Another K funny

This is a very short post, compared to the last few. But it's a K funny that I just had to share.

Sunday morning, K said to Daddy "When I die and go to heaven, I have a question for Jesus." Daddy -a little take back- "Oh? And what is your question?"
K: "I want to ask him about all those fuzzies in the laundry room."

HUH?

Along the same lines of heaven, don't ever let a 6 year old try to have a philosophical discussion with a 2 year old. I can't remember the exact conversation but it was quite interesting.

Stanley

Stanley Lambchop has been flattened by a bulletin board! But now he is able to travel through the mail in an envelope and experience many new adventures!

Stanley was one of the presents that C got at his grad party. The Stanley books are actually a series of books, telling the adventures of this "flat" little boy. What's even cuter is that a Flat Stanley is included in one of the books. You can send your Stanley on adventures by sending him to friends and family. Whomever Stanley is staying with at the time is to take Stanley places (daily activities, landmarks, special places) and take a picture of Stanley and/or the host/hostess. Stanley (host/hostess) is to then write a journal recording what you did on each adventure. Eventually Stanley will return home and then C will have pictures and a journal to show where Stanley has been and what he has done.

The first adventure that Stanley had with us was to take pictures with everyone that attended C's party. The next day we took Stanley to Squealer's (the best BBQ place). Stanley is right now in NY state with Grandma and hopefully will get to visit Hoffman's House (the best hot dog place) as well as other places there. Stanley is also going to get to go to Mexico with M & Green Socks on their honeymoon.

I would really like Stanley to be able to visit other places and to meet new people. Is there anyone out there that would like a very flat house guest for a few days? He doesn't eat much. :) I would just ask that you take his picture and make a small journal entry to go with each picture. If you know anyone else that would like to meet Stanley, please feel free to send him on a journey--just make sure he gets home once in a while.

To learn more about Flat Stanley and to see who he has met and where he has been, log on to http://www.flatstanleyproject.com/. Momma, wouldn't this be a fun thing for your class to do? :) You can print a "blank" Flat Stanley off the web site and have the kids color it in. If anyone is interested and gets a Flat Stanley, he is more than welcome to visit us.

I do have to give kudos to my sister: she had mentioned Flat Stanley A LONG TIME AGO and I never did it (to be honest I was just lazy and then forgot). But now Stanley will get to visit her and maybe even meet the new baby before we do!

And now I would like to introduce to you, Flat Stanley. (applause, applause)
This is Mr. and Mrs. D. They bought C the Stanley books and thus introduced us to Stanley.This is Miss S. She was C's AWANA leader last year. Now she works in his SS class. She LOVES C and vice versa. For those of you who don't know, Miss S is a blind lady who lives on her own, holds a job, sings in the choir, listens to AWANA verses. She is an amazing lady. Very sweet too.This is Miss P. She was C's other AWANA leader. This is Miss M.K. She is our piano player at church. And her mom is our organ player. She also works in C's SS class now.C, Stanley and Grandpa.Grandma, C, and Stanley. Grandma was very taken with Stanley. She actually was reading the first book before she left. She didn't get to finish, so she doesn't know what happened. Oh the suspense!This is Green Socks (the groom) and the Father of the Bride.And here is the Mother of the Bride.And here is M, the Bride-to-be (not sure how she ended up last in the sequence)This is the Maid of Honor (cousin of the bride).C, K, and Stanley at Squealers.K and Stanley at Squealers.

Congratulations Grad!

Since C is homeschooled, he doesn't get to have a traditional kindergarten graduation. Although, I have found out that up here, kindergarten graduation is not a big deal. Only some of the local private schools do a graduation. So sad. Instead of figuring out how to do an actual graduation, I just skipped straight to the party. Nice, huh? Thursday night we had about 11 people or so come for a party. I had snacky food (one recipe in a future post) and drinks. (definition of snacky foods: veggies/dip, crackers/dip, fruit/dip, desserts/dip) Everyone got something to eat first and then C opened presents. He made out pretty good. Let's see if I can list everything: $15 cash, $10 Wal-Mart gift card, a wood USA puzzle (that talks and tells you state & capitals), pencils (already sharpened--cute idea), word search book, 2 Cul-de-Sac books (Beverly Lewis), Connect 4, sun catcher kit (another messy project), a really nice Earth and Space book, a travel chess set, 2 more books, and a really nice wood 4-in-one chess/checkers/tic tac toe/something else. The last set of books deserves its own post (another future post). They are called the Flat Stanley series. Such a cute idea! Oh and another cute game he got is called Find It! Check out this web site for more info (it's too hard to explain here) (Since I can't get the link thingy to work, here's the web site http://www.finditgames.com/) Two funny things regarding C opening presents: he could NOT conquer opening cards! I think we need a lesson. He mutilated every envelope. and he kept turning his back on everyone. Turn around!

