Week at Grandma's

Max and Jane spent a week at Grandma Corbett's this past week. David drove up with the kids, dropped off Max and Jane and came back with Blake. You'd kind of expect that after a week of hanging out with your Grandma you'd be ready to come home. And while the kids were happy to be home, they were already asking when they could go back! David's mom is fantastic with the kids and they LOVE to spend time with her. They went swimming everyday and played tons of games (Grandma's speciality).

Thanks Grandma for having the kids and loving them so much!

AHHHH It's MARIO!!!

As the primary driver of the car I'm always on the lookout for things that might interest the kids on the road. Let's just say that I think I actually scared the kids when I started screaming....."LOOK, LOOK KIDS, LOOK OUT THE WINDOW!!!!! ITS MARIO AND LUIGI!!!"

Yes, we actually turned around, stopped the car, and got out for pictures. I mean really, how often is your child's obsession out dancing in the street?

Entrepreneur

 What is it about kids that makes them want to get out and make money?  Selling lemonade, rocks, paper airplanes, etc.  Max and his best friend wanted to sell otter pops today.  I told them to go out and get orders and find out what color people wanted, then come back and we'd deliver them.

They came up with a price list and after all that hard work only sold one.  A purple one.  3 cents.  But as you can see in the plastic baggy, he got a nickel and got to keep the change...I see a future entrepreneur in the works!

Kids are funny.

We went to see the animated movie UP last night for Jane's birthday.  The movie is incredible on many levels, and extremely entertaining.  But at one point in the movie someone is injured and there is an image of them wiping away a small amount of blood.  Here's what I heard behind me from a child talking to his mom:

Child:  "That's just ketchup right?"

Mom:  "No that blood"

Child:  "I know it's supposed to be blood, but they used ketchup, right?"

So cute.

Someone Turned 6 Today!!!

Jane is SIX today!

We got her a castle which took about an hour to set up, but she is having a blast right now playing "girl in the castle" with her friends.  She has a great imagination and it's hilarious to listen to them (especially when they don't know you're listening). 

"How about you have the king be your husband for a while and then when you're done with him I'll marry him."  

Happy Birthday to the most awesome little princess around!