Monster trucks

Thank goodness for ear plugs. It was a blast, but could have been a headache if we had not thought to bring ear plugs. The kids thought it was better than they expected and are looking forward to next year in the hopes of going again. On a different note involving Ken and the van. He took a drive to borrow a saw and was on the freeway when something flew off the van. he didn't stop at that time, but on the way home he decided to look for the object. Amazingly he found it in one piece. That was super lucky since he didn't know what he was looking for. I will rewind to a few hours earlier when we took a walk and Conner wanted to ride home ahead of us so he asked for the garage door opener. He opened the door and placed the opener next to the windshield wiper on the van. Needles to say that when Ken found it the batteries were gone, but it had not been run over. Hopefully, I can make it to the store, when everyone stops throwing up, and it will work again. The day after Ken picked up the saw I took the girls to the grocery store. I turned the first corner and heard Abree scream "MOM." I looked back to not see her. Ken was unsure how big the saw was the day before so he unbuckled the car seat and put the seat down. The seat and car seat looked like they had not been moved. When I turned the corner the car seat fell completely sideways on the seat with Abree buckled in. She was like a turtle that could not roll over. It was a good laugh for me. I think Abree was a little shaken.
It wouldn't be Spring without a little sickness. Abree and Brenna both threw up yesterday within 10 minutes of each other getting all my clothes and the floor. I decided today would be a good time to start shampooing the carpet in sections so I started with the part that Abree nailed yesterday. It is filled up and ready to go if anyone else decides to hurl. At least the older kids cna go outside and get some fresh air to avoid some of the germs.

Thoroughly Modern Millie

We took a risk and took the whole family to a middle school play on Sat. night. It was Thoroughly Modern Millie about a girl going from rags to riches. The kids were great and Brenna sat through the whole thing clapping when everyone else clapped. Conner's favorite part was the brownie that we got at intermission. We are taking the three older kids to the monster truck show tomorrow. Abree covered her ears at the play and I think she will be afraid of the trucks so the little ones are staying home.
Abree is full of wonderful and cute sayings. She had a conversation with Ken before bed the other night and told Ken that his eyes were blue, her eyes were blue and Brenna's eyes were orange. She is getting her colors down,but i don't know where the orange came from. Brenna's eyes are gray according to the doctor. Every time I take her in to get her well child the Dr. looks at my eyes, Abrees, and then Brenna's. He says he doesn't know what color to call them and settles on gray.

Brenna

Brenna is now 10 months old. She loves to stand on her own and twirl her hands. She loves to clap and wave to anyone that looks at her. She will walk by shaking her shoulders which in turn makes her legs move forward like she is doing a jig. Her favorite thing to eat is paper. She took a bite out of Conner's spelling words last week. Conner could use the excuse to his teacher that his sister ate his homework. She has had legos, paper, food, fuzzy's and amything else that she can find taken out of her mouth. She also crawls as fast as she can when she sees the laundry basket and loves to pull the laundry out fast as I can fold them. Her brothers and sisters love to chase her and say "I am going to get you" then she squeals and crawls as fast as she can to get away.