The day of AWESOME....

This morning started like any other ho-hum day, but, when I went picked up Buddy from school, he had had an extraordinary day (at least in the eyes of an 8 year old boy). He got to meet the "strongest man in the world" (at least according to the "Guinness Book of World Record" circa 2009.....

After school Buddy wanted to go to the cafeteria where "Jon" was so he could lallygag at him some more. When we got there, there was a massive horde of kids and all the middle school girls were crying. Odd and interesting I thought, pretty sure the "strongest man in the world" probably wouldn't have led me down an emotional roller coaster when I was that age, so I asked Buddy what that was all about. His answer, "well, he told a story and then he rolled up a frying pan and ripped a phonebook in half". I had to ask someone to tell me what the story was about, since my kids' selective memory, was not selecting the story, just the awesome bending of a crowbar....

The story turned out to be about being bullied at school, obviously, that story doesn't win out over seeing a crowbar being bent in half.....or apparently two fifth graders being picked up and spun by the "strongest man". In other news, Buddy decided to hang with a few of his kind....

Of course, they were escorted by their parents, which are thankfully, a few of our kind.....

In less hairy news, the elf got caught up in an unfortunate game of capture the flag....

Hmmm, maybe he should pick his teams a little more wisely next time? So all in all a super fantastic, AWESOME, day!

Lumbering lumberjacks....

Doesn't everyone else's kid don on a mustache, a beanie and a set of gloves for school (in Hawaii)....

In other news, the elf got trapped last night....

Let's just say this went over fantastically well, of course, I believe all of them are going over fantastically well since EVERY SINGLE KID in Buddy's class know's our elf by name. Every morning they ask Buddy what the elf did during the night. Good thing I got a kid from the funny department, not sure what I'd do with one of those serious ones....Now to make my mom happy (everyone else feel free to stop reading)  I'm going to give a review of the Articles of Faith Carnival I did for the Faith in God girls I'm in charge of. For a month I've been picking up little trinkets here and there to put in our souvenir stand (and my mom and dad helped too by stuffing all packages headed my way with cheap goodies). Each girl was given tickets just for attending and then we had several games set up where they could earn more tickets (thank goodness I roped in a lot of unsuspecting helpers). We did a game of high striker (seriously, I found a cute carnival printable that had the name of a bunch of games so I just made games go with some of the names, crafty....or lazy, huh?). Anyway, for high striker I had taped to the wall all of the Article of Faith picture cues, like this....

and my helper would randomly read an Article of Faith and the girls would swat the correct picture getting as many as they could in a minute (they told me this was their favorite game.....because they could get the most tickets....smart girls). We had a game of balloon stomp, where they stomped a balloon that contained one cut up Article of Faith and they had 3 minutes to put it together. There was a game of bean bag toss where there were laid out numbers 1-13 and they tossed bean bags and had to match the picture to the number. Then, there was Lucky Dip, of course the name was the closest I could come to a description of a game of ping-pong toss into cups. The cups had numbers on it and they had to recite the Article of Faith that corresponded to the number(they had cheat sheets, but they got less tickets if they used it). Then, a game of  Knock'em Down, I set up a bunch of Buddy's figurines with numbers on the back and they knocked as many down and then recited the corresponding Article of Faith. Lastly, we had a game of Ring Toss. Each soda bottle had a number on the top and when they got it, we read an Article of Faith and they had to fill in the blank. Since my girls love having their pictures taken and being silly (my kind of girls) I set up a photo booth.  I  had printed out a bunch of funny hats, mustache's etc, and borrowed dress up clothes. They loved it....

Of course, some didn't want to stop the game playing for the need to accumulate as many tickets as possible from the games, but I ended it 10 minutes early so they could gather their prizes. They were beyond excited, but who wouldn't be excited by mustache erasers, mustache earrings, stick on mustache's and notepads that say " I mustache you a question". I had gotten some carnival themed bags and stuck popcorn in them to give out at the end. The girls had a fantastic time and between my helpers and the girls.... I didn't have to clean up a thing....which was AWESOME! It was so awesome, I decided we're going to do an Ugly Christmas Sweater Party with their moms next month....of course the girls are going to decorate their mom's sweaters.....heehee, this ought to be interesting! So all in all a super fantastic, there you go mom, day!

Brrrrr..........

It's been in the high 60's lately, so of course we're dressing appropriately around these parts....

Of course, now that it's bedtime we're not wearing that silly little outfit anymore....Now we're wearing this one....

In other news, let's see what the elf has been up to.... Monday the elf had some fun with a marker....

Buddy was embarrassed so much by his bright red nose, that once he got to school he made me wash it off. Of course he got his sense of humor back a little while later (nothing like the morning grumps) and he started going to town with a marker on his face to recreate the awesomeness.....which unfortunately ended with a teacher contact. Nice parenting skills I've got huh? Then last night....

Enough said! So all in all a super fantastic, warming up, day!

Face Lickin' Good?

                                                So all in all a super fantastic, lick-able, day!

Top O' The Morning.....

We're getting ready for a carnival in these parts....

Which, I guess is important to cover some......errrrr, other parts......

Ummmmm, errrrrr, thank goodness for banana's? In other news, the elf got into the cleaning mode with me yesterday.....

Unfortunately, he thought 3 hours after I went to bed was a good idea to turn on the vacuum to clean up his mess (in the elf's defense it was only 9pm). Hmmmm, maybe I won't smack talk the elf anymore on Facebook, so he'll feel the need to retaliate during my sleep cycle! So all in all a super fantastic, parts of partying, day!

Huh?

Through lots of trial and error, we've found that if you reenact scenes from Home Alone....

