Lovey Dovey....

When I woke up from my "nap" today I whisked my little family to the beach for some good ole' fashioned family time. Not that it's totally apparent who the favorite parent is, but take a look for yourself.....Buddy with dear old dad.....

See! So stinkin' sweet and cuddly, even if I do say so myself! Then the little stink pot poses with me (actually more like shoves me out of his spotlight).....

 Hmmm, just not quite the same! I'm pretty sure the only reason I got in the pictures at all was the under support I was providing so he could act as a Class Act Clown! Oh well, at least I know my spot....copilot to "funny boy" (that's his nickname at school for the kids that don't know his real name because he can be found    doing physical comedy and jokes during recess and lunchtime, what a ham)! So all in all a super fantastic, love my boy, day!



NOW FOR AN UPDATED MESSAGE.......Grandparents, this is specifically posted  for you by request of the almighty Buddy......

So Buddy has been staying awake a lot reading at night. Perhaps I should be more selective (or not) of the available literature in his room. I guess a few nights ago he was reading his Captain Underpants comic books and saw a prank that the two  main character boys played, that he just had to replicate! He let me in on the secret so I could take pictures....unfortunately they are with my phone, but it's better than nothing.  So the prank begins by playing a game with your friends where you balance a penny on your chin and then try to drop it into a funnel that is resting in your waist band....

Then when your "victim" (yes, Buddy actually used the word victim to describe Shane, which just leads me to wonder, what genius, world overthrowing ideas am I teaching this kid?) has his turn, you pour water down his funnel, which looks a lot like this....

So now it really is a super fantastic, at least I hope he's done with pranks for the day, day!

Restful...

I went to work for a few hours this morning since Shane was off, and they asked nicely. When I got home, I think Buddy was bored out of his mind.  I walked in on him sitting on the couch playing the Wii halfheartedly. Halfhearted Wii playing totally equals long bike ride with mom. Buddy stopped at the house of every kid he could think of to see if they could join us, sadly....for him, no one answered (seriously, a Saturday in Hawaii and no one is just hanging out at their house, weird!).  So we biked and biked and biked, then laid on the concrete to take a break....

After our rest, or actually during, Buddy called Shane to see if he'd come pick him up! Ha, this kid obviously doesn't know that his dad, when taking apart a flashlight (which he was doing when we left .....remember the addiction), will not budge....I'm thinking a major natural disaster would probably not sway him from his "flashlight building". Oh well, biking never really killed anyone, just some nerves, and you don't really need to feel down there anyway....right! So all in all a super fantastic, hanging with my boy, day!

Confirmation....

I may or may not be able to confirm or deny that I had a group of boys at my house that did experiments with pop rocks....

That may or may not have involved using pee (FYI, the acid in the urine makes the pop rocks go crazy, if said experiment existed, not that I'm confirming or denying). I also may or may not be at liberty to release information about a game the boys played in the cul de sac...

To end things off, I may or may not be responsible for this....

So all in all a super fantastic, confirming, or possibly denying, day!

Sharing the spirit....

The missionaries came to our door today. They wanted to share a message with us, I think we shared a message with them....

That's every boy in the house with a nerf gun in their hand aiming at this awesomeness....

Not sure if you can tell, but the alien's body has a spinner that spins (thus the spinner name) when hit. Thank goodness for my hoarded stash of cardboard just for the occasion! Buddy has been shooting nerf guns all day with anyone who will come over and visit (did I mention he suckered two friends to come over and spend the night tonight?). Anyway, Buddy loved his party so much, he is begging for another Nerf party, this time for his birthday that happens to be at the end of this month. I'm totally in, of course I'm thinking we may need a bigger combat arena, but that's just the planner of all things awesome in me coming out! In other news, we went to the pool so we could enjoy the relaxing concrete....

It was quite relaxing I'm sure.  So all in all a super fantastic, seriously Nerf gunning (yes I just totally made up a phrase, but I'm cool like that), day!

Black Ops.....

Sometimes I just wonder, do you really need words to express the awesomeness?

Buddy was kind enough to take these pictures for me whilst I was still manufacturing aliens for the party....but then again I was kind enough to consent to the party, so I think it was a fair trade. The boys had a FANTASTIC TIME....

Of course the best part of the party wasn't recorded for posterity of me and my world Nerf domination, because of course, I was busy dominating the world. Let me put it this way, I was so awesome that one of the kids asked if he could stay a few hours after the party so he could play with me. Yep, it was THAT GOOD! So all in all a super fantastic, Nerf mania, day!

Preparations.....

While "resting" after my night shift on Sunday, I cuddled up with my boy while I let him watch nerf gun wars on YouTube.  After a few hours of nerf immersion, he suggested we throw a nerf gun party. Brillant idea I thought, perhaps that was the  sleep deprivation talking? Of course, one good night of sleep later, I think it's a brillantly fantastic idea! Since the kids are off school for a whole week, what better way to kill time than to shoot your closest friends and neighbors in the face! Anyway, here are a few of the things we were working on tonight...

Just kidding, there was absolutely nothing I could do to improve on that, trust me, I've tried! Here's the real deal....

Of course when I went to the store to buy enough ammo for the troops, we had to pick up one of these...

I'd like to blame Shane, for the sole reason that I can. But the truth is, I just can't say no to the look in this guys eyes...

Go ahead and call me sucker! But a sucker that throws fun parties! So all in all a super fantastic, party planning with the future generations, day!

Buddy the protector....

Shane took Buddy on a walk last night while I was at work last night. Buddy is taking his role of family protector very, very seriously....

In other news, Buddy is on fall break for the week, which means that we're throwing a Nerf gun party (it only makes since right)! So all in all a super fantastic, guarded, day!