Silly boyZ

Monkeys

We did alot of walking on our last geocaching adventure and the boys were exhausted. They had a burst of energy when we found a vine for them to swing on.

For Every Action...

...There is an equal and opposite reaction! For instance, lets say you hook a bungee cord (not too securely) to something and then you pull really hard on it. And then, just for fun, lets say it comes loose. David learned tonight that it comes right back at ya!

We are learning so many valuable lessons around here these days! I knew the second this happened because David let out a scream the likes of which I have heard very few of in his life. This boy never admits to pain if he can help it. It hurt so bad I think he may have even let me kiss him if I had tried.

Lessons in Productivity

I felt the need to be productive today so I decided to prime the trim around the front door of the house. It would only take about a half hour and then it would be ready for Kem to finish putting up the new molding. Easy peasy, right? I did the job in about 45 minutes and I was feeling really good about myself for having done it. It was while I was cleaning up that my optimistic mood deteriorated faster than a speeding bullet. I had to set the tray of primer down for ONE second. In that ONE second my dog ran over and stepped in it. Of course I yelled for him to stop which scared him and he ran to hide under the desk...leaving painty paw prints all over the carpet. When I went to get him he ran out and tried to escape to the kitchen...leaving painty paw prints on the wood floor. UGH! I sent the dog outside to wallow while I cleaned up the paint (which came off the wood floor but not the carpet). When I went out to bring Dog Breath in he had a look of fear in his eye and wouldn't come to me. Instead he ran into the swamp. Now he smelled like dead, rotten, decaying swamp and was black from the chin down. He needed a bath anyway so off to the tub we went. Once clean he tore through the house shaking water everywhere as usual. I told Levi to make sure he didn't let Cody outside. Did he obey? NOPE. He let the dog out who proceeded to roll and grind the the freshly loosened dirt from the garden into his soaking wet self. Within a minute he was black from head to toe. In my just slightly agitated state I kicked the front door (instead of kicking my child, of course) and my toe is really not thankful that I did. I was now late to go pick up Child #1 from school so Cody would have to stay outside, unchained of course because I couldn't catch him and his collar was off anyway. When we returned a half hour later the dumb dog was sitting on the front step waiting ever so patiently to be let back inside with this look on his face like nothing ever happened...even though I could tell that he had gone back in the swamp while I was away. Back to the tub for bath number two. Which, it turns out, caused me to get stuck behind the bus on my way to pick up Child #2 from school, so it took me FOREVER to get there. As I sit here writing this up so I can get it off my chest I just heard one of my children yelling to another "WHY DID YOU JUST LET THE DOG OUT?" Are you kidding me? Seriously? My toe hurts like crazy, the wet, twice cleaned already today, dog is outside getting filthy again and I have gotten absolutely NONE of my work done today. Well, I guess the door frame is primed but whoopedy doo. The next time I get the bright idea to work on a little project that needs to be done I am going to curl up on the couch with the child and the dog(whose normally not allowed on the couch) and watch a video instead. That way nothing will get done but at least I won't have worked so darn hard to make the place look worse! Instead I will be well rested and ready to be...dare I say it...productive!

Geometry Tutor

I caught Eric helping David with his Geometry work. 

Eric was recently named "Geometry Master" by a teacher at school. He loves math but is really enjoying Geometry. When he saw that David brought home a Geometry paper he took it upon himself to explain it all and help him. It was so sweet. He was so thorough and patient. I have found myself being very frustrated with Eric lately because apparently he acts like an 8 year old boy! Imagine that:) It's nice to know he can speak intelligently. I don't think the word poop came up even once!

Levi's Geocache success

We took Levi geocaching and look what he found!

It finally happened

I got the call from the Nurse Trudy today. "Mrs. Carey, David got hit in the mouth with a hula hoop in gym class today and his tooth is bleeding." "No big deal" I tell her. "His tooth is dead and gross and it bleeds sometimes. Send him back to class, he'll be fine." Nurse Trudy calls again an hour and a half later. "Mrs. Carey, it's still bleeding and David just doesn't seem right." SO I went in to look at his tooth. EWWW! It was like a marshmallow...the tooth itself. It was wayyyyyyyyyy more gross than it had been. Off we went to the dentist to have it pulled. David was so scared that he hid in our yard hoping I would leave without him. I managed to bribe him into the car with the gameboy that Aunt Steph had just given us. I had no intention of giving it to the kids today but what could I do? I told him that if he was brave, the gameboy was his. If he stayed behind the tree and made us late then the gameboy was mine. He hopped right into the van and was the very picture of brave from that point on. The dentist couldn't believe how brave he was.

Here's the little trooper with his new best friend...which he has to share with his brothers after today!

Snow much fun!

We went to PA this weekend to play in their snow before it melted. Fortunately there was just enough on the ground Saturday for a little snowmobile-ing.

And of course a little snowball-ing

Thank you Uncle Karl and Aunt Steph for being so fun. The boys seriously are ready to desert us and move in with you!

new music for the kids

A couple of weeks ago Eric, being the third grader that he is, said "mom

P-A-L-E-E-E-E-E-E-A-S-E don't make me listen to these songs anymore.

He was referring to the 101 Bible songs that he has been listening to since he was 3. Levi very much loves them but apparently Eric has had enough. So I went out in search of some more grown up Christian music for him. I ended up with this pureNRG CD. When I first heard it I thought "Oh no! my children are going to think they are at a dance club for teeny boppers!" Then I reminded myself that my kids have no idea what a dance club is and I determined to listen to the words despite the "kid" voices.

It turns out that this is a really great CD. Eric, who hates to sing, can't can't stop singing the song What if? We listen to it on the way to school and then I have it in my head for the rest of the day. Then he wants to listen to it on the way home and bring it in the house and listen to it blasting while he does his homework.

It's definitely teeny bopper-ish but has such a great message. I am glad that music like this exists for younger kids. Now, I'll just pray that my kids don't devolope a love for the dance club scene as they get older as a result of this music.

I'll try to put What if on my playlist so if it isn't playing already you can click on it to listen.

Kemuel's Birthday

Look at the size of those kids! It makes me think we may be getting older. But...Naaaa...I refuse to believe it. 

Kem, I love you more with every year that passes!

Happy Birthday