Bath Tub

This is what happens when you think you are being smarter than your kids by getting the baby out and jammied first so she won't pee on your carpet while you are helping the two big kids get jammied.

On the way to Iraq

This amazing photo of my husband was taken in Bangor Maine by a Ms. Lynne Tower. Maine is one of the big stopping points for the flights in and out of Kuwait. And they have lots of welcoming people that go around and take photos and then post them online. So thank you Ms. Tower for capturing my soldier so perfectly!

Movies, movies, movies!

Holy movie splurge!! In the month of March I bought:

The Blind Side

Princess and the Frog

AstroBoy

Tarzan

Sherlock Holmes

Hercules

Snow White

High School Musical 2

Are you kidding me? I am the biggest Redbox fan in the world. And here I am buying everything instead? I guess it is just another coping mechanism. That or a really good excuse to indulge in "things-that-will-distract" while Jason is deployed!

Sour Grapes

A few weeks ago we bought some grapes from Costco. And oh my goodness! They were SO sour, we couldn't even eat them. So Kylee got a game going of Chubby Bunny! And we had a blast! Just for the record: Jason fit 30! Kylee did 20! and Elina mastered 7! and this mommy didn't even try...to many years of being pregnant has seriously heightened my gag reflex! And you had to spit out the grapes when you were done because they were THAT SOUR!

Today

This week at home has been very hard on my kids. We spent our Spring Break at my mom's house in Cabot Arkansas. And that was the perfect distraction for my kids to not be focused on their dad leaving. But I think only Elina really understands what Daddy being in Iraq means. Noah is so whiney and prone to crying. This week he has been constantly on the verge on tears. It is really driving me nuts! I try oh so very hard to be patient once I remember that the whininess is because of Jason being deployed. But that is a hard feat at 1am and he is screaming "I need you Mommy or Don't leave me" Noah never tells me "I miss Daddy or I am sad because Daddy is gone". Noah is very confused with the meaning of "Iraq". So a few days ago I switched to saying that daddy is going to be at work for a long time. Well, what is a long time to a three year old? A week...two? And I am sure Lydia doesn't have a clue that she will not see her dad for a year. I would imagine that infants and toddlers do not have time recognitions like a five year old would. She just screams "DAD!" at every picture she sees of him!

On a happier note: I just picked up the new family picture we had made before he left. And I am more than pleased with how good they turned out! Here is a preview:

Noah

I think Noah is having the hardest time so far with this deployment. Today he told me that we lost our first Daddy and now we have to get a new one. Hmm...I told him No, I like the one we have. How about we just wait for him to get home from Iraq? And Noah thought that was "cool" (his new favorite word). So then this morning while I am encouraging Noah to hurry and get dressed for preschool he informs me that he will hurry so he can be dressed before Jason gets home from exercising. And he always says his prayers "thank you that Daddy can be safe if Iraq, and thank you that he can home home soon". I guess the poor kid is going to be waiting for a while!

The Great Wolf Lodge

A few weeks before Jason deployed we made it a priority to visit the Great Wolf Lodge in Kansas City. It is an indoor water park that poses as a hotel and a friend here in Colorado highly recommended it. And let me tell you...it was worth every penny and even the NINE HOUR drive in the car!