"The Crazies"

It was nice to see the return of some sunshine and warm temperatures this week! At school, it was another grueling week, literally. This was the last week of our state testing and the last week of a change in schedule for us. We had 3 days this week where the kids were in the classroom from 11:30-3:00 with NO break...it was exhausting for me and for them! Lucky for us we have a great principal, who allowed us to have some extra PE and recess time on a couple of those days to break things up a little bit!

Wonder what advice Zane's giving???

This is Mason all the time...we are so blessed!

This week Mason has decided that he wants to wake up in the middle of the night and get a bottle! Seems strange that the kid might be going through a growth spurt since that seems to be what he's been on since day one, but I think he is! So far he hasn't been completely fond of his cereal, so this week Jo started feeding him cereal in the morning and she added a little fruit to it for flavor and he likes it much better! We tried green beans one night and Mason seemed to like them! The last couple of nights we have fed him cereal, which is seeming to help him make it all the way through the night. I was not enjoying having to be up an hour or so at night, I thought we were over that!

The kids at Jo's enjoying the nice weather!
Who will win the Piston Cup?

Jo and Mason swinging!

Jo was closed Friday, so we loaded the boys up and met Matt's parents in St. Joe Thursday night. This was my first entire night away from Mason...it was hard! It was very strange to come home without kids...and what did we do but go grocery shopping! We also had to do laundry and pack for the weekend, and it was nice to do without also having to bathe/feed/play with the boys at the same time!

Friday night we went to the races in Kansas City. It was opening night and was standing room only! We didn't want to wait in the huge line to pay, so we went in the pits. We have some friends who always save a bunch of seats in the stands, so I sat there while Matt stayed in the pits. We headed for Iowa after the races and got there at 2:00.

The boys on their Jeep from our art teacher

Zane wasn't too impressed with its speed!

Saturday we went to Grandma/pa Beggs' house to see their new carpet and lineoleum. It looks nice! Then we ate lunch in town. While there, we were filled in on all of the latest with the movie that is being filmed in Lenox! It is so strange to drive through town. They have changed storefronts, signs, and even the insides of many of the businesses. The bank has been made into the sheriff's office and they have a "jail" inside. It is a remake of the movie "The Crazies." I know, a great title, but hey, it's big news for our town! They have been there all week filming. My mom, dad, and brother have all been filmed, so they may all be in the movie! The movie is about a town where the water supply gets contaminated, so the people begin going crazy. Timothy Olyphant (in Live Free or Die Hard, Hitman, Deadwood) plays the sheriff and he has been filming some scenes this week. Reports are that he's not bad to look at! Everyone is very excited about it and they are loving being a part of it! I'm hoping that one of the next couple of weekends that we're back they will be filming so we can go watch! Adam got his autograph this weekend on his DVD of "Hitman," so he was thrilled!

The main actor, Timothy Olyphant

Zane, the "mad scientist"

Today we had lunch with mom and dad, then headed to KC. About a half hour after we left, Dad called to tell us Adam had been in a car accident. He was fine, but his car, which he just got 3 weeks ago, is not. The accident took both driver's side wheels off! Sounds like he's very lucky that he did not get hurt. The driver who ran into him simply did not see him. We are glad everyone is okay!

Mason enjoying cereal...as long as it's sweet!

The World According to Zane

• Zane likes to open things with his teeth, and we were telling him that if he's not careful, his teeth will fall out. For Easter, Jo made tooth fairy pillows for all of the kids, so when we talked about this it must have reminded him of that because he said "My teethfall out, I put them in my fairy pillow in the pockets!"
• We were driving along the other day and Zane said, "Mom, we live on a pwanet." Funny the things he picks up!
• Mary, Madelyn, and Nora joined us for supper Monday night. Madelyn had gotten an umbrella from Jo and there was something not right with it. Mary told Madelyn that maybe Matt could fix it. Zane said "My dad can fix anything!"
• Zane was asking me for some milk the other day, in a whining voice, so I told him that if he could ask me without whining that I would get it for him. He said "I am not whining. You're calling me a baby." Well, at least he knows what whining sounds like!