April 17 - back to the daily grind, except that the kids were on Spring Break. I still had to teach and then meet with a few students who cheated on their project. Then, I went home and Katsu went to work. This week we started potty training so we didn't have any big fun plans for spring break. The boys spent lots of time playing video games and I spent a lot of time cleaning up accidents and taking Noah to the bathroom. I went out to dinner with the women faculty in Engineering.
April 18 - this morning we finally got to our Easter egg hunt. There were tons - we probably made way too many. We are still finding some every day that we didn't find before. A little more exciting that way, I suppose. Andrew threw a huge fit at the beginning because he didn't get the easter basket that he wanted but he perked up and ended up getting the most eggs. Otherwise, a boring day potty training. In the evening, we did our Easter meal - Seth freaked out because apparently eating ham is the worst thing in the world. Then, Andrew went to Cub Scouts.
April 19 - I had to teach and then I met up with kids at the library so Katsu could get to work on time. We ended up getting 50 books and spent most of the rest of the day in quiet bursts of reading and potty training. Noah does pretty well in the morning but then has tons of accidents in the afternoon.
April 20 - we finally had to get out of the house. We went strawberry picking. Noah refused to wear a pull up, so we went in underwear and lived on the wild side! Noah did great and didn't have an accident. We picked $20 worth of strawberries and then we saw some of the animals - chickens and llamas. Then, home. We spent the afternoon making a strawberry tart and making homemade pasta using the pasta machine (me and Noah) while Katsu took the older kids to AirU.
April 21 - I taught all morning, so the boys had a babysitter. Then, it was a frustrating afternoon with Noah peeing constantly. arggh. So, I finally got frustrated and just put him outside naked with a potty and then let the boys dye eggs by themselves. Yup. For some reason, even though we had a kit, they used food colors and made a huge mess and then made the ugliest brown / green / gray eggs. But they loved it. Then, they found this gold cream that they painted on that came in one of the kits. Katsu came home early and he Andrew went to Lowes to buy supplies to rebuild our fire pit. Then, I finally went to the grocery store - first time in a couple weeks - it took forever, but I brought home some pizzas and tons of other food. Noah went to sleep early and then the rest of the boys watched An American Tail for movie night, which we all enjoyed.
April 22 - Noah had no accidents all day!!! Yay - he is finally getting it. We cleaned in the morning and then Seth and Logan and Katsu went to soccer games. Seth's coach apparently texted the team (but not us) telling them she couldn't come and asking Katsu to coach. So, Katsu unexpectedly coached and got sunburned. We came home and Katsu taught Seth to mow the lawn. And then we all went to Farmville to look at a car. We might finally have time to look at cars! The boys all loved it and Noah was really upset that we didn't take it home. "We don't need that car anymore", referring to our Mazda5. Soon, buddy, soon. He even came in underwear and did great. That boy wants nothing to do with pull-ups. We had some dinner (I made meatballs hoagies with meatballs from scratch - Seth thinks I am trying to poison him, apparently). We had another babysitter while Katsu and I went to our last play of the season - Lend me a Tenor. The acting was great and the play was hilarious. We loved it! The babysitters were great, too, playing games and making huge train tracks and it just all went really well. A great end to the week.
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