris: SHHHH!!
Nathan: Mom! When I get back from the grocery store, I'm going to pick up my toys.
Mathew: (down the hall, squealing) EEEEEE! AHHHHH HA HA!! EEEEE HEEE HEE!
Me: Okay. While you do that, I'll boil eggs for Easter.
Nathan: Okay! Deal!
Mathew: See my flashlight mom? I can see you with it! (more bright light in my face)

This went on for about 20 minutes before the boys were dressed and Chris herded them downstairs.

Me? I was giggling uncontrollably under the covers because these are the mornings that I wouldn't trade for the world :)

New Camping Venue

The basement is just about finished and we couldn't wait to spend time in the new space. But what to do down there on a Friday night ? We have no furniture and no TV yet, but we just had to do SOMETHING! So a family game night and camp out was in order! A couple heated games of Zingo and S'Match followed by a camp out in the Lightning McQueen tent (I got to sleep on the floor just outside the tent).

Skiing at Welch Village

What a great day of skiing! Mathew has gone from crying at the sight of his ski boots to asking "Can we go (s)kiing? I go (s)kiing!" Mathew skies down the bunny hill on his own with his hands on his knees. When he gets to the bottom, he says "Again!"

This time, we got him on the chair lifts. He did a couple of green runs on a harness with Chris. He had a great time!

Nathan and I skied green runs together. He started out on a harness and after he was comfortable I started dropping the harness straps and letting him ski the bottom half of the runs on his own while I followed. He is a speed demon and figured out that he goes faster by tucking down lower, resting his elbows or forearms on his knees (instead of hands on his knees). By the end of the afternoon, he was able to ski an entire green run without the harness.

Birthday

Chris picked up an ice cream cake for my birthday. Yum!


This was 4 days after my surgery, so I was still pretty sore.
Mathew was very careful to avoid my middle when hugging me.
He can be a very ferocious hugger :)