threesixfive, days 251 thru 257

we had a pretty normal week. i've recently become addicted to pinterest. its like crack for a crafty person, or even a wannabe, which is more what i am. so many things on there make me think i can actually do some pretty cool stuff. case in point: see saturdays picture....but not yet! you have to look at sunday thru friday first!

sunday, day 251
i finished my fabric wreath sunday afternoon, and hung it on the front door. im pretty pleased with it.

monday, day 252
today was my pawpaws 86th birthday. the kids and i took him to lunch, and downtown to the lyndon b. johnson presidential museum. we had a fun afternoon, and everyone was sufficiently worn out.

tuesday, day 253
after we finished up school, we made a last minute trip to the pool; perhaps the last of the year. not becuase its not still hot enough (it definitely is!), but because we dont really have the time now that we're back into our school routine.

wednesday, day 254

awanas started back up tonight, so the verses went up on the board. colby didnt finish his book last year, so he has a bit of catching up to do before hes on pace with the other kids. :-/

thursday, day 255

colby wasnt feeling very good thursday morning, and was just kind of icky off and on all day. i think its his allergies. anyway, at one point he crawled under the covers in my bed, and molly curled up next to him to make him feel better. i love moments like these.

friday, day 256

it rained!!! finally after 4 months it rained!! it was a light rain, and only lasted about ten minutes, but it was glorious! youd have thought it was snowing unicorns or something from the way we all reacted.

saturday, day 257

drumroll...........

my melted crayon art!!! i got the idea off pinterest, and it worked fabulously. its now hanging on the wall in the schoolroom. hooray!

i hope everyone has a great week! allen and i celebrate our 10th anniversary on thursday, but other than that it will be a standard week around here.

be blessed!

threesixfive, days 244 thru 250

we had another busy but super fun week. i'll get straight to the pictures!

sunday, day 244
we got to swim in the pool at the dell diamond during the game, and allen invited all the youth workers. this is our friend justine. shes awesome!


monday, day 245
happy labor day! it was a beautiful day here--didnt get above 100 and stayed in the 80's till about noon. we spent the morning outside flying kites, playing with sidewalk chalk, etc. fall is so close i can almost smell it!

tuesday, day 246
my mom invited us for a last minute trip to the zoo, so we did school in the car on the way there (its about an hour and a half drive) and spent the rest of the day with the animals. they were really vocal and active! i think they can smell fall coming, too. :-) the first picture is molly and my mom swinging like monkeys. the second one is a meerkat. i couldve sat there and watched those things all day.

wednesday, day 247

allen and i have been putting spare change in a jar for ten years with the idea of cashing it in for our tenth anniversary, which is in a couple weeks. i spent a few hours counting and rolling coins, then took them to the bank for our prize. we'll have plenty of spending money on our trip to maine!

thursday, day 248

i found a recipe on pinterest and happened to have the ingredients to make it. broccoli cheese bites. yum! 16oz frozed chopped broccoli thawed (i used fresh steamed), 2 eggs, 1 cup bread crumbs, 1 & 1/2 cups shredded cheese, salt to taste. mix it all together and make patties, then cook them on a wax paper baking sheet at 375 for 30 minutes, flipping halfway through. theyre delicious.




friday, day 249

im making a fabric wreath. after much deliberation and time at the fabric store, i finally commited to the method and fabic choices. its coming along nicely, although my fingers hate me for picking burlap. :-/ i'll share a picture of it when its done and hanging on my front door.

saturday, day 250
last week i saw these acorn treats on one of your blogs (sarahs maybe?). i, along with the help of allen and the kids, made a tray of them to take to a football party tonight. i hope they'll be a hit.

i hope everyone is enjoying the slightly cooler weather, or much cooler depending on where you're at. we've been keeping up with all the wildfires in the news this week; thats all happening right around us, although we havent been directly affected we know people that have. we continue to pray for rain daily, and that no one else will be harmed by the drought and fires that are so rampant down here.

have a blessed week!!

