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Zoos are fun

Jonas' class field trip to the zoo was today. They are studying the letter Z this week. They got to touch several animals. The guy giving the presentation was VERY good. It was a nice time.

On our drive, to take another classmate home, there was a debate, on Santa Claus. Some background... at the library, during story time, in December, Santa came to visit. This boy, that was in the car.. his dad happened to be playing the part of Santa that day. This boy's mom, told him, afterwards, that it was really his dad, but not to tell anyone.

So, we have a little toy in our car, that Santa gave to Jonas at story time.

This other boy, told Jonas, that it was REALLY his DAD that gave it to Jonas. Jonas then asked "You live at the NORTH POLE?!?!" The other boy.. explained.. no, he didn't, that there wasn't really a Santa, that it was his dad, in a costume. Jonas told him, that he SAW Santa, so he knows he's real. The other boy then stated, that no, it was his dad, and Jonas' mom and dad are probably really Santa at our house. Jonas then retorted "We don't live at the north pole!".

Mood Swings

My mom came to visit the kids at school today. Alex loves his grandma so much, he's having some problems, now that she's left.

He spent homework time crying in the floor, because his paper ripped. He was also crying because his eraser didn't work. He went to play webkinz, after finishing his homework, and instead got caught up in some game with his brothers. I heard nothing but laughter, but it was laughter that meant some rules were getting broke. I went to take a photo, for blogging purposes, but, that interupted something wonderful.

So, Caleb logged into Webkinz (this is 2 hours, after homework was done), Alex throws a fit. He actually stands in one spot, and screams, and screams and screams.

He misses his grandma.

He's cheered up as of now. We'll see how long it lasts.

It runs in the family

I need to clean today. My parents are coming tomorrow, I never claimed to be a neat person growing up, nor do I now, but I do like to give the illusion, that I maintain a clean home.

However, Jonas wanted to play on webkinz with me, so, we played the computer for awhile. Then, we watched some Handy Manny together. That's when he announced, he wants the website with the blue bird, that he saw on t.v. So, after awhile, I realize, it's Noggin. We fix the kids' link page, to include Noggin. Then, it occured to me, that now that I have my own URL, the kids don't have to look at advertisements anymore. So, I spent like an hour, trying to figure out how to make this page. It's quite ugly. (I should add, that the original kids link page looked quite different before I started... that I tried to make it match my blog's layout.)

So, I added just a page at the top of my blog. Although, that's not what I wanted either.

So, I need to figure out what I want to do. If all else fails, I can describe it to Jeremiah, and he'll direct me. I *think* I can do this on my own though.

As for running in the family... while, I was on the computer, here's what Jonas was doing...

I realized, after working on this project though, I am suppose to mail some packages for Jared. I am the shipping department. So, Jonas and I are going to put aside our electronic toys, and take a walk.

Edited to add: I will be working here, trying to create a page, that goes along with my blog, but is not connected to it, for the kids' computer. It should provide hours of fun, to follow my progress.

Chickens

The dogs were running quite low on dog food (because Dagny tipped over our container, and ate half of it, last time I filled it up), so Jonas and I went into town to get some food. Unfortunately, the kind we buy was on sale, therefore sold out, so we had to go with the "premium" variety, and pay more. I guess they're worth it.

I offered to Jonas, to take him out to eat at McDonalds. A happy meal (4 piece nugget, with a diet drink and small fries) is only 400 calories. Very reasonable. He didn't want McDonald's though, he wanted Famous Daves. With the lunch menu, it was not terribly priced (same as we spend at Arby's), so we did it. Yummy food. We are going to have rice and beans for dinner to offset my high calorie lunch.

We picked up some shuttlecocks at Walmart. I set up a badmitton net last night. We had one birdie for it, but I wanted some extras, just in case we broke the one lone birdie. Jonas was giggling, as we were walking through walmart, thinking... What if we hit a birdie up into the sky, and a birdie ate the birdie. That was funny. Perhaps you had to be there.

We then went to Orscheln's, were I get our dog food. It's spring, anyone out there know what that means at Orscheln's? Yes, you guess it. Baby chicks, ducklings and bunnies. Very, very cute. It brings back fond memories of going to my grandma's farm in the spring time. They had tons of baby animals, but most importantly, on their back porch was always a box, filled with baby chicks that I could pick up and pet. I always thought my parents didn't know how to have a proper farm, not a single farm animal, but Grandma had it right. Plenty of baby chicks.

Well, Jonas get $1 allowance a week. He always makes big plans for what to do with that dollar. Guess what a baby chick costs. Yep, on sale. $1. He begged me all the way home for a baby chick. He explained that it could run around the yard. He mentioned, if we had a pond we could get the duckling. He also pointed out, that if I wanted a caged animal, we could get a bunny (those were more than $1). We'll see if he remembers to ask Jared for a chick, when he gets home from work.