April Fool's

I rocked April Fool's Day today.  Rocked it.

When Ian came downstairs in the morning, I handed him his juice (in a cup with a straw) but HA!  I had filled it with lemon jello the night before :)  He thought it was pretty funny.  After he figured out that it wasn't the straw that wasn't working...

Then I poured him his cereal.  I had put a couple drops of blue food coloring in the bottom of the bowl, then poured cereal on top of it, so when I poured the milk on it in front of him, it magically turned blue!

Ian was so into April Fool's day.  He soon figured out that he could pretend just about anything and make it funny by shouting, "April Fools!"

Ian!  Get dressed!  You are going to be late to school!

No, Mom!  I'm not ever going to do that!!  ...APRIL FOOLS!!!

*sigh*

He kept asking me if I had any more pranks to pull.  I (of course) kept telling him that I was all done for the day.  He and Chase went to school, and I proceeded to make a bunch of teeny tiny peas, carrots, corns, and potatoes out of Starbursts and Airheads.  I mixed those with vanilla pudding, baked a pie crust to fit the pan, and laid it on top.

Then I had to wait for like 6 hours before I could serve my Chicken Not Pie for dinner.  And I couldn't even Facebook about it, because I didn't want Bryan to find out.  Torture.

Finally, dinner came around, and I had to make a big show of taking my pie out of the oven, pretending that it was hot, and dishing it up.  I may have cracked a smile during this, and perhaps stifled a giggle, because Bryan became suspicious.

It took Ian a few bites to realize there was something amiss.  He ate some crust first, and exclaimed, "Mom.  This is the BEST dinner!"  Then he took a bite of filling, chewed for a bit, and asked (with a giant grin on his face) if I put jelly beans in the pot pie.  Bryan and I played it off, like ours was perfectly normal, and he took another bite.  He began raving again at how good it was (Well, yeah, I just served you candy and pudding for dinner- of course it is good!), and then it clicked that it really wasn't dinner at all- and he was pranked again :)  Oh, and he also thought the whipped cream instead of milk was awesome.

Chase just about cleaned his plate.  Except he left his "veggies"- I think they were too chewy.  Funny- he will eat real green beans and corn like they are going out of style, but he spits out Starbursts.  I don't think I will ever figure out that boy of mine.

We had dessert next- wild rice and red beans :)

Water Table

It feels like August here today.  I filled the water table up yesterday and the boys loooooooove it.  Love it.

Oh, and this is Chase's new cheese face that he puts on every time I take the camera out.  Nice, right?

Swinging Weather

**Big Deal Alert:  Notice that Chase is on a big boy swing by himself.  This week he all of a sudden got the concept that if he lets go, he will definitely fall off.  It is supercute because he curls his little legs under the swing to help stabilize himself.  That is going to suck when he learns about pumping...

Birthday Shopping

I am getting my birthday shopping on for Chase's upcoming THIRD birthday.  I know I definitely want to get him his own little broom and mop set (I know.  Woo-hoo!  Aren't I the cruelest mom EVER?  But seriously, he loves to sweep and it is getting to the point where I can't get my broom out and even think about actually getting anything swept up off the floor; he likes to "help" so much.).

But I am also thinking about this Bilibo thing:

Has anyone bought one of these things yet?  Ian tried one out in the local "pricey cool toy store" and thought it was pretty fun.  I thought if Chase had one around the house, he might play around on it.  It looks like it would be good PT-skill building, core strengthening stuff.  I may have to order it from Amazon.

My Famous Mom

Check it out!  My mom was on TV :)

There is a written story and a video clip.  She is the cute red head.

Sweet Chase Story

Angelle told me this story that happened when she dropped Chase off at school yesterday:

Chase walks in the classroom, and a little boy named Connor (right, Angelle?) gets this big grin on his face and says, "CHASE is here!!!"  Then he gives him a big hug and says, "I LOVE Chase!"

How sweet is that?

We are really, really, really, REALLY, reallyreallyreallyreallyreallyreally going to miss this class when he starts public preschool at the end of April.  Really.  

I have to think of some awesome gifts for his teachers and the director.  Any suggestions?

3.21

It is World Down Syndrome Day!

March 21st is 3/21, representing the 3 copies of the 21st chromosome that Chase sports.

Celebrate the little extra in your life :)  I get to do it every day!
(I also get to stamp my foot and throw my hands up in the air, but this face makes it all better!)