Spring Break: Day 1

Oh, how I love this first day of Spring Break.  As a friend pointed out, however, it's not technically spring... yet!

So, after waking up at 5 am to take Curt to the lightrail, I got back home and climbed right back into bed.  The joy of going back to sleep is something that I've missed.  I was out until 9!  I got up, fed the baby and harrassed the kids into getting their chores done.

We just goofed around until 1:30 when I remembered we need to head down to Honeyville to get some White Wheat.  (I don't want to burn through my food storage too quickly)  Sooo, anywhoo, after hanging out there and looking at all their cool stuff, the kids wanted to head over to IKEA. 

As we walked in, there was an area to make rockets for the kids.  There was also a person in a pineapple costume.  Penelope Pineapple... poor person.  The kids made rockets and since they are truly my children, they started shooting their rockets at the pineapple person.  Did I tell them to stop?  Uh, no.  The pineapple started gesturing to Aaron in a "bring it on" fashion so he kept aiming for it.  He did pretty well too!

After annoying the craft people, we headed over to the kitchen area.  People of Ikea, you really shouldn't have things unpackaged in boxes when the Mellor Clan is there.

I am a bad mother... sometimes.  But I feel as though I'm a great mother and a horrible one at the same time.  My kids and I set probably 40 timers to go off in 30 minutes.  Yes, we sat there for a bit, until we noticed an Ikea person coming into the area; then we left.   As we were leaving, Aaron started laughing and told me to listen.  I could hear  40 timers ticking down the seconds. 

We went over to the bedding and started checking out pillows and had a minor pillow fight... until an Ikea person entered the area.

We went to the kids area and I let all 3 of them run with wild abandon around the area.

I went to lighting and let the kids turn off all the lights they wanted.

Then... we got the call from Curt to get him from the lightrail.  Fun was over.

Can wait to see what tomorrow brings!

Aaron turned 13!

On Febrary 22nd, Aaron turned 13.  We took him out to Red Robin and then let him go to Target to figure out what really wanted.  Thirteen is  a diffucult age to buy for because that's when kids start to want all the expensive things that life has before them!

We checked Craigslist and found Aaron a new bike because he's had 2 stolen on the last year and I'm not willing to buy him a new one.

He's a little disappointed because I explained to him that he's a teenager now and has to start to earn his own money,  He's not liking this teenager thing so far, it's just meaning that he has more responsibility.