For red ribbon week, day two was “Mix Up Day”. They sent home a note that if you would like to participate, wear different shoes and socks. Well, like a boy after my very own heart, Scout likes to go big or go home. So on this morning, he wore a backwards, inside-out shirt, different shoes, different socks, and a half-flat-and-half-crazy hair do. I love the creativity. I love the confidence. But mostly, I just love this boy!
To say that Navy was excited to go on her first field trip is a complete understatement. As we were leaving, she ran into Bella and Nonnie to invite them to her “very first field trip EVER!” Then, as we were leaving the house, she said, “Goodbye house, I am going to miss you. I wish you would come with us.” She was completely giddy all morning long.
So off we were to the farm…..
When she saw RoRo and Grey arrive, she ran to them with her arms out, and they all hugged for a while.
She paid excellent attention to the instructions her class received.
All three buddies crammed into the engine of their choo choo train ride.
She got to go on the pony ride very first — and was obsessed!
Then it was off to her own personal “Happiest Place on Earth”.
This girl - the youngest in the class, was gathering all of the guinea pigs for the other kids to hold.
She had her own personal collection, and would lend them out until she decided that she wanted them back.
She was literally hilarious.
Nothing scared her, and she was a natural.
And so was Dash.
You know - the cutest kid on earth!
I think his philosophy was “When in Rome…”.
Or in this case….”When in Rabbitsville…”.
And he took that philosophy and ran with it — or crawled with it.
All the way to his scared little buddies.
No wonder — he looks massive against them!
But I think he rethought the whole thing when he felt like a caged animal.
Because there wasn’t a huge fight when I put him back in his stroller.
And as a side note – Thank you farm for having hand sanitizer everywhere.
Because even a little bad-tasting sanitizer wouldn’t take these two fingers away from this mouth.
We took a break for a bit to decorate pumpkins.
And hit up the corn pit — where she went kamikaze style.
And thief style.
I made her empty both pockets of hundreds of kernels of corn.
Then it was back to “Sienna, the most specialist guinea pig in the universe”.
They really were like bosom friends.
I was almost guilted into getting her a pet.
But then I came back to reality.
And came up with a great business — RENT-A-PET.
Any takers?
Dash got to join in on a sister date to Sushi.
It was my mom, all sisters (minus Ash) and Dash.
Guess who got all of the attention.
Like my other two kids, this boy LOVES Good Choice.
If the world ever comes to an end, there better be sushi in our food storage!
But unlike my other two kids (and just like uncle Seth), this boy doesn’t swallow as often as he should.
Just like a chipmunk, he stores his food in his cheeks for the winter.
(Micah pulled meat out of his cheek, about 20 minutes after dinner a few days ago.)
We were all cracking up.
And when he would laugh back at us, you would just see mashed up green in his mouth.
He was on a soybean kick.
When I tried to get it out, he pursed his lips, and shook his head no.
And then included his latest trick — he swatted my hand away!
Luckily Tristen came up with a fantastic solution.
She tickled it right out of him.
Slowly and surely, that green soybean paste just oozed right out of him.
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This kid is going to be crazy!
He is hilarious and wild.
I originally thought we had perfection.
I am now convinced that we actually have perfection with a twist of lime.
Yesterday — I was a failure as a mom.
It was crazy hat day at school, and somehow, we ended up at school hat-less.
I tried to manufacture one of Dash’s blankets into a turban, but Scout wasn’t going for it.
I did try to make up for it.
As soon as I dropped him off, I ran over to Summer’s house and got a pumpkin hat from her and took it back to him.
He was happy, but I wasn’t.
I have an AMAZING collection of hats for my kids, and a pumpkin just wasn’t up to par.
Just last week, my mom and I got matching hats for Dash and Scout.
Dash is modeling them below:
Scout would have looked amazing in his viking beanie.
But nothing would have compared to the lumberjack hat!
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It is a crying shame!
I need to organize my life!
But that would mean going 100% against my nature.
And what really is more important?
Crazy Hat Day — or living an authentically honest life?
Dang….
Looks like I better invest in a calendar!
Guess who got an Email last night?
Guess who was up early this morning getting “talked to”?
Guess who spent his morning rewriting the above letter?
Guess who swallowed his pride in front of all his his guy friends and delivered this letter to a girl?
Hint: He said sorry in Mandarin.
Dash took his first steps!
He was standing and balancing, and the saw me.
And just as strong as ever, our magnetic connection drew him towards me.
And three steps strong, he made it!
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And thus begins a whole new world….
Look who is cruising all over the place!
This boy has been standing on his own for a month or two, but has been delving into the walking world lately.
I have never encouraged walking, but he is LOVING it!
Especially when the crowd goes wild every time he takes a jaunt.
And when there isn’t an uproar over him, he grunts until he then gets it!
Scout is my 100% boy.
Navy is my 98%er.
When Scout does a job, he almost always get the entire things done without too much prodding.
Navy does a really good job, and then weasels out of the final touches.
This day — she folded the clean rags.
She likes this job, and does it well.
When 20 minutes after I told her to put them where they belonged, I went to get a rag, and there were non to be had.
So after searching for a minute, this is what I found:
The rags in the laundry room with the door shut.
(Keep in mind, the laundry room is further away than the cupboard where they belonged.)
So when I dramatically gasped when I found them, Navy ran over for the walk of shame before I got her in more trouble.
(It was just earlier that morning that I told her we were in a hurry to get her to school, and I couldn’t find her shoes. She said, “Oh! I know where they are!” And then walked over to the family room couch, moved a cushion and pulled her shoes out from behind it. I asked her how she knew they were there. Then she said, “Oh, I put them there when I was cleaning out the car, so I would remember where they were.” Because I guess it would be tough to remember to look in the shoe cupboard!)
It is safe to say that my car is decently messy at most times. But we usually try to clean it out on Saturdays. I figure I would rather do that than be a Nazi every time my kids leave a paper or their shoes in the car. But when I turned around to see that Navy had smuggled in an entire bag of pretzels, and that between the three kids, remnants were everywhere — they got in big trouble.
So on their own, they cleaned out and put away every single thing there was in the car. I’ve had them do this before, but they were really thorough this time. Maybe because it took them about 2 hours to do it. Or maybe when Scout said, “Mom it is like a desert out here, and I really need a drink of water”, and I replied with, “I know, it really is hot out there, and as soon as that car is spotless, you can have all the water you want”.
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When they were finished, they were to ring the doorbell, and allow me to come inspect it.
Like I said — thorough.
And at the end — as my cherry on top, they told me that they were very best friends.
I guess two hours in the beating desert sun does the trick.
Wonder what three hours would do?
Scout came home with his backpack full of his schoolwork.
Too bad for him I saw his horrific cutting.
Guess what he was practicing all afternoon?
And guess who got a jump start on her cutting skills?
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