PRANKS!

Elijah and Sam are pulling pranks on Matt and I. He and I went over to the neighbors tonight after the little ones were asleep leaving just Sam and Elijah up and about.

We came back to our bedroom and found the floor covered with cups of water, our sheets crumpled at the end of our bed, all the light bulbs removed, our clothes hidden, and whole unopened toilet rolls stuffed in our pillows. Elijah and Sam giggled uncontrollably as we surveyed their work.

My favorite part of the whole thing is they were having fun together. It made me so happy to see brothers acting like friends. Also, I can enjoy a prank or two.

At least one of their pranks is as yet undiscovered. They say we will find it in the morning. hehehe. Feels like Christmas.

the rub

during evening story time the kids sometimes rub mom's feet. tonight Sam gave a foot massage for the most of it. after story time was over Sam looked up the legs of the owner of the feet and yelled, "hey! those aren't mom's feet, I've been rubbing luke's feet!" I think he was truly horrified.

as we were reviewing this post, sam said, "It would be funnier if you capitalized your sentences."

Sayings

Gideon (5) told the neighbor that his mom had sprained her ankle and she had to use "crunches" to walk.

Real Pie?

Yesterday Matt came home and was telling me about his day. It was all computer blarg to me until he
mentioned asking his boss how the raspberry pie on his desk was. Ah a conversation I can enjoy. His boss said not working well for him, but did he want to give it a try. Matt said sure.

I thought how nice Matt got some raspberry pie at work. So I asked him about it, "What did he mean not working for him? Did it not taste good?"
 
He gave me a look like, you weirdo, what are you talking about?

Hmm raspberry Pie must be more computery blarg and not a real pie.

Sure enough it is Raspberry Pi and it is a computer. Honestly! How would anyone know that?

I really don't think I'm the weirdo. I think raspberry pie in conversation should be assumed to be edible. And this goes for "Ice cream sandwiches" (Android) and "cookies" (stored information).

Who's with me?!

Tools

Elijah just finished making his first tool with a metal lathe. I'm so impressed. It looks like the one below but without the blue handle.  It is used for getting dents out of cars. I should take a picture of him with the real one...
 

dentmaster.com

Life in the day

Today I used the boys bathroom. I lifted the lid - which was closed!- and sat down. As I finished I happened to look down and realized the entire seat that I was sitting on was COATED with dark black poo. I had to climb on a step stool to look at my thighs in the mirror to see if I had gotten it all off.

I share this because I talked to my sis today and she mentioned how facebook posts make it seem like moms have it all together.

Well the proof is in the poo. We do not. Also while she was on the phone I caught Abbey hiding under the table eating sugar out of a bag with a spoon.

These are a few of my favorite things...

One of the things I really enjoy about being a mother is feeding my children a healthy lunch. Todays menu was chicken salad (made with greek yogurt instead of mayo and mixed with celery and almonds) on organic whole wheat bread with tomato slices and a fresh fruit salad with kiwi mango strawberries and oranges.

Yesterday was a vegetable soup made with fresh onions, carrots, celery, potatoes, and a few split peas. I threw in some canned corn and kidney beans and topped it off with whole wheat croutons. Yum. plus it was a cold snowy day and it made for a soup that warmed inside and out.

right now we are all waiting for Sam to finish diagramming 3 sentence then we will eat our sandwiches and fruit salad. These 3 sentences are really being drug out... ok 1 left...LETS EAT!!

The things I text (gmail chat actually) to Matt while he is at work

Robin: Sam has a shopvac in the toilet and is sucking out the poopy contents.

Matt: Wow.

Robin: Gideon dropped the top of your electric razor into his poop and flushed. Im paying Sam $5.50 to retrieve it. If he is unsuccessful I am paying $4.00. 

Matt: you think it is still down there?

Robin: well the toilet is stopped up so I hope so.

      Also somebody stopped up the other toilet with too much TP and Abbey flushed and the toilet       overflowed in the other bathroom. I have house guests coming tomorrow. 

      I see now why mothers get jobs and send their children to daycare.

      I can hear screaming now coming  from the other room. THEY FOUND IT! 

Gideon: WE GOT IT OUT BUT THERES POO ON IT!! SAM GETS FIVE BUCKS! CLOSE YOUR EYES ITS SCARY!!

I dont know maybe it is worth staying home for... ; )

Doctrine according to a Three Year Old

God is down in the ground, alive.
He can go everywhere except for the cafe.
We have three Gods, this much Gods

Field Trip

Here we are in the old Bear Creek (I think) School House at the Homesteaders Museum in Torrington.

Colyer's funeral home was actually a highlight of the trip. Liam said, "This place is totally cool and there are a lot of hiding spots." After looking at the urns, Gideon said, "I get dibs on the gold one." The 8-12 year old boys wanted to see a dead body but no such luck.

Here we are in the archives of the Torrington Telegram. The newspaper also had a dark room that really reminded me of the Haunted House in DisneyLand.