Nonspecific

Playing cars.

The picture I took of G at Lowe's when he was saying "forklift" in his own special way.

I had to take a picture of this. You don't see B.A. cuddling anyone very often. Unless it is a dog.

We made chocolate chip muffins on the best Saturday morning I have had in a long time.

It's Curling!

We "curled" today. The rules were a little different. For example...

There is no ice.

We don't slide heavy rocks.

There was no bumping of other people's rocks.

There were no teams either.

Or scoring.

There weren't any big painted circles on our board. Just squares made out of painter's tape. (Squares were much easier.)

And there was no sweeping of ice. Or strategy.

But other than that, it was pretty much the same game.

If we would have had a winner, Dare would have been it.

Mads' technique was jumping as he threw. Gorgeous, but not very effective.

G was the biggest cheater. We gave him a DSQ several times.

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P.S. If you ever get bored in the car, G has lots of ideas you can do to keep yourself entertained.

#1 Claiming the Crayons

More to come...

Mighty

I don't really know how to introduce this. Just watch...

Come on! It's not that long!

Don't you love how he tells Nate he wants to do it by himself TWICE? Story of my life with this kid. I'm not sure what he said a lot of the time, but he managed to bless food a couple times and our house. Oh, and he prayed for Grammy's house, and Mark. But of course my favorite parts are the long, drawn out aaaaaannnnddds.

Oh, and I had to reel him in there at the end. We might have kneeled there all night. I just got lucky that he let me help him that time. It was hilarious after that, how he gave Nate the I-told-you-so look. I'm not sure why.

Right Past the Fireflies That Sleep in My Heart

Last week B.A. was Star of the Week in her class. She made a poster about herself and got to do special things at school. On Friday she was able to bring a visitor to join her at lunch, and talk to the class about her poster and answer questions. Since she was sick on Friday, we did this yesterday. When I got there she was already eating her lunch. This didn't stop her from running up and giving me a big hug. She was sitting on the very end of the table. I just kicked a couple of girls off the bench and sat across from her. Just kidding. I didn't kick them off. It was pretty funny how they kept looking at me though. She did a lot of talking to her friend, Savannah. We played a story game while I watched her put her bell peppers on her ham sandwich before she ate it. I joined her for recess. She wanted to run. I just watched. Then we walked around talking to all her friends and seeing what they were up to. I learned that B.A. doesn't like doing the monkey bars in the winter because her hands get too cold, and she doesn't like playing soccer because of all the weird boys. We joined some girls doing cartwheels, and I even showed off my handstand skills.

Her presentation was outstanding. She wasn't nervous to speak in front of her class at all. She told the class all about her favorites, what she wants to be when she grows up, her vacations, and her family. Then the class asked questions. One kid asked what continent she would like to visit the most, and she said Asia. Another question was would she rather drown in freezing water or hot lava. B.A. said she would rather not drown at all.

B.A. is such a cool kid. Sometimes I forget because of all the drama, but she is awesome. I love that she laughs so easily. I just have to get her to stop worrying so much and she might laugh even more.

Thanks, B.A., for letting me hang out with you.

Cerulean

Rhon and Dare dressed up G the other day...

He seems oddly pleased with himself. Is it the pink skirt with no back? He probably likes the naked bum feel.

Maybe it's the bangs.

Nice Skull

Mads' first ever buzz cut. I love it.

Dueling

Last night I had to carry two kids to bed. Well, Nate carried one and I carried the other, but two kids had to be carried to bed. I was up late with my boyfriend, Mario, and at two separate times during the night one of my children came to join me. See if you can guess which two.

This is Rhon's bed. This was taken several months ago, but it is like this every night. I am not exaggerating. Every single night. It doesn't matter what I say to Dare. It doesn't matter how a threaten her. She will not stay in her own bed all night. EVER.

Now you are probably thinking one of the kids was probably Dare, right? Because she can't stay in her own bed. Nope. It was Rhon. Dare has a way of making Rhon the uncomfortable one. She always manages to take all the pillow and most of the space. Poor Rhon. And yes, I had to move Dare back into her own bed before I could put Rhon where she belonged.

I bet you can guess who the other kid was this time. Yup, Mads. He came out telling me that G was taking all his space. This picture was taken a couple nights before, so I guess this will be a nightly thing for the boys too. I'm not too surprised. Dare and G are alike in every other possible way, I don't know why this would be any different.

I guess I should be glad he choses Mads' bed instead of mine. But that hasn't stopped him from coming into my room at 5 every morning for his daily sitting-on-my-head routine. And, just for clarification, he isn't wearing pajamas because he takes them off. I don't know why. He just likes nakedness.