When Scout had a temper tantrum and said I was not a fun mom (among other things), I gave him a good punishment. I told him that he could spend some time in his room, and make a list of the things that I do for him.
This is as good as it gets!
On the list….
fun
awesome
helps
comforts
confidant
pays
prays
builds up
laundry
smart
scriptures
selfless
CTR
reads
gets us ready
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Also on the list…
constipated
playdates with a “hashtag not” next to it!
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Honestly, this kid could do me in some days. But this list softened me, and made me laugh at the same time.
Scout,
You are awesome and annoying at the same time.
Good thing I adore you.
XOXO,
Your constipated Mom
This year, the leprechaun is “going to walk up the stairs of gold, then fall in and get stuck in the ABC gum”.
After an hour of creating, these four are sure they will get the leprechaun this year!
Especially Dash and Pippi, who don’t quite know the drill yet.
I love that Ms. Diann copies exactly what the kids say their painting is.
Today Pippi painted, “It’s me frowning and crying, because I was in the dark woods and somebody found me, and I was happy!”
I always wonder if the description comes before or after the painting.
But by the looks of the painting, I think she nailed it.
I chaperoned Navy’s class to the Ocean institute today. Today, they got to dissect a squid, which was actually really cool. At first all of the girls squirmed and wouldn’t touch the squid.
But not Navy…who dug right in.
Of course she did.
Today was the big day of Pippi performing the Irish Jig. This is the BEST! And Pippi — out of all of our kids — might have the best jig. It is jerky, and awkward, and makes us laugh every time she has practiced it over the last weeks. Her performance was perfect. Minus the hat that kept falling over her eyes, that had to be removed.
But the hat went back on when she went out to search for the bucket of gold the leprechaun had dropped.
I can’t believe this is my last kid who will perform the Irish Jig for me!
I guess it is time to make it a family tradition.
A few weeks ago, Dash went on a field trip to the farm, where he received some radish seeds.
When he came home, we planted them under our kumquat tree.
Voila!
We picked one of the radishes for Nonnie to try.
She said it was the very best radish she has ever tasted!
Whoa!
I told her that she was a little heavy handed on her brows.
She told me, “You are so crazy. They look so pretty.”
I told her to go look in the mirror.
Scout informed me at 7am this morning, that he needed a King George III costume. I told him that he was on his own. Good thing we have a stocked costume cupboard, and he came up with a great costume! Then at 7:05am, I was invited to his “Walk Through The Revolution”. I went, and he had three speeches memorized. When he got up as King George III, he even gave his speech with a British accent.
For not even knowing about this project, I was rather impressed with what he put together.
Thank you Scout for not humiliating me.
And thank you Scout for doing it all by yourself.
This was a win-win.
I love this picture of Navy.
I have alwasy thought it would be such a cool picture to make into a painting.
So I tackled it myself.
HAHAHA!
Somehow she went from being cute, to stiff!
If only had an artistic eye.
But Navy was so cute…she said she wanted it in her room. I refused, but she really liked it. We put it outside to dry, and two weeks later it was still wet. I guess my paint went bad over the 8 years of not using it.
So problem solved.
This un-masterpiece went straight into the trash.
Navy has serious skills.
Here is her inside out braid.
I even have a tough time getting these tight against the head.
When she showed me the picture, I was shocked at how good it was.
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