Easter vacation

My mom, older sister, the kids and I packed into my mini-van on Friday morning and drove from St. Louis, Missouri to Little Rock, Arkansas. It’s an 8 hour car ride. NOBODY napped on the way there. It was two 4 year olds, and one 5 year old. Yeah. LONG day. We did good though. We beat a lot of the really bad weather that hit.

Bullets because it seems funnier that way.

Couldn’t get the wi-fi to work in the hotel until I figured out that the wireless connection sucked. So, I tried to plug in the land line. It didn’t work either. Yeah, it helps if you plug it into the wall. I figured that out late on Saturday night.
Kenny was hiding under an antique end table and then proceeded to crack his head so hard on the corner he had a goose egg on his head. We actually had to watch him for signs of concussion.
My children did not eat ONE BITE of the lovely Easter dinner my grandmother made. For their Easter Dinner, they had cheese and crackers.
My grandmother has not changed since I was a child. Pick pick pick. Snide comment after snide comment. Belittle belittle belittle. GAH! But it’s all with good intentions.
We went to Hot Springs, Arkansas and went up the tower. The kids LOVED it! 🙂 I’m so glad because up in that tower is one of my happiest places.
We went to the cemetery to visit my grandfather’s grave. I put a rock on the headstone to show I was there.
I left my toothbrush at home and have bought a replacement. Too bad every single day I have left it and my toothpaste in a plastic bag with bubbles on my grandmother’s back porch. I’ve been using Evan’s toothbrush after scalding it in the water.
My knees and shins are all beat up from playing with the kids.
My grandmother didn’t make us go to church with her. I couldn’t tell you how happy that made me. I couldn’t imagine taking these 3 hooligans to her church and then not murdering the lot of them in front of the congregation.
Evan slammed his knees on my grandmother’s back patio, they are BLACK and BLUE
I taught all 3 of the kids how to use my grandmother’s awesome yellow scooter. If I had a bike rack, I would have totally stolen it. U used to ride that thing when I was a kid. I LOVE it.
Kenny got a tick in his (ahem) scrotum. We were at my grandmother’s neighbor’s house playing on their swing set with their kids when he got up and grabbed himself. I thought he had an accident (very rare). But he said "My winkie hurts!" And he looked panicked. So I rushed him back into my grandmother’s house and found the tick. EW! My mom helped me remove it. She got it out completely clean and smooth. I put some ointment on it. It was just a standard wood tick (I hope). My mom said it was way too big to be a deer tick. I’m going to look it up tonight.
We hid well over 100 eggs for 3 kids. LOL!
I’m so hungry for a Burger King burger right now, it’s CRAZY.
We’ll be leaving for home early tomorrow after stopping by to get my toothbrush and to say goodbye to my grandmother.