War torn....

I think Buddy has become a little obsessed with his video gaming lately....

 He had the week off of school and I am happy to report that he didn't play any of those horrid "shoot 'em up" video games with his father. Instead, we went on a really nice hike in some fields near our house.....that happen to have quite a few abandoned cars along the way....

I may not have phrased that correctly.....we went on a really nice hike in some fields near our house, that happen to have quite a few abandoned cars..... that you can shoot at along the way....

The hike was so awesome that we had to go back and do it again with Tyler (unfortunately I didn't get a picture of the boys and their destruction....just imagine it being AWESOME)....

Don't think that I'm a horrible mom and all I let my kid do on his fall break was go hiking out to go shoot things....No, I'm way better than that! He also got dressed up one day to go hang out with some friends and do the usual....

I mean, when you're playing with a friend from Poland and a friend from Japan you're first instinct should be to recreate WWII, right....I mean, that's totally normal.....errrrr......

Now a picture of the sweeter/less violent days of Buddy two weeks ago....

I feel much better! So all in all a super fantastic, I hope there is nothing wrong with that kid, day!

Stud muffin....

I've been hanging out with this stud muffin lately...

Perhaps, not enough....

 So all in all a super fantastic, hope I'm not getting replaced, day!

Smooth talker....

Yesterday was my 13th Wedding Anniversary...

I really wanted to talk about the smooth talker in my life.....I wanted to pretend very much that Shane is the smooth talker in my life, but let's face it...there is no boy smoother than my Buddy! That boy somehow talked his way into going on our anniversary trip on Sunday night....

Did I mention he even got to skip a day of school to attend the aforementioned "Anniversary Trip". Of course when I say anniversary trip, I really mean we used our one free night at a local hotel coupon that Shane got as a Christmas bonus ...but it was a stay at a hotel nonetheless!!! Buddy had a great time, taking nice romantic walks on the beach, staying up late, eating a romantic dinner, swimming in the pool, cuddling,  sleeping in late, TURNING THE A/C TO SUBZERO TEMPERATURES! We finished our romantic getaway with a dental appointment getting all of our teeth cleaned....because nothing really says love like freshly flossed and fluoridated teeth? In other news, Buddy gets a monthly Tinker Crate, which he loves. This month's crate was about electricity, so Buddy and Tyler made a flashlight from wires....and, well, because I have no idea what all the other things are, I just call them thingamabobs....

Then, because Buddy's dad is Shane, they upgraded that flashlight....

Yeah, it was a two tie wearing kind of awesome....

So all in all a super fantastic, smooth, day!

Good idea....

Buddy had a fantastic idea yesterday, a fantastic idea that lead us to this awesome spot.....

Of course, it was such an awesome spot that Buddy wouldn't move over. No worries though, I found a spot, right on Buddy's cushy tushy!

In other news, Bones is up to no good.... 

Or up to a lot of good, depending who your asking!

So all in all a super fantastic, full of great ideas, day!

Overworked....

I have worked at ton this past week, which means I felt like my home life was significantly suffering! To correct the errors of my way, we did a little of this....

Hopefully, I'll never make that mistake again!!!! Just kidding, I am beyond blessed that I have a job that I can basically work when I need to (when it's slow season for Shane) and pretend to be a stay at home mom when I need to (all the rest of the time)! So all in all a super fantastic, love being with my boy(s), day!

Superhero Overload...

Buddy came home Tuesday really upset that a bully was bothering one of his friends, which led to Wednesday him telling on the bully to his teacher while I offered moral support. Buddy had been really, really, really upset that someone had been unkind to someone else!!!! Yay, I'm doing something right....Of course my thoughts on that were quickly squashed when he then proceeded to sing me a song mocking the bully on his ukulele, but I did have 3 seconds to revel in my fantastic motherhood glory! Buddy's fallen in love with the ukulele, taking it to school every day so he can practice, then to bring it home to practice some more....heck he's practicing so much he can't even put it down to pay attention to where he's walking...

His grade is learning the ukulele for Hawaiian studies and since he has loved that so much, we signed him up for lessons after school as well. Thankfully, he's really good at it, because I'm not sure I could handle nonstop out of tune twanging! In other news, the Halloween decorations are up and the pranks are starting to come out full force...

Hopefully this skeleton can keep herself busy until Halloween! In other, other news, Buddy is still wearing his gas mask at every opportunity he can....

That was us on our way to church Sunday....he actually argued with me why it wouldn't be appropriate to wear it inside of the church!!!!! Seriously??? That boy! He's fantastic! So all in all a super fantastic, working on it, day!

Good to know....

Buddy had been planning to be a toilet for Halloween this year. That is until he found a gas mask, and then he rethought his whole costume process (actual costume to be announced later). Then today, he found another gas mask....

Today, we also found out that I will not be surviving the zombie apocalypse due to my inability to don on a gas mask for more than 3 consecutive seconds due to  crippling claustrophobia!!!!

Definitely good to know! So all in all a super fantastic, glad the zombie apocalypse hasn't come yet, day!