ipawee pweese

This is Jaemin speak for 'iPod please'.  He loves an iPOD touch.  First he used big brothers' all the time, now that mom and dad have one to share he uses ours.  He takes his Angry Birds seriously.  I swear I only had him undressed for a minute while I went to get a diaper and he was back on the couch playing ipawee.

He's a smart one.  He knows how to zoom around the iPod and get to where he wants.

Easter #3

You can tell I was just too tired by this one.  It was at grandmas (my grandma) with all my aunts, uncles and not all cousins, but enough when you fit us all into a house.  The kids always have a good time together, for sure.  And we have a ton of candy, but thankfully most of it is chocolate; which means it will get eaten.  Good food, good company, ready for bed.

Easter Family #2

So #2 is our own family at our own house.  Nothing special, just a ton of candy 'cause Easter bunny forgot he'd bought a bunch of candy after Easter last year on clearance and put it in the freezer.  Oh well.  Jaemin loves his basketball and net though!  Jaemin really started getting into the hunting today.  He can spot some really great hiding spots.

Easter Family #1

Every Easter, like Christmas, you have to squeeze in multiple family gatherings.  Easter's not quite as bad, but we have both grandparents to see.  So Easter Saturday evening is spent with Brian's mom and dad.  The kids had a good time and got their Easter eggs hunted.  She doesn't do candy.  It's usually a box of snacks of some sort for each kid, a couple of toys and $5 ($1 in 5 eggs).  They're color coded eggs, so you know that each kid ends up with the right prizes.

I had to keep this picture.  Normally, I delete them if they just end up being head shots and they're not really doing anything, but with a 14 year old you rarely get them in a picture anyways.

Chase stopped hunting for eggs for a second to get this tree frog off the tree for inspection.  What a nature
boy!

Kaelin got a hoola hoop and boy can she use it.

And here are the little kids.

No pullup?

Chelsi has decided to go without a pullup.  She wanted to keep her potty alarm on though.  I think it makes her feel safe that she can't pee too much and she'll get caught.  But, it hasn't gone off at all in weeks.  She hasn't had a week where she's peed more than once in several weeks.  Definitely a great investment for the family.  $100 for the device or at least $15-20/month in pullups. 

She was all smiles going to bed for the very first time in her life without a pullup on!

Such a tear jerker

http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/paralyzed-bride-jennifer-darmon-walks-at-wedding-24948127

It's only about a minute long video, but I have to say it brought tears to my eyes.  They are starting off their marriage very strong. I know, first hand, the amount of strength and courage it takes on both sides for what they're getting through.  It sounds horrible, but it's extremely true, that when these sorts of injuries take place within just a couple of years a lot of couples split up....married or not.  He stayed with her when he didn't have to and promised to by asking her to marry him.  A lot of character for him.  And her strength?  You cannot deny that someone who has that sort of injury and learns to walk again, if only for the isle, has a tremendous amount of inner strength and resolve...as did Brian.

Married couples have a lot to get through in their marriages, but this is a trial unlike most.  Maybe on par or right under if one gets cancer.  Very life changing for both, to say the least.

Fishing for Minnows

The big boys got a very small, 2 gallon, fish tank for Christmas this year.  They tried their hand a couple of different fish and nothing lasted more than a few days.  So, we were letting the tank sit because sometimes fish do better after that point.  Now, 3 months later we're getting some algae and definitely a seasoned tank. 

Since they LOVE to catch minnows and such and bring them home, I thought maybe they could put some in the tank and we'd just keep them instead.  We only have one as of tonight.  They didn't do so well as there were other people around the lake.  Jaemin did get to play with a frog and touch a tadpole though.  The tadpole has even already grown it's legs.  Jaemin wasn't too keen on the frog though.  It jumped and scared him...yeah Mr. Tough Guy.....and he told us to put it back.  I asked him to hold it, so he grabbed it from me and threw it back into the lake.  I don't think he cared for it.

It was a nice break from rushing in the evening.  I fixed supper, left it to simmer on the stove and we left. We came back just 1/2 hour later, took showers and enjoyed the food.  And boy were they all hungry after that.