Jumpin' Jamboree!

This weekend held a wonderous - yes, wonderous (don't ask me where that word just came from) Spring Jamboree at Macy and Jorey's Daycare. Saturday morning, we got up and got the house cleaned up, finally put some shorts on for the first time this year, and went over to Leaps & Bounds daycare center in Rosemount. At arrival, we noticed they had a concussion machine - you know - one of those jumpers that all the kids get in and jump and get really tired until they jump the wrong way once and then bang their heads on each others? - ya, one of those - They had a giraffe jumper! Wow, was there a lot of jumping and laughing, and CRYING, but mostly laughing in the jumper. It was so cute to see so many of the kids really breaking out of their shells and trying to be brave - every one of them kept looking around to make sure Mom or Dad was watching. One little guy was actually convulsing from the fear of possibly getting in the jumper - others went in with smiles and came out with smiles...then, there were the fateful few who came out with fits, screams, and bumps on their heads.

Macy and her friend Makenna spent much of the day fighting over our wagon, but when they weren't doing that, they did have fun jumping, crafting and then...well, fighting over babies -- what else?! After some tears and a mini tantrum, we escaped unscathed.

[side note: Macy just now asked me, "Would you like to see my comb?" (because she's combing my hair in an abusive fashion right now.) I said, "Sure". She replied, "Well, you can't see it right now because I'm using it." --demon seed...

I thought this photo of her was fitting for that caption - this is her after a cookie when Makenna sat in the wagon without her approval - it's hard to see in this picture, but she does have chocolate all over her face.

Anyways, back to our Saturday. Following the Jamboree, we came home and enjoyed some Mr. Freezies in the front yard. They were both hot and sticky with mud caked to the sticky spots, but we just hosed ourselves down and went in the house for some naps. I had some prep work to do for my jewelry party I hosted - had I known I would have only 3 guests, I may have prepped a bit less! :) But, the house needed work and everyone loves snacks...so, why not. We thought the house was possibly going to blow away in the storm, but after about 5 minutes, the sun came back out and we were safe. My hostas are spotted and suffered a brutal attack of hail but, hey, I was bound to kill most of my plants/flowers anyways - now I'm using that as the excuse regardless when it happens.

Aunties Nad and Kenz moved into an apartment together on Sunday. Lucky for us, Nad had this car at her pad and didn't want it in her apartment. Score one for Macy - she was riding in style before she decided to help water plants [to help avoid their pending death] and to hook Reginald up with some fresh water from the hose. It's his favorite thing!

Yellow Granny (Fry) was really trying to get our little pork chop walking, but she just isn't quite there - she'll take a couple steps and when she realizes she's alone in her quest, she crumbles. Yesterday, she did take a couple steps in the grass - unfortunately, she had to do her straight-leg-zombie-walk and then toppled over and did a summersault down the grass. That may be affecting her negatively...maybe.