Bunco - cha ching!

Just a quick blog to say - hooray! - I won Bunco tonight! $70...woo hoo!

Big Bang Boom Birthday Bash!

Last week went by quickly, it seems! Ricky and I went out Saturday night for his company's 85th anniversary and we had a good time chatting with some adults : ) Sunday we woke up and decided to go to 7:30am mass - we NEVER do that with the kids - but we all seemed to be awake and in good spirits. Each time I post I am going to try to remember something funny that one of the kids said (so that one day I won't forget). The prize goes to Andrew when we walked up for communion and RIGHT after Father Cook blessed AAA, Andrew practically got right in his face and said with enthusiasm..."I like cheese pizza!" Huh? Not sure where that came from but Father had a sense of humor and said that he liked it too! We took a quick trip to Lowes and Home Depot looking for a bird bath that I liked for a "new" area in the yard. No luck.

Just before our house got overly chaotic, it was time to go to a birthday party at the Hoeings. It was Jake's (5), Anna's (3) and Emma Kate's (5) trio birthday bash featuring a GREAT children's band "Big Bang Boom". They really got the kids laughing, dancing and their songs were really cool. The music reminded me of the Bare Naked Ladies (for all of my elders reading this...that is a band!) but with children's lyrics. Rachel and Kevin and the Halsey's did a great job planning the party and the kids received a CD to take home with song picks from the birthday girls and boy! How awesome is that??

The grand entrance...

All of the kids!

Following the party we headed over to our favorite place for subs - Jimmy John's (owned by the Hoeings!) I knew that Abby must be getting REALLY good at reading when she snickered and said "Look at that sign!" (in JJ's)...it said: "Your Mama wants you to EAT at Jimmy John's". I think what she thought was so funny was the word "Mama". Kind of scares me knowing that she can read just about anything now and she WILL ask questions if she doesn't understand it. Adam loves the Salt & Vinegar chips at JJ's and so do I. Finally, Andrew actually ATE a sub (not just the cheese!) I had to creatively roll it up and squeeze it together so it would look like a hot dog. Alternating bites between the chips seemed to work well! They say that it is all in the presentation and I know that is true for Andrew. We hopped in the van and headed home. Stopped at Ace Hardware and much to my surprise "we" found a suitable bird bath for the yard. Mission accomplished!