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April 2009 Journal
April Showers
bring May Flowers....so we should be seeing lots! This wind is
still blowing us around like crazy! Mom thinks we moved to
Chicago or something!
It is starting to warm up but not like we typically do by this time
of the year.
Happy Easter to everyone this month!
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APRIL FOOL'S ~
Gotcha Dad!
April 1,
2009 |
YES!
YES! YES! Now, I did have a little bit of help
and encouragement from Mom but originally all my idea to want to
fool Dad. I am a little jokester at heart ya know!
I got up for school...and Mom said now would be a good time to
"get Dad" as he was just getting out of the shower, it was early
and his brain was probably still asleep! Mom's words, not
mine! :)
I was nervous and wanted Mom to do it with me and she said that
if she did, he would realize something was "up". So, I
went into the bathroom.
"Dad! The toilet is overflowing!"
Mark "What? Where?"
Cole: "The toilet is overflowing, in my bathroom"
Mark: "Okay"
And for what seemed like an eternity...Dad followed me to the
bathroom.
Cole: "April Fools' Dad!"
Mark: "Oh, haha, you! Pretty good one Cole"
Funny thing...I hear Mom and Dad talking about how I actually
got him. Mom told Dad she didn't know what was
funnier...the fact that it actually folded him or his very slow
reaction to the toilet overflowing all over the bathroom!
Dad is so not a morning person and apparently that couldn't even
snap him out of it!
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Coloring Easter
Eggs!
April 4,
2009 |
You know...I
would have to say that coloring Easter Eggs is one of my most
favorite activities to do!
Mom, Dad and I colored eggs. Dad likes to make his "ugly"
egg. I like to see what color I can get from dipping the
egg into different dyes. This year I figured out how to
get a really cool orange color from dipping into the pink and
then the yellow.
We bought a kit this year that made shiny eggs. You had to
spread this glue all over it and let it get sticky, then you put
this shiny foil type paper on it and rubbed, some of it would
come off on the egg...turned out pretty cool.
We colored a dozen hard boiled eggs and then the dozen of raw
eggs Mom had in the fridge and I wanted to do more! Mom
said next year, she should buy a couple dozen and then we can
just give them to the neighbors that don't have kids...since we
would never use that many eggs! HA HA!
I told Mom that I may even try one tomorrow...not sure I'll like
it...but I have been a "tad" bit more daring lately with trying
new foods...now vegetables, forget it! No way, I already
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Susquehanna Art
Museum, Mini-Golf and Ice Cream!
April 5,
2009 |
It was a
beautiful Spring day today...we headed to downtown Harrisburg.
Mom had mentioned going to the art museum and I was intrigued by
that idea. It's a very small museum, but it was perfect
for me. I really, really enjoyed it. The lady there
gave me a couple games to do while looking at the art. One
was a scavenger hunt/bingo type game and the other was kind of
like a scavenger hunt too. I had to find 4 different works
of art - and then comment about how they made me feel. I
liked doing these. Mom helped me a lot with the Bingo
paper by saying the "clues" and then I would look around and
find it. The museum is only 2 floors and the 2nd floor was
my favorite, it was more interesting. There was a large
picture of Poptarts stacked on top of each other...a man made
out of TV screens, an actual motorcycle painted pink, carrots
stuck to the wall like they were "shot" there, a giant crushed
can of soda picture and an ox made out of shredded sweaters!
After our visit there, we decided to drive down to City Island.
This is where the minor league baseball team plays their games
and they are building a new and improved stadium...however, they
need to get a move on it...opening day is in a few weeks!
We walked around and went to the mini-golf place, we all did
pretty well. Dad won of course, but you know...he was
keeping score! It was a nice course, however, needs some
cleanup and repairs but we were there early in the season, they
haven't officially opened yet, right now, it just depends on the
weather.
We went out for dinner and then stopped at Dairy Queen for some
ice cream! I love going for ice cream! Good
thing....so do Mom and Dad!
It was a fun
day!
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100 Miles
in 100 Days! Yay Mom!
April 6,
2009 |
As you all
may know...Mom has started running....I think she first started
training in August, so it hasn't been quite a full year yet.
She and Dad both ran a 5K in October and a 2 miler in November.
Dad ended up getting shin splints pretty bad and it has really
put a damper on his running, then the weather effected him (you
all know the man does not do well in the cold) and of course
work conflicts. Mom has been getting out as often as she
can, weather permitting. Mom said she loves running in the
cold, it's just those 30mph winds that are annoying and make it
tough...and well...we have had our fair share of high winds this
season! Anyway, on January 1st Mom set a goal for
herself...to try and run 100 miles in 100 days. Today she
accomplished that goal with 101.3 total in 96 days! Woo-hoo
and toot-toot!
Mom said she needs to find a race to sign up for this Spring and
maybe after Easter try and set a new goal for herself...maybe
try 200 miles in 100 days this time! That shouldn't be so
hard since the weather will be nicer and she won't miss so many
days between runs.
We'll keep ya posted.... |
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