BUDDY.....

Buddy is finally back to school after his ridiculously long spring break......Yep, I miss him already.....

So all in all a super fantastic, hoping he doesn't grow much faster because I'm not sure I'll be able to handle him leaving the nest, day! 

Independent Thinkers.....

Buddy has been on a 2 week long Spring Break. To celebrate I took him to a pier to stare at people, staring off of a pier....

 Then, I took him dumpster diving.....

 Then I taught him the fine art of lazy kite flying.....

 Unfortunately, he taught me the fine art of tweenage reckless abandon when his BFF's mother texted me late at night to let me know the shenanigans these two had gotten into earlier that day that her boy confessed at bedtime. Let's just say it involves a lighter, a ping pong ball and one nice burn mark on Buddy's bedroom floor.....I could have really done without that lesson! In other news, to celebrate the fact that my house is still standing and these boys not needing skin grafts, Buddy had a laser tag party....

Okay, we weren't really celebrating anything, I had already invited all of the kids over before the ping pong ball/fireball incident, because trust me, this may be the last time Buddy gets to see the light of day for a while!!!! In other news, before the fire pong ball incident, we were walking Tyler home the other day and I overheard Buddy bragging about how he had the most "awesome" life because his dad will play computer games with him and his mom LOVES doing outdoor stuff with him, so it's "totally balanced" (his words, not sure what he thinks he's balancing though).....Silly boy, glad he's so easy to please! So all in all a super fantastic, walking around with fire extinguishers now, day!

Made for each other.....

Buddy got a new kite yesterday. Thank goodness the trade winds were blowing today (that's sarcastic talk, because I nominate this town as the blowiest place on earth), and boy were they blowing.....I almost had to tie Buddy down to make sure he wouldn't blow away.

 He had a much better idea and strapped his Heely's on for wind propulsion instead of expulsion!

Unfortunately for the kite and Buddy's head, there is such a thing as too much of a good thing!  In other better idea news, Shane and Buddy installed a bidet today. Buddy is beyond excited....he's been saving up all day for the installation to be complete!

Unfortunately, Shane only bought one bidet and placed it in the Master Bathroom....I see lots of Buddy occupation in the very near future! So all in all a super fantastic, blown away, day!

The art of evasion.....

We went to a party at the beach last weekend with a bunch of families....okay, only 4 families, but when you see children en masse like this you'd be confused too! 

Buddy was one of the few smart ones to stay out of the freezing cold water while the sun was setting.  I raised that boy right! He was so unashamed that he wasn't joining the boys to rough it in the rough (as in cold) seas that when the other parents were razzing him about it he just kept playing with his girl friend (as in a friend that is a girl, not to be confused with girlfriend...I have been assured that there is a mutual understanding of appreciation between these two). To celebrate their awesomeness they were sent to a personalized photo shoot of just the two of them....for 5 minutes of nonstop jumping so I could get the perfect picture.....

Hmmm, maybe next time we'll go for 10 minutes! So all in all a super fantastic, not cold at all, day!

Celebrations....

Turns out that March 8 is International Pancake Day! It also turns out that IHOP was shelling out free pancakes....what kind of horrible people would we be if we didn't let IHOP serve us free pancakes on their special day?

It also turns out that it was free feeding day at the zoo....

Hmmmm, who knew that they'd just let those tigers wander around behind that fenced in cage and thick glass windows???? Just kidding....Buddy returned home with all of his extremities intact AND a new dad...

Just kidding! So all in all a super fantastic, keeping our hands on and our bellies full, day!

Hormonally imbalanced?

Buddy participated in his first concert. His school performed with two other schools' ukulele programs. His school has a very low number of participants when compared to the other schools, not to mention the other two were  well funded schools (one private, one charter). I was so nervous for this little crew....but holy bananas! These kids rocked it so hard!!!! The concert revolved around Beach Boys classics and they did an amazing rendition of "Wipeout", including some uke playing behind their backs....THEY WERE THAT GOOD!!!!

I may or may not have cried every time they performed because THEY WERE THAT GOOD....I may or may not also be experiencing hormonal shifts in my peri-menopausal state, but I'll go with they were just that good! So all in all a super fantastic, so proud of my boy, day! 

The Lazy Bird Gets the Worm?????

About a month ago, Buddy's school had a art poster contest. The heading of the contest was "Sight is Beautiful"....honestly, Buddy doesn't know why or what this contest is even about. According to him, the posters were being made to send to some blind lady in Australia.....yeah, he's never been one big on listening to details. Matter of fact, he's never been one big on doing extracurricular events! The day the poster was due, lots of kids brought in the really elaborate posters of flowers, butterflies, and Buddy said one girl even drew the Eiffel Tower. Nope, not my boy, he pulled out his sketching paper and calligraphy set while the kids were handing in their masterpieces and he set to work making his. Yesterday, he came home with this....

 Yep, that's right...my boy came home with a first place award for all of 5th grade and is now being entered into the competition at state level!!!! What the heck does that early bird know about catching the worm anyway. To celebrate, we hung the boy upside down....

 And forced him into a fat suit......

Just kidding, that's all natural !!!!! In other news, last week while Buddy and I were out mountain biking/shooting there was a wild hog that we high tailed it away from.  Buddy has made me take him several times over the last week trying to get a glimpse of the renegade hog.  He even invited his BFF to join us for one trip. The boys were walking arsenals with all of the swords, knifes and BB guns that they were packing. I, of course was shaking in my boots and praying that we wouldn't see that hog again (they are not the cute an cuddly things that Disney makes them out to be).  The boys were so sweet to look out for me by giving me the TINIEST KNIFE THEY OWNED to protect myself!!! If that weren't awesome enough, they also thought it was funny to throw rocks while I wasn't looking to make it seem like there was a hog about to rush us!!!! THOSE BOYS!!!!! I figured if it was up to them to save my life they better start practicing their sword play...

Yeah....I think they need to practice for several more years before I trust either one of them. In other, other news, Buddy has been at a ukulele festival all day....without me. I get to pick him up at 7 after they perform a Beach Boys Concert for the parents......he has been talking non-stop about this Uke festival! Who knew that boy was obsessed???? According to his library teacher, she's impressed by his high appreciation of the creative arts. I'll admit, I had to clarify that we were talking about the same Buddy! But with his Art Award and non-stop playing the uke during recess, he's got those teachers suckered(unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, not his classroom teacher)!

Here's a little something special for your day....you're welcome!

So all in all a super fantastic, last minute dealing, day!