Layercake Lattice Quilt Top

I was in charge of picking blocks for June and July for do.Good Stitches.  I chose lattice blocks.  They're simple but really nice.  I made 2 quilt tops with the blocks everyone sent. 

The Littles Date Night

September is the little boys' turn for date nights.  They wanted the same exact thing, so they joined together again.  They just wanted a Happy Meal and ice cream at Betty Rae's.  They were very happy with their choices.  BB refused to give me a normal smile, so there you go.

Emotional Whiplash

 We typically make each of our children participate in some sort of sport to keep them active.  Little Guy sometimes slides through the radar, because he's the youngest.  He didn't play any sports last year, because our schedule was feeling already packed, but this year Joel felt like he really needed something.  We signed him up for i9 Sports.  It's practice and game all at the same time.  Little Guy's first day was Saturday, and he was very displeased that he had to go.  He whined, he cried.  He kept saying he hated soccer and why would we do this to him.  I took him and within 5 minutes of being there he decided he loved it.  He scored a goal during the game, and was smiling the whole time.  Little Guy came to sidelines hugging me telling me he loved his coach.  

In the great irony of the day, he was awarded the Enthusiasm award for the team.  Sigh.  Little Guy has always been a free spirit that takes me to my limits, but then he's super sweet and I agree to keep him a little longer. 

Singing is Contagious

We played "Singing Measles" in Primary today.  The kids LOVED it!  It's probably on the top 5 primary music days.  The missionaries were such good sports about it.  When a child was singing well their teacher would give them a dot sticker or two and they could go put it on the missionaries.  They say sang REALLY well and they giggled and laughed the entire time.  

In Full Swing!

 I always love to see how the kiddos describe themselves.  It's a little window into their mind.  I also love seeing all the pictures from their school day.  It makes me happy that they all really love school.

This is Little Lady.

This is BB.  It does my heart good to see him reading (and actually enjoying it). 

Moving to Kansas

Grandpa and Grandma Thompson have sold their home in Pennsylvania and headed west to Kansas!  The kiddos are thrilled to have their grandparents close.

(When you're part of a techy family, you can make your own electronic upgrades). 

Good times!

Sunflower State

There's only a 2 week window for optimal sunflower viewing at Grinter's Farm, so of course, we had to go on our day off of school.  It was the perfect day for sunflower enjoyment. 

Grinter's Farm is so cool.  Afterward we went to their general store just for fun.  We enjoy living in the Sunflower State.

Science City

Little Lady has an awesome gifted teacher.   The district isn't doing field trips during the school days this year, so Mrs. Dawn took her day off and spent it with her 5th graders.  They are competing in Battle of the Brains, and she wanted them to experience Science City through the lenses of this competition.  

I'm really proud of Little Lady.  She's afraid of heights, but she's been really trying to tackle her fears.  She chose to ride the Sky Bike.  She was shaking and scared, but she did it!

Girls Weekend

My sweet friend, Amanda, planned a girl's getaway.  This is the very first time I've ever done a girl's only weekend.  The 4 of us haven't all been together in almost 6 years!  We stayed on a 100 acre farm South of St. Louis.  It was the most adorable country chic.  

We put the patio, pool, and hot tub to good use. 

I haven't laughed this hard or been this relaxed in a VERY long time.  It was just what the soul needed.  We stayed up to ungodly hours talking, playing games, and enjoying the place.  We only ventured out once for brunch on Saturday and then spent the rest of the time relaxing and eating junk food.  It was amazing!

We all agreed we needed another 24 hours at least.  It was hard saying goodbye, but it definitely won't be the last time we do this. 

 

Nibbling Issues

Luna is trying my patience.  She is attracted to things chords.  I've lost at least 5 phone chargers at this point.  The last one she hopped up on my bedside table and bit through the chord at 3 in the morning.  So irritating!  She's chewed through 2 power chords for the laptop, countless masks, and even the thick router cable to the internet.  Stella also likes to chew an occasional mask the kids leave out, and she also bit Little Lady's bra strap, so it's not just Luna, but she's driving me a bit crazy.  We're going to put chord protectors on some chords and see if that helps.  It's a good thing my children love them, because they're on thin ice with me!

Asian Exploration

We had the missionaries over for dinner for Yakisboa and Gyozas.  They're some of our favorite Japanese food.  As part of the fun we decided to do some taste testing for dessert.  We bought a bunch of different flavors of Pocky sticks and Mochi.  If you've never had mochi, it's ice cream wrapped in sweet, sticky rice.  

The look of concern on Little Man's face is over the Sweet Corn Pocky sticks.  They were universally despised.  The reaction of everyone was priceless.  At one point Little Man gagged on it.  Hahaha. 

Mango mochi won as the favorite flavor that night, but we've since found a Cookies n Cream mochi that everyone loves, so I think that's the true winner. 

And of course, we love having the missionaries over for dinner.