I’ve created monsters, who insist on a Chick-Fil-A shake, every time we step foot in the place. I want to say no, but then I remember how stinking cute they are when they are sucking from different straws in the same shake. When they start insisting on their own shake, I will finally put my foot down! And until then — slurp up you two.
This girl is always on stage.
Whether she is at a restaurant, in our own home, or anywhere else, she finds her “stage” and performs.
She is constantly entertaining, and never dull.
And lately, she’s my favorite thing.
Tickle fights are so uneven at our house.
Micah uses his too-strong-of-fingers to tickle us.
And the second we lightly get him back, he says uncle!
Pansy!
The struggle is real.
I think she was close to passing out before I stepped in.
I have been on a ton of field trips with the kids.
But I usually just drive myself there, and forego the bus.
This time is was a legitimate escort, and a mighty fine one at that.
I love Scout’s class…we have a lot of history together.
So being back with them is great, because we all know each other really well.
This was Scout’s obnoxious reaction to finding out I was going to be his sidekick.
Don’t let that face fool you — he was stoked!
We went to a sea lion conservation organization, that taught us about sea life and what is making them have harder lives. It was actually fascinating.
Here is the gang.
Here is the gang after I have instructed them to DAB!
And on our bus ride home, I brought them all pocket mazes, and we had competitions on the bus for the first one done.
Obviously, I had rad prizes for the winners!
And as the kids got off the bus, they all personally invited me back to their next field trip.
Navy had started on Nonnie’s birthday present days ago. She presented it unfinished to her, even thought she had already spent hours on it. If it were me, I would have already gotten my excitement out of giving a gift, but not Navy. She was determined to get the whole book finished, so it was exactly what she intended to give to Nonnie. So after many more hours, it is finally complete…and it’s one of the sweetest examples of gift giving I have ever witnessed.
Navy, you are awesome.
When Dash sings at school pickup every day, I love it. When I showed him this picture, I told him that I love when he shouts “I Love You” to me. He is trying to convince me that it is just part of the song, but then I pointed out that nobody else was doing it. I told him it was our little secret, and to shout “I Love You” out to me every day.
Every once in a while, Dash turns partly stinky.
But it isn’t three seconds later, that he turns partly nice, and another second before he is completely nice with a grin across that little face of his!
Nothing makes me happier than when I peek into the kid’s primary, and they are sitting reverently.
So the above scene was a little treat for me today.
But I almost gasped when just a few moments later, my handsome boy was asked to give the closing prayer.
I am pretty sure my smile from ear to ear is the first thing he saw after saying “amen”.
While Navy was at school, look who took over the nursing role.
And she did a mighty fine job when I asked for ice water!
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