Where Have You Been???

Every year its the same thing. August starts and I go MIA. Where do you go? What are you doing?

This is what I'm doing. I'm creating HUGE messes that I have to clean up. Yeah, school has started and I'm back in my room trying to make sense of the chaos. But, I'm not without company. If you look real close you can see this little sweetie hiding amongst the debris.

I dragged the two girls with me of course. The Queen helped out quite a bit. she organized this cabinet for me.

Not too bad! She works for Sonic...even better. When she isn't cleaning out my cabinet, she is auditioning for her Hollywood debut.

At the end of the weeksss, I did end up with a finished room. I'm almost finished with all the clerical, um, junk that has to be done too.

Now I can go home to the little man.

Who can't love coming home to this mug!! Yikes!

If You Give a Boss Some Boots

If you give a Boss some boots, then he will probably want a cookie.

When he eats his cookie, he will remember that milk goes great with cookies and want a glass of milk.

As he drinks his milk, he will think about cows.

Thinking about cows will make him want to go to a DFA YC Dairy conference.

When he gets to the conference, he will see lots of farmers.

All the farmers will remind him that he needs his boots!

Not a Crafter

The week started out with a present from the Godmother. Oh the joy!

But, with school creeping around the corner, it means I need to think about dressing up my classroom. That meant a trip to Hobby Lobby, or Hobba Lobbala as the Monkey says. The girls loved the trip and oohed and aahed over everything with several comments about Christmas wishes. The Boss on the other hand was less than pleased with the trip. 

His comment was as follows:

I'm a...

motorcycle riding

tv watching

egg throwing

FARM BOY!!

And as Porky Pig says...

That's all folks!!

A Little of This and a Little of That

Last week was a blur in my mind not because I don't remember it, but because most of it was spent in the car. The Queen had her Summer Dance Intensive, so there was a lot of this...

and even more of that...

as we tried to get race out the door.

In the end though, it was quite worth it. After just one week of practice, they put on quite the show for the parents.

But that wasn't all that went on last week. No sir! We don't sit on our tooty-tas around here, please! While the Queen was dancing the day away, we were doing a little bit of this...

You look beautiful darling!

and a little bit of that...

and a bit of this...

Whew! Yeah, it was quite the week. So in the end some of us had to do a little bit of this...

Oh well, not everyone can keep up!

Boss at the Beach

If we are at the beach, why the glum faces?? Well, this is the last day at the beach. To quote the Boss, "Oh no." Actually, here he is ignoring me as I tell him to march his tooty-ta back to the beach house. You know if you can't see someone, they can't see you. So, technically you don't have to do what they say, right?

They played with cousins....yes, even Boss cleared his schedule for some cousin time.

But, let's not go crazy. Boss does have his standards, sorry aunty!

In the end, the beach was a winner. The girls never left the water, Boss bossed the hose at the pool and commandeered every toy on the beach...his or not. Sorry, the whole beach was his. What was I thinking! This vacation was a winner. Now if he could just figure out how to get some cows on that beach. Hmmm...

I think I need those toys, people!

What does a Boss do anyway????

As you sit around pondering the questions of the universe, you might be asking yourself, "Just what does a Boss do all day?" My grandmother said she could watch him all day. "Seriously!? Watch him do what?"

Well, today is your lucky day! After stalking the little man across our acre lot in the summer heat, I have uncovered the answer. I present to you "Forty Minutes in the Life of Boss."

Of course after all that activity, you need a clean-up crew. 

Thank you Queen!

Then you move inside for more fun...

P.S. What does a Boss do when he finds out he's going to the beach?

Summer is...

As the days slip by...no who am I kidding. I'm on an out of control merry-go-round! Craziness is everywhere and the Boss is running the show.

Our neighbor picked the blackberries. Boss ate the blackberries. At least the neighbor was a good sport.

That same neighbor was having a spend the night for her daughter. The Queen was invited, we weren't. (Probably because of the blackberries.) So WE got ice cream. I SCREAM, YOU SCREAM, WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM!!

Boss thought the Monkey's work needed a little help. Where was she you might ask?

She might have been here plotting global domination, or...

She might be practicing for....something. Only she knows.

I did manage to organize another room with the Boss's help or lack of help. His idea of helping and my idea of helping don't always match.

And the House Taming Continues...

So, this week we tackled the girls' room and the playroom. It is amazing what you can find in the hidden corners of a girl's room. I finally discovered where that stinky feet smell was coming from, and it scared me. After gasping, sighing, and shaking my head, I issued a new set of commandments for their domicile and moved to the playroom. Reflecting on the frightening situation I just left, I considered hiring an architect.

Or maybe not...

So I tackled the room myself.

And still had time to take in a show.

The Monkey and The Queen take to the stage!

School's Out for Summer!

The doors closed on my classroom Tuesday, and the kiddos and I are in the full swing of summer. Of course there is a bucket list...

1. During the year my house has developed into a living entity. It feasts on the chaos my lovely family leaves in its wake. The house has become gluttonous and greedy. I will tame it this summer. I will show it who's boss! I will start with the trashcan! 

Everybody's working hard...well almost.

2. Normally my kiddos run wild in the summer. They play without a care in the world and inhale Popsicles like they were manna, BUT this summer I plan on working their brains so they don't suffer from the summer slide...no not the slide out in the back. Thanks to a little help from Teachers Pay Teachers and Amazon I got them hooked up.  Of course the Monkey was a little less than impressed. The look on her face was worth it though...classic. Hands up and mouth open. She had been sucker punched, but a few foam stickers won her over.

3. Finally, I'm making time for a little hanging out and enjoying the craziness. Rumor has it there may be a little bit of beach living coming my way. We are ready!

Boss on Birthdays

I know I said that I didn't want any of that birthday stuff. I was wrong! Here are the top five things that make birthdays AWESOME...

• 5 - People keep telling you how big you've gotten. I am big and awesome!
• 4 - You get more stuff! I'm liking stuff.
• 3 - You get cards that sing to you. Love it!
• 2 - Everyone sings you Happy Birthday. I love that song. It has my name in it!
• 1 - The number one thing that makes birthdays awesome...CAKE!!! Yeah, cake...awesome.

                Loving the cake!              Missing the cake.             It's okay. There's more cake!

Christmas Conundrum

I'm not sure what this Christmas thing is all about. I have done some studying on it and I don't think it makes sense except to say it is the time when all rules are turned inside out.

1. Trees are brought indoors. Who does that? Then you hang lights on it and put toys on it that I can't reach. Really? How does that make sense?
2. Fancy socks are hung on the wall. (I thought maybe just my folks did that, but Cousin O showed me her mantle...yup socks! Who knew?)
3. Mom makes SWEETS like COOKIES! Yeah sounds great, and it is. Did you know that some of the cookies were shaped like little men? Creepy... (P.S. Those were my favorite!!!)
4. We visit people. No, that isn't weird exactly, but I mean a lot of people. I went to...yeah I lost count of the houses we went to. It was fun though. I liked those tall men I saw at Ninos. They were all right you know. I wonder if Mom made the cookies to look like them. Hmmmm....
5. You go to church in the middle of the week. What!? Mom says we are celebrating Jesus' birthday. Whatever, I agree with the Monkey on this one,"That is the opposite of a birthday party! Stand up, sit down, where is the fun in that?" Of course I don't know maybe that is what birthdays are all about. If so, no birthdays for me!
6. Last, but not least, you get these things called presents. I don't know why they give you stuff when you already got stuff. I guess so you can have more stuff. BUT I LIKE IT!!!!

Look! The Monkey got some snazzy new pajamas. You go sissy!

Even old Dad got stuff! Awesome!