when a game of duck duck grey duck...

...ends with a black eye, you can place your bets that Reggie had something to do with it.

This picture really does not do the injury justice.  We're talking bloodcurdling screams and a goose-egg that made me nearly faint.  The swelling settled above his eye and it was swollen shut for two days.  This boys' guardian angel is going to be working some overtime.

 

For anyone who is curious and hasn't figure it out yet, Bryan's piece of mail was an invoice from the Packers that will be gracing our mailbox every spring for his season tickets.  Not typical of most NFL teams, there is a 25-year-long line waiting (longer now, I'm sure) for the opportunity to be season ticket holders.  His brother also got tickets, right next to Bryan's, so the Wedan men are very excited.  Can't you tell from the picture?

spring? break

This past week was Brett's spring break. (Mine is in two weeks, kind of silly the metro school districts don't coordinate better.) The kids kept asking why it was spring break, when spring hasn't arrived yet. See?

 Regardless of the weather, we spent a day at the zoo.

 And at the bouncy house place.

 And at the indoor trampoline park, my personal favorite.

Also this week, Bryan got a piece of mail he's been waiting for for 25 years, and it will influence our life till death do us part.  Any guesses?

toy soup

I heard someone say her house was clean enough to be healthy, and dirty enough to be happy.  That pretty much hits the mark for me!  Even with my bar set at a realistic standard, it is hard to keep up with three busy (ie messy) preschoolers.  We try to get all the toys back into the playroom at the end of the day, and about once a week, I *help* the kids get the playroom in order.

Today, I spent about an hour *helping* the kids put all their toys in their labeled bins, getting each puzzle piece in the right box, and decluttering their craft bins.  Then I disappeared downstairs to work on my own craft.  It was 20 minutes of playful bliss!

When I returned to the playroom, the children told me they were making "soup".  Here is their recipe:

Toy Soup

14 lincoln logs

23 duplo legos

4 train tracks

1 deck of Old Maid cards

1 box of dominos

26 crayons, broken into pieces

8 puzzle pieces

1 bucket of little people

elephants, pigs, puppies, sheep or any other plastic animal in season

3 balls, various sizes

2 sticks of chalk

magnet letters (optional)

1. Dump out a large bin of rec equipment.

2. Add first 10 ingredients.

3. Stir together using two hockey sticks and a golf club.

4. Garnish with crumbled chalk and magnet letters, if desired.

5.  Soup is ready when you see smoke coming out of your mothers ears.

Reggie swims

Daddy is not-so-much in the pool to help Reggie swim as to help Reggie listen to the teacher.