Romantic getaway....

Shane's work gives out adventure  trips on the island for Christmas bonuses (which I greatly appreciate since my penny pinching love would never pay the cost to do some of these "adventures"). Last year Shane got a zip lining  adventure for 2, this year, a sunset dinner cruise (for 2 of course). Romantic.....right? So we did what any other romantic couple would do and booked our adventure straight away.....with Buddy of course. But someone had to steer the ship....

And provided the entertainment....

It was very romantic!!!!! So all in all a super fantastic, romancey? , day!

Professional photographer.....

Buddy wanted to stay at home today and play with Lego's. I forced him to go here (that's Pololu Valley)....

Then I forced him to be my photographer so I could do this.....

Don't worry, I let him have a turn on the bench too....

Errrrm.....yeah, it wasn't as exciting! It made me think I needed to give the boys a lesson in monkeying around....

Then I remembered, they need no monkeying lessons from me! I'm not 100% sure, but I think today MAY have been more fun than staying home and playing with Lego's (or in Andrew's case attending a birthday party for a teenage girl).....

We did stop on our way home at a macadamia nut factory and gorged ourselves on free samples, that's probably what pushed us over the edge into being cooler than what was waiting for us at home! So all in all a super fantastic,  paying my photographer in free samples, day!

Bad Days.....

Yesterday, Buddy returned to the first day of school in the new year crying because he was embarrassed about his new haircut. Today was much better.....that is, until he emerged from his bedroom with his homework that he admitted to using a calculator to complete. In his defense I don't think he considered it cheating.....and he freely admitted to doing so. When I told him he wasn't suppose to use a calculator, he had a melt down of all melt downs. He cried, he stomped, he pouted, then he climbed up in my arms and let me gently sway him to the same gentle music we used when he was a baby. Then he did this....

It's amazing how sleep can cure almost anything!!!!! So all in all a super fantastic, well rested, day!

Wedding vows.....

Buddy has been growing his hair out for the last few months. He's really been into watching old episodes of Richie Rich and has been styling his hair in a Richie Richish fashion....yep that's right, parted down the middle with an obligatory flip on the sides! It's quite fancy, at least in my opinion....of course I'm a huge Buddy fan and I think everything he does is awesome. Shane, however, thought it looked shaggy and gross.....which led to a spur of the moment haircut late last night. Buddy was not at all on board with the plan and tried to fall asleep crying in my arms. I told him since he loved his hair so much he should probably marry it....to that he stopped his tears and made plans for his impending nuptials. May I present Mr and Mrs. Hairball....

They make a beautiful couple, don't you think. Unfortunately the honeymoon is already over....

But really..... Buddy and a hairball.....did you really expect anything different? In other news, Buddy handcuffed himself to me Sunday night so I would be forced to take him to work with me....

He's been on a huge kick to go to work with me lately (not sure why, I don't even want to tag along with me to work). He's been so insistent that he even encouraged me to pick up an extra shift today with the understanding to the staff that I could only come in to help if he could come along.........needless to say, I didn't get called in (I'm thinking I should use that trick more often). In other, other news, Buddy's nose is electrifying...

Must be all the boogers! So all in all a super fantastic, wedding bells, day!

Spacey....

I took two of the cutest kids to the Space Shuttle Museum today....

Then I decided I should be a millionaire so I could open up a Children's Museum because that would be AWESOME(there isn't one or anything like it on this island)....not that I didn't appreciate the Space Shuttle Museum, but 99% of their stuff was from the early 80's and didn't work.....it was the didn't work part that bothered me, because the 80's rocked it! So in my off time I'll be daydreaming what I want to put into my magical Children's Museum.....which basically means I'll steal ideas from all the other cool museums I've been to and pretend I'm going to do something with that information! In other news, I told Buddy to make his bed and I caught him red footed doing this....

I got such a good giggle out of it that I'm pretty sure the bed went unmade.....and I guess that's OK, since Buddy has reassured me that he was "just going to sleep in it again". So all in all, going to sleep in our unmade beds, day.

Multiply

Buddy has been learning his multiplication tables at school this past quarter. In my head Buddy and I were going to have those tables memorized and he was going to be head of the class by the time school started back next Wednesday ! Somehow my head and Buddy have not been communicating that thought process very well. EVERY DAY is a struggle to even complete one line of his multiplication facts. His friends have even been on the process, playing multiplication games for prizes......still, he's not buying it. Today, he and I competed in a match to the death....well, it only felt like death...

It's enough to make you go crazy....

Well, if he already weren't! At least that's the good news.....

In other news, Buddy has been raising his IQ points by watching the "Three Stooges" with the TV time he's earned over the holiday. I'm seriously hoping he doesn't return to school slap happy......just happy! Here's the newest routine he's been working on....

Now if this boy could grow a funny bone or two, we'd have something to work with! HA! So all in all a super fantastic, not a math whiz but at least we know how to have a good time, day! 

Hype...

I took Buddy to go see "Frozen" today, since (according to him) "everyone else has seen it and they even know all the songs". Turns out "Frozen" is very much a chick flick! He didn't have one single nice thing to say about the movie....

So now I know.... any movie that involves tons of dancing, singing and TWO PRINCESSES is just too much for this little boy to handle! Well, at least he looks good in his brooding stance! I, on the other hand giggled my head off and loved it....Hmmmm, I'll have to look into borrowing daughters to improve my enjoyment of watching kid friendly "girly" movies. To make it up to him I promised in February we'll go see the "MANLY" Lego movie that's coming out. He's currently prepping by putting together as many Lego creations as humanly possible! In other news, my niece is getting married in April so I've been pretending to help by looking at online wedding dresses and other accouterments! I have now decided that I shouldn't be a nurse, I think my real calling is in party planning. I'm pretty sure Shane will be on board when I tell him I'm turning in my resignation at work!!! So all in all a super fantastic, not listening to the hype, day!