We returned home last night from a marathon weekend at our friends' lake cabin in Loon Lake. We brought our tent and our buddies brought their new wall tent and portable wood stove which were set up in the yard. We enjoyed a wonderful ambience in a tent that was bigger than all of our living rooms! Now we are all wishing we had such cool digs! But knight no. 2 was really nervous he wasn't going to get to sleep in his own tent. He woke up at about 2:30am crying - we were thankfully in bed by then - and when we tried to soothe him, we found out he just wanted to know if he was in his own tent, and then he settled down and promptly went back to sleep!
The adults pretty much commandeered the wall tent while the kids used the cabin, and we realized that three days of running, hide-and-seeking in the bushes, swimming, eating indiscriminately, noodle fighting, wrestling, texting, movie-making (kids these days with their phones and cameras are much more hip and high-tech than we ever were as kids), fishing, sand castling, etc. made them pretty much stink - there just was a really unusual smell wafting through the cabin when they were all hanging out in it in the evenings, and so, the minions were renamed gerbils for the weekend!
The schedule of events pretty much went as follows - eat, count kids - we had up to 14 at one point - watch them swim and shiver, eat, play Tichu, drink coffee, eat, count kids, group yardwork, count kids, play Tichu, drink coffee, eat, more swimming, more shivering, more counting, more eating, more Tichu, paint, eat, Tichu, coffee, count.... We did get some sleep in, but very little. Fun times had by all. There was very little yelling, except to remind the gerbils to keep their life jackets on. Even the littlest of the group, The princess and her retinue, got along famously with little in the way of spats and lots in the way of looking out for each other!
Sunday morning was a challenge met with smiles as we scrambled to get 8 kids and 5 adults ready for Sunday meeting with only one bathroom, but it worked and we were only 5 minutes late! Then we all meandered into the hills for a potluck with some friends and several others from church, at their log cabin. The gerbils claimed ownership of the yard while the adults enjoyed wonderful visiting. As we were getting ready to leave, the gerbils went to say goodbye to the cows. One of the calves wanted to just get a little closer, and then found herself stuck between the gate and a post, so two of our guys helped the farming folk unstick the calf. The gerbils were just so impressed...
We had such a great time... Can't wait for the next camp-a-thon! thanks to our friends for their hospitality! I am still working on getting the right technology for downloading my phone, but one of these days you are going to be pleasantly surprised by the plethora of photos added to this here blog! don't hold your breath though - it won't be happening for at least two weeks! Ciao
The intermittant story of how we fill our days and the humor behind it all!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
A bit about the princess...
I am supposed to be doing laundry.. I hate laundry.. the enormous pile facing me on the folding shelf shows it.. I am blogging instead :).
My darling girl is very determined and very independent. Her favorite saying is "I CAN do it!" Lately, though, she has been needing a little more adult time and her behavior is showing it. The last few weeks when she has wanted something and been told "no", she comes back with one or the other following phrases, saying either one with a sickeningly sweet, sing song voice - "I'll be your best friend" or better yet, "I'll give you some Tan-dy(candy)!" (She learned that one from her older brother which he uses when trying to get her to buzz off) Oh dear. It will be interesting to see how she behaves when she's old enough to ask for the keys!
The other night, my parents came for a brief visit and my mother very patiently, gave her some of that time she's been wanting. Mom read several books to her, and when she finished a book and asked her what they should do next, the princess would answer "I've dot a dood idea! Let's read it adain!" Thanks for the help mom!
Last night she was determined to hold her dad to his word when he said he would ride bikes with her if it wasn't raining. They got home from the store and as he was going inside she insisted it was nice enough to ride. He gave in, went out with her, and got his bike - in the rain. Her response to him was "See dad, it's not raining, only my head and my arms are detting wet, not my shoulders!"
With all of this attention though, she hasn't offered me any candy lately!
My darling girl is very determined and very independent. Her favorite saying is "I CAN do it!" Lately, though, she has been needing a little more adult time and her behavior is showing it. The last few weeks when she has wanted something and been told "no", she comes back with one or the other following phrases, saying either one with a sickeningly sweet, sing song voice - "I'll be your best friend" or better yet, "I'll give you some Tan-dy(candy)!" (She learned that one from her older brother which he uses when trying to get her to buzz off) Oh dear. It will be interesting to see how she behaves when she's old enough to ask for the keys!
The other night, my parents came for a brief visit and my mother very patiently, gave her some of that time she's been wanting. Mom read several books to her, and when she finished a book and asked her what they should do next, the princess would answer "I've dot a dood idea! Let's read it adain!" Thanks for the help mom!
Last night she was determined to hold her dad to his word when he said he would ride bikes with her if it wasn't raining. They got home from the store and as he was going inside she insisted it was nice enough to ride. He gave in, went out with her, and got his bike - in the rain. Her response to him was "See dad, it's not raining, only my head and my arms are detting wet, not my shoulders!"
