Family Backyard Campout

Yeah, we finally did a backyard campout, in preparation for a real adventure. We set up the tent and the kids were just happy to play in it for hours. They had many races in and out and wore themselves out doing that alone. Then we ate chili hotdogs on the back patio and chips. They boys were really excited that I bought those small cans of 7-up. Dessert was oven roasted smores. Yum! Then we went in the tent and I read them the first chapter of "Harry Potter and the Sorcer's Stone". It was bigtime windy, so at 10, the boys elected to get into their beds. Unfortuantly, even though the tent was staked, out tent blew away. What's lost is found, though, except a sleeping bag bad and I will search the neighbor's yard later when they are awake.

"Cad-nt-bury" our Appreciation

These are the cute little teacher appreciation gifts my son took to his teachers today. I hand wrote the sentiment with "We cad-nt-bury our appreciation for you" on each tag...I just hope they like cadbury milk chocolate bars:)

I actually didn't used my cricut at all for this project. That is a bit unusual for me, but nevertheless, I'm sharing because this was such a fast project. I had a CVS coupon for the chocoate bars, buy 1 get 1 free. Then, I used some scrappaper, leftover from my Caramel Corn project, and cut it at 6 inches wide. Ideally, I would have cut it wider, but I was using scrappaper (My Mind's Eye). I wanted to use the same paper for each project, so I cut it to 6 inches long. It wasn't quite long enough on the back, but I didn't think it mattered and taped it. I also used on of my MS around the page punches to give the left side some interest. I had some scrapribbon for the tag.
Speaking of the tag, once upon a time I used my sizzix machine and tag dies and cut up all my scrappaper into tags and embossed them. This has been a big asset to me. I always have a plethera of tags on hand for a quick label, gift or what-knot. I
I used a Mickey Mouse punch with some of the same scrappaper to give the tag a little bit of interst.
:) I hope you enjoyed my project. I've spent more time typing about it than actually doing it:)

Laughter is the Best Medicine

I have 3 very active boys. As much as I love them dearly, sometimes they truly drive me crazy. They are everywhere. I love them to pieces and do the very best I can. I love them, read to them, take them to do cool things, I give them jobs, I put them to bed on time, feed them, take them to church, ect... Just because my kids act like wild-crazies doesn't mean that they aren't disiplined or taken care of....Back to my story...

I have one child in particular that has a tough time in the bathroom. I keep the very bare minimum in there because it will get dumped out or some other heinous thing will happen. For a while, I didn't even keep toothbrushes or toilet paper in there...A little bit of an issue of when I had company. Luckily, I've only had to have Rootor Rooter come out twice, in the same weekend(!!!). Gradually, I've been trying to place more items in the bathroom.

Tuesday night, I sent this young man in to the bathroom to take care of business. I sat at the computer on the cricut messageboards and tried to participate in the Tuesday 1-hour challenge. I stay nearby because he sometimes needs help or so disaster doesn't strike. While I was sitting right here, another young man, much smaller announced that he'd had a pooping accident. So, I depart with him to the other bathroom and clean him up. He'd been playing outside, so I decided to give him a shower. I put him in the shower (no water on, thankfully) and go get the shampoo out of the other bathroom...Uggg...The first thing I notice is brown on the floor. Fortunantly, it was just cardboard, but there was a soaking wet towel in the sink. I tossed in the tub, only to discover that the sink is full of big soap suds and water. Now, the sink stopper is broken...Uh-oh. I stick my and in there and discover a big time toilet paper pulp. I order my son to stand in the tub. I scoop handfuls after handfull of toilet paper pulp from the sink. (I also send Nathan to get Jeffery dressed). I ask my boy "What Happened?". "There was a roll of toilet paper in the sink." Apperently, he wasn't sure what to do about it...Meanwhile, he has orders to stay in the tub while I'm frantically digging out toilet paper out of the sink and drain. Next thing I know, he's bouncing around on the toilet, and the toothbrushes and toothpaste fall in the pot. Yes, I did fish them out...gross, but at least the #2 had been flushed. He is re-ordered to stand in the tub and dont move so I can continue to get out the toilet paper pulp. The next thing I knew, the shower curtain was IN THE TOILET! Oh My Gosh! This is like a bad comic from Dennis the Menace. So, young man gives him self a shower...
Fast Forward to yesterday. The sink is still clogged because I've been too upset to do anything about and a certain person thinks that taking the U bend off will damage the pipes...I find this...



In my trying-to-remain-calm voice, I said "Jeffery, what did you do?"
His happy response "I was trying to make it smell better."
I guess I can't argue with that, right?

I wish I had a funny way of writing this. That's Bear's talent.
Thanks for reading. :)