A monkey swinging from a tree, oh, it’s my son swinging from a tree! 
Boys play and work. They set this “Tarzan” swing up last week and I think at least 3-4 of the children have come to me saying their tummy hurts. After questioning them I came to the conclusion that they were working their stomach muscles while playing “Tarzan”. 
I wanted to capture the moment when my youngest daughter lost her second tooth. When I asked her to smile she gave me this goofy smile exaggerating her toothless grin.
I have been singing,
“All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth, my two front teeth” and that’s all I can remember of that song!
Without Googling it, who can tell me the next line? The first person to answer correctly without cheating will win a prize! Honor system here, it’s not going to be some flimsy whimsy prize, ok?
Silly boys, silly boys underwear. One day last week or the week before my two little boys somehow got baby’s new training pants and look what they did? I think all my children wore underwear on their heads at some point or another. All I can say is goofy!
Have your children worn underwear on their heads? Let me know!
We added a couple more critters to our ark farm…2 new kittens!
Meet our fluffykins:
Princess Moonstone, a fiesty female!
Severus, a mellow male!
Photos are my daughter’s.
Here are our growing farm critters…
All photos are property of my daughter RJ.
This little girl loves to play Uno! She also likes to give herself all the 4+ and the change color cards!
I bought this Snoopy nightie at a garage sale for 25 cents when my oldest was just a wee thing. All four of my girls have worn it and my youngest may or may not be able to wear it again in the fall, just depends on how much she grows between now and then. I’m just amazed that it has held up as well as it has – for 25 cents this nightie is definitely a keeper!
I know it’s a weird Wordless Wednesday post, but I was spring cleaning and organizing clothes and whenever I see this nightie I think of how long it has lasted and how much I paid for it!
I came across a memory card with photos from 2008! Here’s one of my precious son. Don’t you love the way babies sleep?
I know, this is disgusting. Our boys are in charge of taking the compost or kitchen scraps out and one day during the winter this is how we found it. We need to add more brown to our compost pile. Sad state of affairs. That’s why I am considering recruiting some worms to do the work or at least help. Just call me a worm farmer now. Not really.
It has been unseasonably warm here in Chicago and we are loving it so much that my children asked if they could have a lemonade stand! A quick call to the city and we were cleared that there was no city ordinances against kids having lemonade stands. Good thing I had ingredients etc. that they wanted/needed!
Our children made the cookies – oatmeal chocolate chip – and the lemonade (with organic lemon juice and organic cane sugar). They had a lot of fun and made a little bit of money. They are hoping to raise enough for a dog and with their combined efforts up to this point are about half way there if we choose to get a dog from the local dog shelter.
Even though we live in the country our city has about 20,000 and we are considered rural. However, at certain times of the day, especially early morning and late afternoon we get a fair amount of traffic. We had some generous people stop and leave tips. One lady left a $16 tip because she wanted to help the children get their dog! If the weather holds out, the children want to do this right through the weekend and who are we to squelch their entrepreneurity?
Oh and they found that their five year old sister in a pink dress holding their lemonade and cookie sign was a very effective marketing tool! My husband said, “No one can resist a cute little girl in a pink dress.” So we are shouting out our thanks to our neighbors and those who drive by our house every day for supporting our kids!
One last thing….you know you live in the country when you meet a neighbor for the first time and she gives you a hug! (Really happened! She said she was a huggy person…) Let’s just say we really get a kick out of the friendliness of the people here at our new house/town.
