pillow fight rules...

i found this little sticky note on the floor while tucking the kiddos in bed. kaiden,jack and zach have some specific rules that one must follow in order to play fairly on their team. you need to zoom in and see some of the cleaver ways they spelled certain words. so cute.

concentration...

have you ever watched people when they are REALLY focusing on something??? i love watching my kids when they are determined.
while warming up for our family baseball game, i happen to catch a few shots of them REALLY working on their catches.

taco doritos...

sam is my 'chip boy'. he LOVES chips. a boy after my own heart. his new favorite are Taco Doritos. to me, not too exciting but to him, they make him giddy. had to blog about this because he loves them THAT MUCH!

first picnic of the season.....

a few weeks ago, we 'broke in' the new table and freshly cut lawn with a picnic with my family. we commented a few times on what a great age our kids are at! the adults sat for hours chatting while the kids playing a roaring game of soccer. my dad even managed to throw 'story time' in there. an amazing tale about a friend of his from high school that allegedly drown in Lake Michigan. OR so the tale goes. fascinating story!! but that's for another post.....

i love close up pictures so i had to add a few here. so precious!!!

SNIPPETS.....

alright all you 'blog nagging friends'(those who ask me OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, "when is your next post?? where have you been? is your life THAT busy/boring that you can't blog???").......geez, i have a life outside of this thing! :)
since i have now gotten so far behind, i may as well just give you little snippets of the latest happenings. a few pics & a few words. that's as good as it's going to get at the end of a busy day. ta.ta.


THIS IS WHAT THREE 7 YEAR OLD'S (JACK,KAIDEN AND ZACH) PUT ON FOR THE DAY WHEN MOM ISN'T LOOKING. AFTER ALL, IT'S 70 DEGREES AND THERE'S A WAR TO BE FOUGHT. DUH.
AFTER THE 'WAR' THEY DECIDED TO TRY THEIR HAND AT SELLING WATER BOTTLES, HANDFULS OF CARMEL POPCORN (NO TAKERS) AND PAPER AIRPLANES. SERIOUSLY, THE CUTEST DANG THING! I KNOW THIS WORLD CAN BE A MEAN PLACE BUT LET ME TELL YOU, FOLKS THAT TRAVEL THE VISSER ROAD ARE ANYTHING BUT. I ACTUALLY SAW A LADY TURN AROUND AND COME BACK TO SEE WHAT ALL THE 'FUSS' WAS ABOUT. SHE ENDED UP BUYING TWO PLANES. :) I HAVE A WHOLE NEW APPRECIATION FOR KIDS SELLING STUFF BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IF ONLY YOU COULD HAVE SEEN THE JOY IN THEIR FACES WHEN THEY HELD OUT THEIR DAYS EARRINGS. ($3.50!!) WHEN SAM AND MAX GOT HOME LATER THAT DAY, THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD TRY THEIR HAND AT IT TOO. WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT, THEY ALSO MADE A FEW BUCKS. WE EVEN HAD A LADY STOP THAT GAVE THEM A FEW EXTRA COINS FOR WORKING 'OVERTIME'. :) THE BEST ONE STORY OF THE DAY HAD TO BE OF THE CANADIAN THAT STOPPED, BOUGHT A PLANE & PAID THEM 3O CENTS INSTEAD OF THE GOING RATE OF 25 SINCE HER MONEY (CANADIAN) WASN'T WORTH AS MUCH TO THEM. :) OH, THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE.
















my mornings are chaos. always. no matter how hard i try to have everything in order, something always comes up that makes it crazy. could it be that i have to repeat the 'normal' order of things ("get dressed. brush teeth. find shoes. blah, blah, blah.") about 20 times??? anyways, i try and have lunches made and papers set out so that things can run just a tad bit smoother. what i love about summer??? hundreds of little things but this bedtime ritual for me is something i WON'T miss about school.


who needs roller coaster rides when your VERY OWN dad can bring home a 'man lift' from work? again, lifes little pleasures.

a great question.....

"mom, can i ask you a question?"

"sure Sam, what's up?"

"Adam named ALL the animals in the garden, right?"

"yes, Sam he did"

"do you think he named the Carolina Wren? wasn't America discovered LONG after Adam's time?"

"well, now there is a good question! i don't have the answer to that but i bet when you get to Heaven you can ask Adam yourself."

"oh,ok,thanks mom!"


and off he runs upstairs, seemingly content with my attempt at a 'smart' mom answer.
SHOULD i have known the answer to THAT?
do YOU know the answer to THAT??