- The kids' umbrellas were finally put to real use this past week when it rained one morning before the bus. They were BEYOND thrilled to use them. It was kind of hilarious.
- Jane was insistent a couple of nights ago that we do Family Home Evening again. And by Family Home Evening, she meant cut out and color a bunch of jellyfish to glue to a piece of cardboard. Hahahaha. It was kind of adorable, though, to see how she got everything set up in the morning before she left for kindergarten. The other kids were less than enthused about doing FHE on a non-FHE night, but we convinced them that going along with Jane's idea would be really nice and would help with our challenge for the week. For our REAL Family Home Evening on Monday, I challenged everyone to think of one thing they could personally do this week to strengthen our family. Because, as I told them, if we're not strengthening our family, we're destroying it. {Let's just say we've had a LOT of issues lately with mean words and actions being thrown around amongst the children.}
Explaining the activity.
Coloring our jellyfish.
Gluing them on the cardboard.
- Grace convinced me to take her to Walgreens the other night because she NEEDED new highlighters for school. While there, she also remembered that she NEEDED markers for her poster she was making about Little Turtle for school. She also needed the poster board, and --when she saw it at the checkout -- she NEEDED this clown nose as well. Hahahaha.
"It's for a good cause mom!" is what she kept insisting.
- And while we're on the subject of Grace, this crazy nut job convinced me on Tuesday night that she NEEDED new running shoes because her other ones were too small. I swear I buy this girl new shoes every couple of months, and I was sure that her "need" for new shoes that day stemmed from her seeing MY new pair of shoes I had gotten earlier that day, but nevertheless she WORE ME DOWN and I ended up taking her to Famous Footwear 15 minutes before her bedtime. Aaaaaaaahhhh! Well, color me surprised when we measured her foot and discovered that her feet have indeed grown bigger! She is a officially a lady. Hahaha. The last pair of running shoes I bought her a few months ago were a Youth size 4. Her feet are now measuring between a 5 1/2 and a 6, and in the end she bought the EXACT SAME PAIR OF SHOES that I had just gotten, only in a size 6 1/2. {Do sauconies just run small or something?? Because I still feel like it's a little nuts that her shoes are only a half size smaller than mine!!!} She was SOOO excited about the fact that she is wearing women's size shoes. Hahahahaha.
Grace's new shoes. Twinners to mine.
This was her "all black" ensemble for school today. Even though I know she was so cold outside at the bus stop, she wouldn't put her sweatshirt on, and I know it's because she didn't want to cover up this look. Hahahahahaha.
- Candy grams were all the rage at school this week. The sixth graders were selling them for a fundraiser, and I wanted to surprise the kids and buy them each one for a treat. Apparently a lot of kids at school got in on the action as well, and they've been buying them for friends and teachers all week long as well. Sophie was sweet and bought one for all her siblings today, and Alex was SUPER stoked to see that his tootsie roll pop was dressed up as a superhero. Hahahahaha.
- And finally, son number one has been begging for weeks to have a "bonfire" in the backyard so we could make s'mores. Today was his lucky day. After I saw him trying to prep the fire pit by blowing out all the leaves, I figured I ought to throw him a bone. Even if it IS more effort and work than it's worth {in my book} for the reward of a s'more. It was fun while it lasted, but time will tell if it was worth the late bedtime for Thing 1 and Thing 2 {aka Alex and Jane}. Jane in particular was a train wreck by the end of the evening, but at least she fell asleep rather quickly. Alex, on the other hand, spent another 20 minutes in his room playing with his action figures before finally succumbing to the sandman.
One last hurrah on the trampoline before we hauled the little ones up to bed.
And that is all folks! TGIF, right??? Here's to hoping THIS weekend is relaxing and refreshing. :)
2 comments:
Cute abd funny kids. You must be tickled by how clever creative and thoughtful they are
Where did have get the jellyfish idea from?
Pretty heartwarming that grace wanted shoes to match her mama. :)
I'm always motivated by your blog to try to do more fun things with my kids. Today, June wanted to finger paint. My feelings about finger paint compare to yours about a bonfire--so much more work than it's worth. But in the end, we did it, and she's still talking about it. So I guess maybe that part is worth it.
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