Beach Day At Both Schools

It was Kokomo Beach Day at Katie's school and Beach Day at Zach's school. So mom decided to follow the kids to each school and find out what all the fun was about.
Pirate Zach here with his girlfriend Grace dig for buried treasure. They were focusing on the letter "S" today and many "shells" were in the sand to find.

Katie's school cafeteria at lunch time was turned into a "beach" with the towels spread out and lunch was served. Katie is the one in the left hand corner sharing her towel with the new girl who had no clue on what to bring for this big celebration. Alli and Anna are on the towels next to hers.

Then Katie was jumping and dancing to the extreme. She was moving so fast that nothing on my camera could capture her! Wow, Katie!

Then the 1st graders goes nuts with dancing as the song "Crazy Frog" is played. Notice the cool boys from Katie's class in the front. Too cool to jump around. :)

This was definitely a fun day for all here in Zionsville. It started to snow as I walked out the door of Katie's school. Ahhhhh. If only it were spring....

Seeing Brothers Holman Without Leaving Indiana

How lucky I am as the oldest sister to have both my brothers come visit me within a week of each other. Didn't have to drive...except to Patrick's or the Children's Museum...but I will take that any day to have a little Holman fun.

Rob zoomed in week before last for a quick Prime Rib at Patricks and just long enough to learn that he enjoys drinking Stella. This was valuable information which helped me decide what beverage to provide for the other brother during his visit. Of course the standard Mountain Dew and Diet Pepsi was on hand as well.

Bill, Judy, Maddy and Mo arrived on a busy Valentine's Day here at the Nurk household. Everyone had fun on their minds as we took over the local wings place. The kids had fun with the video games and quickly dominated the field. After loading up on fried delicacies, we headed back to watch the recycle bin fill up quickly. And of course laugh at my husband get upset about the TV and then bring on some rockin tunes.

The next day we headed to the Children's Museum to show the Ohio gang what happens when Hoosiers have very little to do on a three-day weekend. It was a little crowded but the kids did not mind and we even got to take in a comic strip workshop and some autism education. All four kids were just perfect. Lots of fun and good times.

Btw, we were/are fighting fever/flu things here. Katie did two weeks ago...Zach did last week and as I am typing, Jeff now has a 102 fever. So I am hoping our Ohio brethren did not take anything more than luggage home with them.

But don't let that stop you! Come back soon y'all. Ya, here???

See ya in March.

Achew!

R.I.P Two Hour Naps

Ahhhhhhhh...we have officially hit another milestone here. Time to get busy. I was VERY lucky to have a good napper the 2nd time around. Now Mr. Zach is wanting to stay up and play with his cars or talk mom into going to Target to get more cars. But don't worry, Mom has a plan...I signed him back into Gymnastics school on Thursdays. Gotta keep that boy focused!

Next up, we are working at writing his name. He has the Z down and part of the a. Not bad for a wise little guy.

Nurk vs Nurki

Here is Zach losing his hat in the snowball battle. He was pretty set on staying behind the melted snow fort they built prior to the battle.

Dad takes a moment to teach the fine art of snowball making.

"Look Mom! I am flying!"

Happy to get a snowball over the wall and hitting his target...Dad.

Dad strikes back. Notice his form....

The snow was great here. We were able to get over to the new hill across the street and then over to a new sledding spot that someone tipped us off on. Zach and Katie could of stayed much longer but the no naps we are taking with the Zman ended our fun at about an hour into the sledding. Then it was back home for some more fort building and trying not to play in Meg's pee. :) But this always offers a very valuable life lesson for the Nurki. Yellow snow is bad.

Stay warm and make the best of what is around you.

Dolphin Swim Party is a Blast!

Katie's Party was fun!

Here is Katie with her buddies the Petersen triplets plus Mary T.

Blowing out all 7 of those candles with Connor and Alli at her side. Connor is her buddie from preschool days and Alli has been in her class for the last two years.


Katelyn and Katie posing at the pool. Katelyn is our buddie from the neighborhood and we have been fortunate to play soccer against her many times. These two have a good time! We also Katelyn in the same class the last two years. Yeah!

Katie's best friends Sophie and Katelyn.

It was snowing just a bit outside as we swam in the warm pool. Nice change and a great day!

Seven is Swell

Happy Birthday to Katie! We had a ton of snow (that is Indiana terms. I think we had only 4 inches) and a big promise to Katie she could do Amore Pizza after school. So, Katelyn Wasson, Zach, Katie, my 9 fingers and I made it through the after-school traffic confusion to get that cake and pizza. Played games and ate well, Katie had a fun time and topped it off with a sugar-induced conversation to Grandma in Ohio. Loved her new manicure/pedicure kit and even tried it out on her little brother. He likes his sparkly toes. Jeff was shaking his head pretty ruefully at the whole situation but that is what little brothers and too much chocolate cake are for! Good times!

Next up: Dolphin Party at the indoor pool in Carmel. Birthplace of Zach. :)

Fire and Kim Don't Mix

Hmmmmmmmm. Would you believe it if I told you? Yes, I am my mother's daughter. Have had two incidents with fire in the last 72 hours just to proove it:

Fire #1---- Stovetop fire. The whole thing lit up like a bonfire. Just needed some marshmallows. Cute thing is Katie runs outside in her jammies and no socks to our front stoop as I yell, "FIRE!". Left eggs boiling and forgot about them. Took a shower and came back to nasty smell and then flames. Plastic piece in back fell over and caught fire. Alarm went off. Zach did not know that towels could put fire out. Jeff was pretty much laughing at me so the scotch did not wear off from the night before. We were lucky. (For the scotch not wearing off)Burned my cabinet a bit and luckily I was lazy and left pans on the stovetop so it saved the gas line and my stove.

Fire #2----Trying to make snowman puppets for kid in Kate's class. Glue gun for buttons. glue gun left on too long making glue searing hot. Glue drips on my pants, I go to move it off and it drips on my index finger. Put it in water and the top layer of my skin peels off. Go to Nurse office she advises me to go see doctor. Need it covered foe the next 14 days. Hurts like a mo fo.

So posts will be few. Took me about 30 min to type this.
But on the good side, no migrane this month so far. Went off pill and this is what happens. Ha ha ha ha!

All is good though. Could be a whole lot worse.

Now I have to go set up for meeting on Wed. Good Ol Jen is gonna help me lift and move stuff. You gotta love family! Yeah!