ARGH - Boys

Normally, I love my boy. The Boy is charming, kind, considerate and just darn cute. (Mommy is biased.)

This morning I almost killed him. Not really.

He came in at 7:55 a.m. to inform me that today was a talent show at school. No problem. The Boy can make balloon animals and all we have to do is find 2 balloons. All good.

Except The Boy informs me that he will be breaking boards. 

WHAT?

 

Here is how the conversation went from that point on...

"Who is going to hold this board that you will be breaking?" (Me)

"You and Dad. Why are you still in your jammies?" (The Boy)

 

Me thinking: Umm, could it be that you didn't tell me that we were going anywhere?! 

"Your dad is at work. Did you tell him?"

"No. I thought you would call him and have him come."

To save you from the rest of the whining and tears that followed, I will sum up. 

No, no one over the age of 10 knew that there was a talent show.

No, The Girl and I will not be able to get ready in less than 5 minutes to go to school with The Boy.

No, having other boys in your class hold the boards for you is not the best idea.

No. Dad has a meeting and cannot come. (Yes, I did call him and ask.)

What is a mommy to do? Improvise.

Me: "Hey, why don't you show them your form. You have a great form this testing cycle and except for that one kick, it looks great."

The day is saved.

My Wicked Weekend

I just wanted to start out by saying that my sisters ROCK!

By the way, my Mom is pretty fabulous, too!

And my sister-in-law is really awesome also!

 

'k - got that out there!

Here are the deets on my weekend away from my family - who are also pretty fabulous, too!

My youngest sister got all of us tickets to WICKED in Boise. How stinkin' cool is that? Answer: VERY STINKIN' COOL! (I was hoping that sleeping on it would calm me down but it hasn't - sorry!)

My youngest sister, her daughter, my sister-in-law, and my mom were all driving up from the Land Southward and were planning on meeting me in the thriving metropolis of Burley, Idaho at 1:00. My sweet, lovely, Hubby got me there an hour and a half early. (Thankfully, he didn't just drop me off at the gas station/diner and leave me.) After driving around and looking at  the old homestead, I hopped in the car with the girls - leaving The Girl, The Boy and The Hubby to fend for themselves!

(BTW, I left my good camera at home so these are from my phone. Sorry)

My youngest sister - isn't she cute?

We drove forever across (literally) nothing. BTW, I so hate this drive.

Meet R - the only girl I know who can play every game on every phone or iPad.

K - we reached Boise and checked into the hotel. To sum up the rest of the night, my darling Red Head sister and most of her family spent the evening eating chinese food, visiting and finally swimming at the hotel's pool. Lovely!

 

Saturday morning involved getting glam for the play and the GIRLS ONLY time had begun. First stop was for multiple mani/pedis at a beauty school in Boise. LOVE IT! One niece got orange and black tiger stripes on her hands and the other got purple and teal polka dots on 1 hand and the other hand had stripes. R got glitter on her fingers... As you can guess, we all had a blast!

When finished with nails, we changed and checked out of the hotel - then took off to the play. We stopped at Roosters Eatery and Catering for lunch. It was seriously fabulous and quick! Then a quick run into Lee's Candies for a bit of chocolate.

My mom, R and youngest sister (who is pregnant and gorgeous!)

Again with the crappy phone pictures - and Sis-In-Law just popped a yummy rum chocolate in her mouth. Sorry.

My darling Sister-in-law bought boxes of candy for intermission. LOVE it! It was seriously the best intermission in a very long time!

Then off to the play!

Some of my nieces - S, R and A. Love ya!

The curtain - cool!

waiting....

 K - let me sum up. FABULOUS!! We had so stinkin' much fun! The play was as wonderful as we expected. The singing was great and the sets were so 'steam-punk' cool. Loved every minute of it.

Then we hugged and kissed the Boise kiddos and hit the road for home.

Seriously - nothing. And yes, this was taken out the car window.

The Hubby, The Boy and The Girl met us in Burley where we ate and parted ways. It was a fabulous weekend and I had a great time. I was truly happy to be home and with my cute little family. I was hugged for maybe an hour by The Girl when we met up in the restaurant. Love that!

So, Wicked was everything I expected it to be and more. More because I got to share it with my mom, sisters and nieces. More because I really enjoy musical theater. More because I am a goof who cried at every song. MORE!

Thanks for the flowers

Sorry but I couldn't NOT post this!

I told The Girl that dandelions were my favorite flower and she should pick every one that she could find!

Thanks, baby!

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Last Week ...

You know, some days are better than others. In our world, sometimes it is a week that is better than others. Last week was kinda a 'black hole' - we had lots of things happening all at the same time. Our latest black hole was Thursday!  We had three events that were happening between 6:00 and 7:30. We are really starting to hate Thursdays! Then we are at the weekend. One of our super busy weekends. Love it. (Please insert your version of sarcasm at these short 'sentences'. Thanks)

The schedule is like this:

The Boy and The Hubby - cub scouts 6:15 - 7:30. No prob.

I have Relief Society on the 1st Thursday on the month. I usually miss it. 6:00 to 8:00. Since I had invited our TKD teachers to do self-defense at RS - I couldn't miss it. Lovely.

The Boy signed up for 4H Dog Club - 7:00 - 8:00. Crap.

The Boy skipped cubs and went to RS with me, took off early and went to dog club. OK.

The Hubby took The Girl with him to cubs. Fabulous.

All's well.

Friday.

Instead of celebrating The Girl's birthday on Sunday (also Mother's Day) we opted for Friday.

The morning dawned about 5:30 for me 'cuz I had to finish the cake, but I was done by 8:30. All good. Food in the crock and almost finished scrubbing the house clean when my mother showed up. Fabulous. The Girl and I were still in jammies. Great. Mom bathed The Girl and I hopped a shower and got ready. Late lunch at Mama Inez. YUM! Then home to finish up for the party. Almost 30 people in my house and eating ribs, hot dogs, potato salad, jello salad, veggie salad, chips, and soda. Then cake and ice cream. SERIOUSLY YUMMY. (That is another post.)  We got everyone but my mom out and on the road. The Hubby and The Boy slept downstairs for some 'camping' like experience. They somehow missed the show. The Girl cried and screamed until 3:00 A.M. almost NON-STOP! Yikes.

Saturday.

I was not up to a big breakfast so - FFY (fend for yourselves). We had TKD Leadership from 10:30 - 12:30, which was great except me running on 3 hours of sleep. My mom took The Girl shopping. The boys had a cub hike at noon so they took off. Mom and The Girl picked me up and we went to lunch. YUM! Mom headed south after that so The Girl and I put on Fantasia 2000 and CRASHED!

Sunday.

Mother's Day. (One of these days I will explain why I don't really like Mother's day. Not today.) Got a lovely card from the kids and they made potholders in Primary. FUN! Wahoo!

After church, we took a long drive. My Favorite - really! Then dessert with the in-laws. Sent the kiddos to bed and took some NyQuil.

Cute Toe Time

In our little slice of the world, today is sunny and almost warm. Love it! Yesterday was just as nice! The Girl and I repainted our toes to match our mood. Yep, polka dots! Wahoo! We are so ready for sandal weather!

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