Projects....

Yesterday we were having problems getting along. Trying the old distraction trick, I came up with an idea of filling water balloons then suggested that they treat them like babies. Yeah, bright idea. It has been going on (non-stop) for 48 hours
Which is pretty cute

Except for the fact that I'm going crazy because they won't let me pick up their clutter. Seriously, what is wrong with me? I have been pacing around the living room silently begging them to finish with this terrible display of creativeness.

Full Moon Rising

To my utter disbelief, my sweet mother informed me this afternoon that Garrett mooned her yesterday while she was watching him. But that's not all, the prior babysitting episode he told her that she was old and wrinkly.

What is happening to my innocent boy? I mean we don't go around our house mooning each other...wait, oh. I forgot, Jeff does repeatedly do that. Now that I think of it, on one of our first dates he showed me his full moon so maybe this apple doesn't fall to far from the tree. And my mom could stand for a few botox injections.

two weeks at a glance part deux

I was fortunate enough to be asked to watch my nieces for a few days. They are probably the most imaginative kids I know. Each day we conquered new forts and reenacted the sinking of the Titanic. Funny, Jeff volunteered to be the butler, now they call him Uncle Butt. We finally decided that we needed to get out of the heat and venture to the mountains
Em sort of ripped up the Alpine slide, she had NO fear.
Abby making sure that she knew how to apply the brakes correctly

And Jeff and Gil getting ready to race Em. The greatest part about our trip to Snowbird was not one of the kids asked for a Webkins. But I'll save that for another post.

two weeks at a glance

So there has been lots happening lately and unfortunately for this blog I have been reading the absolute best book (seriously it tops my list). Its called A Thousand Splendid Suns and I highly urge you to go get it, it will change how you look at the Middle East. Aside from my reading joys we have been: riding with no training wheels! (yay Garrett!) The only thing that spooks me is this kid has one speed: FAST. He is a maniac.
Decorating our bikes for the Primary Pioneer day parade. Yeah, can you tell that she is still enamoured with horses?
Going to Gateway Discovery Museum via Frontrunner. This is Gill and Kella holing hands and if he knew I snapped a picture he'd throw a fit.

Our only chance at riding a horse this summer due to the closing of Aarowhead stables.

just...so.....sleepy

As I'm getting ready to post this I realize how many posts include Garrett sleeping. Maybe we need to see an MD about his narcoleptic tendencies. That or just put him to bed before 10 PM.

dinnertime

So after a day at Cherry Hill the kids are usually VERY tired (that includes me) and I find it challenging to say the least to cook a healthy dinner. Take Monday night: I cooked, called everyone to dinner, and this is what I got....A very happy Abby (because she just has a great disposition)Gilly falling asleep at the table (because he generally just doesn't get enough sleep)

And no Em. why? because all she wanted was bean burritos and she spent all of dinner crying because I "didn't like her" since I wouldn't go get her burritos. Sometimes I just want to throw them a loaf of bread with spray butter and let them fend for themselves. Is that a bad attitude?

Water for sale!

A few mornings ago I heard the water running from the front yard. I looked outside to see that Em and Gill were selling water in the cups we use to rinse after we brush. At least they weren't used cups. For one cup it was $0.25, or if you happened to have three people in your party it was $0.35
we thought spelling was one of her stronger subjects but I think we need to call Sylvan

Oh, they also had their glow in the dark jelly fish available to look at. I wonder why they didn't make any money.

forts

With summer boredom comes creativity. My kids built "forts" in the storage room. They brought me in to show off their creations and all I could think about was the bunks in Dachau. They had full intention of sleeping on the cold hard floor until I took them into the furnace room where we have sticky paper to catch mice (which we don't have, that paper has been empty for two years) and its full of dead spiders, big dead spiders. They decided not to stay much longer in their concentration camp like bunkers. I kind of felt bad for Gilly, he didn't have much room.