Apricots & Roly Poly

Such fun little bugs...

He said,"I got a roly poly who is always mischief. He runs fast. See?"

Seth was so excited about the free Cars backpack that came with the pull-ups (we use at night sometimes). He is wearing the backpack in the first two pictures.

Pits and seeds! He saves almost every last one he comes across because he wants to plant them in our yard/garden. He often does.

Here is still wearing the backpack and Checking out the garden.  Maybe he planted more pits and seeds!

Babysitting Bash

(Warning- random extra details)

On Friday we babysat for two of our friend families. 

It was crazy and loud but fun. And loud. Oh, and a big mess. Except Emmy. She is mellow and was very accommodating. She is so good it's like she cancels another kid for a net decrease in craziness.

There was a tired, and therefore stationary, tickle monster. Anika sacrificed herself.

Rex is a little fruit-hunter. He left some evidence. Look closely... Pretty skilled if you ask me.

Dinner!!!

We had a little chat about what you can do if someone doesn't want to play the same game, or if someone has a toy you want, etc. 

On the menu: 

Dinosaur chicken nuggets

Bunny Macaroni and cheese 

Cooked peas

Cooked carrots

Leftover lemonade from our yard fail... I mean sale.

Some bribery with krumkaker 

They all ate quite well, including veggies. But they all got hungry again so we had apples and bananas.

Uno

Seth invited me to play Uno.  

He gave me these cards (maybe I had played one already).

These were his cards. Somehow he ended up with all of the Dare cards (it's actually Uno Dare) and a bunch of skips and such.

It's inexplicable!

Lunch Date

Anika has been begging for me to come eat lunch with her again. I'm glad she wants me to, and I'm happy to do it.  Seth likes to go too.

I didn't think of taking a picture until her class was already mostly gone, so it was super rushed.

Nathaniel has been able to go eat lunch with her a couple of times this year as well. However, he gets to go by himself without extra buddies. 😊 This time I was smarter and basically ate lunch before I went so that I could focus on helping the kids.

Kids got yer phone?

My kids know how to get into the camera on my phone without having to unlock it. Every now and then I come across some surprise photos.  These were taken while I was attempting to take a 10-15 minute nap while the kids watched TV.  Easier said than done. 

I did finally get to sleep for about 10 minutes, but it took an hour!

There were many more photos that were not included on this post. I think they usually take a dozen or two for good measure.

Errands

We stopped at the bank to get change for our yard sale. Even though we went inside, Seth wanted to go through the drive-thru to get a sucker from the "shooter thing."

I'm such a nice mom... Well sometimes.

While in the bank he saw a coffee pot and asked,"Mom, do you want me to tell you what coffee is for?  If you cough a lot... then you drink coffee."

We went to Home Depot again; like we have most days for the past couple weeks.

Seth was holding this water supply-line so I could send a picture to Than and make sure it was the right thing.  Little Kari tried to swipe it just as I snapped the picture. 

Lest you think we usually have a jolly time running errands, I will say that Seth threw a huge fit (which is pretty common occurrence) so we went home instead of to Costco.

Taekwondo

We won some free classes through a drawing. The Dobok/uniform was included.

They had fun their first day. I really enjoyed watching them.

It was cute to see them trying so hard to be good listeners and sit and stand correctly. Seth was especially trying hard. (Anika has sort of mastered that already in kindergarten.)

Little kids. Little kicks.

I love that they teach respect and listening the first time (and responding), including at home. One of the requirements for earning the first belt is listening to mom and dad at home. I hope it helps!

In other news, Anika's class grew caterpillars into butterflies and then set them free in the school's bushes. (She is the lighter-haired and taller child in the bright blue shirt in the blurry background.)

And not to be outdone by her older siblings' learning martial arts, Kari has been demonstrating her own athleticism and skills.