Headless Bunnies and Wonderful Words

I have to write about this. Charlie has caught two baby bunnies and has left us presents. Well, not really presents, more like bunny bodies minus the heads.  It seems that unbeknownst to us, baby bunny heads and ears are a delicacy for cats.  The kids have found it very fascinating to inspect the bodies. 

Last Sunday was our last "present". After church, the kids and Dad took the body to the dumpster at the floral shop. Later that afternoon, we were at my parents when our neighbor down the street, Susan, called to ask if we were okay as the dumpster was on fire. Seems plumes of smoke and noxious fumes were spewing around everywhere. We rushed home but by then the fire was out and luckily the wind kept the house from having any smell.

Now on to wonderful words:

Carter, on his own initiative, decided to make a card for his teacher, Ms. Linda. He drew her inside the card (first time he's drawn a person's face) and he wrote his name on his own (first time since Christmas). The next day, he decided to write a note for his Dad. All it said over and over was "Love". He wrote all of the words himself.  I'm hoping this means we're over the learning slump for now!

Easter Photos 2009

Here's photos at Carter's school on Good Friday. They had an Easter egg hunt inside as it was rainy and wet outside. Carter and the rest of his friends didn't care. All they cared about was getting candy.  Athena had the day off school so she was able to come along and they let her participate. 

Easter was quiet this year. Nice weather if a bit on the chilly side. Brunch at Mom & Dad's then dinner at Glenn's. Easter egg hunt was at Glenn's. 

Here's photos of Carter and Athena.  I just love this dress on Athena. 

da Vinci's Birthday

Today at Carter's school they learned a little bit about Leonardo da Vinci as it's his birthday. Carter and I talked about it on the car ride home. 

Me: "What did Leonardo da Vinci do?"

Carter: "He painted pictures of people. There weren't any cameras back then so he had to paint photos of people."

Me: "Where did he live?"

Carter: "I can't remember."

Me: "He lived in Italy."

Carter: "Yes, and people who live in Italy speak Chinese, Mommy."

Carter's First Soccer Game

Saturday was Carter's first soccer game. We were very concerned about whether or not he would make it through the entire game without crying or having a break down. I tried to explain to him what a game would be like and how he just needed to run with the other boys and have fun. He had nothing to be nervous about. Well, turns out there was nothing to worry about - he did an awesome job!

The head coach was a no show and there has to be two coaches so I volunteered Patrick for the job.  Maybe this helped Carter be more at ease? Carter kicked the ball and ran after it in the middle of the pack the entire game. He had a great time. It's like it suddenly clicked and he got it. Yeah! I was on the side lines jumping up and down clapping I was so excited for him. Patrick said he had a lot of fun being a coach. Maybe he'll be Carter's coach this Fall. 

Yeah Carter! We're so proud of you!!!!

Spring Break 2009

We had such a wonderful Spring Break this year. Here's a recap of the week:

Aunt Lizzie and Uncle James arrived on Friday March 20th. They actually made all of their connecting flights - woo hoo! 

Saturday: On Saturday we took of for Yellow Springs (about 1 1/2 hours north east of here) to do some hiking. We arrived right at lunch time after getting lost and found the little town of Yellow Springs packed. We had a hard time finding any place to eat and ended up going to a pizza place.  It didn't look to the be cleanest and service was nice but slow.  After 45 minutes, Liz and I were concerned that maybe we'd picked the wrong place and perhaps we should have gone to Subway.  When our food came, it was some of the best we'd ever eaten. Very different and definitely fresh. The kids loved their pizza while the adults ate calzones - some with mexican fillings and others with mediterranean fillings. 

After we ate it all up we took off for Clinton Gorge and some hiking. Here's some photos from there:

Clifton Gorge has some steep hiking trails with spectacular scenery. We got there just as some of the early Spring flowers were just peeking out. It was sunny with just a hint of chill left in the air. Even with instructions to Carter to stay on the path! as there were lots of sheer drop offs, Uncle James just saved him at one point.  All in all everyone had a lovely day enjoying our surroundings and each other.

Sunday: Shopping then dinner at my parents. Fairly low key day.

Monday: We had to swing back by the airport to exchange some currency and then headed down to Big Bone Lick State Park. We had a picnic fast food lunch and did some more walking/hiking around. 

