Fugitive on the loose=New Crocs!

As I was driving to pick up Maggie from preschool, I happened past this sight.  I wasn't expecting police tape, squad cars, a police helicoptor and news crews.  I found out that there was a fugitive loose but they were not giving out any other information.  Awesome!  I didn't exactly want to go home so I took the kids to the outlet mall to get some sandals.  They needed some and it was going to be in the 80s today so it seemed like the perfect opportunity. The kids each picked out a pair of Crocs with a starfish on them. 

I called Greg from the mall to see if he could give me an update on the situation.  He was already on his way home.  (Evidently they did not turn the heat off in his office and they insist he wear a collared shirt to work.  Sorry, but you're in the real world now Honey.)  We went home and even though my mother advised against it, we played outside all afternoon.  In our new Crocs!  We didn't even get taken hostage by the fugitive.

Fugitive update: The fugitive has since been apprehended.

Maggie: "Good thing we didn't wear our tennis shoes out today because it's freakin' hot outside"

How does she do that?

And why?  Why on earth would someone want to eat dinner with their foot in the air?  Strange, flexible child. 

Kindergarten!

We received a large envelope in the mail today and now my Darlin' is so excited.  She was accepted into the Spanish Immersion Charter School for Kindergarten.  (Writing this, I  feel like one of those parents from Nursery University).  Now it's time for me to learn Spanish so I can help her with her homework. 

Juxtapositions

Joseph 8 months

Gregory 13 months

Maggie 12 months

Joseph 8 1/2 months

Religious Ponderings by Maggie

My lovely five-year-old has been contemplating the mysteries of her religion lately.  Here are her latest spiritual questions and comments. 

"Mom, Lent can't be a season. There are only four seasons; winter, spring, summer and fall. So, Lent must be a guy. Who is Saint Lent?"

"Do we die on the cross too or does just Jesus?"

"Jesus is also Jesus' father.  But how can that be? Woah! (giggles)  I've never heard of anyone who could be their own father before."

Now how is it that my five-year-old can't stop throwing tantrums but CAN sit and contemplate the incarnation and the trinity? 

Sick babies

All three munchkins are down with the croup.  Two months ago when Joseph had croup we took a late night trip to the ER because his chest was contracting.  Let's hope this one doesn't turn into anything like that.  Poor Gregory has it the worst; runny nose, fever, cough.  We put the humidifier in his room last night and he woke up in a feverish haze and started screaming.  I went to see what was wrong.  He thought the humidifier was an evil genie.  Aah, the two and a half year old imagination.  He insisted the genie was now in his pillow.  I gave him a fresh pillow and he went back to sleep.  A few hours later, Maggie took a tumble out of her bed and knocked her cheek on her night stand.  She cried but didn't remember a thing the next morning.  When I asked her if she fell she said "No, but my teddy bear did.  Poor Teddy."  I'm hoping this passes quickly and that this is the end of the sicknesses this winter.

Maggie Moo is FIVE!

This is a bit late but Happy Birthday to my sweet little darlin' Maggie.  She was so excited to turn five this year.  The night before her birthday, she helped me make Rice Krispie bars for her class.  She also took everything that was a size 4 out of her drawer and gave it to me saying "Mom, I can't wear these anymore now that I'm going to be five."  She wore a special outfit to school.  A beautiful tutu skirt and a birthday shirt with a 5 on it.  That afternoon she helped decorate a cake.  She used blue frosting to create an ocean and then added Ariel and Flounder and some sea flowers.

We celebrated with a small party the following weekend.  Maggie planned the WHOLE thing.  We ate pizza and fruit.  And everyone got to decorate their own cupcakes (one to eat at the party and one to take home).  We played pin the candle on the cupcake and the balloon stomp game (which worked WAY better than last year.  Biodegradable balloons are the way to go!).

Maggie received a bunch of very nice presents.   Her brothers gave her a yellow football shirt so she has something to wear while watching the Steelers.  Grandma Lolo took her on a shopping spree (using Grandpa's credit card) and Grandma Sunshine and Grandpa Buzzy took her to Princesses on Ice in Baltimore.  She also got a soccer ball and lots of arts and crafts to work on while her brothers are taking naps.  She's already halfway done weaving a purse.

It has been a wonderful five years with my little girl and I cannot wait to see what this next year brings.  I cannot believe how big my baby girl is and that 4lb 12oz little girl I remember so vividly is now such a big girl.  

Snow Creations

Here is our first snowman of the year.  You can barely see it on the patio table.  I think this snowman died soon after he was created. 

After the last storm, the kids went out to build a snowman but Gregory came back in after two minutes because it was "too snowy to make a snowman".  Daddy and Maggie built one instead.   This snowgirl's name is Ariel.  She's wearing a pink scarf made from fabric scraps.  On her head you will find a blue Pittsburgh Pirates hat.  Her nose is a carrot and her eyes are rocks. 

Ariel didn't last long either.  She did a face plant and broke into three.  So a new snowman was in order.  This one was made by Maggie, Gregory, Grandma LoLo and myself.  Gregory needed his mittens cleaned off every time he got snow on them.  "My mittens are wet", he kept saying.  He didn't quite understand that the mittens were doing their job.  This snowman was named Frosty.  We took Ariel's eyes, nose and scarf and used them for Frosty.  The Pirates hat was missing though.  So we used a dead basil plant for hair.  It was the best smelling snowman I've ever met.