Busy Bees

For the past five weeks, we have been busy little bees. There had been at least one activity planned for each day, sometimes up to three! The little bird handled it all with ease. She's kind of a rock star kid. Wheeling Park District Pool

Ladies Night

Kacy's Graduation Party

Kids say the darndest things...

I'd like to take this post to say how much I love these three Texas rug rats. They are loud, wild, and insane but each one of them has a super big heart and really good morals and values. My sister and her husband have done pretty good with these three...
Here are a few funny things they've said that I can remember... We finish watching the worst movie I've ever seen in my life..."Cop Dog" and Cole (nine) says, "How do dogs do it? Maybe the boy dog licks the girl dog's nipples and the babies come out there?" Yeah Cole, I think you're right.

Little Aidan (seven) kept injuring his balls a few weeks ago when they slept over. He is so soft-spoken and kept saying, "Ow, I hurt my balls." I asked him what his problem was and he says, "my balls don't like me."

While driving and listening to the Eminem/Rhianna song today, Aidan asks me what the song means. I tell him that it's about relationships and how they're so great in the beginning but then the people get sick of each other and start fighting and they break up and make up and break up and make up...Cole says, kinda like Kevin and that girl. I ask him if he means our cousin, Stephanie, and he says, "yeah, them. I hope they don't break up again cuz that guy's awesome."

That's all I can think of now. We've been eating at Barleycorn on Wednesdays cuz they have half-price appetizers and kids eat free. That's how the Kanes roll...

Get your hair did

Ella's bangs have grown too long so she's been rocking a wonky ponytail until I can decide if I want to cut them. I kind of love the pony though...oh and she LOVES having her cousins around. Their visit is coming to an end and it will be a sad, sad day :(

Hoffman Fest

A few weeks back we met up with some relatives and headed to the Hoffman Estates fest.

It was fun playing games but when did the games go up to five dollars? Seriously? It's a freakin' carnival.

This kid and this banana...Aidan and I played a game and won a small, stuffed toy but he wanted a banana. So he played a game with someone else and won another small, stuffed toy. So since I'm the best, I asked one of the workers if I could trade the two small toys for a larger, stuffed banana. I presented the banana to Aidan with a smile on my face but he was severely disappointed my the bananas size (keep your minds outta the gutter!). So he proceeded to pout until Chris finally won him the large ass banana. Life lesson learned.

This is one of my favorite pics. Blake is crying because Aidan kicked him in the balls. Aidan is crying because I told Kerry that she should take the banana away from Aidan since he kicked Blake. Cole is crying because Joey didn't try hard enough to win him a large toy. And Kerry has no choice but to laugh!

Although the banana was a sore subject, he quickly warmed his way into our hearts and has become like a family member...

Hand, Foot, Mouth, Oh My!

So a few weeks back - the 4th of July weekend to be exact, Ella came down with a fever on a Friday night as we were headed to a wedding. Grandma Jeanie took good care of her but the next day she still wasn't right so while I was at work, Buzz took her to the doctor. They saw one sore in her mouth and with the fever said she probably had hand/foot/mouth disease. It's a fairly common, contagious infection that kids get. It's spread by saliva and you know how these little ones like to share shit - and by shit I don't mean actual shit, but pacifiers, toys, sippy cups...

So instead of going to Rocky and Jill's 4th of July party, Ella and I hung out at my parent's house with my three nephews. We had a great time and the next day Ella woke up fever free with no sore in her mouth. So I think her first major illness was a fluke. But how cute is she when she's sick?