I really do worry about not updating my blog...I worry about it a lot! I worry about forgetting things Gracelyn and Ayden say or do....because I have already forgotten so much that I never even wrote down. Every day I promise myself I will set aside time after the kids are in bed to sit down at least a couple of times a week to update this. I fail miserably EVERY DAY!! And I really do want to write every day...but before I know it, it's already 11:00 p.m. or midnight and I can barely hold my eyes open!
But I did want to make sure I blogged today because something happened Saturday that I never want to forget about. Now, I know that all parents think their kids are the cutest and funniest in the world...but mine really are! LOL I'm just kidding...I mean, of course I think they are, but others may not! ha! So, anyway, I did a few Easter photo sessions Saturday, and Michael brought over some of his mom's baby ducks for me to use. They were definitely camera shy, so having them in pictures didn't work out, so I just left them in their box most of the day. Late that evening, when I was finishing up, Michael came and got the box of ducks to take back to his mom. Then I heard him say, "Brooke! One of the ducks were missing!" I figured he had to have miscounted them because we had hardly even taken them out of the box...how could one be missing?? So I went and counted them myself, and sure enough, there was only nine instead of ten. So we went searching through the weeds and by the pond, thinking we would find the duck...and most probably not alive! Well, Kortney's friend (boyfriend, really, but she won't admit it!) said he had seen Gracelyn carrying a duck around earlier. Immediately, I thought, of course Gracelyn has it! First of all, that girl is very sneaky, and she's definitely an animal lover! So I went looking for her and Ayden. They were nowhere to be found outside, so I went inside yelling their names. I couldn't hear a peep from them, which was very unusual. So I went upstairs, and saw that their playroom door was closed. I called their names again, and Gracelyn eased her way out of the playroom and closed the door right behind her so I couldn't see in. I asked her if she took the duck somewhere, and she just stared at me, trying way too hard to look innocent. I said, "Gracelyn! Where is the duck!?" About that time, Ayden threw the door open, and said, "Mommy! The duck is right here!" He ran inside their little tent and brought that poor duck out with its legs flailing and quacking for dear life! It was one of the funniest sights I had ever seen! Gracelyn told me the whole story later...it turns out they'd had the duck upstairs for hours! They had put it under a towel they found in the garage, walked right past Michael while he was working in the yard, and took it upstairs without him ever even knowing! Gracelyn said, "We had to leave the duck upstairs by itself when Daddy told us it was time to eat lunch!" LOL!!! They even sat with Michael and ate lunch, and he said they never gave a single indication they were hiding a duck upstairs! SNEAKY kids!! I guess they were planning to raise a duck in the playroom without us ever knowing?!?! I just wish I had a video of the whole thing...starting with them sneaking the duck in the house all the way til when I found it! We definitely got a laugh from it. Sure, I could've gotten on to them for sneaking the duck in the house, but how could I get on to them when I was laughing so hard?!
Michael's cousins have an old fishing boat out at our pond, so Sunday after church, we took the boat out. It was SO much fun! The boat has a ton of little holes in it, so Michael used his coffee cup to scoop all the water out! Paws jumped in there with us for a little while, which Gracelyn and Ayden loved, but it wasn't so fun after he jumped in the pond and Michael had to drag his body back in the boat, that he kept shaking off over and over, getting us drenched with wet dog/pond water. So that was pretty gross!
I am so excited that next week is spring break! I have been counting down the days! I can't wait to go to bed at whatever time I feel like it and not have to get up before the sun rises in the mornings :)
But I did want to make sure I blogged today because something happened Saturday that I never want to forget about. Now, I know that all parents think their kids are the cutest and funniest in the world...but mine really are! LOL I'm just kidding...I mean, of course I think they are, but others may not! ha! So, anyway, I did a few Easter photo sessions Saturday, and Michael brought over some of his mom's baby ducks for me to use. They were definitely camera shy, so having them in pictures didn't work out, so I just left them in their box most of the day. Late that evening, when I was finishing up, Michael came and got the box of ducks to take back to his mom. Then I heard him say, "Brooke! One of the ducks were missing!" I figured he had to have miscounted them because we had hardly even taken them out of the box...how could one be missing?? So I went and counted them myself, and sure enough, there was only nine instead of ten. So we went searching through the weeds and by the pond, thinking we would find the duck...and most probably not alive! Well, Kortney's friend (boyfriend, really, but she won't admit it!) said he had seen Gracelyn carrying a duck around earlier. Immediately, I thought, of course Gracelyn has it! First of all, that girl is very sneaky, and she's definitely an animal lover! So I went looking for her and Ayden. They were nowhere to be found outside, so I went inside yelling their names. I couldn't hear a peep from them, which was very unusual. So I went upstairs, and saw that their playroom door was closed. I called their names again, and Gracelyn eased her way out of the playroom and closed the door right behind her so I couldn't see in. I asked her if she took the duck somewhere, and she just stared at me, trying way too hard to look innocent. I said, "Gracelyn! Where is the duck!?" About that time, Ayden threw the door open, and said, "Mommy! The duck is right here!" He ran inside their little tent and brought that poor duck out with its legs flailing and quacking for dear life! It was one of the funniest sights I had ever seen! Gracelyn told me the whole story later...it turns out they'd had the duck upstairs for hours! They had put it under a towel they found in the garage, walked right past Michael while he was working in the yard, and took it upstairs without him ever even knowing! Gracelyn said, "We had to leave the duck upstairs by itself when Daddy told us it was time to eat lunch!" LOL!!! They even sat with Michael and ate lunch, and he said they never gave a single indication they were hiding a duck upstairs! SNEAKY kids!! I guess they were planning to raise a duck in the playroom without us ever knowing?!?! I just wish I had a video of the whole thing...starting with them sneaking the duck in the house all the way til when I found it! We definitely got a laugh from it. Sure, I could've gotten on to them for sneaking the duck in the house, but how could I get on to them when I was laughing so hard?!
Michael's cousins have an old fishing boat out at our pond, so Sunday after church, we took the boat out. It was SO much fun! The boat has a ton of little holes in it, so Michael used his coffee cup to scoop all the water out! Paws jumped in there with us for a little while, which Gracelyn and Ayden loved, but it wasn't so fun after he jumped in the pond and Michael had to drag his body back in the boat, that he kept shaking off over and over, getting us drenched with wet dog/pond water. So that was pretty gross!
I am so excited that next week is spring break! I have been counting down the days! I can't wait to go to bed at whatever time I feel like it and not have to get up before the sun rises in the mornings :)
