busybusybusy!

it's only saturday and it feels like we've crammed several weekends'-worth of stuff into a few days. this mommy's tired!

let me backtrack...

this was the scene in our living room late afternoon on wednesday... cole LOVES to build towers with his legos, but he likes them to be super-tall. he figured out, all on his own, that when his tower gets too tall, he can stand on his lego table to reach higher. and when the tower is too tall even for that, well, he adds more legos to the middle instead of to the top.

not bad for toddler-logic, huh?

(yes, that whole thing makes me proud of him... what a smartie!!)

madison had her second time-out for antagonizing her brother... she's still not quite sure what a time-out is, but she'll get it eventually.

anyway, the lego thing and the time-out wouldn't have been interesting enough to post except that it's what we were doing while we were waiting (unbeknownst to the kids, of course, because mommy kept it a secret) for this:

daddy's home!!!

cole was tickled.

madison, not so much.

daddy won her over with mashed potatoes, so by bedtime she was a total daddy's girl again.

madison get a "my little pony" from her daddy...

... and she discovered that the pony's brush works on HER hair too!
(we'd gone to target on thursday where kelvin found a matchbox car case for cole- madi needed something too, so she wouldn't be left out. daddy's rule!)

yesterday afternoon we went to kelvin's parents' to spend a few hours with them and kandace. the kids got a ride on the four-wheeler: highlight of the afternoon!

yup- totally her daddy's girl!

my dear husband had a surprise for me, too... he was getting antsy for the mail to get here yesterday, and had been slyly checking something on the computer. i figured out not long before the mail came that yes, he was expecting a package. i figured he'd found something-or-other on ebay, so i just left it at that. but when the mail came and the package arrived, he told me to open it... and there was the lens kit i'd found on ebay months ago!! i can't afford to get individual macro, telephoto and wide-angle lenses for my camera but i'd researched the reviews on the "add on" versions. the reviews were good, and they're a mere fraction of the cost of seperate lenses... perfect for hobbyists on a budget!

i had to try out my new macro on one of my favorite subjects...

(yes, it's madi's eye)

... and a dandelion.

i was going to try a lily or a tulip, but it was just too breezy and those flowers just wouldn't sit still!

cole played BIG tractors with grandpa dan (he had a little help from auntie kandace while grandma ruby and i snapped photos)

madison got an "airplane ride" from her daddy- looking at this photo, i can hear her excited giggles of delight!

~

it sounds like kelvin will be home for a month, maybe five weeks, working in oshkosh until the tennessee job starts. it's awesome to have him home, and we'll get more than just a weekend together now. it's funny- i was thinking of taking an impromptu road trip to see him this weekend; just pack the kids, some clothes and diapers and go. he told me on monday that he'd be coming home, so that idea got canned rather quickly. this is much better, though- welcome home, daddy!!