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When you hear the babysitter singing along to the Pokemon theme song, you know you’ve got a good one.
Well, my kids have been playing a live action Pokemon game they created for the last three days straight. One of them pretends to be a Pokemon and says which one he is. The other kids then try to hit the Pokemon with a tennis ball in order to “catch” it. Then they write down on a running list which Pokemon they caught.
And this is why God created summer.
#entertainingthemselves #minimalinjuries
(6 year-old and 2 year-old daughters are wearing bathrobes)
Bethany: We are ninjas. We are QUEEN PRINCESS ninjas. And we are spies. And detectives. We are spy detectives. . . who know karate.
#lovemygirls #lookoutworld
It is August. Why are there still MITTENS AND WINTER HATS ENDING UP IN THE WASH?!
#laundrymysteries
Child shows off his new “talent” of being able to make a disgusting fake choke/burp/gag noise. Another child tries to copy it. And that, My Friends, is how vomited eggs ended up all over my kitchen floor this morning.
#boysareweird
Boys: 5! 4! 3! 2!-
Me: Restart the timer. That was supposed to be a countdown to when you could stop having some quiet time and if you’re standing in the kitchen yelling the time, then you obviously aren’t being quiet.
Joel (4): (mumbling to himself as he goes back to his room) We were robbed.
#wheredoeshegetthisstuff
Remembering a train of thought from a few weeks ago: “This item does not really belong in this location I have been keeping it in for the last few years. I will find a new place for it that makes more sense. I know! I’ll put it. . . ” and that’s where my brain goes blank.
#ThanksBrain
“Mom, can we watch Mona and Geezus?”
#soclose #RomonaandBeezus
School starts in a few days, so obviously this was the perfect time for the kids to rediscover the temporary tattoo collection. . .
#NOTONYOURFACE
A bottle of bleach and I just cleaned the disgusting bathroom. I feel as though this should earn me some kind of beach vacation.
#sogross #boysbathroom
Joel (4): Mom, I don’t want to die forever. When I die, can I just die for a little bit and come right back?
#suggestionboxforGod
Bethany (6): USA! We won! Now they play our national song! (starts humming the Star Wars theme)
#nailedit
My big kids have finally figured out it’s possible to sleep past 8 a.m. . . .just in time for school to start next week.
#rudeawakening
Me in February: It feels so stale in this house! Why can’t it be summer when I can open up the windows, air out all the winter germs and get some sunshine in here!
Me in August: It feels so gross in this house! Why can’t it be cold so all the bugs will die, the mildew smell will leave the laundry room and the bathtub won’t be constantly full of mud!
#momlife
My kids are literally arguing over a stick. An actual stick that multiple children want and are sure belongs to only them. A STICK. So yeah, I think it’s about time for school to start again.
So the first spontaneous “love you” from The Baby goes to The Dog. Obviously.
#EVERYTIME
(The UPS truck drives by our house)
Josh (whispering): Please pick us, please pick us, please pick us.
#wishfulthinking
I’m not sure if I’m more appreciative that The Olympics have inspired my kids to want to be more physically active or more irritated about how that physical activity is impacting the furniture.
#couchbalancebeam #coffeetablevalut #decorativepillowswimingpool
Me: Hey, where are you going with those scissors and that paper bag? Please do not cut that into a thousand pieces in the living room. I don’t need any big messes right now.
Bethany: You mean “projects.” You said “messes”, but you meant “PROJECTS.”
#sureIdid
Carolina (2): Mom! Doggie outside!
Me: The neighbor dog is out? Do you want to go say “hi” to him?
Carolina: YES! (runs outside) HI DOGGIE! Hi! Hi! HI! (comes inside) Mom, he not talking. He a dog.
#cartoonslie
Joel (4): MOM! I need SUN SCREAM!
#soclose #sunscreen
Bethany: Mom, can I get a little trashcan for my room? So when I’m cleaning I have a place for my trash?
Me:. . . . (stunned silence)
Sometimes I am just not prepared for how awesome it is to have a daughter.
#myboysthinkthefloorisatrashcan
(watching a scene in a movie where work is being done on a house)
Bethany: Mom, I just miss watching Vanilla Ice SO MUCH. (cries a single tear)
#daddysgirl #VanillaIceProject
(2 year-old comes out with her dress on backwards and flip-flops on the wrong feet)
“TA-DA! I not need help.”
#sureyoudont #atleastshesdressed
Snuck a peek at my boys during prayer at church and saw them fighting over a pen. They saw me and instantly tried to pretend they were holding each other’s hands in prayer.
#nicetry
I had grand plans for all the things I’d accomplish when the kids went back to school. So far I have spent a full ten minutes sitting in front of the dryer singing the Mario Brothers music so the toddler would think his teddy bear was on an adventure and stop panicking about what was happening to him in the dryer.
#backtoreality
You guys. I am cracking up. I asked my friend (Rebecca Tredway Photography) for a toilet photo to go along with a potty-training post and she sent me back 6 of the most lovely images of a potty you ever saw in your life, which is hilarious to me. I’m only picking one for the post, but I just feel strongly that these images should see the light of day (unlike my current toilet situation).
#lovemyfriends #artiswhereyoufindit
