Taco box

Earlier this week a chunk of our plaster ceiling fell.  The workers scheduled to come work on it this morning.  They said it was going to be pretty dusty work so Zach and I decided it would be best if the kids and I weren't here while they worked.  It's rainy so going to the park wasn't an option.  I decided to take them to the library and Target (to pick up a Fathers Day gift).  The kids had a good time at the library and we maxed out my library card and had to put some books on Carter's card too. 

At Target we got a couple of random items on the main floor and headed upstairs to find a Fathers Day gift for Zach.  The last couple of Fathers Days gifts have included something LEGO.  Zach likes it because it's something fun that he can do with the boys.  The boys love it because they practically get to pick out a toy for themselves even though technically it's for their dad.  The boys were all ready to go that same direction this year but they couldn't agree on anything and we really don't need anymore LEGOs right now.  So I told them we were getting him something different.  After a little complaining they agreed.  We ended up getting some games that we can all play as a family.  The last item we needed to get were some tackle boxes, but we're not going to use them for fishing.  We're hoping that they'll help the boys keep the LEGO's we already have picked up and somewhat organized.  When I told the boys we needed to find some tackle boxes Austin asked, "What's a taco box?"  I corrected him saying not taco, tackle, like football players do.  The whole time we were at the store Austin called it a taco box, tack-o box, or a tockle box.  And he didn't just say it a few times, he was singing some song he'd made up about needing a tack-o box, trying to find a taco box the rest of the time we were there.  I couldn't help but chuckle.

The 80's

Today at school Carter had a performance titled "Blaine does the 80's".  It's a fundraiser that the school does every year with varying themes.  This year they were supposed to dress in 80's attire.  I couldn't come up with anything from Carter's existing wardrobe that would work so off to Old Navy Tessa and I went while the boys were at school.  Luckily? Unfortunately?  I don't know which it is but a lot of the styles from the 80's are coming back so it was not difficult to find him a highlighter green polo shirt with a bright yellow lion embroidered on it.  Done.

Fast forward to tonight when Carter was getting dressed for the show.  He put on his bright green polo and some jeans that we then pegged.  Some bright yellow socks, an orange sweater over his shoulders and some gel in his hair, to give it a good wave, and his costume was complete.  He was stoked.  He kept looking in the mirror and saying, "I look soooo 80's!"  My favorite line of the night came from Austin though.  He said, "I don't know if I should say you look ridiculous or stunning.  (brief silence)  I don't even know what stunning means, I just heard it on Dinosaur Train."   Then he walked off.

The End

Eat

This morning when Tessa woke up I asked her if she was ready to eat or if she wanted to go play.  She responded that she wanted to go play.  A little while later as I was doing some things around the house Tessa came and found me.  She yelled "EAT!!"  I said, "Can you ask nicely?"  "Peas eat" she responded.  I told her sure she could have some breakfast.  Then I asked her what she wanted for breakfast.  She paused for just a minute and said, "cookie?" while raising her eyebrows and smiling really big.  She was kind of upset when I wouldn't give her a cookie but calmed down when I pulled the strawberries out of the fridge.

I made cookies on Monday and all of the kids ask multiple times a day if they can have one or two.

Twofer

 Yep, todays post will contain two stories in one quick post.  Enjoy.

First story, we'll title it "Hewp (help)"

On Saturday I'd put Tessa down for her afternoon nap.  As Zach and Austin were getting ready to head out to t-ball their ruckus woke Tessa.  She hollered at me "Mom" as usual and then went silent.  I figured she'd fallen back asleep.  A little while later she started crying, "hewp......hewp" and it sounded a little muffled.  I went in to see what was going on and found here in, what I thought was a hilarious predicament.  She had pulled her pajama shirt up over her head and it got stuck because her arms were still in the sleeves.  She couldn't get it back on or off, so she started calling for help.  Also, inside her bed was all of her hair clips.  She'd gotten them out of her drawer and was playing with them all which had kept her quiet for so long.  Silly girl!

Story number two, we'll call it "Talents"

On Sunday our Family Home Evening lesson was on talents and weaknesses.  Zach was leading the lesson and at one point he asked Austin to list some of Carter's talents, which he did.  Then I listed some of Carter's talents.  When we were ready to move on Carter said that he had a few more that we had forgotten.  We repeated this activity for Austin and his talents too.  Zach said that whenever Carter said something he thought Austin was talented at, Austin would raise his eyebrows and shake his head yes, in total agreement with what had just been said.  Then Zach asked the boys to list some of my talents.  He asked Austin to go first and Austin said that I was really good at doing the dishes to which Carter exclaimed, "Ugh, that was what I was going to say!"  They proceeded to list off all of the chores I do around the house.  (ie: cooking dinner, dusting, folding clothes.....)  One of them also said that I was really good at eating eggs.  During the lesson Zach never asked them what they thought his talents were so I asked them while we were getting dinner ready.  They said things like, he's good at building with legos, and he's good at putting batteries in their toys.  All things that lead to them getting something for themselves in the end.  It was all pretty hilarious and we should have video taped it.  Maybe next time.