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Its time for another installment of "Funny things my kids say."
At dinner this evening it went something like this

Simon: What does rad mean?
Mommy: It means cool
Simon: What does ish mean?
Eli: its a suffix
Daddy: its something you add to a word when you want to say something is like something else...if Alice does something like Simon, we might say she is Simonish.
Simon: What does radish mean?

He set us up, although I am not sure if he knew he was doing it or not, but funny none the less.

Happy Mother's Day

I feel very loved today. And deeply grateful for my wonderful family. Joe did a drawing for me for mother's day, and made a video. It made me cry. I partly blame that on having a cold.

My kids were excited to give me the cards they made at school. Simon's card had some fill-in-the-blanks on the inside. On one it said, "My mom always says...." and he filled in "I love you." I am so glad that is what he thinks of me saying and not other things.


I am so grateful for my own mother and love her dearly. I am thankful for my Myrna, my mother-in-law, and all her love and support. Mothers are a good thing to celebrate!

Where's Simon?

I was sure I sent Simon to school, but this is what came back on the bus at the end of the day. I think his name might be Hobbes.....

Eli

I wanted to share some things about Eli.

Back in April, the library had a jar full of jellybeans for kids to guess how many there were. Well Eli had the closest guess. There were over 1500 jellybeans and he was only 8 off! That is some good guessing. So he won a book and the whole jar of 1500 jellybeans. He took them to school to share with his classmates, which was good because we certainly didn't need that many hanging around here!

He recently got his Wolf badge in Cub Scouts. Way to go!

And last week he got glasses. That was probably inevitable, seeing how many people in his extended family wear them. Poor kid couldn't see the board in class, but now he can. And he looks pretty cute too!

Happy spring

Happy Easter, a little late I know. The pictures were on the camera, the camera went to school with Joe, the kids kept me busy....all the usual excuses. Anyway, wanted to show off my cute little girl. She loves pretty dresses and thanks to Granmama she had a lovely one for Easter.

I tried to find her a cute little hat, but apparently those aren't in style anymore, because I couldn't locate one. I made her a cute little headband instead. And a matching clip for Taryn, because she has a matching dress. But didn't get pictures of them together....not yet anyway. We had a fun family dinner. I made a bunny bread.

Carissa made "deviled chicks".

The kids hunted plastic eggs in the yard and then later turned it into dodge ball.

Taryn had her 1st birthday. We had a party at the park. Alice was fond of the party hat, so I took a picture. Reminded me of a picture I have of me when I was little.

Congratulations to Joe! He passed his comps and will graduate from his master's program in May. Yeah... the job hunt has begun. He has put in lots of applications/resumes, and keeps finding new places to apply. The waiting to hear back is not a lot of fun.

Peyton is my Orange Crush

Peyton Manning is a Bronco! Who'd have ever thought it. I am not a die-hard Bronco or football fan, but I do enjoy the NFL. I have liked Peyton Manning as a quarterback for many seasons and was so sad for him to miss all of last year. And now he is a Denver Bronco. I am way excited and I would venture most Bronco fans are. (Sorry you won't see me Tebowing). I am not placing bets on the Broncos winning the Super Bowl or anything, but I am looking into trying to find a game to go to that isn't on Sunday. Maybe pre-season. Should make this next season fun to watch! Go Manning and the Broncos!

Yeah Eli!

Congratulations to Eli and his brain bowl team. They competed a couple of Saturdays ago and they got 2nd Place! They won every round they played in, except the last one, which came down to the very last question! It was very exciting! They were Columbine A team, but could have been called the Marler team since half of it was Marlers: Ayden, Jayson, and Eli! (What can I say, Marlers have smart kids!)