Fun Fun Fun

Saturday was fun! It was a busy day and we didn't have any time to get bored (which is the key to my sanity).

The kids and I went to Sci-Quest where they had a Truck-a-thon. There were moving trucks, fire trucks, army trucks, dog catcher trucks, tractors, bulldozer and a lot more. A very important one was the Ice Cream Truck. Of course my kids had a Popsicle at about 10:30 in the morning. It wasn't warm either. The moving truck gave out lollipops, oh what joy! I was able to put those away until after we had a PB sandwich and some Goldfish though. Go Mami!!!! The kids climbed all over the trucks and sat in the drivers seat, honked the horns (you can imagine the concert). It was awesome! We ran into friends of ours and Luke had a lot more fun with his friend Liam and his dad than if it had only been boring old me.

And here a little story about the quality stuff our army gets to work with: There were two Humvee and the boys looked at and sat in both. The one had a look out (you have to excuse my ignorance, but I honestly have no clue about the proper descriptions) and you sit in a sling to look out. Then you turn a handle and the whole thing turns 360 degrees. Luke had a blast turning and turning and oops...the handle came off. One of the soldiers laughed and just said: That shows the stuff we have to work with; a 4 year old can break it. He was able to fix it though. Leave it up to my boy!!! He'll find a way.

After naps we went to Disney on Ice. The kids loved it. They were just smiling and watching. Well Lani only sat for a certain period of time. Too much to climb on for her to waste time sitting nicely. She did wave at Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald and Daisy Duck and yelled something in "laniish". Luke enjoyed it a lot too. He of course had to look at everything in a somewhat analytical way. "Mami, why are they doing that up there?" He was watching the workers change the set, instead of looking at the skaters. "Mami, how did the mermaids open those shells?" "Mami, are those things on wheels?" "Mami, look there's an elevator" .... Overall the kids really enjoyed it and clapped and waved. At the end Lani blew kisses at the characters. Jay and I had fun too.

This morning was an interesting one to say the least. Jay had sound duty at church and the kids and I are having a lazy day at home. I was doing dishes in the kitchen, Luke went to the potty and Lani was playing with her kitchen. Luke is screaming for me, telling me he was done with you know what. It took me a sec to get my hands dry. When I get to the bathroom, my sweet little girl is standing there wiping her brother. And Luke is acting like it's the most normal thing. I had to laugh, it just looked too funny. Lani had to get on her tippy toes to reach and well, she's only 2. We got everybody all cleaned up and hopefully this was the first and last time that happened.

Summary of a few weeks

Okay, I don't even want to know exactly how much time has gone by since my last (and actually first) entry. I'll just move on!

Things got a little busy here for a brief period of time. We are kinda looking for a new house and actually found one we like, or shall I write "liked". The offer was made, accepted and then came the Home Inspection. That didn't go over so well and the Seller wanted to reduce the price and not get the actual work done. From working in the remodeling business I know that there are often hidden problems. Anyway, no deal! So now we are happy again/still in our house here and wait for something else to come up. Who knows, with the way the economy is, it's probably better that way.

The kids are doing great. Lani is learning so much from Luke. It's amazing. And if you are wondering whether it's good stuff or bad...well both. She can almost sing the ABC song and can count a little. Luke sings the song: One, Two buckle my shoe... a lot and Lani sings with him. Half her words are completely mispronounced but she gets the numbers right. The song ends with: Nine, Ten - a big fat hen... and Lani changed the lyrics to Nine, Ten - a big fat hell. Oops!

They both still talk about Germany a lot. Luke and Lani talk about everybody often and slowly but surely I am getting more information from Luke about what he experienced when I wasn't around (like the hiking trip with Opi). He talks so much that I sometimes just feel like taping his mouth shut, but yet, I don't really get informed about valuable, interesting or important things by my son. So what does he talk about every day, all day long, every second that he's awake? Just jibberjabber as I call it. Oh yeah, Luke solution to our problem with the school district that we live in is: Let's just move to Omi and Opi. The school are good there!

A few weeks ago we went to Little Rock to visit PapPap and Grandmama (aka Rod and Lenore). As always we have a ton of fun, but the time is too short. Since Lani has grown up so much and isn't the shy little thing anymore, Grandmama finally has gotten some of the loving she so patiently has been waiting for. While I appreciated her patience (we all now people that just want to make kids do things they don't want) I was very happy Lani has opened up. Luke wasn't a problem, as you can imagine. He hasn't met a stranger yet.

Here are some Halloween pictures. Our son is sooo obsessed with Superheros. He is always playing Superman, Spiderman or Batman. Where he get's it, I don't know. He has never seen any cartoon or movie of any of those. It's fun to watch him and listen to him come up with all these things the superheros do. I have to remind him though, that they are good and do good things (like don't hit sister, don't backtalk to Mommy,...). Doesn't he look cute as Batman? Since we don't have a costume for Lani yet, she is wearing Luke's Puppy from 2 years ago. Jay is determined to turn Lani into the Joker though.