More Broken Children...

The oldest bought a skateboard on Monday, and broke the wrist on Wednesday.

My signing: "Told ya so"

A Weekend With Friends...

The wife and friends seem to have had a very nice weekend together, even counting the short sleep and extra work that came up for me causing some wrinkles.

Friday:
The ladies show up at about 8am with a big surprise. After which, everyone sleeps. Later that night, the ladies decide to hit a dive bar and they run into guys with sweatshirts like "I Love Soccer Moms" and patchy hair styles (as in, hair in patches - frequent phrase: "Shave it Dude") and lots of fun hand signals. All of this followed by drunken whispering which only woke up the people in the 3 houses on either side of us.

Saturday:
Sleep to noon to catch up for Friday. I had to work, so the ladies were kinda bummed that they couldn't take off on their forays until about 4:30pm. They went shopping, eating and finally caught up with me around 8pm. Later that night, we hit the same dive bar, but didn't have near the same amount of fun. So, heading home, we were in the door by midnight. The funny part here is that the ladies wanted pizza and no pizza joints were open down here. So, they made up for it by baking a cake including making their own frosting. This caused another late night, but the cake was good.

Sunday:
After having trouble finding coffee, everyone had time to chat. The ladies leave today and signs of missing each other are already starting. Wish they could stay longer, but we'll have to settle for a safe trip home.

Thanks for making the trip girls!!! Wife has enjoyed it, and it definitely was something that came at the right time as she needed the break from the routine I think. So, until next time - take care and we'll be thinking of you often!!!

About time (I updated the more about later)...

I was recently told that I hadn't updated the more about later section regarding Easter. Dad and Step-Mom came in and had a good time. Relatives came over and enjoyed the wife's cooking and all of it gave me a good excuse to watch basketball which wouldn't normally happen.

So, some of the high points:

My younger cousin has both been volunteered and volunteered himself to watch the kids - overnight no less. Now the kids want to know if he'll be watching them all summer...

Wife showed off how great a cook she is.

Big Ten teams did well in the tourney.

None of the typical "family day" happenings - everyone got along and seemed to have a good time.

The folks left way too early the next day. I also realize just how poorly I do at 5 am wakeup calls.

April Fool's Day...

So, I finally got one over on my wife. Typically, April 1 is a day in which I live totally in dread for how my wife will treat me as she tortures her family ruthlessly. This year however, with a little help from her friends, I finally got the better of her. Some of her best friends decided about 3 months ago to make a road trip for this weekend. Now granted, all I did was give directions and keep a secret, but the surprise was well worth it and she seems to have forgotten all about torturing us.

So, some of the pranks:

Susan got me by cutting out a photo of a model and putting it on my work badge.

I got the youngest by pointing out bedroom light was on when it wasn't. However, the funny part was when he wasn't going fast enough and I started telling him to hustle and he replied "I'm hustling my bustl..." and fell on it instead.

The other two have been trying to pull various pranks with varying success. Youngest daughter tried convincing us that her teacher was leaving to teach another class and the oldest was on similar stuff.

I can't wait until tomorrow...

Happy (Easter) Bunny Rabbit Day...

Grandparents came in to town this weekend and it's been a lot of fun. Dad has been playing with the kids and Grandma has been shopping so everyone has been having fun. More about it later, but in the meantime, have a great day!!!