Things that make you go hmmmmm....

Well, today was my first SEP (student, educator, parent) conference with Buster. It was fun to visit his classroom and have him show me all the things that he enjoys about school. He things his teacher, Mrs. Roghaar, has the prettiest name ever! When we started the SEP his teacher said that Buster was great at making new friends and that he always had something to share. That is no surprise, because he loves to talk. Anyway, she asked him who his friends were. He said a few names of kids in his class and then came the name of a boy in his class that was very interesting. His friends name was Breaker! Now what do you get when you have two 5 year old boys named Buster and Breaker?? Things that make you go hmmmm.......

Look alike...

What do you do when you babysit your little sisters child for a couple of hours? Let me add that it was in the evening and he took a bath at our house. He was all nice and clean and in his little PJ's. I was looking at his hair and had an idea! Do you notice a similarity?

I think Grant is cuter than Alfalfa :)

Is summer break already gone??

WOW, did summer break go by fast? I wanted this summer to be fun so I tried to plan quite a few activities. We started off with a bang and headed to St. George for Utah Summer Games. Carter's team didn't win a game, but we enjoyed Cedar City and St. George. He participated in another tournament call Cache Valley Cup, his team placed 2nd, which was great! Carter and Caleb took swim lessons, which they loved! We went down to Seven Peaks and that was great fun also. Denise and I ventured out into a couple of fun rides, and who doesn't love the wave pool! Carter went to scout day camp at Camp Fife. He rode a zip line and thought it was AWESOME! Carter went to Stew Morrill basketball camp and decided that basketball isn't his favorite sport :( Last but not least we headed to the Oregon Coast the first week of August. It was great fun and I would love to go back again. It was a few too many hours in a car with a bunch of kids, but which family vacation isn't??? The best thing about the Florence, OR vacation was our meals. We at 14 people, 9 adults and 5 kids. Our rental house had a nice big kitchen so we decided to cook all of our meals rather than eating out. We fed 14 people for 8 meals for a total of $16 per person!! Isn't that awesome??? I forget to take pictures, but here are some of them.

We went crabbing, we didn't catch anything we could keep and it was really cold!
This sand dune tour was AWESOME, I would do it again in a second!
Doesn't this picture spell TROUBLE???

The disfunctional family!!!

Carter and his awesome kicking skills.

Tomorrow, is a big day! I need to mentally plan to send my baby to kindergarten. I know, this is weird.

If you play with the big boys....

We live in a wonderful neighborhood where none of the kids suffer from childhood obesity. Kids are regularly playing outside whether it is in one of the many kiddy pools, playing football, soccer or lacrosse or maybe jumping on the trampoline. Buster is one of the younger boys and he wants to play with the big boys and they are always nice enough to let him join in. Well, one day they were playing a little rough and so Buster took matter into his own hands.

Who does he think I am???

For preschool Buster filled out a little questioner about me, with the help of his teacher. Here is how it went:

How old is your mom? 15 ( you couldn't pay me enough to be 15 again, maybe 25)

What is your moms favorite TV show? The news

What does your mom hate doing? Watching TV

What is your moms favorite food? Ham ( I think ham is ok, but for sure not my favorite)

What is your moms least favorite food? Potatoes ( I love potatoes in any form, I would eat them for every meal)

What does your mom enjoy doing with you? playing games, domino's ( I am not sure I have ever played domino's with him)

It is funny do see how your kids see you. Personally I think that I am a pretty cool, hip and happening person, but to my 4 year old I like the news and eating ham.

Not so bad

I am liking no TV week. We have been playing games quite a bit. Soccer has filled up most of our spare time. We went to the Fun Park on Saturday and the kids roller skated, we went to a fund raiser and purchased some raffle tickets and Buster won a Lego Hockey set. We have actually been really busy and I might have watched the news to help take my mind of fasting :)

No TV week... ugh

Don't get me wrong, I don't let my kids sit in front of the television for hours! When they wake up in the morning and to calm down out night they like to watch some shows. Well, Carter came home with the contract this week and was willing to give it a try. The contract said no video games or TV from April 30 (after school) to May 7th. I am wondering if he can still use the computer?? I told him we can build cool stuff with the Lego's, read, hopefully the weather will cooperate for outside play and board games. After Carter was home about 1/2 hour from school he said "This no TV week is going to be easy", I sure hope so was my reply. I am pretty sure that Buster and Paul are not going to participate, since the Jazz are playing and there is a new Star Wars the Clone wars on tonight. Carter and I are going to give it our best. I am already dreading Saturday, fasting along with no TV, what am I going to do? I would watch TV to take my mind off of fasting and now that isn't an option! Wish us luck.