Where did Spring go?

I am a little ticked off right now, I had this all typed out and then my stupid long pinky hit a button that deleted it all and I couldn't bring it back!!! So you will get the crappy rushed version. The pictures will all be posted at the end too since Blogger is being weird.

It's been a really warm week this week. On Wednesday and Thursday it was in the 80's, and yesterday it hit 90! We spent most of the week doing outside activities which was a nice change, but it seems like we just skipped spring.

On Monday, Brad's high school team had a game at Creighton's soccer stadium, so Donovan and I decided to tag along, even though it was a little windy. Donovan was a bit of a punk the whole time. We sat on the side where the sun was shining instead of in the nice bleachers so he had a lot of room to play and run around, but he still wanted to escape and find dirt and rocks. There was a lot of screaming and time outs on my lap, but I managed to keep him contained until half time. After the first half we went to the other side, even though it was colder I had reinforcements. Jordan Carver was there and a few of the parents that we have known through the club Brad used to help out with (he has about 5 or 6 girls from the club on his high school team). One set of parents live in Glenwood, but their daughter transferred to a private girls school for high school. They still go to all of the home games and support a lot of the community and school events. The dad's name is Doug and he always calls Donovan, "Donovan Douglas". Donovan loves being around him and even tries to give him the kind of kisses he gives his mommy and daddy, nice and juicy and right on the lips (I will admit, those kisses from other kids always made me uncomfortable, but those are the ones he gives us so I take them!). Anyway, I had some relief and watched as other people chased him around for a while. People always ask if he ever gets tired or sits still and we always tell them, "he is either running or sleeping", which you'll know really isn't too much of an exaggeration if you spend any time with him. There are rare occasions of calm, but that is usually when he is winding down for the night or is really focused on something, but it usually doesn't last long. After the game, we went out with a couple of the girls and their parents to Quaker Steaks. It ended up being a fun night even though Donovan was being a little unruly.

I can't really remember what we did Tuesday, I'm sure we played outside for most of the day and I watched the Biggest Loser and got really mad at Ron and Mike. I have been pretty sick of Ron for a while now, he really needs to go home.

On Wednesday we played with Mason in the morning and then went to the mall when Lenna picked him up. Donovan ran around and somehow convinced me to eat there. He ran up to Sbarro's and pointed at the pizza and then ran to where the booster seats were and tried to pull one down. How could I refuse after that? Mason came back again that afternoon and when Donovan woke up from his nap they went outside to play in the dirt. I have had to give Donovan a cleaning bath instead of a fun bath every night this week. I usually don't worry too much about cleaning him every day, but it has been very necessary this week. He has been covered in dirt and sunscreen for most of the week. It wouldn't be so bad if he didn't throw it in his Crocs and throw it against the wind so it comes back at him and gets in in his hair and ears. I guess that is what we have to look forward to this summer, a stinky, dirty little boy. I'm a little sad that he is getting stinkier, I remember the good old days when he would just smell like a stinky baby. Now he smells like a stinky kid, anyone who has been around kids after they have played outside knows that smell. It isn't a good one.

On Thursday Donovan and I went to the zoo and had a lot of fun. It was a little hot, and a little crowded but we still had a blast. My Grandma Goodman sent Donovan some money for Easter so we used it to take a few rides on the Carousel. He always loves to watch it so I thought he would enjoy a ride. He had a blank expression on his face and was looking around at everything the whole time. I didn't think he liked it very much, but when I tried to pull him off the horse, he didn't want to leave! We paid for another ride and got on the elephant. He seriously had no expression on his face, he just stared at everything. I guess it was pretty fascinating for him.

Brad left for Adel, IA yesterday afternoon so Donovan and I were on our own for dinner and bedtime. We decided to invite Mason and Lenna to have a Sonic picnic with us. Donovan and I went and got food at Sonic and met them at the park. After they ate they played for a while and got even more dirty, it was great. Donovan's bath was pretty dirty last night. Now we are just waiting for Bradley to get home this afternoon so he can play with Donovan and I can leave and be alone for a little while!! I have some grocery shopping that I would love to do without a whiny child who wants to get down so he can run around and pull everything off the shelves (he has never done that, but I'm sure if I let him out of the cart, he would).