Doozy

I know it's been awhile since I've blogged, and now I don't know if I should do seperate posts for everything, or just tie it all into one. I'm going with the one big post because it's past midnight and I'm tired and really want to get this up before yet another week begins. So, here are the past two weeks in a nutshell:

Spring Break finally came - yahoo! We headed down to San Diego to finally meet our new niece/cousin, Brooklyn. Such a sweetie and happy to have another girl in the family. That now brings my parents up to 9 grandkids. My dad and sister and her kids came with. We hit the beach even though it was pretty cold, made it to IKEA (why do we not have one in Vegas?!), celebrated the twin's birthday, and swam and soaked in the pool/jacuzzi (Thanks Dana for the great accomodations!). It was a fun trip, but we weren't done yet!








Bud took the kids out to dinner the night we got back to give me a little peace and quiet for a couple hours and to celebrate the boys birthday since he couldn't be with us in SD for their actual day. That drew their birthday out to a full week from getting their presents from Nana two Saturdays ago, to Nintendo DS's on the morning of our trip for the car, to their actual birthday on Friday, breakfast in bed on Sunday, then they STILL had donuts for their class the following Monday. After they got home from school that day I told them, "Your birthday is officially over" (lovingly, of course).
Wednesday I also got to go on a fun field trip to the Natural History Museum with them. This picture cracks me up, it looks like the dinosaur is going to attack our poor tour guide.











Easter was great last Sunday. I didn't have my camera, but the Hilbus traditions were alive and well (except for egg wars, that one kind of fizzled out this year). Kim came back from San Diego with us so she could celebrate with the family. All the cousins were together and yesterday we took family pictures of the whole crew which I'm sure I'll post soon.

So, I think that's pretty much it. Man, I do not like catch-up posts, but it's just been a crazy couple weeks. At least we're up-to-date now.

You're Turning Violet, Violet!

Well, she's at it again. Sometime during the night, Elle colored her hands purple with a non-washable highlighter. Then she slept on her hands and got it on her face. I've tried to get it off, but to no avail. Looks like we'll have to wait out the fading process over the next few days. But, notice how we color-coordinated her outfit? Now, you might ask, "well, where is she getting these markers?" Perhaps I am a little at fault, but the girl rumages through her toy basket during the night and finds the darndest things. She's supposed to be SLEEPING!










Mae's been a total handful too. She's teething and she's either crying all the time or if she's quiet, then she's getting into something. These girls are driving me crazy!!

April Fools

So right about now my sweet boys should be finishing up their lunches where they were treated to a little April Fools joke. I wanted to put toothpaste in lieu of the cream filling in some oreo's, but we didn't have any, so I had to settle for some other little pranks. First, I swapped their honey and jelly sandwiches, which for some reason they get really upset about. Then I took the straws off their juice boxes. But the best part was I filled their lunch bags to the brim with goldfish. Lots of em. Wish I could see their little faces when they opened them. Hee Hee!
I tried so hard to get them to play a joke on their teacher, Mrs. Medina, and what better trick to play with twins then to switch places. But they would not do it. I kept telling them they were missing out on a prime opportunity where they most likely wouldn't get in trouble, but I guess I just raised them too well. Wusses.

Now to think of something for Bud... I don't think the fake pregnancy test would be too funny since I've done that to him for real and it's just not something we can joke about in our family. With our luck, I really would be. BUT I'M NOT! Anyway, gotta keep thinking.