The rest of April in a nutshell

We started Spring Break with some friends at the park.

Superman loved the swing. He would lean forward and yell "I Superman".

Our little Princess showing off for the camera. Too cute!

We had a sleepover at Grandma's. Chillin' in the morning.
Apparently Mother Nature did not get the memo that this week was "Spring Break".
This is the beginning part of the storm. We decided that since Grandma has an in at a school we would go play there. Bubba is scrapping the car.
Monkey will get me later for posting this one with her quirky face but I had to show Princess's face. She loved when Monkey would hula hoop in front of her. Three hoops pretty impressive. That skinny lady in yellow is Grandma, the orange boy (top left) is Superman. He slept the entire time we were there.
This is the next morning with an impressive 6 inches on the valley floor.
Daddy surprised the kids by getting two days off to play with us. So off we went to Fat Cats to meet Grandma, Lanette and Pat and kids for a round of pool and some bowling.

Dave and nephewGraceful Loopy
Superman waiting.......
Dave and I talked about the need to go somewhere and get away...even just get out of the county. So we decided to return to the land of my father hahaha. We talked Grandma, Lanette, Pat, Ryan and Emily into joining us. Luckily for us, it was not that hard. We enjoyed the Dinosaur Museum, a picnic at a very windy park, a fun new play park, the local wave pool and some fun time with family.

The offering to save us all from the dinosaur attack...Good thing she is too sweet to eat.
Bubba tried to convince Superman to help us to no avail. Monkey stepped in to take his place.

Saturday it was off to the land of my mother...we enjoyed a picnic in the desert and some nice weather. We had our annual rolling of the eggs. I am happy to report that no kids or dads were harmed in the making of this picture but several dozen eggs did not make it. Thus the circle of life continues and we fed some desert animals. :)

No trip would be complete without a stop at the Farm. My uncle is so generous to make sure the wheelers are available for us to ride. We were also able to see the new baby goats..one was born that morning. We had so much fun during spring break!!

The accident weekend.........

Friday April 24, Buck was hit in the eye with a paper airplane at school. Dad looked at it and could see a small cut on the eyeball. Buck kept rubbing it and complaining that it was burning. So off to the Dr's we go(visit #1)....they put some drops in his eye and used a black light to see what was up. His eye was glowing yellow for a couple minutes and sure enough there was a cut. So he became a pirate for 24 hours.

The eye is a marvelous thing and heals quickly as many of you know. So Saturday the 25th we have a follow up (visit#2) to see how the healing process has come. When we check in the receptionist says "So you were here yesterday. Have you moved or changed insurance in the last 24 hours? giggle giggle." Nope, we have not. More eye drops, black light and Dr playing to make everyones shirts and socks glow in the dark and it is declared that Buck's eye is healed. Yeah!!!
Sunday the 26th Buck and Superman are playing after church with a bungee cord. Buck let go of his end and it springs back and smacks Superman in the head. He starts to cry and Monkey screams he is bleeding all over. In the mere seconds it takes me to grab the nearest towel and get to him, he is covered in blood. The bungee cord has split his head open. We called to interupt Dad and Bubba's home teaching with "We need to take Superman in for stitches, please come home". So visit #3, the receptionist asks our name and my reply is " We are the Brittain's and no, we have not moved or changed insurance in the last 24 hours". She gave us a funny look and then we explained that this was our third trip in as many days to the Dr. So three stitches later Superman is put back together. The stitches were the white dissolving kind. They are hard to see in the pics. I only posted the after as not to gross anyone out with the before. We are very blessed that it did not hit one of his eyes and blind him.