Easter Sunday...did the Binks Family go to church today? or did they sleep in? or did they get up early and then ditch church? Ha! The kiddos woke to find the easter bunny had eaten some of the carrots we left for him. "How'd he get in?" they ask! That's always Holden asking the questions--
"Why do chickens have feathers? What kind of frosting is on that cake? Why do you put frosting on the cake? What's in the frosting? Why do you put sugar in the frosting? Why do some chickens have white feathers and some don't? Can you put feathers in the frosting? Can we put frosting on a chicken?" He's our 'why' kid! Gotta love him!
Well, we left the bunny a key under the mat, if anyone asks! To that Holden says, "Do bunnies have hands? Does he have hands on his feet like monkeys? Are bunnies and monkeys the same? Bunnies and monkeys have fur, are they both soft? Where do monkeys live? How did the bunny know you left a key under the mat?" and on and on and on....
The kids had a great time devouring a yummy chocolate cake with creme filling and peanut butter frosting!! And, of course, they loved finding all the eggs with money in 'em! (No candy this year!) If you ask Jillian, she'll tell you how much money she collected ($4.31)...if you ask Holden, he tells you how many coins he collected (91 monies)...if you ask Kepler, he meows like a cat!
Oh, and I seem to have broken my camera. Apparently you can't leave a camera in a garage when the humidity reaches above 90%! Stupid camera...stupid weather! I'm in the process of buying (or researching) a new camera now, so hopefully I'll have one soon! So, sorry there's no pictures of easter!!
Monday, April 25, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Jason's 'stache...
UPDATE: Jason has informed me the month of april is "Magnum PI Month"! I guess there's only a few more days to put up with it! The best part is that when he mentioned it in class, one guy said 'who's Magnum PI?'. Apparently he wasn't even born when Tom Selleck hit Hawaii!
Ugh...will someone tell Jason he's growing a disgusting caterpillar on his upper-lip? It all started when some dude mentioned it was 'Mustache March'. He's lucky, though (by guy standards) and can grow a mustache in like half an hour, so he has been sporting the crumb catcher since then. He thought he'd give it a trim the other day. I turned to look at him in the car and couldn't stop laughing! He'd missed so much of it and left these horribly long, grotesque mustache hairs poking out the corners of the repulsive patch of hair! He looked ridiculous, but I didn't say anything until he'd been in public all day. I never thought Jason would be a facial hair guy...can you all tell him he looks silly and convince him to shave it!?! I'M BEGGING YOU!!! And please don't forget to mention that it's APRIL now, not March!! Let's not revisit the mustache thing til 2012, K, Jay? (I still love you, though!)
Ugh...will someone tell Jason he's growing a disgusting caterpillar on his upper-lip? It all started when some dude mentioned it was 'Mustache March'. He's lucky, though (by guy standards) and can grow a mustache in like half an hour, so he has been sporting the crumb catcher since then. He thought he'd give it a trim the other day. I turned to look at him in the car and couldn't stop laughing! He'd missed so much of it and left these horribly long, grotesque mustache hairs poking out the corners of the repulsive patch of hair! He looked ridiculous, but I didn't say anything until he'd been in public all day. I never thought Jason would be a facial hair guy...can you all tell him he looks silly and convince him to shave it!?! I'M BEGGING YOU!!! And please don't forget to mention that it's APRIL now, not March!! Let's not revisit the mustache thing til 2012, K, Jay? (I still love you, though!)
 |
SOME LIKE IT HOT!
We were watching the news last night and discovered that it is dry in Texas. Is this news? I have to admit that some mornings I feel like I live in the jungle. We have nesting birds in our chimney and in the exhaust vent in the laundry room...and with frugal Jason leaving windows open at night, I wake up feeling sticky...hearing the *squaaaak* of the birds...and waiting for croaking frogs! But alas, it is dry in Texas. We are limited to watering only on Thursdays...the only rain we've had blew by north of us hitting Austin and Dallas...just missing us. It's gonna be a LONG, HOT summer!! Thank the lord I remembered to send our kiddie pool with the movers! The kiddos love that thing!
