I came up with the BEST idea ever!!!
My kids are trying to earn a little bit of money for Europe, so I told them that cleaning earns money right now. They griped…UNTIL…I told them that I took a picture of a “hidden gem”. Whomever cleaned up that particular item got five euros for Europe.
Here was the hidden gem.
I have never seen my kids clean so fast, because they knew that the more stuff they got their hands on, the better odds they had of winning.
The winner was…..
Navy!
So far, Scout, Navy and Pippi have all won once. Poor Dash…but he will get his. At least I hope he will!
There is nothing quite like a beauty afternoon.
Ka was a great mentor to these two eager proteges.
Pippi started some plants at school — green beans (because Scout loves green beans) and radishes (becuase Dash’s radishes grew really good). After they sprouted, she came home, and put them where we plant all of our temporary plants…under the kumquat tree.
Where they are going to bring happiness to her and my face, each time we walk through our front door!
After pizza each week, the DenStrands play as long as the moms will let them on a grass strip in front of a busy intersection! It is also right across from Jimmy’s big picture window where they have their “view tables”. Well…between WWF-style wrestling, disrobing of hot kids, and an occasional argument, we give them quite the view. It is kind of hillbilly style, but that is how we roll. Or according to snooty Britni — how I roll!
But don’t we all know, that hillbilly memories are the ones the kids like best!?!
The walking group boys know I am a sucker for them. So after begging and begging me, I said I would drive them to school this morning. But once they got in, I told them we were stopping for gas first — that THEY were pumping! Surprisingly, nobody knew how to do it besides Scout. So Scout made Justin get out, and he taught him the ropes. And as a treat for pumping my gas…they all went to donuts!
Which just might be the reason they always beg me to drive.
What can I say — I am a total sucker….with a full tank!
The other night, we wrote thank you notes for Family Night. Micah wrote one that night, but none of us knew who he wrote it to. Until today…
Navy got a familiar looking envelope in the mail.
She was a bit confused for a second.
But then was so happy to have gotten her dad’s Thank You letter from the other night.
I mean…a good date always thanks the girl who asked him to an official sock hop.
Especially if she is the cutest sock hopper there!
Ka took Pips to work out at her gym.
Ka was so impressed by Pippi’s strength.
I was a little sketched by those dumbbells that could kill her.
There were a lot of races today.
There were a lot of finishers out of our family.
But no race, was as exciting as the relay…
That Rex, Thompson, Cade and Scout won by the skin of their teeth!
This morning during Come Follw Me, I had Navy read a few scriptures.
When she got to the part that said “A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first and said, Son, go work today in my vineyard. He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went”…she paused and looked over at Scout and said, “Sounds like someone I know.”
We all started busting up.
It is so true!
Scout is such a stinker at first on things, but always comes back around and is nice in the end.
Navy…you nailed it!
And the best part…Scout totally agreed that she nailed it.
Check out this scene!
Micah, Navy, Dash and the Pips all snug as bugs in a rug.
Well….actually, Micah said it wasn’t so snug!
But the other three were well rested.
How did this all happen???
They were all looking for their mom in the middle of the night.
Where was I?
Snug as a bug on the freezing cold couch, where I can snore and not bug a single sole!
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