Ah yes, that wonderful food, comes in a styrofoam container, just add boiling water, and why in the world do kids love it so much? And husbands...but we won't get into that. My kids LOVE ramen, and it's cheap, so we eat it maybe twice a week. And yes I know it's horribly unhealthy, but I figure it's better than a soda, right? Someday when we have loads of money, we'll have steak for lunch (yeah right) and broccoli, with organic bread on the side. But for now, it's ramen. And of course their father has given them extensive lessons on how to eat this food, he's a pro. When I had it as a kid, my mom would crush it up in the bag, and then when it was cooked it was all bite sized and ready to eat, no mess. I fixed it this way for Travis after we were married, and he informed me that this was WRONG! You leave the noodles long, and eat them like...well here's photographs to demonstrate. And I've tried fixing it for the kids all crushed up, they are always very disappointed that the noodles aren't long :D So we are then LONG noodle people over here!
Gotta get all that MSG that dissolved in the broth
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I told Greg to make a face!
Oodles of Noodles
Beka's eyes generally do this after ingesting Ramen, I don't know if there's a connection...
This is soooooooooo good!
The hair is a little messy, it was only lunch time, hadn't quite gotten to it yet :P
Look how many noodles I can eat at once!
So the next series of pictures we took when my mom was here, and she took the kids to Monkey Business, a local place that is set up in an old warehouse. They have a big jungly play gym, and they have a toddler area, and a few inflatables, one of which is a huge slide that is so fun. And adults can play on everything as well. I do a little, and regret it the next day. Anyway, these are also the ONLY pictures I took while my mom was here, I realized this as she was leaving. I think I need to just permanently wear my camera around my neck if any pictures are ever going to be taken of my family. Oh well. Carolyn and Kay Leigh has been sick, that's another story, and so Carolyn got pooped out and took a nap on the bench.
Beka climbing up the stairs on the slide. I got no good pictures of the kids actually sliding down, it's too fast and my camera is too slow.
Greg taking a quick break on the side of one of the inflatables.
Kay in the little tree playhouse in the toddler area. They had a little slide too, she'd climb up the ladder and then slide down, I showed her how to slide down backwards.
They had a great time, and slept really good that night :D
And the last thing in my title, No Easter.
I obviously have no pictures from Easter, Travis was working with his special project at school, so to start with, I was going to Easter Sunday church with no hubby :P I got the kids ready, and we arrived in our Sunday School class, where Carolyn informed me "she was going to puke" and did so, in the trash can. I couldn't tell if she was really sick, and I couldn't go home at this point, so we stayed and she seemed fine. Picked her up from class, and we're off to Grandma's for the big Easter Sunday dinner. Guess what she does in the car? Yep, into a disposable barf bag I'd gotten when Greg was in the hospital. Very handy little items, by the way. So by now, I realize she's actually sick. Oh and by the way, I was supposed to sit with my mom in Church, couldn't find her and sat alone, so did she :( And it turned out she was in an easy to find spot, too. Return to dinner, Carolyn was resting on the chair watching a movie, and I was just starting my dinner, with Kay Leigh next to me, and she's not eating much, I assume because she's not liking the food we have. HA! Were it only so simple. Nope, a few seconds later, up come her stomach contents. At this point I realize there's only one solution, go home like I probably should have four hours ago. So we packed up the little ones, I left the older two with family so they could have their Easter afternoon fun, and went home. The poor little things laid on the floor, alternately looking pitiful and getting the dry heaves. Fortunately it was over by evening and we all got a good night's sleep. So...Easter, yes, that day just really went by without feeling too special :D
And for anyone who is interested, Travis is in Houston, flying on NASA's zero gravity plane for BSU, he's been involved in this project for a while now, and it's finally here! Here is a link to a blog they set up showing what they are doing! He's wanted to do this since he was a kid, and never thought it would be possible. Fun times!
