A (kind of) good day

So I forgot to blog about the horrible, no good, very bad day we had a while back. I'll do the condensed version. We got lost taking Annika to camp, she was an hour late. My cell phone died and we were extremely late meeting Tricia and the kids at Crown Center. There were no pay phones around ANYWHERE for me to call Tricia and let her know. Ian got car sick. An hour late, we finally arrived at Crown Center (of course Tricia and the kids had already left.) After seeing the line snaking out of Fritz's (the restaurant where the train brings you your food) we settled for a pretzel in the food court. We sat down, exhausted, and I asked Ian to pray for our food.

Here is how his prayer started out:
"Dear Jesus,
Thank you for this good day...ummm, this kind-of good day."

I love Ian! He also admonished Elizabeth for jabbering while he was praying:

"ELIZABETH! You do NOT talk during prayer time. That is NOT appropriate to God!"

Me: Ian, you were such a good boy at Grandma Goody and Barry's!

Ian: Yeah, that's cause I've been reading the Bible too much.

Me: Does reading the Bible help you remember to be good?

Ian: Yes, when I read it then I obey God.

Make it a Sprite next time

Just a few of the questions Ian had on the 30 minute car ride home from Papa and Nana's (after a busy day that left the rest of the kids exhausted):

What is air made of?

What are rocks made of?

How do they make firecrackers?

How come the firecrackers can still go off if it is raining? Why doesn't the rain put the fire out?

What is car insurance?

Why does World's of Fun have a balloon on their sign?

Are there any stores that are open at midnight?

Can you please name all the stores that are open at midnight?

Now name all the stores that aren't open at midnight.


-Moral of the story? Holiday or no, henceforth that boy does NOT get any caffeine!

Quick update

Once again, no blogging in awhile; things have been really busy around here! Elizabeth is talking up a storm, Ian lost his first tooth (pictures to come), Annika is having a blast with baseball (and has already decided she will be playing basketball next) and Alexandria just got back from camp on Thursday. I have kept myself busy with the kids, the pets and working out. So just a short post for tonight, but I will be back soon with pictures of the toothless boy, the 4th and Alexandria singing in church.