M.I.A.

I'm here

I'm alive

I just have tons on my plate

And even more on my mind

(which I am not ready to share here yet)

So for now I will try and catch up

with the Lenzer happenings

All though

it's not much folks

Fair Warning on the Boredom

This past Saturday was nice weather
Colton had a birthday party at the zoo
Connor had his first soccer game of the spring season
Then we did some yard work
I had 3 little helpers on my job
For ever plant I got in the ground
someone
(not naming any names)

got one pulled

Finally got them preoccupied for a bit

I ran out of flowers and cleaned the patio table
We opted for dinner outside
pizza and beer
we went all out

I really hope it doesn't freeze again
and kill everything I planted
I bought a few more flowers this morning
to finish off the 1 section I started
(3 more areas to go)


We have been to the zoo
several times in the last couple of weeks
The temperatures are up and down right now
So if it is a sunny day
We are there

However
Christian wants to walk
EVERYWHERE
now
so we don't get very far inside the zoo

We have been spending lots of time
in the driveway
riding bikes and scooters and trikes

Mark just took the training wheels off of Connor's bike
gasp
so hopefully I will have news on the that to report soon
success news
not broken arm news

If I have to pick up all the food off the floor
one more time
From Christian dumping it
I might just put my head through the wall

I bought some straps to try and lock it up
They don't work
He just pulls harder
I bought storage bins with lids
(the shoebox type)
to put food in
hoping that would deter him
He gets the lids off

And he's obsessed with the mixer
Yes I still have an old school hand mixer

He drags this thing around everywhere

He has been entertaining himself more though
He, too, loves legos

He will play for 30 minutes sometimes

until he gets himself in a situation
that makes him mad
then he screams

he got on the windowsill and couldn't get down


I hope this video works
I seem to be having issues getting it to play here
But the big boys entertain me lots lately

That's most of what I have for now
We are on spring break this week
Have a few play dates planned
and hoping to meet some Dallas friends
halfway at the
Arbuckle Wilderness Drive thru zoo
Trying to finish preparing for vacation leaving next weekend
I don't think I have even posted about it
We are headed to San Diego and Disney Land
We are going to see Casey while we are there
And meeting up with my fave cous Cindy at Disney
our kids have never met
so I cannot wait

Let's try this video
Connor reading like a champ

Connor turns 5 while we are on vacation
4 was really hard for me
I thought 5 would be no big deal
but now that it is approaching
wowza
kind of hard
Every day he seems bigger and smarter
I love that boy

Oh yeah
Christian's off the boob
He just stopped
bittersweet
The other night he woke up with a tummy ache
and it was the only time he asked for "boobie"

Toodles
my friends
(let me know if the videos work)

We're a Sad Bunch

I'm referring to

The Lenzer's

We ALL suck

Mark came home late Friday night 

from a business trip

And had to leave again Sunday

I was so looking forward to 1 GREAT day 

with the hubs

BUT.....

he had thrown his back out

AGAIN

and was in pain

and a crappy mood

needless to say-

he did nothing

we did nothing

and it ruined my mood too

The boys had a birthday party to attend Saturday night

and I made Mark go with me

hurt back and all

By the time the party rolled around

My eye was in serious pain

If it is possible to break your eye

that's what I would have thought was wrong

Couldn't blink, touch it, close it

PAIN

By bedtime it was red and swollen underneath

like a black eye

but not bruised, just red

It is finally starting to feel better today

Christian has been snotty for 2 months now

no doctor can fix it

believe me, I've tried

At the party he started running a fever

Kept a fever most of Sunday

finally today just back to his regular snots

Picked Colton up from school yesterday

and he felt warm

He didn't talk in the car

ding, ding,ding

(my little bell ringing)

knew something was wrong

He came home and layed on the stairs

He was VERY hot with fever

But since he won't let me check his temperature

not sure what it is

He layed on the couch all afternoon

Ate a little supper

We went upstairs early for jammies

I made my bed with freshly washed sheets

because his diaper had leaked the night before

(yes he is still climbs into my bed every.single.night.)

