Toilet Paper Party

I gave Benjamin and Savannah 2 rolls of toilet paper and told them they could do whatever their little hearts desired with them. Benjamin asks "Really, can we make a REALLY big mess?" I said yes...if you know me well you know answering in such a positive way to the word "mess" is abnormal for me. Anyway, here's what Benjamin decided to do with it.

Bird House

We found a little baby bird clinging to our patio door. Poor little guy was so scared. As I was admiring the little guy (with the door open) he flew inside the house. You'd think we were being attacked by dinosaurs with all the screaming we were doing. It was hilarious. After about 10 minutes or so, and lots of effort with my broom, we finally convinced him to fly back outside. The kids LOVED it!
























Here he is way up on the beam in the living room. I was so afraid he was going to poop in our house.....

Project Time

While David was out of town Benjamin and I did a project for Daddy. First I had Benjamin paint a piece of cardboard and then I had him collect as many small rocks as he could find outside. This is how it turned out. We hung it in Daddy's bathroom. Surprise Daddy! (Benjamin was sooo proud of all the rocks he collected!)

Big Girl Bed

This afternoon Savannah told me she wanted to nap in her big girl bed and NOT her toddler bed. I didn't argue. Here she is for the first time ever sleeping in her big girl bed. She's growing up so fast! Makes me sad.


















I pulled out the trundle bed underneath her bed just in case she falls out of bed! It'll cushion her landing a little bit. :)

Benjamin's Interview

A couple of weeks ago I interviewed Benjamin. I knew I'd get a laugh out of his answers. Thought I'd share:

So Benjamin, what's your favorite kind of dinosaur?
T-Rex, Velociraptors, and a bunch of meat eaters.

What's your favorite season and why?
Summer, because you can play in summer.

What's your favorite food?
Chicken nuggets, french fries, ketchup.

What's your favorite color?
Verde....green.

What's your favorite movie?
How to Train your Horse.
(I kept trying to correct him and tell him it's not "horse" it's "dragon". He would just laugh and kept saying horse).

What's your favorite animal?
Lion, Buffalo, Snake and every kind of man eater.

Favorite fruit and drink?
Strawberries and orange juice.

What's your favorite flavor of ice cream?
Rainbow (ummm, he's never had rainbow).

What is the thing called where we put our dirty clothes?
Dirty hands closer. ..dirty holmes clanser.

In closing, what do you want to say?
God. He protects me and is powerful. Barnyard. Barnyard dance. Abby-Claire can come to my house. The End.

Happy Birthday Frederick

June 30th was Frederick's 8th birthday. We had a good time! Cupcakes, presents, and decorations...yes, he was spoiled.

The day before his birthday I had the kids decorate a birthday banner for him. Below is how it turned out. Notice the holes in it? That's Benjamin way of decorating.













This is the banner in progress. Yes, they are in their skivvies....I certainly didn't want paint all over their clothes!












Presents!












These are the bone decorated cupcakes Benjamin and I made while Savannah was sleeping.












Birthday Boy!

Benjamin's Spanish Camp

Benjamin has been in Spanish Camp all week. I thought he was having a good time until this morning he begged to stay home. I think he just didn't like getting up early every morning....poor kid, he takes after David and me when it comes to sleeping in. Anyway, we've been carpooling with his friend Abby-Claire. He's been having a good time with her. When I dropped them off on Thursday morning his teacher had a funny story about Ben. She said every day the kids have a special "share" time where they talk about something fun or special they did the day before. She said all the other kids talk about going swimming, or eating pizza, and things like that and Benjamin just wants to talk about dinosaurs. She said she's been getting a kick out of him and is so impressed about his vast knowledge of dinosaurs: what their names are, if they're carnivores or herbivores, if they're bipeds or quadrupeds, etc. This kid loves dinosaurs. When we ask him every night what's something he's thankful for so we can pray for it he has 2 standard answers and they are Abby and Andrew.....and T-Rex dinosaurs. She also said he's doing a great job with his accent! Good job Ben! Not sure where he gets it because David and I don't have it.

Movie Night with Mom

Tuesday Mom and I saw "Bridemaids". It was crude in parts but the movie redeemed itself with some very hilarious moments. At one part my mom and I were laughing so hard we had tears streaming down our face!

Burned Out....

Emails, Facebook, texting, even blogging. I've been so bad about it all lately. I hardly ever check my cell phone to see if anyone called or texted. I wait days to check email. And for Facebook? I'm rarely on. Oh and television, I'm not much of a watcher anyway so it's hardly ever on (unless Daddy is home). So what is it with me lately and technology? Because it's so impersonal? So time consuming? I will say that since I don't surf the web so much anymore, I don't spend time looking at Facebook, and I only check emails every few days, I've had so much more time with my kids. It's been good. Real good. These kids are a blast, exhausting at times, but still a lot of fun.

As for television, if I do turn the T.V. on these days it seems like so much trash is on....including the commercials. I guess I'm so used to cartoons that anything beyond that is shocking to me, not innocent enough for me. So as irresponsible as this is, if you ask me about the latest news, I'm not up on it. As for world concerns I should be, I know. Actually my husband is up on all that stuff so I'll get him to update me on it all.

Anyway, if you've texted, emailed, or facebooked me lately and it took me a long time to respond, don't take it personal. Maybe I'll get my groove back soon, or maybe not. Try calling the home phone instead. I'm taking a break from all this overwhelming technology stuff.