threesixfive, days 237 thru 243

the first part of this week wrapped up camp mimi, where each kiddo got to spend 3 days with my mother in law all to themselves. we exchanged colby for molly on monday, and by thursday morning everyone was back home safe if not completely sound. ;-) but seriously, they love their time down there and we enjoy having each of them solo for a few days, too. my pictures are a bit off this week. i know i got wednesday and thursday switched, but i upload the pics first for a faster layout, and its too difficult to go back and change it, so we'll have to deal.

sunday, day 237
i watched the youth worker kids for allens meeting sunday night and one of the girls made a baby hotel.



monday, day 238
allen and i finished our second puzzle, and i glued it all together. i'm going to have to figure out where to put them!

tuesday, day 239

yes, its a picture of jake eating. sorry. i was desperate this week. :-/

wednesday, day 240

(this is actually thursday) i took the kids back to that tea house (ive mentioned before) after a trip to the library. i love that they play while i sit and read. get a clue starbucks.

thursday, day 241
back in may i did an entire post about a particular word (pictured here) that i wont even bother to mention, except to say that i still say it exactly the way it looks, even in my head when i read. to read the post click here.

friday, day 242

gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches are "the thing" right now, so i decided to try one of my own. i made a pesto tomato grilled cheese sandwich and used white cheddar. oh. my. word. heaven between two slices of white bread. i'm actually making them for dinner again tonight. try it. please.

saturday, day 243

for ten years allen and i have been having the same....discussion, about the toothpaste tube. i squeeze it right in the middle which drives him halfway crazy. my hands arent big enough to squeeze from the bottom unless i use both hands, requiring me to lay my toothbrush on the counter, which would be ludicrous. the other night, much to my demise, i noticed this little tidbit on the tube. how dare you aquafresh?!? youve lost my business. i will be making further toothpaste purchases from a company thats not prejudice against people with small hands.

this week molly starts dance, and co-op kicks back up on friday. fun times will be had by all.

be blessed!!

threesixfive, days 230 thru 236

we officially started school this week and it went really well. i love the curriculum we're using, and colby, for the most part, has been very cooperative and agreeable with all the reading and writing 1st grade has required of him so far. mollys jumping right in, too. i think i'm going to order the kindergarden workbooks for her that colby did last year, because what i have for her is way too easy. shes been eavesdropping on colbys lessons and answering a bunch of his questions for him, so i'm thinking something to keep her a bit more occupied would be helpful for me, although maybe not for colby. ;-)
here are the pictures for the week.....



sunday, day 230
we got home from church and had nothing to do the rest of the day. it was glorious. we broke out into spontaneous wrestling mid-afternoon.

monday, day 231
allen took the kids to the ballpark before dinner to participate in the city-wide rain dance. thats why spike (the mascot) is holding the umbrella and wearing a poncho. unfortunately it didnt work. :-(

tuesday, day 232

molly had me put together a tea party for her and colby. she doesnt like tea, though, so she had sunny d. colby had (cold) tea....and i didnt have tea biscuits or whatever youre supposed to have with tea, so fig newtons had to do.

wedensday, day 233

my birds arent near as pretty as the bugs birds, but there they are...actually theyre not pretty at all...but we have a rabbit!

thursday, day 234

random train. i liked the different colored cars.

friday, day 235

today we met mimi halfway and she took molly for a few days. tomorrow we meet again and she and colby will switch. friday night colby got to pick what he wanted to do. we went to gattiland for dinner, played some games, then as an added bonus, we met up with some friends for bowling. it was a fun evening.

saturday, day 236

a mid afternoon snack. nutritious, yes? anything that turns your tongue blue must be good for you. that means theres blueberries in it.

like i said, tomorrow we meet to exchange the kids out, and i'll have molly by herself for a few days. i've enjoyed my concentrated time with colby, and i'm looking forward to the same thing with mo. then next week its back to our fabulous, predictable rountine! :-)

have a blessed week!

my kids are so hip

i dont know if its being around teenagers a lot, or because i'm so awesome (note the sarcasm), but my kids are pretty stinkin cool.
in the years since colby started talking, the students have enjoyed teaching both molly and colby things to say that they think would be hilarious to hear out of the mouths of small people.
for example, we came back from senior trip one year, and i had to listen to my three year old, for the next several weeks, say things like "i'm spicy!" (thanks to the old taco bell commercial), and "i'm a balla," which is admitedly funny.

