Two of my children have become quite sensitive about what I put on my blog. If I respond with laughter to something they say, they start begging, "PLEASE don't put that on your blog!!" I assure them that my audience is small, but they still request that I don't post most of their cute quotes! Even Kate will sometimes scowl when I come at her with my camera when she's doing something funny. Therefore, my approved material is dwindling. I really need to start writing more in a journal so that I can share the funny comments that they've made privately with them someday.
For now, here's a post with mostly Kate quotes! She still has us laughing and can't read my blog well enough yet to veto things! And as always...a gazillion pictures, of course!:)
S
ince we've gotten the cats, I've become an even meaner handwashing
Nazi. Everytime the kids come in from petting them, I tell them to
wash their hands!! Kate came to me one day and confessed, "I forgot to wash my
hands before I ate my biscuit this morning, but it's okay. Everything
was still good. It didn't taste like fleas."
The kids always notice a particular house on our route that puts up
crazy Halloween decorations. Kate pointed out that house awhile back and
said, "Pretty soon, there will be Halloween decorations up at that
house."
I said, "Yeah...I don't like that."
Kate said, "Well, it doesn't give me the creeps."
For some reason, the kids were talking about buying a car. Kate was
trying to sell me on the idea and said, "We will pay for it with our own
money."
Scott corrected her, "We can't buy a car!"
Kate as confident as ever replied, "We sure can cause I have $100 in savings!"
Kate found a spider downstairs. I told her that I would go get a paper
towel. She said, "I'll watch it for you. He is very still. He is ready
to get dead."
Did we have two or three cats? Hmmm...
We homed butterflies again this year! Amazing every time!
The kids have an app from school that allows me to check how many
great behavior points they are earning throughout the day. I was
checking it one day and I told Kate that Natalie got 7 Dojo Points.
Kate responded with, "WOW! She's a GOOD kid!"
It's
funny how Kate refers to Scott and Natalie as kids. She will often say
things like, "Do we have to pick up the kids today?" OR "We can do
this when the kids get home."
Kate in frustration: Natalie! I'm gonna give you a piece of my mind!
HA!! Case in point, the girls just came up to me and Kate is mad
because she sees her name and knows that I'm writing funny stories about
her. :( One day, she will appreciate the humor, right?
A lost dog from a few miles away came to visit awhile back. She felt very at home, and even tried to let herself in. The kids got a big kick out of Smokey's visit and have started the "we want a dog" discussions again.
Find the Scarecrows in the Corn Maze!
Piper likes to sleep on this shelf where Jon stores his police belt. Regardless of whether the belt is there or not, she's claimed this shelf. Handcuffs for a pillow? Sure!
Honey Bee Farm Field Trip with Natalie! Sweet!!
Scott comes home ravenous after school. One day, he walked in and said,
"Mom, I haven't had pizza in FOUR days and that's a record!"
(Implying...where's my pizza??)
Happy Fall! :) Time to break out the shorts and sunglasses???
If you thought I took a lot of pictures of my kids, just wait. Now that I have kids AND kitties, I'm kind of out of control. :)
The newness hasn't worn off yet. We (well...four of us) are still loving Prince & Piper like crazy. Many nights, after I put the kids to bed, I've been going out to the garage to pet the cats. It's kind of like end of a crazy day therapy for me!:)
The kids are going out to the garage first thing every morning. After a 4:30 waking the first week, we made a rule that cats cannot be played with before 6:30! Eek!
My grandma celebrated her 88th birthday in August.
Natalie ran into something and came up with this system for holding an ice pack on her forehead. ?!?!
Molly visited last week, and we had fun doing BABY SHOPPING! So much fun! As always, the kids had fun hanging out with Molly as well. She had quite the influence on the girls!:) Twelve more weeks!!
Holding their heads up high!
S'mores anyone?
Jon recently returned from a guys' mountain climbing trip. Here he is on top of Scotchman's Peak.
Thankfully, Jon left the mountain goats in Idaho. Look closely!
Within a day of Jon being gone on his trip, Scott somehow talked me into letting him drive the gator around.
YEEHAW...or maybe not. Scott recently found out that he gets to be on the Student Council. Well, today, was a Western themed spirit day at school. As usual, one child was into it while the other one was grumbling about it. Scott said, "Since I'm on Student Council now, I'm going to make a rule that says you can only dress in normal clothes from now on." He has his first meeting tomorrow...we'll see how that flies with the rest of the group. :/
Last one, I promise!
My Third Grader...
My Second Grader...
My Kate...thankful we have another year together to work on that first day of school outfit selection
Not just once...
But twice!
Meet Piper & Prince
What every 36 year old girl would want for her birthday!:) They came with clear instructions that they cannot step foot in the house. MEOW!
The kiddos had a fun last few weeks of summer break. When you get to spend an entire morning climbing in a giant toilet, it makes going back to school extra hard.
All aboard for another train ride...
Kickin' it up a notch with a hot air balloon ride...
Splash Pad with Grammy & Great Grandma...
GIANT bubbles...
Cute Cousins Playing Restaurant
We have CARPET AGAIN! Hooray!!!! I even felt the urge to make snow angels on the new flooring.
What summer would be complete without a little water balloon fight?
The kids and their friends caught a frog or two (or twenty-five to be exact).
The girls got on a kinetic sand kick for a week or two.
And finally, a couple of funny stories...
*Natalie (in all seriousness): What is Labor Day again? Is it that day where everyone gets off work besides police officers?
*Scott was trying to convince me that he needed a smart phone. He told
me that many people his age have one already (and they all own dogs). I said, "Who would you
even call with a phone, Scott?" Without missing a beat, he said,
"Grandma!"
