*Sob!* We no longer have a trampoline.
The boys came home from school with several friends, and as usual, the first thing they do is jump on the trampoline. They were on it for about 20 secs when it collapsed on one side. They all jumped out quickly, and no one got hurt.
With all the rain we get here, the frame rusted all the way thru in the places where the poles attach.
Mike came home and dismantled the entire thing. Our backyard is so bare now.
I am keeping my eye on Craigslist for a new frame. The kids use it so much.
Even Christina and her friends use it. It has gotten almost 10 years of almost daily use. Next time I will buy a pad that covers the outside frame. That might save it from rusting.
Caleb and Zachary were very happy to get a dollar from Gramma Ann and also Gramma and Grumpa for Valentines Day. The boys took their dollars to school and each bought 2 scented pencils.
I made spare ribs the other night and Elektra ate and ate ate! I think she ate 7 ribs.
She probably would of eaten more, except it was all gone! Look at that full belly!
She loves to read her books. Here she is reading to her Princess Barbie.
We made chocolate chip cookies the other night, and the kids got to lick the beaters.
Elektra is really concentrating! MMM! Oh, by the way, Good News! Elektra has out grown her milk and egg allergies. She has been drinking regular milk for a month now. And she has eaten quite a bit of eggs and I have seen no problems whatsoever! She is still (and may always be) allergic to nuts. In fact, she is very aware that she allergic to nuts. She always asks, "Does this have peanuts?" "I can't eat nuts" And the things she knows doesn't have nuts she says, "I can eat this because it has no peanuts". This is great that she does this, so if someone offers her a snack, she knows to ask if it has peanuts.
Today we went to a Chili Cook Off at a near by restaurant. The kids chased bubbles,
and jumped in a Princess Bounce House.
And we ate chili. Lots of chili! I think I will enter next year.
It was only $5 a person (kids free) and that went all to a Homeless Charity.
They had a DJ, Raffles, and a Bean Bag toss. It was a lot of fun.
There was only one chili that we didn't like, it was more like chicken torilla soup consistency and taste.
The rest were all good and all different. Christina and Ben voted for a different one than us.
Their pick was for a traditional mild chili.
We picked one that was made with duck.
It wasn't traditional chili, but we liked it the best.
Yesterday morning we were abruptly awakened by our House Alarm going off at 8 am when Caleb opened the door to let the cat in. The funny thing is, we didn't even know we had a House Alarm!
We knew there was alarm pad in our laundry room, however, we were never given a code for it, and we didn't want to pay to turn it on, so we have never dealt with it.
Friday night our power surged and the alarm pad started beeping. Mike pushed a bunch of buttons on it until it stopped beeping. Some how he must of Armed the house! We pushed and pushed and pushed buttons for over 10 minutes while the alarm was blaring. I was worried the neighbors could hear, but when I stepped outside and walked to the end of the driveway you really couldn't hear it.
Finally Mike found the power box and found the wire, and snipped it.
Now we definitely do not have an alarm!
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Tomorrow is Calebs birthday! I can't believe my baby is going to be 6!
We have a very fun day planned.
