Yesterday was Ben's day out with me. It wasn't too exciting for him since we ran a lot of errands going by Sam's, the March of Dimes office, a farm feed-store, and WalMart. When I asked him what he wanted for lunch he said he wanted breakfast, so one of the highlights of his day was eating eggs and pancakes with daddy at lunchtime, then we went to the preschool early in the afternoon so he could enjoy the Easter party with his class. We got there just as the kids were getting ready to decorate cookies. The teacher quieted the children and held up a homemade cookie shaped like a cross. She asked the class, "Do you know what this is?" Maddie and Jon were anxious to shout out the answers while the other kids sat in quiet wonder. The both raised there hands and shouted in unison: "A CACTUS!" It would've been silly if just one of them said that, but since both shouted it at the same time, both teachers and I were nearly in tears laughing so hard.
Today, Allen and Will had the day off. All six of us piled in the car to drive across town to get some chicken wire to attach to the fence posts for the vines to climb. Maddie was being quite the stinker saying whatever she could to make her brothers mad. Allen told her to quite teasing her brother and she spoke back, "Daddy, I'm not teasing my brother. I am teasing the window."
A few minutes later, Will boasted, "I know THREE French words." When we asked what they were, he started the list: "Ooh-la-la,. . ." at which point we belted out our laughter thinking that was all three. Big oops on our part because he then added, "Bonjour! and ze, as in look at ze cars." We still kept laughing, but at least he joined in.
The day has been pretty dreary with a few sprinkles but lots of clouds. The kids watched the chicks at the farm-supply store and we did find the wire. We stopped at a patio store for some ideas and plan to go in tomorrow to talk to a designer about some hardscaping. For now we are hoping the rain stays away so the neighborhood kids can have a good time hunting for Easter eggs this evening. Hopefully the flashlight egg hunt will be followed by an open-window evening of living room camping. Now to go grill those hotdogs. . . .
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