Playroom

We have a playroom in our crawlspace that desperately needs to be cleaned out~ it is tall enough for the boys to stand up in~ so they have fun- during JTs birthday party however, one of the 19 kids that were here found the door that leads to the storage part of our crawl space~ they BROKE the door in half!!!! Great- now we get to make a new one!!!

Wallpaper.....

I came downstairs last week to find this- apparently Chase found a new way to pass the the time- Let's rip off the wall paper!!!! AHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

Digging for Dinosaur Bones!

If I kept my camara around my neck all day long I could definately fill up this blog. My kids always seem to find trouble! These pictures are from last year, but I need to share.

My mom had come over and we were going through a box of clothes that I was going to send to my sister. My kids had been watching a video about dinosaurs when they suddenly felt adventurous. They grabbed some spoons, pens, and notebooks and went out to the backyard. On the deck I had a big pot FULL of potting soil for some herbs that I was planning to plant. With spoons in hand they began digging in it to see if they could find dinosaur bones. They dug and dug and dug. NO BONES! I came out just in time to find them covered in potting soil and sitting on the pot recording their findings. I was speechless and decided instead of freaking out (which took a lot of effort) I would take pictures.

I'll start us off-

I WISH I had a picture of the time Dalton poured 2 containers of lighter fluid all over our car that was parked in the garage. Thankfully it was summer and it all dissipated on its own. Or the time he colored with Crayola non washable markers on the carpet. But since those great times I have learned my lesson~ and to start off this great blog I have a few pictures.

Imagine a little Geo Prizm, and 2 large bottles of lighter fluid.

Last year when Dal was in Kindergarten his teacher called home one day and said "Nancy- I am sorry to tell you Dalton made a bad choice today at school" She went on to explain that while they were on the 'carpet' during story time Dal was in the back and she could hear him scratching on the carpet- when she was done reading the story she realized he wasn't scratching at all but had a red crayon and was grinding it into the yellow carpet. I don't have a picture of the yellow carpet with the scarlet "wrong choice" but below is a picture of the gifts he gave to the custodian for cleaning it and to his teacher, with their favorite drinks and candy bars in it- and yes, he spent his own money to pay for it and wrote I am sorry notes.


This next one is Tommy (dirty) and JT (oddly enough~ clean) at Camp Liahona summer 2006~ Notice the muddy tear on Tommys cheek.

Does this LOOK like a place to play!
This is how I learned that Chase could feed himself ~ here he is a year ago- after he grabbed Dal's leftover oatmeal off of the table. He's fed himself ever since!!