Tree Frogs

I had to take a picture of all the tree frogs that like to live in our umbrella. This day there were 13 of them here and 5 in the BBQ. We have to constantly check the grill so we aren't making tiny frog legs when we grill. They make a heck of a racket at night, although I guess we are used to them by now.

The New Car

Well with gas prices continuing to rise Jaesen traded in the truck for a Subaru Forester, that will still tow his boat and has room for all of us. The kids loved it, especially the gigantic sunroof. Jaesen wants me to add that no he is not a tree hugger (yet!) but he is being rational in the face of insane gas costs. At any rate when he came home last night with the new car the kids went ballistic, they love it. We all went for a ride and had fun looking at planes, birds, clouds and the sunset out the sunroof.

The Girl Who is Afraid of Everything

I am not sure if Savannah uses the tactic of ear piercing screams to try and disable the dog or scare it away, but I must say that her high pitched squeal and fear of coneheads is driving us all crazy. Poor Bailey can't even maneuver through the house without crashing into something and here is this child screeching at her constantly. And not only is Savannah afraid of coneheads, but also tree frogs (which we have loads of on account of the pond behind the house), lovebugs (which happen to be mating right now), and her shadow (loads of fun in sunny Florida). We definitely have our work cut out for us.

It's been a busy 10 days

Wow, I can't really believe that it's May already. Last week I had my finals and I missed my straight A's for the semester by 1.11%. I was pretty bummed. It's amazing that I am so excited about my grades nowadays because it sure was never a priority before. It's a good excuse to ride Tristan about his grades though, although he seems to do just fine without my bugging him. Anyway so usually we have a week off until we start our next semester so it's relaxation time. I tried to pack as much as possible into one week. I had my final and then went on Tristan's field trip to the zoo. I was so exhausted by the end of the day. I had forgotten what hanging out with 15-20 7 year olds can do to you. Wednesday I claimed for my own and scrapbooked all day long which was long overdue. Thursday was Tristan's reading celebration at school. All the kids have a goal to get to for the year depending on their grade level. If they make it they get shirts and a BBQ outside and inflatables to play on and the high school cheerleaders, drill team, chorus and drumline all come. The mascot and owner of the minor league baseball team came out as well, and it was just a great time. The top readers in each grade get to a throw a pie at the principal so the kids have a ball. Then Tristan, Jack and Savannah all had doctor appts to go to Thursday afternoon or Friday morning, it was crazy. Savannah's ear had still not gotten better so we are on a new antibiotic, Claritin and I have to clean her ear and add antibiotic ear drops. They cultured it as well so hopefully we will see what's growing in there. Jaesen and I went on a date on Friday night and then it was the weekend. We never bother to slow down for that though. We had baseball on Saturday afternoon and Jack was allowed to play. There were several other teams that had 4 year olds on them and we were told well if they are a coaches kid they can play. So Jack played. He scored a run and hit a pitch that was thrown instead of just off the tee. Of course he also picked the grass in the outfield and played in the dirt, but it was great to see him finally able to play and his favorite part was drinking gatorade in the dugout. Then we were off to see our friends from Japan, the Smith's, that are here for another two months before heading up to Maine for awhile. We had a great time and the kids were all really good, except for Tristan letting their dog out the gate so he could swim in the pond! Sorry Greg! And now Bailey is having ear surgery because she whacked her ear on the table and it all swelled up. Poor girl, Merlin is lost without his mom. He is somewhere here moping about. That about sums up my week off though, makes me tired to just think about it. This week I start my OB rotation which I am really excited about!!!!

Kids really do say the funniest things

Jack has made us all laugh a lot lately so I thought I would share a bit so everyone else can laugh too. The lovely fish that he caught we finally cooked and ate the other night. He ate all his vegetables and rice and picked at the fish. He really didn't want to eat it. I had him try a bite but then he kind of slid it around his plate. Finally he looks up at me and says Mom, I don't think I want to go fishing anymore. I said "Why baby you had a lot of fun with Dad." He said to me "Well I don't like to catch them because then they have to die." Jaesen assured him that they would no longer bring any fish home, with Jack it's just catch and release. It sure was a good redfish though! Today I pick him up at school and as usual ask him what he had for lunch. "I had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, but I didn't like it." Why, I ask. "Well it had bones in it and I don't like my peanut butter with turkey bones." I almost drove off the road trying to contain the laughter. I tried to explain about crunchy peanut butter but am not sure he fully believes me. And then of course there was the day where he made up a principal of his school named Jack Mennack Menena. Menena is his really first name though according to Jack Riley. He always hears Tristan talk about his principal and so he thought he might need a principal too. Tristan has been doing his baseball and in the last 2 games has hit 3 homeruns and one triple. His last game though he couldn't field for anything, and even standing on his own two feet was difficult. It was running through the team, somebody must have slipped something into the water cause our team sucked! Savannah is running now but obviously not quite fast enough as she has had two bite marks to the face this week at school. We are counting down the days until the Grandmas come to help out this summer and the kids can take a break from the daycare drama.

Jack on Trapeze

well I just had to add this one too, Jack did so great on the trapeze, I think he has found his calling. Of course having no fear helps too!!! I didn't get back on the trapeze this time, I chose to relax and watch Wacky Jacky do his thing.

Spring Break Vacation

Well for spring break we decided at the last minute to head to Club Med Sandpiper again down in Port St. Lucie, FL. We got a heck of a deal on a two bedroom suite so we couldn't resist. The kids were so excited to go back and saw a bunch of the same counselors from our last trip at Thanksgiving time. They had loads of fun in their clubs and Jack really excelled on the trapeze this time, hanging by his knees by the last day. Savannah was in a Wild West Show and both boys were in the Hip Hop Show and the Circus Show doing the "Swing of Death". Jaesen played some golf and I even joined him for 9 holes one day and we had a blast. I hung out by the pool a lot and drank pina coladas and ate some good food. I was just so excited that I didn't have to clean a room or make a meal. I walked around a lot taking pics of the kids doing their activities. Tristan really took to rollerblading this time and we bought him a pair when we came home. Jaesen even did some fishing at the resort and caught a pretty big fish that he took to the kitchens to have them cook. All in all it was a successful trip and very relaxing which is what we were looking for. It was back to the daily grind of school and work once we got home. Jaesen starts flying this next week and I have two weeks left in this semester before starting summer session which is OB and pediatrics. Jaesen has had a mild week this week and took Jack fishing today so they could spend some good time together. They had a blast and caught a huge redfish. Jack was just ecstatic about it all. Then he swapped kids and took Tristan for some night fishing, we will see what they catch. Sorry Gran, you no longer have the biggest fish, that honor goes to Jack who helped reel in this whopper!