State of The Family #49

So, #49 for the SOF's, my 101st post.  Aren't you tired of reading yet?  I have to admit, my children can be quite entertaining.  Yesterday, would have qualified as one of those times.  I'll fill you in a little later.

The weather here has been beautiful the past few weeks (turning into lots of rain the last few days), but we were able to get a lot of sunshine time in while it was nice.

The kids had a small break from school for parent teacher conferences.  So after good reports from both teachers, we headed up to one of my kids' favorite places, the Lincoln Children's Museum.  It has been a while since we have gone and they were so glad to return.

Of course the big news around here was Miss Firecracker turning 4.  This girl has been waiting to turn 4 since the day after she turned 3.  (Thankfully, she hasn't said anything about her 5th birthday yet, except that she hopes some of her favorite aunts/uncles/cousins get to make it to her next birthday party since they couldn't make it to this one.)  She had a lollipop themed birthday and took lollipop cupcakes to school.  Daddy even went to eat breakfast with her while mommy volunteered in Noisy Man's classroom, then came to play with her a little bit later.  The highlight of her day, though was probably her best friend from preschool getting to come over to play at our house all afternoon.  They were giggle boxes and there was a little mishap with some sunscreen, but it was so fun to see them together rather than just hearing all about Little Miss S all the time.

Her party was a big success.  Most of our family was able to make it and all the kids left sufficiently sugared up with a 'thank you lollipop' in hand.  I'll let the pictures do the talking for the party. (They ended up down below because they wouldn't move up and I got tried of trying!)

The day before the party was St. Patrick's Day and those sneaky little leprechaun's made a mess out of our house.  I love St. Paddy's Day, mostly, I think, because green is my favorite color and any excuse to turn everything green for a day is fun!  Here is some of the mayhem the leprechaun's caused.  (The kids are still blaming missing, broken or out of place things on the leprechauns.)

Our scavenger hunt for our snacks that the leprechaun stole!

Noisy Man and the leprechaun trap he and daddy built for school.  Not sure what this face is.

Yes, out of place....I cannot get it to move and like I said...I give up.
But this is the Birthday cake!



leprechaun snow angel in powdered sugar from Miss Firecracker's cake



They made a fort!

undies on the TV!!!

I was so excited to get to attend a conference in Nebraska City with my favorite Christian author, Jen Hatmaker.  It was so relaxing and such a beautiful weekend.  Not to mention, I got to attend with a great group of women that made it even better.  Jen, of course, was an amazing speaker and left us all in tears at some point, convicted our hearts and gave us a missional view on God's church.  I continue to pray on what God wants me to do with this message.  If you want to know more about my somewhat obsession over Jen Hatmaker and the weekend you can check it out at my other blog.  Amazing weekend!

Enjoying her taco!

Opening presents....this was some new panties.  She was a bit embarrassed :)

The cake and the birthday girl.  The cake is minus one lollipop....it died.

And a short version of my exciting children yesterday.... I was up to my elbows in 'the runs'.  Believe me, a 2-year-old that is trying very hard to go on the potty with diarrhea is not much fun.  The poor thing was trying so hard, though.  I'll spare you the details, but it was reminiscent of a few years ago.  My poor Noisy Man had an incident at school, they cleaned him up quickly and was put on the bus home.   The poor guy was in tears as he came through the door.  Long story short, a 30 min bus ride is not the place for a little boy with diarrhea.  I don't think the teachers thought that one through or really realized what was going on.  They did call me, but not until after the buses had already left.  Miss Firecracker escaped with the least drama and it was all very short lived.  No more mishaps past 5 pm last night, thankfully.