Valentine's Day Balloons

Mimi had a weak moment and bought some Valentine's Day balloons for Aidan and Evan.  I was a little ashamed of myself for wasting money on balloons but when I gave them to Evan and Aidan I was glad I spent the money.  Just watch!

This was Aidan's first balloon.  I think she thoroughly enjoyed it!

Evan, of course, has always loved balloons.  He found a unique, very boy, way to play with his.  He used his new transformer from McDonald's to shoot his balloon.   Thankfully, the balloons are made of mylar and the toy projectile has very little force!

I actually got Evan to sit still for a quick Valentine's Day picture.  Mommy had them both dressed for the day.

Weather Day Feb 13, 2013

We have finally gotten some much needed rain!  In fact, we got 6.88 inches over the past two days and about 5 inches of that yesterday and last night.  That means we have water covering the bottom of the pond again and some lovely mud puddles in the yard.  School was cancelled due to the condition of the dirt roads in the county so we had double grand baby duty today...and boy was that fun!  We began the day with a wagon ride through the mud puddles in the yard.

 The water is midway up the wheels of the wagon and actually touching the bottom of the wagon.

 Aidan has never seen this much water in the yard!

 Mimi sort of didn't realize that the bottom of the wagon was pretty low and had a drainage hole in it.  The drainage hole became a water inlet so some little folks kind of got wet feet even though they were safely in the wagon.

Evan and I discovered a spot in one of the puddles where bubbles kept coming up.  We speculated on what was causing the bubbles.  Evan thought maybe some critter like the ones at the beach that make bubbles was down in the hole.  He decided to conduct an experiment to see if putting a leave over the bubbles would cause them to stop.  Unfortunately, the experiment was a failure.  The bubbles just kept bubbling!

After much fun in all the mud puddles we headed back into the house for a dragon hatching. At first Aidan was relegated to participating as part of the audience.  Granddaddy collected all the kids, Miss Sally, Mr. Pig, Mr. Sheep and Miss Rabbit to watch the hatching.

 Aidan and Miss Sally quickly became good friends.

Once the dragon hatched,  Aidan decided it was more fun playing in the dragon's lair!  The dragon wasn't too happy about her invasion of his home but he tolerated it all the same!  Notice the "Blue Dragon" in the background.

Aidan had so much fun this morning that she refused to take her morning nap.  So after lunch in an effort to get her to sleep Evan and I went for a walk with Aidan in the wagon.  She watched while Evan conducted tests of what objects would float in the mud puddles and ditches at the end of our lane.  She stayed awake the whole time.  Finally, the wind came up and Evan decided we needed to get back home.  When we got to the house she was still wide awake.  Granddaddy came out the back door headed to the mailbox and decided to pull her to the mailbox and back.  He didn't even make it to the mailbox before he heard her head hit the side of the wagon.  She was finally asleep. While she was asleep Evan and I played demolition derby with his hot wheels cars on my bed.  I never knew those cars would roll on a bed but they do, quite well!  Mama arrived a little after  4 to find Evan on the couch with me hiding under the cover, Aidan on top of the cover eating a banana and Mimi exhausted!  And, guess what, school is closed tomorrow so we get to have this fun all over again!  Yeah!  I think!

Rain, Beds and Awards

We have had a few rainy days in a row.  Since we can't get outside like we usually do Granddaddy and Aidan have discovered some new ways to entertain themselves.  One of their new activities is "helping" to put clean sheets on the bed.  Their way of helping is to play "Where's Aidan" as we put the sheets on the bed.  

When the Where's Aidan game got old,  Granddaddy invented another game. Just watch!

Aidan loves to go outside and is missing her daily rides in her little red wagon. She spent quite a bit of time up on the back of our couch gazing out at the rain and wishing she could go out.

When she noticed that I was trying to take a picture of her she gave up gazing out at the rain to come after the camera. This is the shot I got of her trying to get to me to get the camera.

Evan is the top reader of all the kindergarten students at Jeff Davis Primary.  As a result, he was invited to the Board of Education meeting on Monday to receive an award.  

Here he is waiting patiently for the meeting to begin.

And this is his baby sister waiting patiently for the meeting to begin!  She "talked" during the prayer, the pledge and part of the meeting.  We're going to have to work on her behavior in public!

 Dr. Brown, superintendent of Jeff Davis County Schools awarded Evan his certificate for earning 204 points in the Reading counts program.

 Evan with his certificate.

Of course the whole family had to attend the Board meeting to see him get his certificate.  Even Aunt KK made it.