Sunday Fun Day

I decided the girls and I would go to Fun Day from 9:00 to 10:00 and then Duncan would meet us at the party at 10:00.  It's so funny that on the days that you HAVE to get up and be some where, like on Sabbath and Sunday, the kids decide to sleep in.  I actually had to wake them up at 8:00 both days. Go figure.  Anyway, everything worked out great.  The girls got these passport books that they had to take around to the different booths and get stamped at each one to show they had visited.  We picked those up and made it to Russia and then left for the party.  Have no fear...even though soccer wasn't happening for the league, the party had a soccer theme so Calleigh still got to play (Aubree did not for some reason).  We had a nice time visiting with everyone and then it was back to the Fun Day. We went to all the booths and got our stamps and then the girls decided they wanted face painting. When we got over there, someone I knew told me that the parents were doing their own kids because the face painters weren't there anymore.  Just as Calleigh sat down for Duncan to do it, the lady who turned out to be the face painter, came storming back and she was MAD.  She started grabbing paintbrushes out of people's hands and slamming stuff and huffing really loudly.  I whispered to Calleigh "Let's get out of here." Oops. 

Around 1:30, Duncan took Colby home for his nap and then I was left with Calaubra which was a nice treat actually.  They did the bouncy house and we got pina coladas and then we were off to do some errands.  We went to the ABC where I purchased seven cases of canned goods..I'm sure you can imagine how much that cost.  Mercy!  But we ran out of everything at the same time.  Then it was a stop at Costco and finally Walmart.  Ugh.  No offense to anyone that shops there but I just keep getting more and more put off by it.  It's so dirty and there we are on a Sunday afternoon and they have TWO measly cash registers open.  That's it.  And then half my stuff doesn't ring up right.  Okay, on to more pleasant thoughts...

Going back a day, the girls got to perform for church.  Adventurers performed their theme song "Armor of God" for third service and the girls were so excited to do it.  They were literally counting down the days.  I was so happy to see that. 

After naps on Sabbath, the Bergherms came over and we went to Magnolia Park and the Apopka Restoration Area (which is like a park) and did some Geocaching.  I found the first one which was pretty easy to spot up in a tree.  The second one, though, you had to solve a clue by reading the sign at the park that answered things like "How many exotic birds have been spotted at this park?" You use that number as part of the GPS coordinates.  As we stood there trying to figure it out, the kids were next to us all running around.  Suddenly we heard Colby crying and Calleigh brought him over to us urgently and said there were ants on him.  Sure enough, he had them all over his hands and then on various parts of his clothes.  I had to take all his clothes off right there to get rid of them.  He was left with a bunch of bites on his hands but fortunately didn't seem to have too bad of a reaction to it all.  Phew!  

We finally got the coordinates figured out and then we had to walk for about 15 - 20 minutes to where the cache was actually hidden.  We couldn't get the GPS to work just right but thankfully they provided a hint of where it was and Duncan was able to then find it hidden under a fallen tree. It does give you quite a rush to find it!  Included in the cache was a keychain that has a "trackable" on it. You go to a website and put in the bar code and it tells you all the places the keychain has been.  And then we have to put it in the next cache we find for someone else to take.  So a little added fun.  The keychain was from North Carolina originally.    

Other than that, we didn't have too much else going on during the week which is just fine by me.  We had gymnastics on Monday, Duncan left Monday night for Cleveland and came back Tuesday night, I taught Aubree's class for Adventurers Wednesday nights, We did have a bit of a rough school day on Thursday which left me shaking my head.  But my conviction is strong.  

One anecdote about Calleigh.  On Wednesday afternoon we had to make a run to Jo-Ann's because I had to get a couple of things for the Adventurers class.  While we were there, Calleigh came across the loom thingy that you can use to make pot holders, etc.  She was enthralled and decided to buy it (they get "commission" each week for doing chores so she is able to buy things that pass my inspection).  She must have told me like 10 times how happy she was that she had gotten it.  She sure does like to build/create things whether it be Legos or crafty stuff or whatever. You can make the potholders into purses by sewing two pot holders together and when she couldn't quite understand the directions (and I was preoccupied with something else) she figured out how on her own to do it another way.  Good stuff.  Anyway, last night I was in the office working on some paperwork and it's about 11:40.  I turn to do something and there is a figure standing there.  I jumped!  Totally scared me for a second.  Anyway, it's Calleigh and she's fully dressed and has her hair done up.  I say "Have you been sleeping?" "Nope," she says, "I've just been listening to my CD." They had just gotten a new Adventures in Odyssey CD from the library in the mail that day. So I said "Well, time to get to sleep. It's really late." And she says to me, "No. Have you seen my loom?  I want to make something else." I put my foot down on that one and made her go to bed but I can't really blame her because it's SO hard for me to go to bed at night because there are just so many things I want to do. 

 

Some Colby info...We all know he can be demanding and a pain in a neck at times but he does have a nice little personality about him too which is starting to really come out.  One thing I have discovered is that he plays really well by himself.  He LOVES cars and trucks and can sit there for long stretches of time playing with them all alone.  He keeps adding new words and it's so fun when he says one that you had no idea he could say.  Yesterday he saw a horse and said "horse" as clear as day.  He knows about ten body parts (he can point to them but can't say them) and can make a lot of animal noises.  He's taken a recent interest in climbing up the ladder on our play set and going down the slide so now we have to really keep our eye on him.  The slide is wicked fast and he hits the dirt on the bottom with a real bang but it doesn't phase him in the least.    

A few more pictures...

Conversations with the kids:

Coming home from church last week, Duncan pointed out a dune buggy type car that was driving down the road:

Duncan: "Look guys.  Look at that cool car!"

Calleigh: (looking over and saying very matter-of-factly): "Oh, they must be poor."

Not whether to be amused or appalled at that.

Me: "Brady, you are such a big boy now.  You poop and pee in the potty.  You sleep in a big boy bed. You eat all your vegetables..."

Brady (Mind blown):"Pancakes are a vegetable!!?"

Of course, this is all a big joke because Brady doesn't knowingly eat a single vegetable.  Not a single one.  Ever.  He even started breaking out into hives when I said I was making fruit salad because when he heard the word "salad" he imagined I was going to be serving lettuce mixed in with the cantalope, honeydew, and what have you.

Me:"I really don't like this electric toothbrush.  I hate how it sprays."

Brady:"I don't like it either.  Maybe we could sell it."

For sale: Slightly used, blue, electric toothbrush that has never met a vegetable.

Have a Happy Sabbath!