WHAT A WEEK!

MONDAY: Make 18 teacher Gifts, (I don't like to leave anyone out, which ends up getting carried away) This year...Personalized WATER BOTTLES!

TUESDAY: Field Sports Day volunteering at the relay running station.
Just like Sport's Day when I was a kid, without the first, second and third ribbons and adding the water...lots of it...oh and the gigantic blow up slide...they added that too.

TUESDAY NIGHT: Jessica's Activity Day Derby Father Daughter Race

WEDNESDAY: Jessica's 1st Grade Bowling

WEDNESDAY VERY LATE... Finding out Wednesday morning Hunter being a summer birthday can bring a treat for Thursday morning...oh goodie.

They DID NOT...end up looking like this...but more of a smashed "kids helped roll them out" version...but Hunter loved them. Mission Accomplished.

THURSDAY MORNING: Logan's 1st Grade BBQ Picnic

Even though Logan checked all morning that I was for sure coming, didn't see him other than for this picture, he was so busy playing.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON: Hunter's 3rd Grade Swim Field Trip

It was tough coming to Hunter's day because parents weren't really invited...
but I wanted to be there, so I just showed up.

FRIDAY MORNING: Present Jessica's Retiring Teacher of 30 years with a special book the class and I put together. (every teacher should be remembered)

FRIDAY AFTER-SCHOOL... Baskin Robins Double Scoop Ice Cream Treats with Daddy for Lunch

FRIDAY LATER ON... Mommy's Annual Scavenger Hunt for the kids.

Each year I put a scavenger hunt together that ends off with a big pile of fun loot for the summer. I am very proud of them and how well they all do at school. This year they are all way above the norm and all are in the 90th national percentile for their grade. I don't think I have been in the 90th percentile of anything academic.
When Matt and I joked and complimented them that they don't get their brains from either of us. (probably Grandpa Matkin)

Hunter decided it must be that his brain is like both or ours put together...

This years scavenger hunt questions were a little harder, I made them work out math problems and then follow a key to decode the letters which spelled out where their next clue was. It was much harder for my brain then it was for them completing the problems...maybe Hunter was right.

This years theme for loot- hiking! They are set with their fanny packs (there has GOT to be a better name?!) head lamps and compasses. I had to update their water gun artillery. After they found their loot it was so hot, I had a full on war with the boys and we all got drenched, too wet to take any pictures.

FRIDAY NIGHT: Yummy Dinner at Katie's! Yes...no need to cook!

SATURDAY MORNING: Yucky medical tests in small cramped places....go to a happy place...happy place...happy place.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON: Finally taking our boat out for the first time! (Matt inherited it over 5 years ago) We renamed the lake/pond turtle lake. There were tons of them! I caught the first turtle, but was too chicken to get it out of the net. We of course let him go after we probably gave it a near heart attack and rocked his little turtle world.

We got out on one of the little mini islands and explored all 10 feet of it so more like a clump of land in the lake.
Also where Hunter announced he was going to go to if he ever ran away...good to know.

Whew I can't believe I made it to today, Sunday...usually Sunday is pretty hectic, but today was breeze compared to the last week of school. So a lot of slugging around today. I am POOPED!

Being present for my kids and family is what makes my world go around sooo...
I can sleep when I am dead.

Now the week is over, and my house is a mess. I hope I can finally clean my house when I am dead too.

Blessings of Friendship

Life's been a little worrisome lately for me...don't worry

...just I have to.

but anyway a good friend of mine decided to take one less worry off my mind for me and made dinner for me tonight. She knows me so well, cooking is sooo stressful.

And it was soooo good.
Dang, I wish I enjoyed cooking.
Katie, and I need the recipe...

not that I am going to cook it, (it looks above my skills)
but it is usually customary to ask right?

and maybe Matt will cook it.

I must say if Rachel you are reading this, I know you offered a ton of times lately. But I am holding out until you follow through and clean my toilets like you offered....

No, really. I don't need dinner or my toilets cleaned...well I do, but anyway.
I just saying that it means a lot...that's all.

Bubbles

1 glass of pink chocolate milk + 1 straw = blissful entertainment....


ahh... can you hear the peace and quite and the sound of a babbling or bubbling brook?

Time for Tie Teaching

Bzz Bzz Bzz

Logan kept busy today buzzing around the yard. Every two seconds you hear "bzzz bzzz bzzz". Hunter heard the bzz bzz-(I am sure all the neighbors did too...) and ran down to have a ride too. Jess would of too if she wasn't sick.

Still getting used to all the "boy stuff" and trying to not to be totally clueless about boy things, as I didn't have brothers. But I hate to say in this department they have WAY exceeded me and I know there is no way I could make it one time around the tramp without injury.

(coming from past experience and scars to prove it. )

"Picture Taker"

I love taking pictures...

I don't know all the rules... or even some of them really.

I don't like learning them, I would rather be out taking the picture than
reading about taking the picture...well duh.

But I DO love looking through a camera and trying to capture a personality.

That is what I love.

I think you need to know what you are doing (thus following rules) to be called a photographer...me? I am just a picture taker.

Maybe someday I will graduate to "photographer"

but for now, I just LOVE it when what I am trying to capture... turns out.

It would probably happen even more if I followed the rules.

Let's Go Fly a Kite

3 Busy Munchkins

Three little munchkins busied themselves last night upstairs in the Christmas closet.

When asked what on earth they were doing...

"We are ornaments." they chimed!

okay...

must had to been there.