Tween....

The other day Buddy came home from school, opened the fridge and immediately did this....

 Which made me think he was growing up way too fast. Then he had a friend come over and do this (that would be cardboard sliding if you couldn't tell)...

Which made me think maybe I have a few more days of youth to enjoy! So all in all a super fantastic, not growing too fast, day! 

Perspectives....

I got to go on a field trip with Buddy today. I think his teacher was trying to ditch me by not inviting me to come along the first time around because this field trip had lots of hiking and my foot is awkwardly in a cast. Thankfully, there weren't enough parents that could make it, so I could join my boy and supervise this....

I bet his teacher is regretting not picking me first for the field trip......errrr, I'm certain he's regretting something at least!!!! So all in all a super fantastic, supervisory, day!

Going bananas!

Buddy invited some of the usual suspects over for a sleepover tonight. Sucker kids! We told them they could make really awesome forts in the backyard if they cut back the banana trees a little bit, which lead to some serious (and much needed) pruning! Woohoo! Free labor....shhhh, don't tell those child labor law rule enforcers!

The boys have run around playing so much that they actually stink! The good "aunty" that I am, I actually told them all that they stink and then kicked them to the basement to go watch a movie!!!! Yeehaw for basements! So all in all a super fantastic, loving our bananas off of our banana tree, day!

Naughty List!!!!

Yesterday we set up our "We're Thankful for Christmas" Tree and got out all of our Christmas Decorations. Included in those aforementioned Christmas decorations is a singing and dancing Santa that I got at the Goodwill for a Tacky Christmas Party I was hosting two years ago.  Buddy loves that Santa...he's always hitting the button making Santa dance and sing.....this year something different has happened....

He keeps making Santa naked to dance and sing. I'm not an elf or anything.....but I'm pretty certain that puts you right at the very top of the naughty list!!!!!! So all in all a super fantastic, naughty, naughty, naughty, day!

Riddle me this.....

Today while walking Buddy to school, he absolutely REFUSED to hold my hand to cross the street. I mean, I know he's 10, and the street we're crossing is right in front of the school so everyone can see, but seriously????? How can the kid do this at the store today....

Request to be cuddled and sung to every night, and then refuse to hold my hand in public?  I will just be extremely grateful for the cuddling he still asks for and the cuddling I enforce on him that he doesn't ask for when we are home! This boy is growing up WAY TOO FAST!!!!!! So all in all a super fantastic, sneaking in all the hand holding I can get before we go out in public again, day!

Handymen?????

This morning I left to go to work with an old broken toilet sitting in my front yard (not my finest hour I assure you). When I came home the boys had tales to regale me! Those tales went a little something like this....

Fine work boys! Buddy said he wanted to smash another toilet but ran out of time....to that I questioned what toilet, because as far as I know (and I double checked with Shane so I am correct) all the toilets are actually still connected to the house.........ummmmmm,.......errrrrrrrrrmmmmm. I may have an interesting story involving a smashed toilet  in a smashed house later this week. For now I'll just say AWESOME!!!!! So all in all a super fantastic, glad for the handy men in my life, day!

Gratefully greatfull!!!!

We are completely done with the actually moving from one house to another process. Now to build back up our street cred with the neighbor kids.....

 I'd say not too shabby for a lazy Saturday avoiding doing our homework!!!!! Now on to more important things, like the fact that not only do I get to live on a beautiful island, but I also get to celebrate Thanksgiving more than once this year.....

I'm just crossing my fingers that we get to celebrate more than one Christmas, because that will really be a Christmas miracle! So all in all a super fantastic, need to start stretching my stomach out for my two Thanksgivings this year, day!