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Great Wolf Lodge Trip!

So, after hearing all week that all of their friends get to do stuff on Spring Break, it was nice to surprise them by taking them to Great Wolf Lodge in Cincinnati. I had told them that we were taking a trip to an outlet store to get new curtains and possible a new vacuum cleaner (it was the most boring thing I could think of!). So, of course, they were all mad! I couldn't resist the urge to keep it up the whole two hour drive! When we finally pulled in and the kids saw the sign, I turned around and asked if they thought we could find nice curtains in one of those rooms. The kids were all so excited, except Drew, who slapped his forehead and said--"she got me again!" He said, "Mom, can this please count for April Fool's Day?" Apparantly he knew it was coming up and has been so nervous trying to be prepared for how I would get them this year. Do you think that means I go a little overboard with the whole April Fool's thing??? NAH!!!! ;)

Another Adams off to Kindergarten!

Dax is officially registered for Kindergarten! And even though it is numbre four--Mommy still got all teary-eyed! The first time we went to Kindergarten round up for Drew, I had just had Dax. He was very nervous, but we took him to lunch and then cupcakes. It was a beautiful day, so we walked around town a little and got him calmed down. As you can see in the picture, by the time we got to school, Dax was feeling pretty confident as he flashed the peace sign in front of the bulletin board in the school office. On the way home, I was telling the older kids how proud they should be of themselves because everyone we ran into at the school kept saying how nice it was going to be to get another Adams and how they love the Adams kids because they are such great kids! Drew started laughing loudly. I asked Drew what was so funny and his response was, "They haven't met Dax yet!" He then went on to say, "I can hear it now- we thought they were a great family until we got the juvenile deliquent!" I reminded Drew that he prayed for the "juvenile deliquent" to be born and that "juvenile deliquent" thought the world of him. Drew replied, "I know--I love him, but come on mom--be realistic!"

I didn't tell him that I already pretty much plan on being on be a frequent flyer in the principal's office! LOL

We also had the wonderful surprise of my cousin Robert, his wife, Jamie, and their three boys coming from Oklahoma to stay for a few nights. The kids got along so well. It was like they had grown up together. And being with Robert brought back so many childhood memories. His laugh reminds me so much of his father, my Uncle Wally, who died in a car accident when I was 16. He was such a wonderful man and someone whom I credit a lot of my sense of humor to. Robert has that same sense of humor and it was great to experience that again!

So, a pretty eventful week for us. We just started Spring Break tonight and I am looking forward to just hanging out with the kids and catching up on what's going on in their world without worrying about homework, or tests, or running to this or that practice!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

St. Patrick's Day (St. Peter's Day if you ask Delaney for some reason! :) is here again and Team Adams celebrated in our usual fashion. The leprechaun traps were set and ready to catch any unsuspecting leprechaun that happened upon our house. But, alas, in the morning, all we found were some gold chocolate coins, rainbow skittles and the mischief left behind! This year, the leprechaun did the tradition turning green of our toilet water and milk, but he also decided to add toilet papering our living room!

First sign of Spring???

....girl scout cookies! Delaney sold 333 boxes this year! Dividing and distributing was quite a family undertaking! Delaney also had the play at Wagnalls where she was a dragon!

Daxton also had his Kindergarten physical this week. He had to get his hemoglobin checked which required a prick of his finger. This was a major catastrophe, especially considering he had just had to pee in a cup and had the worst aim ever and ended up getting most of it on mommy's hand. I felt kind of like the receiving end of one of those "shoot the water at the target" games at King's Island! I was moving that cup all over trying to get in the stream! Gotta love having boys! So, when we told him he was going to get a quick blood test, it was the obvious "headed to the showers at the concentration camp" reaction!

The doctor was great, though! She knows we are big Star Wars fans in our family. So, she tells him that it is the same thing they had to do for Anakin. She said they need to check his Midi-chlorians to see if he is truly a Jedi. Well, this changed his whole attitude about the test and he willingly stuck his finger out to be tested. Imagine our surprise when he was "off the charts" and more of a Jedi than Obi-wan!!! Little did we know this would create a monster. Later, when we went to pick up the other kids at school, he went running way ahead of me and told me not to worry, he wouldn't get hit by a car or bus because he was "Jedi". Then, the next morning, when I told him to get dressed for school, he told me, "Sorry, but I don't have a mother or a father--I'm a Jedi". If the Kindergarten physical was this eventful, can't wait to see what Kindergarten has in store!!!!