experimenting

We made bouncy balls! They ended up resembling blubber, but we had fun throwing them and watching them bounce all over the house. And Aria got to put the drool on one or two before we could stop her. That girl's quick, or I'm getting slower.

We tried making these a few days earlier, without Borax. Apparently that is quite the important ingredient. The kids had fun even without the Borax, we called it Goo, and Ammon wants to make Goo all the time now.

you're only as old as you feel, right?!

I had another birthday, of which I'm very grateful for. Let's consider the alternative, right? So I'm 34. I say it proudly, because the kids do, to everyone. "My mom is older than your mom." Nice, right? Nothing like kids being proud of their aged mother. Really though, I love it. It was a great day, and poor Josh, with my birthday on a Saturday, and Mother's day the next day, he really had his work cut out for him. I was trying to convince him to do a birthday month, or at least a week. But he said two days in a row were enough. Luckily, he treats me so good on my unbirthdays, he got away with it.

My special chocolate mousse cake from Colleen. Josh and I kept this cake a secret from the kids...shhh....

Heading out on our fancy date to Applebee's and Ironman 2. Brave Susie and Shelley watched the kids. All of them. For free. And brought cake and presents. Sweetness huh! I love getting help to blow out candles every year. And yes, Aria did get a fistful there. That was one tasty cake. I'm drooling just thinking about it right now.The group responsible for the fun cake, I hear we could've won $10,000 from America's Funniest Videos if they had it taped. Something about Liam's knees in the middle of the cake and the repair job afterwards? At the park for a KFC lunch with the family. Aren't they so hilariously fun? It was such a fun day!! Just thinking about it now makes me smile still. And Mother's Day was great too. Josh and the kids made me a book with a poem in it and pictures of me and the kids. Family IS what life's all about. *grateful sigh*

Cinco De Mayo

For Cinco De Mayo, we went to an all out Mexican food bonanza at Colleen's
house, which was SO tasty and fun. That day I was wishing we had a pinata to
break for the day's festivities, and thought, why not? So the kids and I put
together a quick pinata from a paper grocery sack, some leftover green tissue
paper, construction paper, and tons of glue. And duct tape. Actually, the rest of my
roll of duct tape.

This is what Liam thought of the pinata hitting...not a fan.

Shayla taking aim

Ammon patiently waiting for the best hit The kids who conquered the pinata beast (with the help of Mike)

This pinata ended up being virtually indestructible, and was dubbed the Titanium Pinata. So folks, if you have an event coming up, and need a pinata that lasts through lots of kids, let me know. The only thing is, the candy ends up being pulverized in the process, but hey. The pinata is still in one piece.