Go Jazz!!

Our Great Aunt Norma

She really is great! Every other week while Jar was at preschool Grif and I go visit. The time always flies and I usually have to race out the door to pick up the kids on time. It has been such a great experience hearing her stories and if I am ever having a bad day she listens to me and then makes me feel better. She is such a positive person and knows how to make lemons into really good lemonade. She won't ever let me help her because we don't stay long enough. She would rather just visit. It is a special time for the boys and I to see her. Grif has his bag of toys in the kitchen and knows where the stool is to get his drink of water. Aunt Norma loves to follow him around and help. It is really sweet. Grif also knows which stuffed animals he can play with. The kitty and one of the bears are okay to be loved but not the special ones my mom made for her.

The last week after Preschool Graduation Jar got to come too. We surprised her with all of us. But it wasn't a very good surprise since the the freeway was a parking lot and we were so late I had to call and spoil the surprise because we were so late. She gets worried about us if we are too late. I will miss having a boy at preschool so I can visit so often. It just doesn't work the same if I don't already need to be up there. I am just not as good getting a schedule together.

Super-boys

What happens when you watch Barney and they make masks. Mom gets to make them too! We generally don't watch Barney but I gave in and the boys really liked watching them make their amazing masks. They talked me into making some. We had a great time until Jar got burned on the hot glue gun. Note to mom - maybe hot glue is faster but not such a great idea with 5 and 2 year olds.

Happy - ish Easter

It's not much fun having Easter Baskets full of candy when you have a mouth full of sores. Jaron was not having such a good with with his oral ulcers. It's hard for him to even smile when he doesn't feel good. At least he could enjoy his books and cars.
We didn't even take our cute annual Easter pictures because he was just too miserable. I guess we will just have to remember how cute they are anyway.

Spring Break Fun with Cousins

After Grif got his cast on we decided to head up to the Air Force Base and tour the Air Museum. Grif still wouldn't walk on it yet so I was a little worried it was going to be a long day. But cousin pressure is a wonderful thing. He got tired of watching everyone have fun around him so he finally got up and wobbled after them.




It was sooooo cold that we didn't spend too much time outside. But it is sure amazing to see how incredibly massive some of the planes are. It is still a wonder to me how some of those things can actually fly. Especially while carrying tanks inside.

I'm turning Japanese!!

"Mom, MMMOOOOMMMM!!" Jaron is yelling at me from the shower and I kind of ignored him for a minute until he said, "Did, you hear the good news? I'm turning Japanese!" While I am quietly laughing I ask him how. He replies "my feet are turning black from working in the garden." I love my handsome towhead.

There really is good new though. Upon further review he really is turning Japanese, there is a nice little patch of black hair popping out on the side of his head. Too bad it's not enough to darken his blond wig.

How Time Flies

I have been meaning since the wedding to get caught up but time just flies around here. On Thursday before the reception here some of the girls went to the theater and grandma was kind enough to watch all the monkeys. I came back to a surprise. Not a good one but a surprise none the less, Jaxon had broken off the tops of two of his permanent teeth. Not much could be done so we just waited until he had an appointment the next week to have them fixed. The reception went well and we had lots of fun. All the cousins had a blast. Especially eating all the ice cream they wanted. Sunday some of our boys cousins slept over and it was awesome. Until the Star Wars battle ensued and Grifin broke his leg. Grrrr!

I took him to urgent care and they sent us home telling us it was just a good old bone bruise. Well, two days later i still new it was broken but I just couldn't diagnose it myself. SO, knowing the fracture clinic schedule I new when they would be in at the Children's Hospital. I gave them a call and the person who answered said I couldn't see anyone since he didn't have a diagnosed fracture. They said I could leave a message for scheduling and they would get back with me in a day or so. Awesome! An hour later I got a call and an appointment an hour later. I guess it helps to be on the VIP list. Too bad the only VIP list I am on is the one for the kids at the hospital but it gets us appointments and valet parking. What more could you want?

Our nice Doctor who knows us so well by now asked where I thought it was broken. So I showed her where I thought it was broken near the bottom of his right leg. She left and came back with a giant smile and said, "Your good, now what color of cast haven't we had yet?" At least I know that my instincts are correct sometimes. He looked so cute I couldn't even be mad that we had another cast on one of our boys.

To top it all off Jaron had one of his worst episodes ever and was one sick little boy. He went in for a visit and was put on prednisone permanently until we could get everything under control. Boy do I not like that stuff. It makes that poor little guy so aggressive but at least he is eating.

Disneyland with (most) the Fam

Yes you can say Disneyland again. We had to go this time. The whole family participated in Disney's "Give a Day, Get a Disney Day" volunteer program. We had grand plans of everyone going together but with 27 people there are bound to be some adventures along the way. Poor Hailey got so sick she got to visit the ER instead. Thankfully it was only Strep but it happened on the wrong day. Then grandpa forgot to change his insulin pump so he had to drive all the way back to San Diego to get new insulin for his pump. He made it back in time for dinner and rode some of the fun rides with us. It was crazy trying to get everyone together but we managed a few times and I think everyone had fun. When you have a big group with an age range of 0-59 you have to be ready for an adventure.







Good news! Grifin finally got to drive a car. Between now and October he grew enough he could drive on the raceway. Oh, happy day. I think his Disney trip was complete. He even got his driver's license. That meant daddy could drive with Jaron. He and I are both glad that they have many years until they will be driving a real car.




Who wants to ride Dumbo when you can eat Humus all by yourself and chase a duck?

We only lost one child the whole day, sort of. Jaron loves to adventure by himself in Toon Town. I thought he would go straight for Donald's boat but I was wrong. Just as the panic was starting to set in we found him driving Goofy's car. He wasn't worried on little bit. He knew right where he was. We just chose the wrong day to be there. It was sooooo busy. I think that we will stay away from Spring breaks in the future.





Jaron really wanted to see Daisy but like I said before it was too busy. The line was so long I didn't want to risk losing another child in the process. So this was the best we could do. He was happy anyway. We still haven't been able to find Donald Duck though.




Thunder Mountain with all the gang. Jaron didn't really love it but with Daddy and the big boys riding again he did just so he could not be left behind. But when it came to Pirates of the Caribbean he was not going to give in he hates that ride. So it's a good thing he has a nice uncle that didn't really want to ride either. While we were riding I realized that it is pretty scary and we are crazy to think torturing our children is a good idea. They forgive us when they're older right?




Grandpa is the best baby wrangler ever. He can even wrangle two at once. Both were asleep by the time we got off of Indiana Jones. Thanks Grandpa!!