The Hannig Home

Today Benny mentioned something about April twenty-tooth.  He meant "twenty-second" but he was thinking twenty-two with a 'th' on the end.  Twenty-two'th.  :) Later in the evening, Luke ran in from outside and asked "Where's Dad?" I said, "Pooping."  Ben chimed in without missing a beat, "They don't call dad The Pooper for nothing." Bahahaaa!  The more I thought about what he said and how quickly his little brain spit it out, the more funny it became to me. And earlier in the day, Meredith and I were listening to our church service online (on my phone, in the car) because I had been on the worship team and wanted to see how it sounded (and how badly I shook the shaker! I'm no percussionist).  As Meredith held the iphone and watched, and I drove the car, she said to me, "You look pretty.  Your face looks pretty."   It made me feel so good. Even if it's just my little girl that thinks that, it'

I never actually buy the Spring pictures that our kids take at school.  But I definitely snap a picture of them with my iphone before sending them back in the boys' backpacks.  Mom didn't know it was picture day.  Either did the boys. Cuties nonetheless!  

    volunteering in Ben's classroom first night using our new golf membership One of Luke's new b-day shirts from Heather look at that face... off to school on a spring morning

Luke, Ben, and Meredith - During the first part of our vacation to Acapulco this past March you stayed with Grandpa and Grandma Dold.  After Grandma Marcy handed you over to the Hannig Grandparents she emailed me to let me know how the weekend went.  I love reading her recap of your days together.  Enjoy! Hi Nikki and Paul, Well I told you I would check in with you about our days with the kids…..it all went so well…they really were so great that I’m a bit emotional today from missing them.  J  We had a lot of fun. Dad was so great, as he always is, playing dodge ball with them outside, and building, building, building and crashing, crashing, crashing houses and towers with our inside toys. I thought that they just played, more than ever, with our blocks and people….over and over again, many times during the day. Every morning they dumped everything out of the bags and started over again. They never got tired of it. They loved all of your gifts, and screamed in delight every mor

The other night I asked Luke if he had done something that I had asked him to do.  As he was brushing his teeth he said, "The only thing I'm good at is forgetting."  That's funny!  He was serious, too. Benny has been drumming a lot lately.  We have this little drum he can hang around his neck.  Paul asked him how he knows how to play so well.  He responded, "Dad, I don't think.  I just let my body do it."  :)

Meredith has been sick since April 1st - and it's April 13th today.  It's been a long few weeks, a roller coaster ride full of tears, doctors, x-rays, enemas, cathing, diarrhea, and vomiting.  She won't leave my side, and she *hasn't* left my side since April 1st. In the middle of eating her supper just now, she looked at me and said, "I'm glad you're my mama." There are no better words to hear.   I'm glad too, Meredith.  More than you'll ever know!  I can't wait for you to feel better. Ninja Benny came along for the 3 hour appointment. Seriously, how cute is this guy?!

Luke turned 8 years old on March 29th.  And just 3 days before that, his mother (me), turned FORTY.  I'm not sure which is blowing my mind more!  I can't believe my baby is 8 and I can't believe that I am 40 when I feel (and obviously LOOK) like I am still 20.  ;) Paul and Hannah pulled off a MAJOR surprise 40th birthday party the Thursday before my birthday (which was on Sunday, March 26th).  Paul told me on Wednesday night that he had a little surprise for my birthday:  He had arranged for his parents to watch our kids so we could go out to dinner with Pete, Eryn, Joe, and Hannah the next night.  We went out to the Green Mill in Willmar and had a blast and I had NO CLUE that the surprise was yet to come.  After dinner and drinks the waitress told us she didn't mean to rush us but there was another reservation at our corner booth at 7pm.  So we paid our bills and I thought we would head home.  But Joe and Hannah were going to meet some friends at The Oaks and said we