Slacker Blogger

Geez, talk about really falling down on the job, this is one area that I haven't been able to keep up with this last month so we have a lot of updating.  I started out meaningful ... planning to blog everyday of spring break but it just didn't happen.  I feel off the bandwagon after day 1.  SOOOO .... here's what's been happening in a nut shell over the last month:Charlie's Birthday! Charlie turned 5 on 3/27.  The only party that he wanted was with the family ... wow definitely something that Mom & Dad were not going to fight.  

He was thrilled to receive a Powe

r Ranger Costume (one side Blue Ranger and one side Red Ranger) ... yes Power Rangers are still around ... the series that keeps re-inventing itself much to the dismay of every adult who has had to endure an episode.  Charlie also got art books and supplies which always come to good use in our house.  We have two boys who draw, color, cut, tape, paste, create everyday.  We've killed a fe

w tree's with the reams of paper we've gone through.

Moving onward, for the first time since we have lived in Chicagoland, we had snow past Charlie's birthday.  But gosh darn it ... it's spring and we're still going to u

se the swing set ... snow or no snow.  It has been a very long winter (snow season) and

 FINALLY the trees are in bloom and the tulips have arrived.  It was nice enough on Easter morning to do our annual block Easter Egg hunt.  Since we have rabid raccoons in the hood, the Easter Bunny

 must appear Easter morning ... somewhere's between 8:00 and 8:45  ... just in time for the "race for the eggs" which commences at 9am.  It was fun and the kids on the block, all 15, had a ball.

One other highlight for the 

month was Charlie and I being promot

ed to Green Belts in

 Tae Kwon Do.  We tested and passed.  I don't think we'll make the next test in late May.  Neither Charlie or I have a strip on our belt yet for Kick, Form or One step tests.  We try to get into TKD 3-4x per week but we were out last week when I got strep throat, we are on vaca later this month and Charlie gets his tonsils out in early May.  In addition, we are starting up soccer and tball.  May and June are going to be busy.  Here's our other news, it looks like we are all set to host an exchange student next year from Korea.  Her name is Ah Ram and she'll attend our local high school.  We feel very fortunate since our HS only accepts 4 exchange students per yr.  She'll come in August and stay with us until June.  It looks like it will be an exciting year with lots of good blogs coming.