8 Year Pictures - A Little Late

Anyone want to tell me when kids outgrow the fake smile stage?

Heard around our house

"I have something in my pants."

(It turned out to be corn.)

"Daddy, where do you think we can get our hands on $600?"

(Josie is trying to plan a trip to Happy that doesn't include riding in a car for 10 hours.)

Not Me Wednesday

I did not take my children to the doctor on Monday with my shirt on inside out. My 8 year old did not have to point it out to me 2 hours after we got dressed and left the house.

I also did not make a "homemade" cough syrup for that same 8 year old because the real stuff was not doing the trick.

I would never yell for Superdad when that same child coughed so hard she puked -- several times. Of course, a good mom like me would not start gagging immediately when something like that happened.

Meet the Flintstones

What happens when a creative girl finds a bag of leftover fabric?

Combine a few snips of the scissors and some safety pins

and the result is a gown reminiscent of Wilma and Betty.

In Sickness and In Health

This week has been the "In sickness" week at our house. Cody has had an upper respiratory infection. Jake and I have both had a nasty stomach bug. Josie is the only one who has escaped so far. Hopefully we are all on the road to recovery.

Thank goodness we have had SuperDad. Yesterday he got the kids ready for school, made lunches, and dropped them off. Then he had to go back and pick up Jake from school because he still wasn't feeling well. He picked up a prescription for me and had to go to Target and pick out a 9-year old girl's birthday present for Josie. Then he had to take the gift back up to the school so Josie would have it for the party that started right after school. He still managed to work several hours and then come home to fix supper for us. All this and laundry too!

SuperDad even managed to squeeze in some duck hunting on Thursday. Here is a picture from his trip.

A Few of Our Favorite Things

I'm not sure why "The Sound of Music" soundtrack is in my head, but here are a few of our favorite things.

sharing birthday cake with friends (Happy Birthday Matt!)

popsicles

getting to see one of our favorite Aggies

One Step Closer

I made 90% on my comps that I took yesterday. Everyone has to score 80% or better to have "passed," so I was pleased with my score. That means all I have do to now is finish the class I am in and one more, and I will be done with my Masters degree! Thank goodness...I am tired of being tied to my laptop several hours a week. I will officially graduate in December, and then all I will have to do is take the state test to be certified to be a principal.

We have started thinking about Jake's birthday coming up right before Halloween. I asked him yesterday what kind of party he wants, and he said, "a shotgun party." I'm not sure what kind of shotgun party we could have for a 5-year old. He is definitely Daddy's boy. I have given some thought to a shotgun cake, but I am not even sure how to do that...camo maybe? Any suggestions?