Junior Camp

We sent three boys to junior camp this year. Three!!! When did three of my boys get old enough to go to junior camp? Ahhhh!!! They each had to help pay for their way becasue well...frankly, we're not made of money, and well, there's three of them. So they helped their dad in the Pyroboom business and used some other money that they had saved. They had a great time. We actually went to see them on Wednesday night for church, and Luke took one look at us and ran away as though he didn't want us there. ha! He's so my kid. I probably would have done the same thing. As you can see by some of the pictures, they had a great time!

Veggies

We went to Golden Corral tonight. The kids LOVE Golden Corral...me, not so much, but because I know how much they love it, I chose it as the place we were gonna go. (Note: Eric told me that I had to decide because he didn't care.) Anyways, after the kids filled their plates with fried chicken, pizza, and a lot of other fried foods, they went after the desserts. After at least 2 desserts each, I thought back and realized that they hadn't had any vegetables on their plates. what kind of mom lets their kids eat only junk food? I told them that they each had to have ONE vegetable. Two of my boys looked at me and said, "Mom, we did. We had macaroni and cheese!"

Since when did that become a vegetable? And what kind of mom does that make me since TWO of my kids thought that! I chuckled pretty hard on that one!

Just in case..

you people who read my blog think I'm biased to the girls, let me explain why it seems I have more pictures of the girls than the boys. The girls STILL LET me take pictures of them. The boys run from me now! No lie, I have to pretty much bribe the boys to let me take their pictures. In case you don't believe me, here's some pictures to prove that I usually have to pay them to let me take their pictures. Lovely, huh?

Worth a $100

Have you ever had one of those days when the kids are just being wild and crazy or even just fighting a lot, so you just want it to be a little calmer around the house? Or you might just want to figure out a way to stop the fighting? You just want to have something organized that they are doing? Does that make sense? To succeed in that, you obviously have to figure out something else for the kids to do. Right? Well, I told the boys that I would give them $100 if they could put their elbow IN their ear, not just touching their ear, but the pointy part of their elbow had to go into the ear canal. (Hey, a mom's gotta do what a mom's gotta do!)

I don't think I really caused them to calm down, but it was hilarious watching them do this, AND they weren't fighting. They tried so hard. (In fact, my pediatrician always says that the only thing you should put in your ear is your elbow.!) You should have seen these kids. They spent the next 30 minutes doing everything they could to succeed. They were on the floor, upside down, jumping, and cracking their skulls with their elbows. It was hilarious. I think I actually raised the booty to $500 at one point, but unfortunately no one was able to do it. (Feel free to take the plunge yourself, but make sure you take pictures and send them to me. I'd love to see you guys try too!)











Finally after getting bored with that. I gave them another proposition. I told them to try to get both of their feet behind their heads and to keep them there. (The boys do swear up and down that I told them I would give them $25 , but I have no recollection of the money part.) Next, thing I know. Blake is putting BOTH of them BEHIND his head. It was crazy.

And...this is Eric while all of this going on. How do men do this? How do they sleep through the noise of it all?

Rain, Rain, Go Away!!!

Seriously?? out in the rain with a sombrero??? Jakeb asked me for a hat, and that's what was available! ha!

Should I be worried...`

...that my sons are driving the tractor???
Okay, so it's one thing if my oldest, Blake is mowing the lawn. He's almost 10. I can see that. He's old enough.



It's also one thing if Luke is learning how to cut the grass too. He outweighs his brother by a good 30+ pounds and at least 3 inches taller. He's big enough.

But...my baby boy?? AHHHHHHHH!!!!! He's only five! I started to hyperventilate until Eric told me he lifted the blades and only had it in first gear. Then my breathing slowed down, and I was fine enough to snap some pictures!

ps. Jakeb had no desire to try it out.

Stratego

This was one of my favorite games growing up. Luke came home from co-op last week,and was telling me about this great game called Stratego. You should have seen his face light up when I pulled this out of the adult game cabinet! We've been playing it all week. Even Jakeb loves it.

(Luke loved the fact that Klaire fell asleep while he was holding her.)