Tuesday: Big day at the Eborall house! We went to Coco Key waterpark on Tuesday.  This was so much fun! The water was perfect and it wasn't very busy. We went down the slides, took a ride around the lazy river and played on the playground part. Carter and Aunt Lizze manned the water guns above the lazy river squirting anybody who went by. Cassie and Susan came as well and I think everyone really had a nice day.

Wednesday: Can't remember what we did. I think it rained so maybe we stayed around the house? James or Liz - can you remember what we did?

Thursday: Everyone but me took off in the morning and went to Sharon Woods to hang out and play. It was another rainy morning. In the afternoon it brightened up so we played in the back yard and then went to a local park, Chamberlain Park, to play after dinner.

Friday: Took a morning excursion to Target and then went out for Mexican that night. Boy did Liz, James and I enjoy ourselves and the pitchers of Margueritas!

Saturday: We went to the Children's Musuem and then headed down to Findlay Market and picked up some sausages for dinner.

Throughout the week Liz served as the official tickler for Carter and Athena.  Here's some photos and a video of them goofing off. I hope this captured Carter's laughter which is so delightful!

I have some more photos, but don't want to bog this down so will try to upload them to Kodak soon to share. 

Peep You're IT!

This is the adorable sign made by Athena and hung on Jesy and George's door four days after we were peeped and t'peed.  In case you can't see it all it says "Peep you're it!" and has peepsa and dogs with things like "Yum, I love peeps" and "Oh no a dog".

I had an evening out with some of my family to celebrate Jami's 21st birthday and I was riding along with Jesy and George so we knew they wouldn't be at home.  The kids were super excited to go to their house and give them the toilet paper treatment. They planned for four days thinking of what they wanted to do.  I wish I could have been there as Patrick said they had an absolute blast!

First off, my 4 and 6 year old are much better at toilet papering someone's house than their drunken cousins.  I don't have any photos of it, but toilet paper was everywhere! Along with strategically placed peeps and signs we put for different holidays. They brought along Mr. Snowman and I think an Easter sign.  Jesy said she found peeps in odd places for days.  Way to go kids! Great job! :~)

The Best Guard Dog EVER

Isn't he sweet? Most of the time unless it's at night and he's outside and barking. Which brings us to Friday night, March 13th. We went to bed and at some point we woke up to hear Oliver barking in the backyard. Barking loud and barking long. For some reason lately, he's insisted that he sleep outside. We think he has a bunny for a girlfriend and they rounde vous each night-you know - same time same place.

Well on that night, Oliver just kept on barking. Patrick got out of bedding mumbling something not so very nice about said dog and trudged down stairs to yell at him. He paused at the back door for a few minutes as he heard a ruckus outside. Nothing really out of the ordinary. As it gets warmer our corner seems to be the teen spot to hang out on day or night. Patrick eventually opened the door to yell at Oliver only to see a car with people in it parked on the side lot and a woman (who looked vaguely like Jesy), running down the middle of road in high heels holding a Kroger's bag and squealing.  He tucked this thought into the back of his brain and went back to bed. 

The next morning we woke up had breakfast and Patrick and the kids went upstairs to work on laundry. They opened up the front blinds and lo and behold we had been t'pd the night before. Suddenly it all came back. Yes, indeed, faithful readers, that WAS Jesy running down the middle of the road the night before! She along with George, Matt and Jami had decided to pay us a visit. BOY were they surprised to find Oliver not only outside but barking. They said the minute the crossed onto our front yard property he let them have it.  Ahhhh, good doggie!

George will take no credit for being involved as it was the saddest toilet papering job ever. However, Athena and Carter thought it was the absolute best thing since Christmas. It entertained them the entire morning. The best thing was the Easter peeps sprinkled all over the yard.  Oh and I almost forgot the two for sale signs. (BTW our sweet neighbor was soooo worried we were moving. Quote: "I know we don't talk to you much, but I consider you a good neighbor". Ummmm okay.)

Carter was a bit annoyed as he wasn't allowed to eat the peeps that had sat outside all night. "Why would someone ruin candy like that, Mommy?".  Here's my two peeps:

And here's one of them finding alternate uses for toilet paper:

Stay tuned for tomorrow's post - Peep You're IT!!!