I made lunch for Scout, and headed upstairs to tidy up.
Meanwhile, the Pips was fussing, so I put her in the jumper and scooted it over to where Scout was.
Good thing too, because the Pips created quite the drama.
She was jumping her little heart out.
When I came to see them, I could see something underneath her.
I wasn’t sure what it was, and took a closer look.
Only to find out that somehow, she was jumping in her own poop.
Poor girl.
She was stripped, and bathed immediately in the kitchen sink (which was disinfected after).
And was fresh again in no time.
You’ll never guess how Scout learned to tie his shoes.
I took the same approach I have taken with him in the past.
I wait long enough….until he really wants to know badly enough….and he teaches himself.
That’s my kind of teaching!
My mom and I took the kids to the movies. After the movie was out, Scout went to town on his latest favorite hobby. To the humiliation of his Nonnie, he looks everywhere for loose change (or in this case….loose tokens). He crawls, climbs, checks the return slots, waits for people to leave to inspect their area of play. I literally watched Scout search and search for twenty minutes straight. He was determined.
He even got Navy in on the action (although she isn’t nearly as determined).
And the hard work paid off!
He ended up with seven tokens and a dime!
Impressive!
Impressive….until the poor kid tried to win a mini IPod, and lost his tokens in two quick turns.
The tears were inevitable (and kind of justified).
No worries….this cool guy is just waiting for the next place we go…so he can hit it up for hopefully quarters!
Skilly went to prom with the most darling boy — Nate.
Nonnie, who buys the prom dresses for her grandgirls found a winner!
And your truly did the hair.
She got ready at our house, and it was really nostalgic to the day I went to prom.
Maybe because Nonnie pinned the boutonniere the same way she did on Micah.
There was a full blown paparazzi taking photos.
Do I see a little love in the air?
Better watch out Skilly — I married my prom date.
A little secret that I have — I HATE fake tattoos!
I hate the mess they make, I hate how ugly they are, I hate how the kids whine when I’m taking them off, and I hate that the moments I need them off — they don’t remove easily!
So you can imagine how I felt about this monstrosity!
But nothing was worse than…
The fake tattoo in the hair.
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Shoot me now!
Just a little homemade peanut butter I whipped up.
I love it….but you’ll never guess who loves it the most!
Only my self-appointed vegetarian (minus bacon), who is always lacking a little protein in his life.
Good thing we found some protein he will devour by the cup full.
It is almost to the point where I have to limit his intake.
Yesterday, he ate 3/4 of a cup of it for a snack.
We had a few extra minutes this afternoon. So I grabbed a few of Pippi’s empty baby food jars, and added cream. The kids and their neighbor buddies shook and shook and shook, and they all made their own butter. So I toasted up some bread, and then they ate the results of their “really cool science experiment”.
Scout created his very own “book club” - where the members create their own books.
The first book was “The Story Book”.
“My Club. My club is a book. The rules are that you can’t cheat and look at others people’s workbook. And never….”
“…be bad. Come to Scout’s book club on Saturday.”
He found a really special place for his book, and had one of his special Lego machines protecting it.
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Wanna know who the very first member of Scout’s book club is?
Just take a guess!
It isn’t often that I am in my bedroom in the afternoon.
But those unusual days that I am, I often see one of my kids mid-lap.
You know….where they go around and around our house — scaling walls, climbing fences and walking tightropes.
Look at what I saw in my ice drawer!
You’ll never guess what is inside…
You can’t tell what these two weasels are up to?
They were just doing a science experiment titled, “Freezing a Worm”.
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