So, I am going to invite you to use your imagination as I tell you a short story about the past few days. It all began Thursday afternoon at around 2:00 pm, in a land far far away.....
A little white van was driving around town with a mommy, a daddy, and 2 little boys inside. As the little white van went to make a left turn, a boy on a skateboard lost control of his wheels. Before any one knew what was happening, a big THUD was heard. The mommy looked outside of her window and saw a young man, typical skater boy, "leap" to his feet and run to get his board. Rolling down the window and staring at the young skater, the mommy asked him if he was alright. The skater boy insisted that he was okay and heavily limped as he went to retrieve his board from the other side of the street. The daddy also rolled down his window to ask if the skater boy was okay, and again was greeted with a (un)reassuring, "I'm okay. Just fine. Nothing is wrong!" In complete shock at the fact that their van had just been hit by a human being, the mommy and daddy and two little boys continued on their way, but not before the older little boy shouted out the window, "You should watch where you are going!"
Upon arriving at their destination the mommy and daddy decided that they should take a look at the van, just to be sure it wasn't hurt, considering the sizeable limp of the unknown skater boy. What they found can be seen above(because I am too tired to rearrange the blog post)
Impressed with the impact made by unknown skater the mommy and daddy decided to call the insurance company and see just how much it would cost to fix the minor dent. Can you guess? $1500.00. Needless to say, the mommy and daddy were greatly impressed with the impact that the skater boy had had upon the little white van, and remembered to tuck this little story away for later, when they would try to help their children understand a science lesson involving potential and kinetic energies.
A LITTLE LATER IN THE WEEK:
Upon being asked to go brush his teeth, the little boy who had offered his advice (albeit a little late) to the skater boy, decided that the daddy's razor needed to be washed with toothpaste. Using his thumb as a washrag, the little boy quickly discovered that what he was attempting to do (albeit extremely helpful) was probably a really bad idea. At least it resulted in some one on one time with the daddy, even if it was in the emergency room.
So as not to concern our readers, the little boy is perfectly fine. No stitches were required, just a pressure bandage to be worn over night. The cut did knick the dermis, but was mainly on the epidermis, so there was nothing to "Stitch" back together (luckily). The little boy came home busting at the seams with pride over his new "BumbleBee" bandage, claiming that he was now one of the Transformers, and a devoted follower of Optimus Prime.
The mommy - well besides the fact that she now has a daughter participating in extracirricular activites 4 out of the 5 workdays, is working part time, trying to potty train the littlest brother, and stay awake long enough to read 500 pages of homework every other day - is doing perfectly fine. (unless that tick that has mysteriously developed decides to stay.....)
Here is Jordan, enjoying "Family Fun Day" at Blastoff! One ride cost two tokens, was loud and noisy, rocked him back and forth and lasted an average of 3 minutes. We spent 20 tokens on the ride.
Katie and Matthew enjoying some time in the dress-up place at Blastoff. Mommy had to remember that it was Family Fun Day and so things like lice and germs and icky stuff that could be lurking inside those costumes just didn't matter....
Wouldn't it be Matthew that would have the most stubborn two front teeth?!? After both is his two front teeth were hanging by a thread for over a month, and not a soul could pull them out without also extracting a blood curdling scream, we went to the dentist. After two numbing patches (that failed) and a novicane shot that only worked afterwards: the dentist extracted both front teeth, and a blood curdling scream. Of course, once Matthew realized that he got to put his teeth in a blue treasure box, all was good! This picture was taken just 4 hours after his extraction.
Still totally excited about the hole in his mouth. The best part is that he still hasn't figured out how to talk without letting the air escape so he has this lisp that cracks me up!
Every semester, the boys get to bring home George. (he goes home with all the kids and each child has to write about his or her adventures with George) Mommy had to run a million errands that day and Matthew and George needed something to write about, so they tagged along!
Isn't there something wrong here? Why am I awake when I went to bed the same time Bryce did???
Potty training is a success!! We got the day down! and well, we wear night time underwear (pictured on Jordan's head) b/c who knows what his body will do while he is sleeping.... This picture was taken at the end of a long day. I was at school, Bryce was at home, and Jordan somehow consumed 1 1/2 bags of powdered doughnuts....
Father's Day: The kids made daddy a candy gram
"Look what we made for our Sugar Daddy! 
Jordan likes his "buzz" lightyear cut. He also likes ice cream,
a lot,
a whole lot!
And what has Sammy been up to? Why, perfecting the perfect bed, of course! No joke, I was at the computer doing homework, I turned around and this is what I saw. Mind you, I had straightend the living room and that couch had all of its cushions erect and the blanket laid on the top. He made that! No lie!
And apparently, he likes it.
