It was homecoming around here last week. We love to have some fun with our kids and make their dinner just a little bit more special. Well, let’s be honest, it keeps them from traveling a long way or spending a bunch of money on a dinner. And it’s hard to get a big group in some of the restaurants.
Doodle Bug and MP decided that we should do a pirate theme this year. So I figured that making the deck of the pirate ship would be the easiest.
Here are some photos of the room:
At Paul’s Webelo camp, they did knots at one of the rotations. Since then he has been showing us all kind of knots with a renewed interest and excitement(to him not necessarily to us!) He was showing the clove hitch to Blondie and Scout and while flinging the rope over the tennis racket handle said, “This is how the cowboys hitched their horse up while they went into the SALON!…….uh……I mean SALOON.”
You know those cowboys– always had a concern for their hair! 5/2/05
We were outside the other night talking with our neighbor. She and I were talking about cheese and she said that she didn’t like Monterey Jack cheese very well. Paul pipes up and says, “Yeah, I like seasoned salt better, too!” We all look at him kind of funny and Doodle Bug says, “Dad, what are you talking about? We’re talking about CHEESE here!”
“Oh,” he says, “I thought you were talking about the Monterey seasoning or what is it??….”
Doodle Bug corrected, “That’s MONTREAL steak seasoning!” Monterey, Montreal– they’re all just cities anyway! 11/7/04
Shotgun stayed home from school with a sore throat. He asked me if he had “STRESS throat.” There’s an accurate description for you! Stress throat is much easier to cure than STREP, right??? 11/7/04
Blondie was talking to me about the Page Basketball tournament. I asked about the price and she said, “That includes food and lounging.” Truth is– that is probably more correct than “lodging” !!!! 6/6/04
The other day, Cinco (11) decided to wash his laundry For some random reason, BJ Dude (13) decided to throw his backpack in with his brother’s load. I only know about this because of the screaming I heard and this placed before my face:
Yes, that is his Sunday shirt. Yes, that is Pink Highlighter.
It turns out that BJ Dude emptied out his papers and books, but left everything else:
Yes, that is pens, pencils, Highlighters, glue sticks, deodorant, erasers, wisp toothbrushes, magnetic oval thingies, permanent sharpies. Oh yeah, this is what I pulled OUT of the washer after I got all the clothes out. Those are PIECES of the highlighters, the rest came out wrapped in the clothes all broken up.
And here’s the rest of the damage. I spent over an hour soaking and scrubbing trying to spare the other shirts and shorts. Seriously, how do you not want to steal all your kid’s money to go repurchase new clothes and want to throttle him besides??!! I was seething after scrubbing for so long my arms hurt.
But alas, I decided the best approach was to chuck the Sunday shirt (I will have to buy a new one of that) and take pictures and post about it. It seems to ease the frustration, I suppose– sharing my laundry grieviences with you all.
I still cannot figure out why you would put a back pack in with clothes anyway because of the damage it could do from the weight of it.
Oh well, lesson learned, I hope.
1. Pink highlighter does NOT come out very well.
2. Blue highlighter comes out better
3. DO NOT put backpacks in with regular laundry
4. If you do put your back pack in with regular laundry, PLEASE get EVERYTHING out!
*deep sigh* I feel better now, getting that off my chest.
BJ Dude came up to me the other day and said, “Mom! We need to get some MOUSEQUICK! It gives you good bones.”
Won’t you love the thoughts of that the next time you drink NESQUICK! Written 6/6/04
Okay, since Paul has vacated the room, I’ll tell you the funny story. Last Monday I read the letter he wrote to Sam (on his mission) before I sent it out. He was telling Sam that the Lakers beat San Antonio 4 games to 2. Then he wrote and I quote, “Studid Lakers, Studid Lakers, Studid Lakers, Studid……..” Well, being the smart aleck that I am, I called MP up and said, “What did you tell Sam about the Lakers in your letter?”
“I told him that they were STUPID!”
“How do you spell ‘stupid’?”
“S-t-u-p-i-d.”
“Oh, well, in your letter you wrote ‘studed Lakers, studed Lakers, studed Lakers, studed…’ (That’s how I pronounced it.) I wasn’t sure if you meant they were a ‘star studed’ team or if they really were ‘stupid.'” MP made some comment about me being mean about his spelling, then said, “I even read the letter to BJ Dude and didn’t catch that.”
After church, I asked Cinco what he learned in class today. He said, “About Jesus.” BJ Dude quickly chimed in…”We learned about Jesus bathtism.” 5/2/04
The other day, Paul bought Pop tarts at Costco. I was in working on the computer when Cinco straggled in and started asking me for “Blast Tarts” for breakfast. It took me a minute to realize he wanted Pop Tarts. The new word of the day is “Blast Tarts!” 12/8/03
