Ten on Tuesday

1. So it snowed yesterday. Of course I was off work to enjoy the freezing, windy, temps. I went to the eye doctor in hopes of simple, "here is another year's worth of contacts." But per usual I need to make time to do this twice as well. This doctor is the first doctor in about nine years of contacts that thought I needed a less strong prescription, which lead to a day with a splitting headache, squinting and not being able to see well. So I go back next Monday to try again. Why must everything be so difficult?

2. Zane's current, new, obsession is the Ninja Turtles. I have no idea where he originally found out about them, but ever since he chose the Ninja Turtles as his one licensed t-shirt, he has loved them. Daddy found some Ninja Turtle episodes from his childhood on streaming Amazon, I downloaded the theme song, and this weekend Daddy got out some of his old Ninja Turtle toys and the obsession is complete. He is growing up too fast and is so big I can hardly stand it! Sadly the Ninja Turtle toys have been put on the chopping block of my, almost four year old, doesn't stop pooping in his pants. Yes, years later we are still having this conversation.

 

 In the Ninja Turtle spirit, mom and Zane died some Ninja Turtle eggs while I was at the eye doctor.

 Oh and this afternoon we found this treasure at the store. 

Take note of his handsome haircut.

3. Last week the boys and I took a quick day trip up to Grandma's to help plant some veggies and have some farm fun. It was a gorgeous day and we had lots of fun, even though Rowan wasn't feeling the best in the afternoon. Here are Grandma and Zane working on planting potatoes, onions, carrots, and some dill. Next time we are going to plant a tree and maybe some flowers. 

Here is Ro baby, with his newly jubby cheeks, after enjoying a wagon wide. His face is changing again, which kind of makes me sad as I know this year it will move more and more away from his sweet baby face.

4. After naps we took the boys down to wade in the creek. This is an activity that I did all the time as a child. Looking back on how we use to wade the creek it was pretty grouse/dangerous. There were no water shoes, usually no adults involved, and there were lots of cuts on random pieces of glass while wading in the nasty creek water, but boy was it fun. Zane loved walking the creek with mom, while Rowan was miserably hot (see fever from above teething situation) and did not the cold water or the sand. Ro and I headed back to the house rather quickly, but mom and Zane did a lot more exploring without us. 

 Ro and I's beach front selfie! Mom's camera give us a nice bronze.

5. After yesterday's struggles today I was bound and determined to get out of the house for an adventure. I feel like we don't go do fun things as much here, there are less to choose from, and less friends readily available to do stuff with me. So this morning the boys and I went to the OKC Science Museum, which was worlds of fun. We got there right when the doors opened so pretty much had it to ourselves for the first 45 minutes, before the field trip crowds arrived. This worked out perfectly since I didn't have anyone with me to help with the boys. I'm so happy to report Zane did amazingly well listening, staying by me, and no fits were thrown this day. More than I can say for yesterday. So we had a celebratory early lunch with Uncle Able. It was a great morning.

I loved watching the boys play in the tractor cab. It was odd that everything inside wasn't caked in red dirt, but lots of fun!!  How adorable is this picture!

 Brother microscope time is always fun!

 Rowan could not figure out what to do with this, absolutely no idea that it was a phone. I tried to show him how to use it, but I don't think he was buying it. So funny!!

 

 6. After months of trying to explain to Zane that he doesn't need to carry Rowan places I think he is starting to get it, just a little a bit. He now is a big helper and holds Rowan's hand, walking him out to the car, every time we go somewhere. It is so precious. We're still working on Zane not trying to pull him, just walk slowly beside him, but this morning it worked perfectly and was so adorable. 

7. I have been trying to get my life pulled together a little bit as of late. We are trying to get our finances situated, try to find a way to pay off some debt and save some money. Trying to get back into exercising and eating better, and trying to get myself, and everyone else caught up on their doctor's appointments. That means for the rest of the month, every Monday, and sometimes other days, there will be doctor's appointments for someone. I hate it really, but part of healthy life I guess. Up next my second eye appointment and Zane's dentist appointment next week. I think we're going to have Mommy and Zane's day of fun afterwards, which should make it better.

8. We are all getting excited for this weekends Easter festivities. I haven't been at the farm for Easter since before Dad died. I am excited to see/possibly have the boys take part in the creation story at Bison, a very fond memory from my childhood. However, this mass doesn't start until 8pm so I doubt we will make it through the whole thing, since 8pm is bed time on a usual night. Saturday morning we are hunting Easter Eggs at Myriad Gardens and I'm sure there will be plenty of eggs to hunt at the farm as well. Stay tuned for pictures of the boys in their matching outfits, complete with matching bow ties. It should be amazingly adorable, if they can stay up that late! 

9. The Easter pictures should be interesting this year after Zane's experiments with hair cutting tonight. Last night both boys got hair cuts, which went as well as they ever do, with a little blood shed from Ro's ear, but who is counting. This evening I had to do my usual second round trim up of Rowan's hair so it doesn't stick straight up in the back, it still looks pretty terrible. I sat the scissors down for 2.5 seconds to wipe hair off Rowan and Zane proceeded to take a chunk out of his hair. The scissors had been sitting on the counter in his bathroom all day, so I guess we are lucky it only looked this bad. Also lucky he didn't cut his finger off with the incredibly sharp hair cutting scissors. With his Blakley come over it is less noticeable, but possible buzz cut in my sweet blonde headed boy's future, which will be devastating. I'm sure we will laugh about it some day, not yet... soon!

10. In lovely rental house news, which is always soooo exciting, after a month of calling and finally threatening to try to get out of our contract (again) they finally came and did some repairs. The section of fence, that had fallen into our neighbor's yard, was replaced, we now finally have a fully functioning dishwasher, most of the broken boards on the deck have been replaced, and they picked up the shingles in our yard. Our yard is now covered by new shingles, courtesy of  windy Oklahoma, but it was a nice gesture at the time. Our washing machine has broken again (fourth time for those of you keeping count). We have given up and are going to switch it out with an extra one mom had. Epic failure!!! 

Happy Easter Week Everyone!!!