The First Day of March

What did our family do to celebrate the first day of March you ask? Well, we flied kites of course! Each of the kids were able to pick out their own kite at the dollar store and then we waited until Daddy came home from work to fly them. We all had so much fun! One child would fly the kite, while the other ones would try to catch it if it came down far enough. We had a blast. Although all three kites ended up braking before the night was over. So I got instruction from Adam to buy a nicer kite that is more expensive and that will last. I told him that if we did that, we could only buy one kite and it would have to be a family kite.

The Irresistible Bath

I was filling up Daiken and Briggan's bath tub and then ran into the other bathroom to fill up Brailee and Estee's bathtub and then I heard Daiken yelling and laughing, "Mom! Mom! Briggan is in the bathtub with his cloths on!" What??? So I ran into the other bathroom to see Daiken already stripped down and in the water and Briggan, with his cloths on, in the water as well. "How did Briggan get in the bath tub?" Daiken replied, "He just climbed in (laugh)!" I had no idea that Briggan was big enough to get himself over the wall of the bathtub to climb in. But this little boy LOVES LOVES LOVES the water and bathtub time and it was just simply irresistible to watch Daiken enjoying the water and not him. So, the kicker to this whole story is that Briggan had a poopy diaper and it had traveled all the way up his back! Yes, of course, right? So I had to lay a towel down on the floor, pull Briggan, pouring wet, onto the towel and try to get his cloths off, diaper off, and wipe him down all while he is still desperately trying to get back into the tub. What a mess!

To Have Blood or Not to have Blood

I took Brailee to the Doctor yesterday and she had to have some blood drawn. She's never had blood drawn before. She of course was wigging out. But she snapped into braveness when she saw the needle and knew she had to get control of herself. Then she did awesome! After we left, she was very concerned about the fact that they took blood out of her body.
"How can they just take the blood out. I mean, don't they have to even ask me first?" Then I had a wonderful "mom" moment as I had to explain that they did ask and I was the one who told them that they could. She asked, "Well, what are they going to do with my blood? Are they going to put it back when they are done?" I laughed and told her that she had plenty of blood in her body and it wasn't a bad thing to loose some. It's even healthy! But she wasn't buying it. She was very concerned. As we were driving home she held out both her arms and asked, "Hey Mom! Guess which arm is heaver!" I had no idea what she was getting at and very questioningly asked, "Uh, the one that has a band-aid on it?" She replied, "No! The one that has more blood in it!"