Great quotes

I want to share a few funny things the kids said while on our vacation the last couple of days. We were in Independence, KS and drove by a cemetery. There is a little building, which I'm assuming is a mausoleum. Our five year old said "Look, a house of God!" It was hilarious. A little while later, we were talking about our vacation we were headed to at a lake. Our eight year old said "When I have kids, I'm going to take them to the Grand Canyon." My husband said, "Wow, that sounds great, can mom and I go too?" She promptly replied, "Well no, you'll be dead by then!"

35 cents doesn't get you much any more!

How sad. My five year old was digging in the dirt beside the driveway and actually found 35 cents! He was so excited. The look on his face was so sad when I told him there wasn't anything he could by at Target for 35 cents! I don't even think you can get a little pack of gum for that any longer; can you?

You know you're getting old when...

you hurt your foot jumping off the diving board! How sad is that? I'm sitting here with my foot elevated and an ice pack on it, trying to speed the healing process as I have to work this weekend! I also know I'm getting old as every time I go swimming now, I end up with swimmers ear. I'm going to have to resort to the ear plugs. I REFUSE to wear the swim cap though!!

A two year olds help with home improvements

For those of you who don't know, we are rehabbing a house that was built in 1900. I hung paintable wall paper on the focal wall that looks like tin ceilings. I painted it a real deep purple, which took about five coats! I was having the kids help me pull the painters tape off the baseboards. The 2 year old was doing great until he saw a tiny piece of wallpaper loose at the bottom! Rip!!! There's a nice jagged whole in the pretty purple wall now! I was able to glue the piece back in and repaint it, but we'll always know it's there! Guess a piece of furniture will have to go there!

Plug it in!!

Well, I didn't get a chance to post yesterday. Shame on me! Yesterday's lesson; if you plan to cook a chicken in the crock pot, you'd better plug it in! So much for planning ahead! Today's lesson, put your hand under the spaghetti box before you pull it out of the pantry! I pulled out a new box and the bottom fell out, littering the floor with dry spaghetti! It looked like hay scattered on the floor! You wouldn't believe how difficult it is to pick up! Ryan was picking it up as my oldest son and I were trying to corral the little kids out of the kitchen as it was sooooo tempting to step on it!!

Anarchy in the Dresher house......

Lesson for today; DO NOT run out of cholcolate milk powder or peanut butter in this house! The first thing the 2 year old asks for is chocolate milk in the morning. Yes, I am a bad mom, I give my kids chocolate powder in their milk, and the 2 year old is using a sippy cup none the less! Secondly, we HAVE to have waffles, pancakes, or french toast EVERY morning and it MUST have Jiff brand, creamy PB! Oh Heavens! Here's what we had: I scrounged and found some Swiss Miss hot chocolate mix, okay, chocolate milk. Next, we have fruit snacks, boiled eggs, and buttered toast! I think I'm lacking a few food groups there, but we survived!

Dissapointment!

Todays fun adventure and lesson learned; know what time the snowcone stand opens before you walk a mile there with 6 kids! Lesson 2, don't put water balloons in your mouth. Somehow the "don't put balloons in your mouth" lesson, didn't apply to water balloons to the kids??!!