A few minutes later he's watching TV

I am putting Christian to bed

Connor comes running in to tell me Colton threw up

my poor baby

my poor sheets

thank goodness for my new washer & dryer

or we would have been sleeping in Colton's bed

He has not puked again

but is still with fever

PLEASE CONNOR

stay well!!!!

The bad thing about always a sick kid

you can't go to the gym

it's weeks like this I wish I had something at home

Had the plumber here yesterday

He informed me our problems are never going to go away

if we don't invest in some sort of water softener

We have major sediment build up

HEY, what's another couple grand?

On a healthier note...

Connor is reading like a champ

listening to your first born read words

REAL WORDS

wowza

such a warm fuzzy feeling

We went to the zoo twice last week

soaking in the warm weather as much as possible

It's cold again this week

not freezing by any means

but wearing the coats again

Sunday zoo trips are great for people watching

We don't usually go on a weekend

and I quickly remembered why
but...

kind of makes you feel good about yourself

Colton is shirtless and running flying around like

SUPER MAN

so his fever must be down

let's hope it and his breakfast stays down

My Future Scientist

Well not really

But a mom can dream right

We have been wanting to test out the Science Museum for months now

It is right next door to the zoo

which we frequent

So we talk about it all the time

Finally I decided to venture out

We used some Christmas money to purchase an annual membership

And we will get every penny's worth out of it

guaranteed!!!

With it's play fire station 

and real fire pole to slide down

or crazy mom's to dance on

And the nation's largest indoor spiral slide

And even plenty for Christian to do

And planes and trains

And tumbling

And so much more we did not even get to yet

(don't they just look like trouble?)

Super EXCITED about this place

But let me tell you what pissed me off.....

I try to teach my boys respect

Of their things

but more importantly of others

For example, while here at the museum

They played with blocks

When we were done, we put the blocks back in the bucket

Now this place has seen better days

But I imagine it is pretty hard to keep up with it with all the kids that come through there

But come on folks

RESPECT

My boys were playing on the slide

This gi-normas slide

Christian and I were in that section crawling around

It is kind of set up like a big tree house

Then this group of boys comes running in

Probably about 9 years old

probably some all boys school on a field trip or something

Anyway

they come 

RUNNING

and are all running UP the slide

I snapped

And told the teacher/supervisor

I have little ones trying to slide down

Every section we went to 

Here came these unruly boys

Now in a couple of years

I might be singing a different tune

But for now, it irritated the living poo out of me

I try to show my boys one way to behave

and here come these older ones acting like monkeys

Luckily they did not stay very long

Love is the Air

Not my Love

Not my Air

But my friend Thomas

He got married on Sunday

In Tulsa

It was small and sweet

We made the 2+hour drive out there to

Skelley Lodge

And found these gorgeous views

It was truly a peaceful place

Thomas told me it used to be a hunting lodge

But now it is rented out for weddings and such

I

of course

had to sneak in a few pictures

Even though it irritated the crapola 

out of the hubs

See they don't always cooperate

Back to Thomas

and HIS wedding

It's not always about me

All though I think it should be

The ceremony was outside

with nature as the decor

and the breath taking views

I had to stand back by the lodge 

with my little chatter box boy

The above 2 photos were the only ones I got

My hands were busy

What can I say

After the ceremony

We ate and played around

The big boys played football with the other kids there

Including Thomas' new step sons

And that was a moment for me

As I stood over on the side dancing with Christian

Watching my other babies play

It hit me....

This is what life is about

NOT

running errands

NOT

watching a football game alone

NOT 

tag teaming with your spouse so you can go to Target kid free

NOT

wondering what you are missing

But...

watching your kids play with new friends

and

spending an evening outside knowing that everything is right

in your world

OK geez....

where did all that sappy crap come from??

Back to my normal bitter self

AKA

Debbie Downer

Love these brothers

Wore these little shoes
Cute
Didn't even hurt my feet
But my heels slipped in them non stop
Which makes it very difficult to walk
Not as difficult as heels at an OUTSIDE wedding though

Suckers kept sinking into the ground

And wanted to share the groom's cake
Ok
well nevermind
The freaking pictures aren't working now
Stupid Computers!!!

I will try and show it later
Headed to Dallas tomorrow after school
We have 2 birthday parties to attend this weekend
And I am hoping for a birthday dinner with some friends

Toodles