anyway, so two things have happened in the last twenty four hours that make me think to myself, 'seriously? where are you getting this, kid?'

we were sitting on the couch yesterday. i was reading a book, and molly was playing with her dolls. out of nowhere she starts singing the thermos song from the classic steve martin movie 'the jerk'. now, this is absolutely one of my top 5 favorite movies (which probably says a lot about me and my bizarre sense of humor), however i havent seen it in quite a few years and molly certainly hasnt seen it. at any rate, it pretty much made my day. if you have no idea what i'm talking about, heres a sound clip. i couldnt find the movie clip on youtube, unfortunately.








today i was doing school with colby, and i was looking over his spelling list he'd just finished. on one of his words, he wrote the 'c' backwards, which is weird for him. he gets b's and d's confused, and the occasional g or other random letter, but never c's. thats what his name starts with for crying out loud!
me: colby, your c is backwards! what happened?
colby: i just thought i'd write it that way. it looks better in the word.
me: well, you cant just pick which way you want it to face. c's always look the same.
colby: thats just how i roll.
end of conversation. i was laughing too hard to say anything else about it.


and just for grins, because now i'm really wanting to watch it, another clip from the jerk. :-)

threesixfive, days 223 thru 229

we're gearing up for school around here. i did three days with colby this week and we'll probably stick to that till september. we've been doing pretty much phonics only, a little math here and there. i finally opened and went thru the box of curriculum for this year. it looks pretty great. i'm excited about it.
heres the week...

sunday, day 223
i took this of molly playing on colbys bed. shes a cutie.

monday, day 224

allen and molly havent had a 5D (daddy daughter dunkin donut day) since may, so he was going to take her monday morning, and take colby tuesday morning. when he asked molly about it sunday evening, though, she wanted colby and i to go with them and make it a family event. so breakfast was at dunkin donuts monday morning. i was trying to get a picture of colby eating his donut, but this is the best he would give me. always a comedian.

tuesday, day 225
the 1st grade curriculum! hooray!!

wedensday, day 226

after a ridiculous fiasco, way too long to go into on here, i got a new phone! its a samsung replenish. i love it!

thursday, day 227

allens cousin justin was in town this week, and stayed with us a few nights. the kids loved getting to spend some time with him in the mornings before he headed out for the day.

friday, day 228

i had a picture of molly with, like, 4 headbands on, but it wouldnt upload. :-(

just know the girls hair is out of control.

saturday, day 229

we went to a 1 year old bday party today, and this was the cake for him to devour in his highchair. there was another one that was equally as cool that looked like a big dr seuss book. brandon (the dad) made them. like, rolled the fondant and cut out the shapes, and the whole shootin' match. crazy good.

try to keep cool! we've been hovering around 104, give or take, and no rain in a few months at least. maybe longer. :-/

have a fantastic week!

bad timing

its been several weeks since this happened, but its a story i have to share, or i risk forgetting it someday.
colby and i were in the bathroom together. he was peeing, i was hanging some towels up or something like that.
colby: i have two balls.
me: (long pause) well....yes you do. God made you that way.
colby: what?
me: you were born that way....with two....balls. (really? why are we even talking about this?)
colby: no i wasnt. i got them from mimi.
me: what? wait, what are you talking about?
colby: my bouncy balls that light up. mimi gave me two of them.
me: oh.
colby: what are you talking about?
me: nevermind.
sure enough he had just spent a week with mimi and came home with two rubber balls that light up when you bounce them. he just picked a terribly awkward and ironic time to talk about them.


not to be out done though, molly was with my mom the other day and apparently she wasnt eating much at dinner. unusual for her; she usually eats very very well.
my mom: molly why arent you eating a good dinner? are you not hungry?
molly: my eating arm is tired.
colby: just use your other one! you have two!
not sure how that ended, but it got some good laughs. my mom said molly was completely serious. her "eating arm" was worn out, so dinner was just not going to be an option for her.
she cracks me up.