Break a Leg

Today is the day. OPENING....well not night, it's only a matinee today so....OPENING DAY! Star is so excited and nervous. He is in the chorus for his school's production of "No Strings Attached" and has been working toward this for months. It has been fun for him and he has made a really good friend too. Spike gets to go see it with his classmates today and I get to go and help and see it with him. (HE is just excited because he gets to go on a field trip.) I don't think he has put it together that we are going to see Star's play, but he will like it once he is there I am sure. Break a leg Star!

Happy Valentines Day

Since my hubby was out of town for Valentines Day we decided to celebrate it again on the 19th. On the 14th we were lucky enough to spend the day with Grandma and Grandpa Crimson and Sunny. Which I loved and was SO grateful for.
So, on the 19th we started out with breakfast, heart shaped pancakes with red syrup. So fun! Hubby only ate one pancake on the way out the door and missed the red syrup all together. He just LOVES that pink food. (Some of you know that I am being totally sarcastic.) But the boys and I enjoyed our Valentine Pancakes. Even if some of them looked more like butterflies than hearts... At school the boys got to give out their Valentines Cards. And my hubby and I got to go on our Valentines Date. We were going to see the movie Valentines Day, but decided we had better see Avatar while we still could see it in the IMAX. It was a fun day. YEA!

Life is bipolar

Today was such an interesting day for me. I think that this must be what bipolar people feel like all of the time.
I started off the day dropping most of my crew off with the Crimson's while I took Star to go see the Lightning Thief. We had SO much fun. We loved being together. I loved that he was nervous for the movie to start, so much so that waiting in line for the tickets (which was a pretty long line) was enough waiting for him. Who cares about snacks, we needed to find seats. We got into the theater and found perfect seats and settled in to great conversation and a lot of fun. We loved the movie, even though it was nothing like the book. It was just fun, and really isn't that what we went for. We just had a great time.
Then we went back to the Crimson's house where everyone had been sledding and having a great time (just like we always do there).
The rest of the day my mind revolved around two sets of circumstances that are just heartbreaking. They don't have anything to do with my family so I won't share any information. But I found myself holding back tears. I am glad that I have good control of my emotions on days like this, because I feel like I could have cried the entire evening. Fortunately I was with great people who I love and that makes it so much easier.

To my friends that are hurting, you are in my prayers.

Long wearing lipstick...is it a good thing?

I like RED long lasting lipstick. The kind that stains your lips and you can eat, and kiss, and it never goes away. It's great, stays on for hours, NOTHING takes this stuff off.
And yet is that always a good thing?

It's hard enough to wash regular dirt off the face of a three year old. This is insane. He was VERY upset when I took the fun red paint away. He calmed down when I put him in the shower (he loves showers), but he was not too happy when I kept trying to wash his face. I haven't tried my eye make-up remover which I use as a last resort on myself. But tonight Sage is sleeping with war paint, we will see how he looks in the morning. He did start to laugh when I started taking pictures. I wish I could have caught the one of him seeing what he looked like. Too funny. Kids...you gotta love 'em!

Pic of the winner

I stole this from a friends blog and had to post it. What a cutie. If you didn't read about the derby go back a few posts. (Thanks Chantel)

Apples and miracles

This morning, because of wonderful neighbors who stayed up late into the night with their snow blowers, we had a small path in the road for cars to get through. My first thought, "I can go get some apples!" Those of you who know my boys well know they all love apples and we go through a ton of them. Even more if they are all here 24 hours every day. So, even though I had stocked up before the last storm with 4 large bags, they were all gone and we were needing some more. So we went to the store.
Well, now here is the fun part. My van has been having some electrical problems. We think that it is because a couple of the little boys decided to feed the CD player coins, and it keeps trying to read them and play, even when the van is off. We have blown a couple of fuses and every once in a while the electricity in the van just stops working for a minute or two. Usually it doesn't affect my driving, it's just annoying.
So, while we are on the way to the store, we lose electricity. No clock, no radio, and then it happened...no engine. We just stopped... there in the middle of the street. My mind went crazy thinking of how there is no shoulder and barely one lane in the road. I could hardly believe it when I looked behind me and there were no cars. I turned off everything and said a short prayer. I turned the key and it worked. Moments later it happened again and this time people were behind me. I turned the key and it worked again. We got to the store and before any of the boys got out we said a prayer. We told Heavenly Father that we really needed to get home after going to the store, and asked that our van be able to get us there.
After getting apples (milk, bread, eggs, and a few other fresh things) we went out to the car. We loaded in everything and everybody. And then I got out, opened the hood and unplugged a few of the fuses and then plugged them in again, hoping to somehow re-set the computer in the van. We said another prayer and started it up.
I do feel that it was a small miracle that we got home safely and without any problems. Never even losing the radio. I am so grateful that Heavenly Father took care of us, and our van, and allowed us to get our apples.