I think everyone had a good time, even though it was VERY hot! We were able to sit outside (a bonus because we would not have had enough room inside) but it was almost miserable. One thing I forgot, we got C a Jr. golf glove. Within 5 minutes the writing on the glove had flaked off, so I am taking that back. But the glove gave C the idea to get out his clubs and drive some golf balls. Kept him and K busy for awhile. After everyone left, C hit one so hard (good shot) that it went in the pond behind our house! But for some reason, that bothered him A LOT. He cried over that ball. Crazy kid. Later while we were cleaning up, C went running FULL SPEED into the house---except the sliding door was closed. He bounced off that door about four feet and landed on his rear end. He's lucky the door didn't break, he was running that hard. He was pretty upset over that (I don't blame him; he hit hard). So we got quick showers, gave him some Tylenol and put the 2 kids to bed. It was late. He did have a small bump the next day, but there is no sign of it now. Poor kid.

Side note: Grandma got K a little present to open too. She was so excited. We told her that she could open it after C was all done. So after EVERY present "Mommy, is it my turn?" She got some new Dora panties. (BTW: she's doing really good still; I'm hoping.....) Oh and by the way, we had another naked moment w/ K girl. She decided to try her new panties on-out on the patio-w/ guests still there. I rushed her cute naked little butt inside to finish putting them on.

Grandparents

Neither set of my kids grandparents live close. So when they come to town, it's a big deal. (One of the reasons I home school). Daddy's parents came in from NY last week. They were here in time to go to C's baseball game Wednesday night. (which he won) They were here for just a few days, but it was so nice to spend time with them.

Wednesday night after C's game, we went to dinner (Bob Evans). Thursday morning we went to breakfast (Panera Bread) and did a little shopping (Meijer). Then it was home again, home again, jiggity jig. We spend the afternoon getting ready for C's Kindergarten graduation party (see next post). Friday morning they brought Dunkin Donuts for breakfast and then we spent most of the day here, just talking and spending time together. Friday night we went to Squealer's for dinner (YUM) and then back home for a little more time together before they went back to the hotel to get ready to leave Saturday morning. It may have been short, but it was such a good time!


C and Grandpa played a few games of Connect Four (one of C's grad presents) Then K got in on the action, and C amused himself.

K and Grandma played with Polly Pocket and her dog. They had fun doing her hair.

Both of the kids liked Grandma's iTouch. She even has bubble popping on hers! (Like the packing bubbles) Too funny!

After they left our house Friday night, we had horrible thunderstorms in the area. They were not affected at their hotel, but we lost power for about an hour. We even set up sleeping areas downstairs for everyone since it was so hot upstairs. Within 5 minutes of everyone getting settled, the electricity came back on. Figures.

Reading Fun!

I've got C signed up in 3 different reading contests this summer. The nice thing is, they kinda over lap. The 1st is through Half Price Books. He has to read for 15 minutes per day for 5 days per week. For every week he completes this, he gets a $3 gift card for Half Price Books. The 2nd is through Barnes & Noble. He has to complete a "journal" of 8 books (name, author, favorite part of the book). Once he completes his journal, he gets a free book (from a list) from B&N. He can do 2 of these journals this summer. The 3rd one is through one of our local libraries. I have to log every book he reads online. For every 10 books he reads he gets prizes and gets entered into a raffle. So far he has read 26 books, gotten 1 free book, and gotten $6 to spend! I'm pretty proud of him! I usually have to remind him to read (he is just 6), but he usually does it without complaint and sometimes it's longer than 15 minutes. I hope he's enjoying it. I'm enjoying seeing him read. You go, C!

While K and I were at the shower the other night, Daddy took C to Half Price books to spend some of his money. He got 2 books: one on the planets and one on dangerous animals. A little more "educational" than I expected but still nice books. (I think they missed the BoxCar children type books-maybe next time). "On the way home" (it isn't really) they got smoothies from Cold Stone. YUM! They saved me a little to try once we all got home. YUMMO! I'm glad they had fun.