Spring Update III

Before I get into the "spring" part I was just sitting here trying to decide who's the most dramatic of the Ingersolls. Jason would tell you he's not dramatic, but really he is. When we were first married he would be on the phone every night to customers in Korea. He'd yell, scream, and stomp around the house. After he'd get off the phone I'd always say, "I'd never buy anything from you!" He'd explain "that's how they do business there", but whatever, he loved it. So yes, Jason is dramatic too. So my mini-Jason/#3 dramatist* gets off the bus today wearing his "I'm so pitiful it's just pitiful" face. (Here's where the "spring" part comes in.) Obviously the moms who sent their kids to the bus in shorts this morning know a thing or two about Durango weather because JR couldn't tell me enough times how hot he was. (He was only wearing a long-sleeve T-shirt and wind-pants...the way he acted you'd have thought I'd made him wear a parka!) He told me how they now go outside for PE and he was hot. He was hot at recess. He was hot on the bus. And how he could hardly walk home he was so hot. (BTW, the high today was 60.) As we were walking home he'd say, "I just don't know if I can make it. I'm so tired from being so hot. I'm having to walk too far in this heat. I'm going to need a big drink of water when we get home. I'm parched." (You can thank Maw-Maw for teaching him that vocabulary word.) After making the "death march" down the street to our house, I got him his glass of water and he ripped off his shirt as fast as he could. As he flopped on the couch he told me a few more times how hot he was, and was finally satisfied when I told him I would send him in short-sleeved shirts for the rest of the year. Yes, JR in his "hotness" has declared it is spring!

*I decided that the dramatic ranking of the Ingersolls is as follows: Me, Kyle, JR, Jason, Reed

Spring Update II

It was 28 at the bus stop this morning. 2 kids were wearing shorts. As you can guess, mine was not one of them. I know it was supposed to be cold in Texas this morning, and I bet none of them were wearing shorts. In fact, I bet they all had on at least 3 layers!

Chick Magnet

Getting JR to take a bath becomes more of a chore each day. And bathing daily is a must since he's either covered in sand from the sandbox at school (how it gets in his hair I don't even want to know) or reeks of chlorine from the pool. As Jason was trying to convince him into the shower before church this morning their conversation went like this:

Jason: Come on JR, don't you want to smell good? Girls like it when you smell good. What's that one's name that likes you at school.

JR: Daddy. They all like me.

Jason: Really? How do you know they like you.

JR: Because when I say something funny, they all laugh. And if they laugh, that means they like you.

Yep. Kindergarten...and he's got it all figured out.

Dusty Roads

Told ya it was dusty yesterday. This was the picture on the front page of the paper this morning. At least we got some relief from the dust...it snowed about 3 inches last night. Helloooo? Spring? Are you coming?

Spring Break....Finished!

The last day of spring break in Durango brought another "beautiful" day. It was so windy that dust and dirt filled the sky and it looked exactly like it did everyday in Beijing. Jason and I were walking to the car tonight and we both got dirt in our teeth and eyes...reminded us of the good ol' days. JR had a friend come over this afternoon (and his 3rd grade sister who fell in love with the babies when she met them at the Rec Center and asked if she could come too so she could help "baby sit"). JR also had movie night at church tonight, so it was pretty much a perfect day for him. Of course it wasn't a "best" day since he didn't get to drink Coke.

Spring Break Day 4

We gave JR the choice of going bowling or going to the movies tonight. It was a tough decision which involved throwing himself dramatically on the floor about the difficulty of choosing, but in the end he decided on bowling. Durango doesn't actually have a bowling alley, so we drove out to the Sky Ute Casino. (BTW, they have the cleanest, nicest, nonsmoking-est bowling alley I have ever been in.) I was excited to bowl because I knew we'd have to get bumpers for JR, and I'm a halfway decent bowler with bumpers. Unfortunately this place is so nice and new that you program into the computer which bowlers need bumpers and which don't. And with Jason at the control panel, I didn't get bumpers! Needless to say, both Jason and JR beat the pants off me. Jason actually looked at me one time and said, "I thought you knew how to bowl." The babies did an okay job of watching. Reed played peek-a-boo with a little girl in the next lane, while Kyle mainly ate Cheerios. Although both couldn't seem to understand why they weren't getting to play too!

Spring Break Day 3

I couldn't believe it, everybody slept in today! It was about 8:30 when everybody got up and we decided to take advantage of the beautiful spring day and head down the road to Vallecito Lake. JR had a blast learning to water ski, and the babies and I enjoyed cheering him on. After a beautiful day at the lake, we dropped by the Natural Foods CO-OP where I stocked up on organic fruits and veggies. Cooking organically is so important to me, and it's super convenient to have the CO-OP right here in town. After dinner, the new live-in housekeeper/nanny that Jason hired for me arrived, so I ran into town to have a massage and a mani-pedi. In fact, it was such a great day, I'm quite sure you're all aware that this is one big April fools.
The real day started when JR woke at 6:25. And since he clomps around the house like a big ol' elephant, and the babies are true Ingersolls and worried they might miss something, their eyes flew open about 6:28. It was a cloudy,overcast day here in Durango, with on and off snow flurries all day, I believe the high was about 38. On a high note, JR did love dinner tonight, and told me my tacos (canned chicken with cheese, Ranch, and Pace) were even better than Lunchable tacos. Which coming from JR means he thinks I served him a gourmet meal. And on the housekeeping front, I'm about to go fold my 6th load of laundry. Woo-hoo!