The kid’s quiet time was particularly quiet. Quiet enough that I had to check up on them. And when I did, I realized that they got into my sticker cupboard and had all of them out and were going to town. At first, I was so annoyed. But quickly realized that the reason I have those stickers is for my kids to have fun. So I told them to enjoy, and then to clean every last bit of it up.
And they did!
It only took me three times of checking it for them to get it right….but they did.
When you see Navy in her undies and the Pips in a fancy outfit….there is only one explanation.
They just came home from church.
And clearly, Navy must have learned something about being sweet while in primary.
But to be fair….she is always sweet to her Sissy.
It’s those boys that bring out the stink in her.
This morning, we checked off 24 scriptures, read for 30 minutes, cleaned out the baking cupboard, cleaned the house, did a bit of art, and now it was time to exercise.
We incorporated our exercise into our “play hard” portion of the day, and “hiked” to Britni’s house.
We parked on PCH, got out our scooters, loaded the stroller, and headed off on our 4 mile “hike”.
My view for most of the day.
Scout is my treasure/trash collector.
From far away, I could see he had found something and was totally excited about it.
I really thought he found a dollar on the ground, but as I got closer, he was stoked to show me, “a ball AND the ball’s skin!”
We kept it for a bit, but I told him I thought bugs might be living in it, so we got to chuck it.
After four miles, we walked a bit past Brit’s house to Ellie’s Table for cookies for the crew.
We found a huge and shady grass area and had a picnic of cookies and kale salad.
Then it was off to Brits.
The kids stripped down and got in the water with Grey for half an hour.
We loaded up on more snacks, and then headed back for another four miler.
I was decently wiped by the end because I chose the short cut strolling through the sand for a mile.
But it was a great adventure.
And the silver lining to it all…the penny we put on the train tracks that got smashed!
(Shown: the real penny, and the other ‘penny’ that Navy tried to convince us was hers.)
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I’m liking these Work Hard/Play Hard days.
Guess who is sleeping in the same pink curlers I slept in as a little girl.
And guess who is setting her hair each night. Hint: it’s not me!
And yes….the licking method is still going strong!
Dash has been on fire lately with naughty words.
His favorite word — by a long shot — is poop!
Everything is poop.
Just this morning, I had a conversation with him.
He said, “I’m going to frow poop on you.”
I told him that isn’t a word we say.
Then he said, “Den I frow potty on you.”
Again, not something we say.
Then he told me, “Den I gunna burp on you!”
Nope.
Finally, “Mama…I gunna frow dese fings on you, and den scare you yike a monster.”
I told him if he did, or kept talking like that, I was going to “frow” him in time out.
Then he said, “No Mama, I be nice. Cuz you are bootiful and gorgeous.”
And then he coyly grinned ear to ear.
Day three of summer, and my list is still intact.
Thirty minutes of reading time….check.
When I walked in and noticed the light was good, reading time became an impromptu photo shoot.
Poor little Pips has been teething for four months — or so I always think.
Basically “teething” has been the catch all for anytime she has a fussy day.
But so far….no teeth.
But I would way rather blame this grumpy face on some new teeth.
It’s much better than accepting that on some days, she is just a grump.
This summer’s theme….
is
Work Hard, Play Hard.
(Work Lazy, Play Lazy.)
So far so good….
It is day one, and I gave them the rundown of things we are going to do each day we are home.
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Morning Chores
(Bed Made, Room Cleaned, Family Night Room Cleaned, Hall Cleaned)
Morning Drill
(Teeth, bath, dressed)
30 Minutes Reading
Organize something
(cupboard, drawer, closet)
Exercise
Educational Activity
(Writing, science, art)
Scriptures
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Once done…and done well….we will play hard!
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After the kids got ready, I had them tidying up their beds and the upstairs as I ran to get a prescription.
When I cam eback, they had already dug into the pajama drawer that we were going to be organizing.
It was amazing what was stuffed in there!
After, we had an entire donation bag, and a fuller than I wanted pajama drawer.
(It is a community drawer, so we did have to keep four kid’s pajamas.)
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After that, we read, cleaned more, memorized a scripture, picked up, and made our way to part two of the day…
PLAYING HARD!
We stopped off at Yogurtland to meet Britni, and convince her to let us take Grey.
Then it was off to Big Air!
(We were paying off our present to Seth and Cade.)
Talk about playing hard!
Then we went to Krispy Kreme to watch the donuts being made, and they each got to have one.
And in reverse order….
And because Dash asked for a BandAid because his tummy hurt….
(I guess we forgot to eat hard!)
The six crazies and I went to Outback Steakhouse to finish off our night.
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Summer….I am so so so happy you are here!
As soon as I picked Scout up for the last time this year…I felt a heavy weight lift from my shoulders!
we went home, changed, and headed straight to RoRo’s beach for a day of nothing!
The four oldest played in the waves together for a few hours.
They are so awesome together, and have a blast!
THey would go in the waves, then make sand dogs, then make forts, and head back out to the water again.
All while Dash snoozed for three hours!
(Pippi snoozed also, but downstairs in the dark guest room…where I wasn’t about to let a flash wake her.)
And when the kids were sun drunk, RoRo and Scout came in and played Lego’s for a while before relaxing to a movie.
But where were Navy and Grey you ask???
They stayed back and held hands in the waves.
The never-ending year has finally come to a close!
Hallelujah!
On our way out, I snapped a picture of Scout with his awesome teacher, Mrs. Komine.
We are crossing our fingers that she moves up with the class!
PLEASE!
She was strict, no-nonsense, demanding, and good.
She always had the boy-heavy class completely following the rules.
She loved Scout, but didn’t put up with silliness.
I got an Email one day from a fellow classmate’s mom about how sorry they were that Scout’s paper was ripped up in front of the class because it was sloppy. And was he okay?
I never even heard about the incident, and when I asked Scout about it, he said, “yeah….she thought it was sloppy, so she made me do it over.”
BRAVO!
My favorite part of Mrs. Komine was that I love that she loved Scout.
She was the first person to defend him when he would get in trouble on the playground….”He is just a boy, and plays the way boys do!”
She was the first person to praise him….every time I would pick him up and she was on duty, she would come to the car to tell me how well Scout was doing and that he is SO smart!
She really does love him.
She told me this a few times, but reiterated it on his graduation poster.
“Thank you for being a student I can always show off to our visitors!”
She told me over and over how well Scout was doing in Mandarin, but specifically….that any time a visitor would come to observe the class, she would call on Scout, because she new he would have the right answer each time.
Mrs. Komine….fight like the dickens to move up.
And if you don’t…try to move down to Kindergarten to get Navy!
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