Not Ready for Boyfriends

Discussion at bed time tonight:

Mackenzie: I am going to ask Andrew to be my boyfriend tomorrow.

Mom: Does that mean he is your friend and he is a boy?

Mackenzie: No, it means he is my boyfriend.

Mom: If he wants to be your boyfriend, does that mean you two do anything differently?

Mackenzie: We already do things differently.  He sits at a different table than me, he colors differently than me . . .

Mom:  I mean if he wants to be your boyfriend do you to act differently together or do different things together?

Mackenzie:  I don't know.  No.

Mom: How do you know about boyfriends?

Mackenzie:  Karly in Miss Tammy's class used to always talk about her boyfriend Justin Beiber.

Mom:  I see.  You know that Karly never really met Justing Beiber, right?

Mackenzie:  He was her boyfriend.

Mom:  He doesn't come see people in Toledo.  I think she meant that she wanted him to be her boyfriend.  He is on TV.  He sings songs on the radio.

Mom:  What does it mean to be someone's boyfriend?

Mackenzie:  I don't know.

More Winter Fun

I love winter.  By the end of the season I am ready to see it go, but I really love winter while it is here.  I am so happy that we got to have some real winter weather this year, even if we had to drive to Midland for a lot of it.  We went to Midland last weekend to see Grandma Kathy, Grandpa Mike, Uncle Mike, Aunt Misty and Lexie.  Michael suggested that we go to Snow Snake and go snow tubing.  So we all drove up to Clare to play in the snow.

 

Here is a shot of Isaac waiting in our "peanut" to get connected to the tow rope:

 

Here is a shot of Lexie and Mackenzie in their "peanut" getting towed:

 

Here is a shot of Isaac and me getting towed:

And here is a shot of Isaac and me after we went down the trail:

 

 

Here is a shot of the kids (Mackenzie, Lexie and Isaac) at Grandma's house:

 

On Sunday we went to City Forest in Midland and the kids got to use their skates.  They spent a lot of time climbing on the snow mounds rather than skating, but they both did well on their double-bladed skates when they were on the ice.  Once our toes were close to frozen we headed over to Michael's house to give Copper his Valentine's Day present (a big raw hide). 

 

Mackenzie and Isaac really like Copper, but unfortunately Brian and I are allergic.  In the summer Michael and Misty often bring him up to the lake and the kids can see him and Brian and I can stay away from Copper well enough to not have terrible allergic reactions.  Unfortunately in the winter when we are all inside it isn't as easy.  When we go to the grocery store we often walk past the pet aisle and Mackenzie asks to get something for Copper, so we got him a raw hide for Valentine's Day.  The kids loved hanging out at Unlce Mike and Aunt Misty's, playing with Lexie and seeing Copper.  Copper got Isaac pretty good with the licks right before we left.  It is probably mean of me to say this, but it was pretty funny seeing Isaac curl up in a ball on the floor while Copper licked him.  So you don't think I let him be tortured too long, I did go push Copper off and pick Isaac up, but I was giggling while I did it. 

 

We headed home Sunday afternoon and when we got home the kids worked on their Valentine cards.  I have never been a big fan of Valentine's Day, but it is really cute to see the kids so excited about a holiday that is all about love.

Winter is Here

Brian started his first tech of 2013 this weekend, so it is just me and the kids.  We were supposed to drive up to Grandma Kathy's and Grandpa Mike's, but we woke up to this:

 

 

That is the neighbors house across the way and you can't tell, but it is snowing pretty hard.  We tried to head out, because I was thinking that the main roads and expressways would be cleared, but when trying to get to the gas station and going much slower than that 55 mile an hour speed limit, I really could not see, so after I slid around a corner or two we turned around and came home.  The kids lamented that I broke my promise to them, but all in all they did okay.  I told them we would try again soon.

 

After quiet time we headed to the sled hill (it was still snowing at 4 pm):

Mackenzie was kind enough to drag Isaac's sled for him.

Sunil brought Manasvi over to go sledding with us.

Mom even got in on the fun.

 

 

We got Happy Meals after sledding and the kids watched the movie Mackenzie had picked out for the car ride.  So they still had a couple hours of TV watching, but rounded it out with plenty of hill climbing.

 



The last time I looked out the window there was still some snow coming down, but very lightly.  I think winter is finally here.