Oh, and colored bubbles SUCK!!!! I thought it'd be fun, til I got covered in blue. Sure, Crayola says they're washable, but I'm not so sure. They only wash off when they're fresh, and don't come off of concrete unless scrubbed!!!! DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT BUY CRAYOLA COLORED BUBBLES!!!!!
Oh, and colored bubbles SUCK!!!! I thought it'd be fun, til I got covered in blue. Sure, Crayola says they're washable, but I'm not so sure. They only wash off when they're fresh, and don't come off of concrete unless scrubbed!!!! DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT BUY CRAYOLA COLORED BUBBLES!!!!!
Sunday, April 3, 2011
San Antonio Riverwalk
We did it...finally. We've only lived here four months and we finally did the most touristy thing there is to do here! What is it, you ask? We went on a family boat ride down the San Antonio River. ha! Here's some photos:
The Kiddos Visit Sea World
While my mom visited in March, we took a trip to Sea World! Man, the kids had fun! Jillian fell in love with the dolphins...Holden the sharks...and Kepler the killer whales.
It's funny how each liked something different! It's neat having Sea World so close--its only a 30 minute drive from our house. I do remember Sea World as a kid and didn't know it was such a chore...pushing three kids in a rent-a-stroller on a hot and humid San Antonio day isn't quite the Sea World I remember as a kiddo! I mentioned that to my mom and she had a good laugh! Plans are to visit again in July....JULY!! At least there's a waterpark there and we can cool down a bit!
Long Time, No Post
So...I've had a few requests (ahem, Pattee and Marcy) for more posts. Geez, like I have nothing better to do than entertain you folks! ha! I'd like to say that since my last post I won the lottery and traveled the world for the past two months....believe it if you want to!
The kids are doing well. Jillian is reading books faster than they are being printed. And to think I was worried about her progress. She has straight As (surprise) and is maintaining over 100% in spelling. At least she didn't get spelling skills from her Aunt Joby! Holden surprised me with wanting to take flowers to a little girl at school. Her name is Katie. Then I learned he wanted to take more to Hannah. He says he's got three girlfriends...Gracie (from Utah) and now Katie and Hannah. I wonder if they know they're betrothed! Kepler continues to entertain me daily. Just today he didn't want to get dressed and when I tried to force him, he turned and told me, "I said NO, mommy." Oy. Flash forward 14 years. I'm in for it, brother!
My fourth kid (he's 41) is doing well in school also. He's maintaining a 93% overall and is tied with only a few others for #4--out of 62. And, he's outlasted the original 74...12 students have either failed out or voluntarily exited the program. I do hear a little bit of bitching about the volume of information he's forced to learn...I can't say I blame him. He's been in school for 12 weeks and has had 17 exams. SEVENTEEN. Let's look at the bright side, though, he's only got 835 days left! ha
I'm good too, I suppose! I'm getting in the groove of cakes and cards again, so that's keeping me sane....or insane....can't figure out what it's doing, but it's passing Texas time quickly!
So that's us in a nutshell. That's a pretty big nutshell!
The kids are doing well. Jillian is reading books faster than they are being printed. And to think I was worried about her progress. She has straight As (surprise) and is maintaining over 100% in spelling. At least she didn't get spelling skills from her Aunt Joby! Holden surprised me with wanting to take flowers to a little girl at school. Her name is Katie. Then I learned he wanted to take more to Hannah. He says he's got three girlfriends...Gracie (from Utah) and now Katie and Hannah. I wonder if they know they're betrothed! Kepler continues to entertain me daily. Just today he didn't want to get dressed and when I tried to force him, he turned and told me, "I said NO, mommy." Oy. Flash forward 14 years. I'm in for it, brother!
My fourth kid (he's 41) is doing well in school also. He's maintaining a 93% overall and is tied with only a few others for #4--out of 62. And, he's outlasted the original 74...12 students have either failed out or voluntarily exited the program. I do hear a little bit of bitching about the volume of information he's forced to learn...I can't say I blame him. He's been in school for 12 weeks and has had 17 exams. SEVENTEEN. Let's look at the bright side, though, he's only got 835 days left! ha
I'm good too, I suppose! I'm getting in the groove of cakes and cards again, so that's keeping me sane....or insane....can't figure out what it's doing, but it's passing Texas time quickly!
So that's us in a nutshell. That's a pretty big nutshell!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)