two wheeler

I took Sam's training wheels off her bike today. We walked her bike across the street to the park and I told her I would help her get started after I put Hunter in the shade. I was walking to the tree to park Hunter, who was in the stroller, when she came flying by me riding the bike like a pro. It only took her a couple times to figure out how to stop and not fall over. We went back to the house and she was doing figure eights in the driveway.

Max's award

Max's award assembly was today. He received the citizenship award and straight A honor roll award. Great job Max!

Kye's award

Kye had an awards assembly at school today. He received the citizenship award for the third trimester. He worked really hard and did a great job this year. I can't believe he is going to be a first grader.

dinner conversation

Tonight at dinner we began talking about a picture Kye had drawn earlier. He told me "this was a picture of a boy whose mom made him walk to school by himself, but he didn't know the way. So he went the wrong way and ended up in the 'bad guys' lab. He went in the back door and the lasers trapped him (like in the movie The Incredibles)." Kye and Max went on and on about things in the 'bad guys lab', superpowers, and how the boy got away. What I gathered from the conversation is that my boys really don't want to walk to school by themselves.  We suggested that maybe next year the boys could walk home together.

strawberry jam

I have never made freezer jam, but I have seen it done and didn't think it looked too hard. I had some strawberries that were going to go bad, so I thought I would try it. What a mess! Kye and Sam asked if they could help so I let them put the strawberries in the blender and push the buttons. I was using a spoon to push the strawberries down in the blender and I went to low. The blade caught my spoon, which made me jerk back and the strawberries went flying. It splattered on Sam's head, Kye's shirt, in my hair and all over the kitchen. The strawberries were blended too much, so the jam was very smooth. And then to top it all off, Trevor told me he likes store bought better

zombie attack

This morning after breakfast the kids had turned their bedroom into a haunted house. I guess they got tired of scaring each other so they all come walking down the stairs groaning like zombies, with their hands out in front of them. The boys keep groaning and Sam starts popping her pop gun. Then they attack the adults, we fought them off by tickling them to death. Somehow they ended up in this huge zombie pile.

I also wanted to make a note that when Sam heard today was Sunday and she had to wear a dress she said, "I don't like dresses anymore." Well, she almost made it a week.

cousins

My kids were so excited when I told them Brett, Erika, Zack, Brock and Elise were coming for the weekend. They love to play with their cousins. It has been so much fun to have them here. We went to the soccer games, played at the park, had a BBQ, ate way to much food, and us girls were able to get away to the outlet mall with no kiddos.