NOT!!! Free Friday Field Trip

We did not do a free field trip this week, but joined our Home school Group for bowling. There was very large crowd today. I think the heavy rain brought people for an indoor activity. We had fun. The scores were:

Jordan - 187
James - 202
Jackson - 161
Jeanna - 81

Relaxing the rest of the day and hoping to work more on the new school room this weekend.

Have a nice weekend.

Peace!

Surprises!

I enjoy giving surprises. Of course it's hard to receive them, but I really enjoy giving them. So... surprises on the way ~Smile~

Free Friday Field Trip

There is a junk car shoppe that has just opened in town and I think they advertise that they will take anything in for trade. This guy is sitting outside of their shop. We drove by last week and the boys went crazy so today's free field trip was chance to walk around it and have pictures taken with "him". 

Conversations With a Childless Uncle

This may have only been funny to me as I am fascinated at how fascinated my brother is about life in the house with my kids. My brother is unmarried and has no children. He used to travel home about twice a month and then would see us for 4 weeks on family vacation. He often says being an uncle is like being in the Reserves: 2 weekends a month and 4 weeks a year. Today is my "little" brother's birthday and I let Jordan call him this morning at about 6:50 to wish  him a "Happy Birthday". When she was done she passed the phone to Jackson who talks very softly on the phone, so before he could pass it on to the other 3 kids who also are still learning to talk clearly on the phone, I just had them do a collective, "Happy birthday, Uncle!" Later I e-mailed him and this was the conversation:

Subject: Happy Birthday

My gift to you this morning was to not let the kids pass the phone one by one to each other to mumble conversations to you! Ha! Also...did you get my message about dad's gift to you?

LOL thanks for only letting 2 kids on the phone.  No I didn’t get your message about dad.

Dad sent a b-day gift to your house to be delivered by noon today. I was like, "um, Dad...he will be at work" and he was like, "oh?!??"

Oh yeah I got that message.  Yeah I guess you guys will never understand that some of us work.  It’s not easy being green!

Oh I get it. I choose not to live that lifestyle. LOL LOL! But to each his own. ~Smile~

I was surprised that your kids were up so early.  I always see them on sleep in til 9 am days.

The 1st school bell rings at 8:15 and the tardy bell at 8:20 so they get up between 6:30 and 6:45 a.m.

 I get up around 5:15 to get to work at 6 am and I have to drive 6 miles.  What on earth do they do from 7am – 8:15?

5 kids, 1 bathroom, 1 crazy dog begging for food and water, 1 kid who wet and or pooped her bed, 2 boys helping with changing bed, running bath water, getting pee pee stuff to the washer, 1 toddler begging for juice, 'sear-di-o's" and milk. Dog barking to go out....dog barking to come in...Lather, rinse, repeat. 1 teen laying on the floor complaining about having to get up, complaining about having to wait in line for bathroom, us not having the right kind of cereal, and somebody looking at her. Breakfast. Some of the dishes get put in the dishwasher, but heaven forbid they all make it in there...that would just be too right. Mom fusses. 5 kids brushing teeth, somebody spits on somebody else "accidentally" pretty much every day. 5 people washing face. 1 kid who had a bath, washed face and still managed to have last night’s dinner and today’s toothpaste still on her face gets help from a boy to wash her face...said boy does not wring out wash cloth all of the way and drips water down her clothes...she needs a new shirt. 4 kids gets dressed, 1 toddler walks around naked cause he refuses to put his underwear on by himself. 1 girl gets hair done, 1 teenager stands in the mirror for 40 minutes adjusting hair and make-up which mommy then makes her wash off. 2 boys set up school. School bell rings. It really goes quite fast.

So it’s pretty quiet around there in the morning?

ROFL!! Yes...silent like a museum. LOL

You forgot

Toddler saying over and over and over and over

“Pay da dotor boyz!”

Yep...that's why he's single. ~Smile~

Free Friday Field Trip Part II

We had a 2nd free field trip yesterday that was free in theory, but did have a small cost so it was an "Almost Free Field Trip". We received 6 free tickets to a local NBA game at a sports arena that is about 1 1/2 hours away from our home.

I had such a fun time going through local thrift stores to find jerseys and T-shirts with the team logo on them so the kids could support the local team. The whole time they had no clue they were going to be going to a game. When I told them of their surprise, they were mildly enthused as they could not even fathom what it meant to be going to a live basketball game. Afterward, they were all pumped up, talking non-stop about the game, the other fans and the half-time show.

OH Boy!!!

Having only seen games on television, they had no concept of the fact that a stage had to be set up and what a light show in a darkened arena would be like. They also had their very first stadium hot-dog. Jackpot!!!

I was very tired driving home after the game, but their fast-talking excitement brought us on in nicely. We did not get home until about 12:30 a.m. and I did not have to tell them twice to get to bed.

Free Friday Field Trip

Today's free field trip was to a local dam on one of the big rivers near our home. It is on the other end, I guess connected to a river that we fish from in the summer. Today1 gate was open and the water was rushing through it like crazy. there was 1 person attempting to fish today, but I don't know how successful he would be with how fast the water was moving today.

A First In Her Mind

Today we went to the Mall. I know that does not seem noteworthy, but for Jordan, it was monumental. She felt like she was missing out on an important part of life by not engaging in mall shopping. In fact, she thought that she had never been to a mall before and since she was 3 yrs old the last time she went... I guess that is like never to an almost 14 yr. old.

I am not a mall shopper. Really, I am not a brick and mortar kinda shopper at all. I am an on-line shopping kinda person, but I used to be a major department store customer. It was very calm at the mall and I very much enjoyed people watching while she looked at and touched everything within her reach and declared all things as, "Oh, this is soooooo cute!!!"

This was a strict recon mission and no money was spent in the mall experience. LOL! I like free field trips, but this one may be difficult to repeat in the free mode. Her eyes were spinning and glistening ~Smile~