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Lisa's Losin' It

So I was all set to make me a new blog. Got a nifty lil' title for it and everything. Lisa's Losin' It, catchy eh? Too bad somebody else thought of it back in 2007. Woe is me. Blibbitty bloggitty boo!

I figured I'd have a seperate spot for all my excess rambling that's not all about the fellas and isn't buildabirthday but alas there'll just have to be extra random rambling here.

Aaaaanyhoo, big news of sorts round these parts - if you don't count Josey's ongoing/neverending stomach issues we have not had to go to the doctor in two (count em up, that's TWO) whole months. Holla. And we got off pretty easy today too - sinus, ear infection, pharyngitis, the gianotti-crosti rash, and only an hour and a half of missed school. Take that truancy letters. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

Also after probably three stinking months of primed kitchen cabinets I finally finished painting them today. I am still in the midst of clearing out the ole Birthday Closet but I do have a couple party games under way. I just finished typing up and posting a big long ramble about Spring Break (just scroll on down after this if you care to read it). AND as of Monday I've been losing pounds (and occasionally my mind) left and right for one whole year. Blammo. As of today I have lost 82.2 pounds exacatally. Adam said I am the secret ingredient in awesome sauce. Adam rules.

Spring Breakitty Break Break

Spring Break, hot diggitty dog :)

Spring Break started off on the minus side with a call from the school nurse already at just after 8. Aye. It was just a make sure Josey hadn't already had medicine before they gave him any call though. Of course it was then followed by a 10 o' clock, this medicine ain't working, come get the boy call.

Luckily it was just his typical stomach/headache combo and I got him settled into bed with Adam (night shift does have it's perks) and kicked off Spring Break by meeting up with some super swell gals at La Funk. I loooooooooves me some La Finca, I really really do. Chicken Breast Platter - skip the rice and salad, switcheroo it to bean soup and refried beans. It is straight up tasty. Supreme deliciousness.

We headed to my hizouse after La Finca for the early release school crew to play. The fellas had loads of fun playing with their old crew and some new boys that Jacob has been talking about nonstop since. Apparently Junior beat Angry Birds on Ben's kindle and is now Jake's hero and Elias is his "best friend".

Saturday night we met up with Mary and Savanha Banana for a rollerskating good time. O'course Ben didn't even hang long enough for me to get a picture of them. Mary assisted Josey with some hanging onto the wall ring arounds before he called it a night. Jakers on the other hand LOVED him some skating. I had bought him some skates awhile back (at the Clothes Closet obvi, 25 cents ya'll) and had been wanting to go since. He deemed himself the best skater ever and ran, hopped, and skated the night away. They had a game (don't remember what it was called) where you dropped down on the floor whenever the music went off and boy did he get into that. For a couple songs after it was over every time a song would end he'd drop to the floor. Mary and I totally did the Cha Cha Slide too. I had way too much fun doing that. My knee felt those hops in the morning I'll tell ya what.

Next morning we headed to Dallas.

Our first stop was The Rainforest Cafe.Our table was right beside a big ole gorilla that randomly hooted and moved around. Jakers moved closer to me every time the gorilla started up until I realized he thought it was real and let him know otherwise. The fellas got their typical fare of burgers and chicken but I decided to try something different (gasp!) and ordered the Tuscan Chicken. It was so good. At first I wasn't so sure about it, then it grew on me a lil, next thing I know it's gone and I'm wishing for more. The cooked (and apparently pickled) cucumbers were totally weird and just eww though. They can keep those jokers.

Next we killed some time taking pictures of giant sized candies at the candy store. They also had a sweet selection of magnets including these two

(I didn't buy either of them but I totally took the second one to heart and got me a Reese's Peanut Butter brownie, it was definitely as good as it sounds)

The Sea Life Aquarium was pretty darn swell. Before you went in they gave out trivia scratch cards. There were "Fin Facts" on the walls all through the place that gave you the info you needed. Then along the way there were lil pit stops that had the questions set up in different ways with the three answers. Ben got straight up obsessed with the "Quiz trail". Every other second he was "Where's the trail? Where's the trail?" I forgot to mention that they told them they would get a prize at the end. I kept telling the boy it was going to be some sort of tiny prize but did he listen? Course not. He was very (capital VERY VERY) displeased with his temporary tattoo prize. If you ever go there be sure and tell any quiz trail obsessed lil ones they will not be getting some grand trophy or whatever is in there wild lil imaginations.

Besides the quiz trail there were also several neat lil spots where the wall was curved back so you could stand in a lil nook and it was like you were inside or something not quite sure how to explain it. A lot of things looked 3d movieish or something. Very cool beans. There was a shark walk too which was a big curved up aquarium tunnel you walked through over a see through floor. Pretty sweet.

