Bastard Fly!

So this Bastard Fly was driving me crazy last night. I was lying in bed trying to relax and fall asleep, and he starts buzzing around the room like a noisy little airplane. So I get up and get my electric fly swatter (thanks Amy :D), but apparently he knows that I'm after him because now he is silent, and nowhere to be found. After a couple of minutes of searching for him I shut off the light and lay back down, keeping my fly swatter handy. Just a few moments later I hear him buzzing around again. And he's getting closer. The gosh darn thing smacks me in the face and lands on my pillow! I jump up, turn on the light and he's still there on my pillow! Ewwwwwww!! Get off! I literally have to pick the pillow up and shake him off, 'cuz I'm not going to zap him on the pillow!
I grab my electric swatter, and now I am determined. This fly will not live, and I will sleep. Hailey and Susie are looking at me like I am a complete crazy women. No way am I taking my eyes off of this obnoxious creature. It takes several tries, lots of flailing and jumping and swatting the ceiling and air before Finally! I ZAP him. And............he lands on my pillow! Whaaaatttt???? Seriously? So here I am, lying in my quiet, peaceful bedroom. Minus one pillowcase and ready to relax and fall asleep.

Alex in Irrel

Here is a link to some pics of Alex that a friend of ours from the Fire Dept. took. We went out to a place by a river in Irrel, Germany. I think that some of them came out pretty good. Thanks Kiel!

http://s900.photobucket.com/albums/ac206/Kielbc/Alex/

I am proud to be an American.....

....and I miss you America.


Dear Germany,
It's been nice meeting you, but I am ready to go home. Thanks for the perspective, and for the new found appreciation for what I love about my country. I have new and greater respect for people who pick up and move their families to a foreign country to start a new life. I, however, prefer to go back to my lovely America. She may not be perfect, but She is just right for me.

Yours truly,
Erin

Yummy Ice Cream

This was Alex's first time eating an ice cream cone all by himself. He tends to be more interested in the cone than the ice cream, so that's where he started. He bit the bottome of the cone first, and as you can see, once the ice cream was almost gone, the cone was gone too.

At the Park: Sandwich, Swing, Slide & Stairs....

....what more could a kid want???

Some Random Cute Pics

Sleepy at the store.

Alex certainly knows how to enjoy a cupcake!

Cool firefighter jammies.

Easter

Ooops, posted these ones backwards. But here is egg coloring and Easter basket-ing.