Mother's Day Tea

Noops is standing behind the girl in blue who is picking her nose......Nice!
The school put on a lovely Mother's Day Tea. The kids sang heart wrenching I-love-you-mommy songs while we all ate mini quiche and strawberries. High flutin' times, I tell you.

Loose tooth

The second picture is fake. R. had HZ pose like he was in pain. The tooth is still in his head. Everyone is ready for that thing to be OUT!

Adventures of Noops and HZ

First, I wanted to put up a picture of Noops! This was from today. She loves to have her nails painted!

















Next, HZ had a field trip. First we saw a play and then went to the state capitol for a picnic lunch. Luckily, we were at the front of the bus for the trip down there. One kid in back got sick, which made another kid sick, which made a THIRD kid sick. yuck. Other than that, I think everyone had a nice time.

HZ chatting it up with some chicks.





















HZ shooting the breeze with the guys.

Update coming soon.

Guest blogger R here, playing 'damage control publicist' for his wife. Our statement follows below:

L apologizes for stringing you all along. She is on a field trip with H today, so she anticipates a nice post this afternoon. Also coming today: H and A's school photos!

In the meantime, here's a flashback photo from December 2006. (I have very few photos here at work; found this one in my email)

sooooo busy

i'll post later tonight.

Glurch.....Thanks, Am!

My dear friend Amber told me about this stuff. Basically it is a concoction you make out of glue, water, and borax. If you are reading this and you have children, do yourself a favor and GO TO THE STORE RIGHT NOW and get borax. Make this. It will keep the kids busy for a looonnnng time. Way better than playdoh. Way better than letting them cut grass with scissors. Way better than watering plants with tiny 1 ml medicine syringes (although that runs a close second).
What makes this special? You can draw on it for one, something that Noops loved to do. HZ discovered some really cool bodily noises this stuff makes if you press it into a small cup. He said, "Oh WOW! I can make this toot! I'm going to play with this FOREVER!!!!!" If you would like the recipe, just google 'glurch'. (One note: I had to let mine sit for a bit after stirring.)

Kindergarten comedian

HZ came home with a permission slip to try out for the school talent show that would be at the end of May. He wants to tell jokes like a stand up comedian! He loved speaking at his program and is itching to do it again. (Rick and I were laughing because he's only 6!)
I caught him standing on his bed going over his joke 'routine' and when I walked into his room he laughed, pretended to hit his 'mike' and said 'Is this thing on???' I swear to you, he really said that..but only b/c Rick and I were talking and laughing about that line at dinner. We also taught him to say, "Hey, thanks! I'm here all week!"
Here are his favorite two jokes: "What did the leopard say in the shower?" ---"Ahhhhh, that really hits the spot!"
"Knock knock" (who's there) "Doris" (Doris who?) "Door-is closed, that's why I'm knocking!"

Aside from his stand up comic aspirations, I do have to tell this funny story.
Today we got him his first, ahem....'cup' for karate. He thought it was the greatest thing ever. So, he puts on his karate outfit (complete with cup) and then asks me to say "Hey, kid you don't have any karate tools!" (I'm thinking tools meant helmet, or gloves or something) And after I played along and said it, he then replied, "Sure I do! (2 knocks on the crotch), Right here.
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