Updated April 20, 2012

Mitchell passed his Level 2 swim lessons in March. He thinks he can dive off the diving board if the person before him does it and he ends up belly-flopping but at least he's up there!

 

Ian/Matthew now rides his own bike to school and usually rides along with his brother on Mitchell's way to school for 4 miles a day. He also applied himself to reading and can sound out lots of words now....especially if they involve bodily functions which really interest his 5 yr old male brain. He read three sentences without help and earned himself a Razor scooter. "Now I don't have to read anymore," he said. 

 

We made a trip to Northern KY/Cincinnati to visit Joe's BN's sponsor cities and took in a comedy show and went to EnterTrainment Junction, a train-lover's paradise.

 

Spring Break passed in a blur of Legos. The boys like to hole up in the "Lego room" upstairs and unless Carmen starts breaking stuff, I don't hear from them for hours. It's rough. We did visit the Museum and have a picnic on the riverwalk one day.

 

Joe's parents visited for 6 days right before Easter. Visiting school, dyeing eggs, biking, having tea parties and jumping on the trampoline were some highlights.

 

Joe and I both have adult kick scooters now so we scooter around the neighborhood with each other since golfing, Harley-riding, long bike rides and skiing don't happen much for us these days. People think we're funny but they'd do it too if they had three competitive-talkers at home.

 

Quotes of the month:

Mitchell

-"Don't ya love the way trains smell Mom?"

-"That's a true statement. Really."

 

Ian

-"I'm a master at scootering."
-"I'm going to name my stuffed toucan Hindenbird."

-"Is Dad learning to climb trees today at work?"

-"Dad! I read 3 sentences and it was fun!"

-"But this is what I want to know......"

-"My brain hardly knows anything."

-"True statement."

-"Most of what I know, Mitchell tells me."

 

Carmen

-To Mom and Dad in their bed at 6:30am, "I've had a busy morning."

-"My bed is not safe." (She fell out of it the only time 2 hrs later.)

-"Do you know where my Mom is?"

-"I'm a hard worker."

-To Mom playing the piano, "I need you to stop singing that noise. It hurts our ears."

-To Mom on the laptop, "Mom, I want you to get off the puter."

-"I love my Grandma."

-"Ian, I don't want you to annoy me."

-"Is Daddy at work? I miss him."

-"I'm too little to walk."

-"I need a drink of Mommy." (FYI I haven't nursed her in a year.)

-Seeing Ian with a lollipop, "I want to suck it!"

-"I'm cooking Puppy on the stove."

-Seeing Daddy in bed on a weekend am, "Daddy's in the house!"

-"I just fell over and splat myself."

-"My grubby little hands are careful."

-"Is Daddy under the pillows?"

-Answering if she pooped in her diaper, "No! Certainly not." (She did.)

-To Ian, "I'm going to Kindergarten with you."