Blogging Vacation Recap - 4

We spent two weekends at Country Springs Hotel!  They have an indoor water park and I could pretend it was summer.  It was nice and warm inside, it snowed one of the days (so it was nice not to witness the flurries).  The kids loved every minute of it. 

The boys on our first trip it took them a little while and for Grahm some serious coaxing to try the slides. However, once they did it we didn't see them again until bedtime!!  The park is not too large inside, so we didn't feel like we needed to be with the boys every second.

Charlotte is a suicidal fish.  She will jump in, walk off the benches, lunge for anyone out deeper, and anything else a 2 year old should not be doing!!  Sometimes she would get a little water and she would still be laughing and repeat whatever crazy move she had just done.  It is fun, since the boys are more cautious in the water.  Her craziness even got me to do more than dangle my legs in!

Sorry, no pictures!

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Jason Had a Birthday!!

We had a quiet family celebration.  He had to work all weekend.  He left Friday morning and we didn't see him until Monay night - he was tired.  He asked for Corned Beef, Potatoes, Salad and Raspberry Cheesecake!!  For gifts, last minute he decided that a fun hobby in Japan would be hunting for buried treasure - so he asked for a Metal Detector!!  He and the boys will have lots of fun, hope he finds some fun things. 

Pictures of Feb Snowfall

I know this time of year it is hard to say this, but I am going to miss the snow!!  When it snowed in late February I had to take a few pictures, so I can look at them in the winter in Japan and have a little dose of home.

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Crazy Day!  At Jayce's school they have spirit week and there is theme for each day of the week.  Day 1 - Pajama Day (easy enough).  Day 2 - Dress Like a Twin (excuse me - but what does that mean).  Day 3 - Crazy Hair and Mixed up Clothes Day. Day 4 - School Colors (easy)

We ran into a glitch for Day 2.  I told Jayce on Day 1 to talk to someone at school about what they wanted to wear the next day to match (since this is how Jayce understood the day).  I told him I would prefer he work something out wearing what he already has - but if that could not be done that I would go and buy him the "Cracked Egg" Shirt at Target (since I knew that one of the boys had it).  Of course this is what they decided to do, so I sent Jason on his way home from work.  He couldn't find it.  Jayce didn't believe him, I said after dinner we would go to another Target and look.  We couldn't find it.  So we called the other boy and they worked something out - yeah.  When Jayce came home he told me that their other friend had found the shirt (that was the first I had heard of a third child - oops).

Day 3 - Was fun, I tried to make him look super mixed up.  How do you do that with a boys wardrobe.  Their wardrobe is designed to mix and match, they don't usually have stripes and plaids to clash. 

We put red and blue spikes in his hair (before we go to Japan I am buying all the colors!!).  T-shirt inside out - one arm rolled to expose Pink Striped Arm Warmer, Neck Tie, Pants - one leg rolled to expose Dad's Black Dress Sock, Basket Ball Shorts - and there you have it!!

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One day when I was feeling particularly yucky, Jayce brought home a balloon.  They had been studying gases at school.  This of course causes severe jealousy in all siblings and can result in death (at the hands of the mother).  When Jason arrived at home, he was instantly given the task of filling up more balloons for all the children.  Then we pretended they had no parents and that no rules existed (so they would let me sit on the couch and be miserable in peace!).  I grabbed the camera after awhile when I realized that moments like this are wonderful (if I can let go of my need to control and be orderly)!  Pure, genuine laughter - the best medecine in the world!!

Why?

I have had people wondering about my blogging vacation!  So here is the answer.

There is no Sunshine!  No sunshine outside.  No sunshine inside - I think I exhausted my winter supply of personal sunshine.  Add a few crazy female hormones and life is plain old no Fun.  So I spend most days trying to navigate these awful feelings wishing someone could tell me what to do to get out of it - besides visiting Hawaii!!

Waiting for the Sunshine and trying to find it!

"You Missed."

Charlotte decided to play a game of catch with her Daddy.  She handed him the football, backed up the appropriate distance, held her arms in catching position and waited for the toss.  Jason tossed the ball into her waiting arms and body.  The ball gently bounced off her chest and dropped between her waiting arms, she declared "You Missed."

I am declaring the next few weeks a blogging vacation.  I will post if and when inspiration really hits.  I plan to be back blogging regulary mid to late March.  To avoid wasted time here at my blog, please subscribe to an RSS feed!  Thank you and see you soon.!

MRE's

Sorry I have been MIA.  Even Jason mentioned my lacking of posting lately.

I am posting about MRE's.  I will be honest with you - when ever I heard the word MRE -I thought gross, military, and cockroach (survive a nuclear explosion!).  Recently Jason had to leave for some training and they were provided (out of their paycheck) with MRE's while away from home.  I was here comfortable and cooking up yummy food and thinking poor Jason.

Well - he brought home some of the leftovers and we tried them.  I was suprised to say the least.  MRE stands for Meal Ready to Eat.  They are just as tasty as any frozen already prepared food at the grocery store.

Each MRE is different.  There is a main dish, a side dish, a snack, a drink, and a desert.  We opened up 4 of them and all of it was tasty.  All you need is a little bit of water and you will have a nice hot meal [I should probably add here that MRE's would still get old if that is all you get to eat - so I still feel bad for our troops that are far from home and want nothing more than a home cooked meal]. 

We tried - Chicken and Dumplings, Chicken Fajitas, Chicken and Salsa, Beef Burrito (can you tell which ones my husband doesn't eat?).  Side dishes - fried rice , refried beans and mexican rice. 

Snacks - PB and J with the yummiest whole wheat biscuit (shaped like a slice of bread), crackers with cheese, and cheese crackers. 

Desert  - short bread cookies, milk shake (just add cold water - yummy), and another kind of cookie. 

Drinks - Tang, and coffee.

I added the unopened ones to our 72 hour kits.  If you can get some MRE's I think they would be a great addition to any 72 hour kit, warm food!

It's Official - New Orders!!

Jason just forwarded his Orders to me...



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Okinawa, Japan!

For the next three years.  So many questions.  We are excited, and nervous.  What an adventure.

Should have used Tooth "Paste"

It seems like I keep posting about Jayce and his teeth!  He lost another one last night, that makes #8.  He is thrilled, he has pulled all but 2 of them.