Happy Memorial Day!

Thank you to all who serve

(or have served)

We will remember.

Today we went to the zoo.

We took our bff Charlie, too.

The key to going on a holiday,

GET.THERE.EARLY!

Life Is Good

We are all healthy!

Happy!

On Summer Break!

Today we played

Royal Kingdom.

There is the King!

(in front of his castle)

The beautiful Princess!

The handsome, swingin' Prince!

The trusted Guard!

The evil dragons who like to plunder.

Luckily, today the Guard tamed the Dragons!

And they lived to have another adventure!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Let Them Be (My Soapbox blog for the month)

Recently, I was describing to someone over the phone, a scene drawn on my driveway.

It was a scene drawn by my 10 year old.

See, I had taken my children to the dollar store.

They each carried one prized dollar in their hands 

and were allowed to buy anything they wanted.

On this particular trip,

my 10 year old bought 2 huge pieces of chalk.

Now we have plenty of sidewalk chalk but these were GIGANTIC.

The 'scene' he drew was not a picture in the true sense

It was a series of algebraic/quadratic equations.

(I tried to take a picture but it didn't turn out well)

As I was describing this scene, the person asked

"Doesn't he do anything for fun".

 You see this person did what a lot of people in this world do.

They try to make others fit in a box.

A box defined by schools/people/whoever

in order to make themselves feel comfortable.

Now, my ire was up but I did not let it rear it's ugly head.

(Don't act so surprised)

Rather, I stated "That is fun for him"

Left to his own devices, he is likely to do things like this.

When not being told to 'follow the company line',

he seeks out knowledge, especially related to science and math.

That is WHO HE IS.

That IS fun!

Yes he has other interests.

Yes he has friends.

Yes he fits in just fine in school type settings.

But when he is being true to himself,

He is a Geek.

He's cool with that label too.

The Purpose of this Post?

My advice to this person, to myself, to others is:

Quit trying to make kids be what you think they should be.

Instead, just let them be.

Let them find who they are.

Don't make them feel out of place because you don't have a box defined in which they fit.

Let Them Be!

(on a side note, I may not be nice the next time. Fair Warning.)

Week in Review (1000th post)

Daddy was out of town.

Hard(ly) working
(catered dinner at car museum)

Scouts
(Last meeting of school year)

Bonding (over IPAD and Wii)

P'tree Jr (3k) Run

Happy Mother's Day

Hope everyone is enjoying their Mother's Day.

A glimpse into what a marvelous day I am having.

They are AWESOME!

They are SILLY!

They took me to breakfast.

They gave me a spa day, complete with new hairdo and tiara.

Dad made them lunch.

He is taking care of them for the day.

I'm just relaxing.

Loving It!

P.S.

Ansley made the necklace and shrinky dink earrings I am wearing today.

Gave them to me along with the most lovely card she made.

I'm a very blessed Mommy.

Rainy Days and Mondays

Randy took Ansley and Judson camping this weekend.

Yes, even with flood warnings and 4+ inches of rain.

Luckily, it was at a boy scout campground.

They were able to stay in 'cabins' (rustic as they were)

so that meant NO.TENT.SLEEPING.

Not to say that some cabins didn't have leaks, etc

but still better than tent sleeping.

The trails were closed so they didn't hike BUT

they did do THIS

A good time was had by most.

(not sure how much fun the parents had,

especially the ones who had to leave in the middle of the night 

when their son started puking)

More Pictures: Ren Fest

Judson's co-op ended the year with a 'party'.

This year, they studied the Middle-Ages

SO they had a Renaissance Festival.

Things We Like To Do

No Words Necessary