Time will fly by at church. You are welcome for our unselfish sacrificing of actually listening to the speakers during sacrament. In other news, Shane gave me his cooties and so now I'm having a sick day from work....which is pretty lame since I only work once a week.  You'd think I'd have the consideration to get sick one of the other 6 days of the week instead! Anyway, since  I have way too many OCD genes circulating through my body, before I could rest in my " sick bed", I have now cleaned my entire house.....so much for a day of rest! Now that I'm able to "rest", the boy and I are watching Empire Strikes Back! He is sooooooo excited, who knew regular ole' TV actually showed good stuff anymore? In case you haven't heard, Star Wars is his newest obsession (let's hope it lasts until Christmas, or Christmas may be a bit of a bust this year)! In way less important news, the elf decided to breakout the trains..... Seriously, who bought Buddy all those trains? No really, how many hands does that kid have? Just kidding, I stand firmly behind my train purchases, it's all the hot wheel toys that I'll put in on my regret list (who knew they were so cheap and flimsy?)!

So all in all a super fantastic, time flying, day!

Party animals....

Last night Buddy's friend Tyler spent the night, and like true boys, they requested to sleep like manly men (in a tent on the lanai). Those stinkers wouldn't go to sleep for anything, and then when Buddy went to the bathroom around 11 pm and noticed a letter and this awaiting him....

Sleeping was the last thing on their minds! After they read their note, they immediately began to  ingest as many s'mores as humanly possible in the 15 minute time frame I gave them (in retrospect, that may not have been the smartest decision). Anyway, this morning we went to go pick up one of their other friend's who was also suffering from a "case of the sisters".  His case was a little more severe though, he was suffering from a "case of the sister turning 4 and having a Dora the Explorer Birthday Party" at his house. We rescued him and then we all sought some solace...

I thought we were having a great time....until I was politely excused to go sit "with the moms" so they could go explore without parental supervision. Let's pretend I'm not a "hoverer" .......ummmm, yeah! Anyway, the boys had a great time. Lucky for us, 10 minutes away from our little oasis, some of our favorite peeps were serving hot dogs and hamburgers, with a side of touch football....

(I promise that's Buddy with the red tags hanging down  and running away from the human tunnel). After we had our fill of football and food we had to hurry and skedaddle to another party. Best theme ever....NERF GUNS!!!! This party blew my party way out of the water, they went all fancy with their spray painted cardboard  and then they added a mix of water balloon grenades with a touch of a battle with all the "uncles". It was the Nerf Party that all other Nerf Parties dream about!....

On the way home I had to stop and buy an exercise video (I'm just thinking that the ridiculous amount of cake, juice and hamburgers today just really can't be that good for you, but that's just my professional opinion). It was a lot of fun, but thank goodness we usually just do one party, one day at a time. So all in all a super fantastic, partying it up, day!

Boys....

Today we got a text from one of Buddy's BFF's asking to be saved from what I like to call.....a case of the sisters! Now I believe he's enjoying a bit of this boy nirvana....

They've built a fort, dug under the house (I'm definitely not a boy because I don't understand the huge attraction, but they all want to do it), rummaged through the junk stored under the house from the previous owners, and then got scared of dinner....

Hmmm, who knew it was as easy as a shrimp's head to frighten a pair of 8 year olds, both of whom participated in an autopsy of a dead bird just this week with me? Weird, kind of like women who can't stand the site of blood, but are women???Just sayin'! In other news, the boys are having a sleep over in the tent and the elf is anxiously awaiting their slumber to ensue for some trickery! Also, Buddy is going to a Nerf gun birthday party tomorrow (I'm seriously thinking the Nerf people need to contact me for my official endorsement check)! So all in all a super fantastic, go to sleep already, day!

Thanks....

Today on the day of Thanksgiving we would like to send out our thanks. First of all, to the Nerf Corporation, without whom we would spend countless hours staring at each other and twiddling our thumbs.....

To Santa for sending us one of the naughtier/funnier elves....

(That's Goodboy playing a game Buddy got for his birthday). We'd also like to thank the number five, which was included in this daily wrap up and coincidentally in Shane's daily flight log that Buddy is reading off of the helicopter console (well, that number and a whole lot more, but for today we'll just be thankful for 5).....

So all in all a super fantastic, thankful, day!

What's the big idea?

Thanks to my big thinker....

We're hosting another Nerf War party in our cul-de-sac tomorrow. In other news, my boy did a Thanksgiving art project at school today....

In true Buddy form, he's making his turkey fart (pretty sure that wasn't included in the instructions). In other more important news, he lost a tooth today  (by chewing on a coconut, which seems quite apropos)....

Somehow he doesn't believe in the tooth fairy anymore, but he wholeheartedly believes in the elf? Hmmmmm, I'm pretty sure the elf might have something to say about that tonight!!!! Now what did the elf do with my glitter? So all in all a super fantastic, Happy Overindulgence Day, day!

A little help....

Sometimes it's good to have a little help from your friends....

And sometimes not so much....

So all in all a super fantastic, I guess being helpful is in the eye of the beholder, day!

Privacy in the Privy?

I do believe my son has quite a future in acting.....I'm just wondering if his acting skills really need to be honed while I'm having special time in the loo?

 (Buddy is sitting beside me and editing this post and wants to make sure you look at his feet)....

Don't judge me, I know you take your phone in the bathroom too! So all in all a super fantastic, no privacy around here, day!

The terror of the seas....

I took Buddy and some friends to the beach today. While they were goofing around, the boys wanted me to take pictures with my non-waterproof camera so they could show you "The Terror of the Seas" (seriously they named this blog post)....enjoy.....

 

Just like watching a Steven King movie isn't it? I'm completely horrified....

So all in all a super fantastically, terror, day!