After the aquarium we had a little snacky snack and then swung on by the Game Stop. I am a huge Mario Party fan and as such I'd been just a'counting down the days until the realease date of Mario Party 9. It just so happened that was the day. Go on in to get it and it's not there. Ask the feller at the cash register and he informs me that it's not out yet. Um, excuse me? Do you know who you're talking to here Buster? I KNOW what day Mario Party 9 comes out. I did not say either of those two things of course, just thought them. I just ever so kindly muttered "Oh, because it was supposed to be today". He types a bit in the computer and oh, it does come out today, it must be in the back. Obvi. I told you so. See that, I know more about Mario Party 9 then the Game Stop guy. That's awesome...or really sad, you be the judge. Either way if you happened to be strolling by Grapevine Mall and saw the Mario Party 9 games taken from the back and stocked up on the shelf, you're welcome.

So after resisting the urge to immediately run home and Mario Party our lives away we headed on over to Build A Bear Workshop. Jakers picked out a dachshund which he named Fluffy Puff. Then he made a wish on the little heart (he held it up and whispered "I wish for a snow cone"), fluffed him up, picked out a hot dog costume for him, and carried his pup around with him for the rest of the night.

Fluffy Puff in tow, we hopped into line at Legoland Discovery. I admit I do not have the love of lego that the boys (mainly Josey) have. That and Pokemon I just don't get but while I can't be all awesome sauce over legos, the look on Josey's face when he walked into the big ole room with Dallas in Legos was the total definition of awesome sauce. To make it super deluxe over the top jaw dropping for him the first thing he saw was that they had the same crane as him. He found said crane through the evil evil power of Google. Short story shorter - he googles Lego City, he finds Lego sets that they no longer make and force Santa to drop two hundred dollars on a years old Lego set. The fact that Legoland had "his" crane I'm pretty sure made his whole year.

I'm jumping ahead here though. Let's see here, first thing when you go in they take your picture on the green screen. The photo place actually closed before we left so I have no clue what the photo looks like but I'm nothing if not a thorough bloggitty gal.

Next up you head into a small room with a small pit o' lego to play with whilst you watch a lego video and countdown to Professor Brickabrack. The good professor gives a spiel on how Legos are made and runs some machines with help from the audience. Then he passes out a special Lego as you get into the next line.

The next thing was the Chariot ride. You ride on these little chariots with laser guns attatched to the front. Then you shoot at Lego orcs and other such bad guys to save the princess. It was pretty darn fun. And yeah, I totally got a high score. Or at least I told Jake that I did.

After the Chariots you go on in and do whatever suits your fancy. Ben and Jake spent some quality time in the big playspace while Josey had some extra ooohing and aaahing time in the Lego Dallas room. Then all three built and raced some lego cars and made lego towers to be knocked down with the earthquake button. Then we loaded up on some drinks in the ole Lego Cafe and headed into the 4D movie.

I have to say it really was not that Legoish but the movie was definitely my favorite part. There were a couple actual Lego movies you could watch but we ended up seeing Bob the Builder. He was building a rollercoaster but first he built a Lego one to plan it out. Good tie in I thought. Anyhoo, the 4D part included wind when there was wind, water splashing on you when there was water, and la piece of resistance snow at the end. It was purty darn sweet.

Clearly this had to end with a stop at the Lego gift shop. Josey picked out a new dinosaur Lego set and Ben and Jake requested another stop at Game Stop.

After Game Stop it was time for some medieval supper at Medieval Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimes. Medieval Times is awesome. This was our second time but the first time when Jakers was actually old enough to know what was going on. The big boys loved it again of course but Jakes really really really loved it.

We made some medieval purchases before the big show - a ummmm don't know what you would call it vest type thingy for Josey, a jester hat for Bink (who proceeded to say random things like 2 + 2 is 7 alllllllll night long (and the next morning)), and a sword for lil knight Jakers. Adam even bought me a princess hat, darn tootin'.

Jacob was pretty excited about the no silverware thing especially the bowl with the handle and Josey was keen to point out to us all that it was all "Made in Medieval China".

Our blue knight put out a valiant effort but did not win. Jakers cheered and cheered for him just the same. Every time a knight on our side would come out he'd cheer and every time a knight from the opposite side came out he booed. But the blue knight, well every time he came out Jake stood up and waved his flag like crazy. That is until after the third time our knight came out and threw flowers to the audience and not specifically to me. "Why didn't you throw a flower at my mama, she's gorgeous" The boy is a hoot. He also gave me a good laugh when he had to take Josey out to the bathroom and the man holding the door for us said "My lady". Jake looked at him and said "She's my lady". It was a medieval good time.

After Medieval Times we headed home and stayed up till the crack of dawn playing Mario Party 9. The next morning Ben was still going around in his Jester's hat, Josey in crown, and Jake with his sword. We built a big ole couch pit with a throne on each side and played Mario Party 9 all the day long.

The rest of Spring Break was spent alternating between vegging out in our couch pit/thrones with Mario Party 9 and movies on the projector, running around in the yard, and wandering around in town. We painted ceramics, got ice cream, picked up a pizza and ate it at the library, played at McDonalds, played putt putt, played at a couple parks, went to Kid Station, and just generally had a top notch super awesome sauce time. And then I wrote a book about it. The End.