Fun Fun Fun

Bryan and Shanna and their kiddos came for the weekend, and it was such a sweet sweet welcome to have family in our home! We had a fun time of fellowship and celebration (it was Bryan's birthday). The guys got some new cool tattoos to mark Bryan turning 30, and Shanna got her nose pierced! People are going to think we corrupted them or something! lol

Cambry is here for the week, and the girls are having a blast! They had their first life lesson in gossip today. A little girl around here was being not so nice yesterday (typical girly stuff), and Gracie and Cambry told another little girl all about it. That little girl then ran straight to the girl they were talking about and told her that they hated her (such strong words for little people!). So, Gracie and Cambry were not feeling so great. You know the feeling. The one that tells you you have been baaaaaad and are about to be caught...They came to me crying, and I, being the mean Mama I am, made them go right back outside and apologize. They had to admit they were wrong and apologize to the little girl they were gossiping about. She was very forgiving, and it all ended with a sweet hug and smiles and giggles and everything was happy. But my littles still learned that oh so important message about gossiping. Hopefully the embarassment, hurt, and feeling of dread will stop them next time. I should have washed their mouths out with soap!! hehehe Next time I will do that. :)

We had school this morning (yes I KNOW it is a holiday, but we take the whole month of December off, so we don't skip for other holidays...we did learn about Labor Day and do a project though), and I am love love loving this curriculum. Some things aren't challenging enough, and I tweak them a bit, but overall, it is a LOT of fun. Cambry joined in and she even had a fun time with it. Then, get ready for it. We went and flew kites!! It has been a long time since I did that, and I must say, those little dollar kites are pieces of c-r-a-p. Two of the three ended up broken, but the wind was perfect and the girls had a blast with it anyway!

And to top off the drama of the afternoon, Gracie and Cambry were on a mission to stop the boys next door from doing harm to the poor squirrels. So they stood watch over the squirrel tree and griped at the boys long enough that they finally gave up. Poor guys. they never stood a chance!