peek-a-boo tires

This is a favorite activity in our house right now.  Unless football is on, you get his complete and undivided attention.  Today we tried peeled grapes (huge success) and again tried carrots (not so much).  Cheerios are always a hit and rounded it out with mashed up noodles.  Yum-o.

Christmas rounded out with a visit from Grandpop.  Grandma Jan was down for the count with the flu so we are hoping she is feeling better.  We watched some quality Lions action and rounded it out with some freshly baked banana bread!  As one devoted Lions fan's sign said

 "0-16 living the dream"

Now that the snow is returning, we are going to try to do a little more sledding before the school machine starts up again.  I am not sure who is dreading school more: me or the kids.  There is so much that goes into getting 3 kids out the door each day.  Homework and activities surrounding school is a whole other 900 word essay that Wackie Burnacki used to require us to write.  I was just also so glad that I had Kamp instead!

Tomorrow we are aiming for Bounce Party.  It did not happen the other night like I had originally planned.  Daddy was hangin with baby....I loaded up Will and Z to go get Jon.  All was well til we got to Jon's when I realized my back tire was nearly flat.  Now, keep in mind, I have a brand new minivan so this should not be happening.  When I limped to the first gas station (4 miles away-EEEK) the air was not working.  So, another mile down the road, the air pump seemed to not be working (unbeknowst to me, that was NOT the problem) and at the third gas station, while applying the air pump to the valve steam, it crumbled in my hand.  Uh, this REALLY should not be happening.  So now there is NO air in my back tire, the van is full of impatient kids ready to run off the stink, it is dark and 20 degrees.  Are we having fun yet?  So, Jon's mom comes over to get us, I have to call a wrecker and watch him change the tire.  You might be asking yourself: Why didn't Mark come get them?  The answer would be....mommy had the carseat in the (you guessed it) MINIVAN!

For those of you who know me, I would not normally call anyone to change a tire.  But being this is a much larger vehicle than I have ever driven and because of the fanciness of this minivan, I could not FIND the spare, I thought it best to watch someone first.  In five minutes and $68 later, I was on the road again.  Now I know how to change a minivan tire.  I can cross that off my 2009 resolution list!

Happy New Year to all.  May the up coming year not be as horrible as they are predicting!