Remembering Mimi: March, 2014

10 On 10: March, 2014

10 On 10:  March, 2014

10 pictures on the 10th day of the month!

{Document a snapshot of your life & find beauty among the ordinary things in your day!}

We bought a new screen door, so we can leave the back door open.  I absolutely love it.  It is so nice being able to leave the door open all day and let in all the sunshine and fresh air.

We turned on the pool heater this weekend and are hoping the pool will be warm enough to swim this weekend!  Swimming in March, yes please :-)

Every morning, when I go in to get Briggs out of bed, this is how I find him... with the covers over his face.  I find it funny because that is how I used to sleep as well.

This is what I spent most of my day worrying about today!!  Dad is driving from Illinois to Arizona.  He left this morning, and we could not get a hold of him for over eight hours.  Needless to say, there may have been a little bit of panic on our end.  After several calls to a variety of friends, multiply state's highway patrol, and a couple of hospitals, he decided to check in.  Apparently his phone stopped working early this morning and he thought we eventually might start worrying because we couldn't get in touch with him... ya think?

95% of the time, Stella and Briggs play so well together.  Today, she was trying to teach him how to do a back roll.  Poor kid doesn't stand a chance.

Pudding, the perfect late night snack.  Yum, Yum

Ugh, I am beginning a new block of classes today.  I am really enjoying teaching online.  It seems to work out perfectly with our schedule.  It keeps me in the teaching loop, and of course, it is great money.  But, the first week of class kicks my butt.  But at least if I am going to stay up late working, at least I can have Y&R in the background keeping me company.

Yes, I know that there are only seven pictures but the seriously overreacting about dad pretty much took up most of the day.

Weekend in Review

This past weekend we definitely took advantage of the wonderful weather we are having.  

On Friday evening, we took the kids to the Ostrich Festival.  Although it was WAY overpriced, we had a great time.  Nothing like good, family fun.  I did remember, however, I terrified I was of Ferris Wheels.  I am pretty sure at one point, Stella was comforting me.  Letting me know that everything was going to be okay.

 

 
 
 

Brian had to work on Saturday, so I decided to take the kids to the Aviation show at one of the smaller airports in the area.  Briggs is fascinated with airplanes right now and I knew this would be right up his alley.
Our first stop, when we got in, was to get a couple snow cones.  While waiting in line, we happen to meet up with a couple of Stella's friends.  The girls had a great time walking around looking at the airplanes together.  They were even lucky enough to be able to get inside of a couple.

 

 

On Sunday, we met up with some of our close friends and tailgated at the new Cubs stadium.  We arrived at nine o'clock and spent the morning grilling out, playing beer pong, and enjoying each other's company. The new Cubs stadium has this amazing park attached.  It has a great splash pad and a really cool playground.  It is perfect for the kids to go play at and kind of break up the monotony of the morning.  When it came time for the actually game, I decided that I was going to stay out in the parking lot and put Briggs down for a nap.  I was able to sell my ticket and make a few bucks in the process.  Win-win, if you ask me!

 

 

 

Now that the weather is so nice, we are looking forward to a lot more days outside.

Rockin' R Ranch

This past month, Stella learned about Cowboys and Rodeos at school.  To culminate the unit, the kids took a field trip to the Rockin' R Ranch.  

They started out the field trip with a little show.  The kids loved hearing all the cowboys songs.  At one point, they even brought the teachers on stage to demonstrated their roping skills.

 

After the show, we wend outside, where the kids were also able to practice their roping skills.  With a little help, Stella actually did a really good job.

 

We were able to belly up to the "bar" and sit on saddle stools. 

And even had a chance to pan for gold.  One little girl, was lucky enough to bring 3 pieces of gold home.  She was so excited.

Finally, the kids learned a little Arizona and Indian history. 

The kids had a really great time and learned a lot too.