Happy Mother's Day everyone!
Today was a great day. The kids and I have been a bit anxious for it to get here. There's something about having a special day set apart for Becky (and all moms) that is fun. Dallin made a crown for a her at school that she was to wear all day, along with a card that had a poem explaining that it was her day and that so long as she wore the crown, we had to do everything she said... well, he was quite excited to give it to her. Early this morning-around 6:45-7 I woke up and glanced over Bec to her side of the bed. Dallin was in our room trying to find a spot to place the crown and card... I don't remember actually seeing him, just his hands reaching to place the duo on our dresser that heads taller than him! He then went back to bed and back to sleet! Cute Kid...
But what would Mother's Day be without a few... shall we say "exciting incidents" ? We were on our way out the door to church this morning when Bec saw something on the ground in the garage. She stopped over by the suspicious droppings, beneath our water hose, and starred at it. Her thoughts were that it looked like bird poop! (I'm laughing just thinking about this) Earlier that morning, I went in there to throw something away, saw the same thing but didn't think anything about it, went back inside and continued getting ready.
(the kids and car in relation to the water hose and mysterious droppings beneath it)
Well, Bec stood there wondering how (what looked like) bird poop got in the garage. She lifted her head only to find that she was face-to-face with the bum of a pigeon!!!! Literally, her face was about two inches away from the bird! She was on her way to buckle in Tylie in her car seat when this happened. She screamed and ran back to the stairs FREAKING out.. literally. She handed Ty to me and jumped in the car! It was HILLARIOUS!!! Freaky (even though it was JUST a pigeon), but funny!
The darn thing stayed in our garage all morning. We ended up leaving the garage door open all day, and eventually it flew the coop (and left the poop)! Figures...
The kids really wanted to make Bec breakfast. But since church is at 9, and the kids didn't wake up until almost 8:30, we opted for bowls of cereal for breakfast and REAL breakfast (Fraffles and Scrambled Eggs) for lunch. Here's the Queen of the House enjoying her breakfast for lunch.
NOTE: Bec mimicking Kailee's "smile @ the camera" face; cheesy grin, accompanied by eyes looking off into space and not at the camera.
Later that afternoon, the kids came in the house screaming that they found a snake! Wasn't much-just a garden snake, but it freaked Bec out (again). We went out and I tried catching it with a shovel so I could throw it over to the swampy area, but it crawled into a car's tire... couldn't get it out. The kids watched and kept an eye on it for about an hour and half, and finally somehow got it to SLITHER out onto the grass. At one point they were throwing treats to it, trying to lure it out!
A little while later, Kailee came in the house saying Dallin had it in his hands and was trying to teach it tricks! How do you teach a garden snake tricks you may ask??? Well... a little girl form a few doors down was with Kailee and told me "the snake came out of the car! It crawled on the grass and then flew home! It got up and flew way up into the sky!" (Yeah, my thoughts exactly!) I didn't know what to say, I just stood there and thought "Dude... you're crazy little girl!" About 5 hours later (Dallin asleep in bed) Kailee told Bec and I that D was taking the snake and throwing it up in the air, and letting it fall on the ground!!! THAT was the trick he was trying to teach it! (I guess I need to teach my son that only cats land on all fours-if we're unlucky) Turns out that little girl wasn't crazy after-all!
All-in-all, it was a great Mother's Day, setting aside the two freak-outs Bec had. Meals prepared by dad and the kids, mom with a crown that gave her Queen's power, kids that slept in (always nice), and visit from some unannounced guests.... Please don't be mistaken-our doors are always open for friends to stop by whenever they want-as long as you aren't a reptile or fowl!!!
