Bonuses!!!!

Who knew homeschooling had so many bonuses???? Not only do you get to sleep in (seriously the night shift working nurse in me is doing flips in my head over this one), but you also get the skate park to all yourself...... 

Downside.....you get the skate park to all yourself! In other news, a while ago, Buddy and his BFF sent in applications to be on Paradise Run. Turns out, they don't accept colorblind contestants so Buddy was not chosen, but his BFF and another friend got to go today for the taping. I'm going to be honest, not a huge fan of a show that discriminates based on color.....isn't that against the law? Just sayin'!!!!! Stinking show!!!!! Now Buddy is asking me to get him on another show "so [he] can be famous". Who does this kid think he is? Better yet, who does he think I am?  A Hollywood talent agent? Because seriously?????Seriously????? He'll just have to settle for being my own personal star! So all in all a super fantastic, living it up, day!

Love and Hate.....

Buddy's cello teacher taught him how to play the Star Wars theme on the cello today. When Buddy's lesson was done, he immediately got on the internet to find out how to play it on his first love (that would be the ukulele for those of you not in the know)....

 That internet....it's a love/hate relationship with that thing. Want to know what else I have a love/hate relationship with? The fact that Buddy always wants to play with my toe hairs.....

Embarrassingly creepy! My shame can be for your humorous pleasure, you are welcome. So all in all a super fantastic, loving my loves, day!

SLUMBER PARTY!!!!

Buddy got invited to a birthday party/slumber party tonight, which means it's chick flick central in these parts! My consolation prize for being tortured with being able to watch girly movies for once, is this gem of a picture from the hosting mom....

Did I mention that the party is being hosted at a resort with 24 hour access heated pools? Lucky boy I have there! So all in all a super fantastic, having a good time, day!

Appreciating Nature....

Last week when Buddy and I went to Kalopa State Park, we noticed that to the side of the park was a Hunter's Access Station. At the entrance of the station posted the clear rules that  hunters are only allowed to hunt only with bows and arrows and knives and kill no more than one pig and two goats per day!  Needless to say, the little Budster was thrilled with this little detail and insisted we return to go hunting! I decided that it probably didn't matter too much that we don't have hunting licenses since I assumed the boys would be too loud to get close enough to kill anything....a point I decided not to share with the boys since they were more than excited to pack in all of the weaponry they could find, heck, even I was packing a sword....just in case.....

The boys successfully killed two fallen trees using their mad sword swinging and arrow shooting skills! In other news, Buddy got accepted into a charter middle school 30 minutes away yesterday that has an awesome STEM based curriculum. That's even after I confessed to the Principal that Buddy doesn't like to do his homework and ended up missing 22 days of school this year! All I can think is that she must appreciate the honesty.....or Buddy's fantastic qualities outshine those minor details! I'll go with the because he is fantastic answer...and he's excited about the new school he's starting next year. So all in all super fantastic, Buddy's fantastic, day! 

Closeted.....

Yesterday we did some serious closet cleaning for my personal favorite hoarder.....

It's amazing what you find when you clean out your closets! So all in all a super fantastic, cleaned out, day!

The cat is away....

Shane went to Seattle for the weekend, so Buddy and I decided to live it up....or kill ourselves mountain biking on the craziest path in the universe  (this is Buddy pushing his bike back up on an actual road because his imminent death wasn't so exciting anymore). 

 Don't worry though, he got me back for that one by taking me to Umauma's Giant Swing (that would be a giant swing that takes you 150' up in the air over the Umauma falls.....I of course didn't grab any pictures, because I was too busy screaming  swinging. So here is one from their website...

Those must be paid professional models though, because they are smiling and happy. Buddy is now giving you an imitation of my facial expressions after we were done!

Yep, that looks about right. Then Buddy took me out to eat to IHOP for my Mother's Day present. At least that what he told me he was doing. I wasn't quite sure if it counted as him as taking me out to eat if he didn't drive, pay or let me pick out the place....but I guess he's the only kid I've got, so I guess I can't be too picky.  Anyway, Shane will be back tomorrow night so we've really got to up the ante tomorrow morning! So all in all a super fantastic, playing mouse, day!

Rockin' this Homeschool thing!!!

So it's day #4 of our Homeschooling foray. I'm pretty certain I'm rocking it. Yesterday I took the boys to an obsidian mine as inspiration for a research paper on obsidian....

(We've yet to write.....or research for that matter). Today, we decided to grab our hostage Homeschooling Buddy by our newest means of transport...

and went for a huge bike ride around the fish pond for a lesson on sports physiology...

(We've yet to learn about sports or physiology). When we got home Buddy practiced his cello before heading to his ukulele class....

Because his ukulele teacher is amazingly awesome and wants to incorporate his cello playing with the group playing the uke! We may need to do a little (errrrrr.....a lot) more practicing before we can do that! On the way back home from his uke lesson, Buddy declared loudly for all to hear.... "I love music, and music loves me"

Well said Buddy!!! At least something went completely right today....although I had absolutely nothing to do with it, I'm totally going to pretend that was an all me moment! I've got to take what I can get....otherwise, this will be the only thing I get to claim....

So all in all a super fantastic, rocking the nose picking at least, day!