With all of this attention though, she hasn't offered me any candy lately!
Monday, May 23, 2011
A little of this, and a little of that...
So last post I mentioned I might be better at this than journaling, but then I realized, maybe not. My eldest, Knight 1 or "P" asked me if I had updated "THE BLOG" and I had to let him down gently. Hmmm... So, whilst the Jester, My Hubband is working on a project when he should be in bed, I have decided to tap out a few memoried of that last little while - actually, I am just filling time until I figure out how to download the pics from my phone - pesky technology, just slows me down!
Let's see - the other day, the princess was giving Knight 2 a bad time - I think it was mutual - as when I told her to knock it off and leave him alone, she wailed - "but he's pussing my buttons!" I love how that girl talks - she rarely says the first sound in a letter combination, so some of her verbiage would go like this - "Mom, can i doe to de rochery store wif you to get rocheries?" or "come play in the rass wif me" or "P will you get me a lass of mewlk please?" almost everything is accompanied by a deet do, meaning Thank you!! and my fav, "mommy, I need to do my stoolwork please!" She has no idea she is only three!
Tonight as we were eating dinner - pizza to be exact, P gave a perfect rendition of how he thought a frog might look while eating. You see, we learned today that frogs eyes not only help them see because their eyes are on the top of their heads, but also that said eyes roll back and down into the head to help in the frog's swallowing process by pushing down the food while swallowing. This act of frog dramatization of course caused peals of laughter amongst all those watching - especially Knight 2.
Knight 2, he is our charmer, laid back, impish and almost always out to lunch! "J, go get your shoes" - "Can't find 'em" - "there in the middle of the floor" - "Really? Where?" - "There in the middle" - "Oooh, there!" Imagine me - giant rolling of the eyes! - His favorite pastime is making music - constantly - and he doesn't care how. He sings incessantly, which is generally lovely, except when I can't get the tune out of my head. But the thing I love most is I can always count on him to play with his sister - usually doing what she wants to do, which is mostly sword fighting, but all good princesses need to know how to sword fight and he's glad to teach her!
one last thing, to tell you the order in our house and explain the reason behind the title to this blog. The other day, all of the school work was complete and they were playing quietly in their playroom. and G and I hear, "Honey, you sit dere, You honey, come hew, Honey, knock it off," "Honey, do dis fow me!" but the best was the chagrined reply of both boys - "yes honey - whatever!" She's going to be such a good mommy someday! Love those kids!
Let's see - the other day, the princess was giving Knight 2 a bad time - I think it was mutual - as when I told her to knock it off and leave him alone, she wailed - "but he's pussing my buttons!" I love how that girl talks - she rarely says the first sound in a letter combination, so some of her verbiage would go like this - "Mom, can i doe to de rochery store wif you to get rocheries?" or "come play in the rass wif me" or "P will you get me a lass of mewlk please?" almost everything is accompanied by a deet do, meaning Thank you!! and my fav, "mommy, I need to do my stoolwork please!" She has no idea she is only three!
Tonight as we were eating dinner - pizza to be exact, P gave a perfect rendition of how he thought a frog might look while eating. You see, we learned today that frogs eyes not only help them see because their eyes are on the top of their heads, but also that said eyes roll back and down into the head to help in the frog's swallowing process by pushing down the food while swallowing. This act of frog dramatization of course caused peals of laughter amongst all those watching - especially Knight 2.
Knight 2, he is our charmer, laid back, impish and almost always out to lunch! "J, go get your shoes" - "Can't find 'em" - "there in the middle of the floor" - "Really? Where?" - "There in the middle" - "Oooh, there!" Imagine me - giant rolling of the eyes! - His favorite pastime is making music - constantly - and he doesn't care how. He sings incessantly, which is generally lovely, except when I can't get the tune out of my head. But the thing I love most is I can always count on him to play with his sister - usually doing what she wants to do, which is mostly sword fighting, but all good princesses need to know how to sword fight and he's glad to teach her!
one last thing, to tell you the order in our house and explain the reason behind the title to this blog. The other day, all of the school work was complete and they were playing quietly in their playroom. and G and I hear, "Honey, you sit dere, You honey, come hew, Honey, knock it off," "Honey, do dis fow me!" but the best was the chagrined reply of both boys - "yes honey - whatever!" She's going to be such a good mommy someday! Love those kids!
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
a beginning...
So, the princess has a fever, knight 1 and knight 2 have finished their school work for the day and I am finally succombing to the world of blogging. It has called my name for several years now. I am thinking I might be better at this than keeping a journal, and I can now call all of my internet time research for "The Blog"!! What else can one do when one is sitting still for hours on end rocking a princess? Next, I shall endeavor to figure out how to post pictures! Bye for now! K.
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