Laid Low

Our internet provider was down last night so I didn't get the opportunity to post. Not that it mattered much, I was too busy cleaning up vomit from my sick little Baby Doll. It started out a regular amazing fall break day. We painted pumpkins at the City Hall where Princess and Prima Donna were running the activity for the Youth City Council.

Then we had lunch and headed out for Sport's football game, which he won, by the way. The kids all dressed in their cheerleader stuff and helped them to victory. Maybe I'm deluded, but I really believe their energy hyped the boys up at half time, because before that it was 0 - 0 and we ended up winning 13 - 0. Some of the dads on the other side saw how much good we were doing and they even started cheering, but it was too little, too late. Ok, so I just have to tell you this one part. Our boys were pushing for the touchdown and they made it all the way to the 1-yard line. Then they fumbled it and the Grizzlies recovered the ball, so we started cheering for a Safety. On the first play the Grizzlies moved it out a little, but on the second play THEY fumbled the ball and one of our boys fell on it in the end zone! Touchdown!! Pretty exciting!

So after the football game we headed home and my sweetie, the Dog Walker, the Gym Rat, and I put the backboard on so the kids could shoot some hoops. I took the girls out to do a little fundraising for their dance team and when we got back my sweetie had dinner pretty well done. After we ate I started chopping apples for applesauce so I could finish up all these leftover apples. It was almost 10:00 pm. That's when Fajita threw up. She was the first one.

Then about midnight Baby Doll started heaving. Her little body was spent by the fifth time. Bossy's family was long gone by then. It was in the middle of the night that Scout came running in and I directed her to the bathroom where she managed to keep hers all contained to the toilet.

I woke with a sour stomach and figured I was next although I haven't managed to lose it yet. But others were puking too, Prima Donna, Sport... My sweetie took Princess, Drama Queen and Crafty to church. The Dog Walker took himself to church but came home half an hour later complaining that his stomach hurt. When it appeared that no one was showing up for the nursery today, my sweetie brought the Drama Queen home and she gathered her things and quickly hit the road. She does not want to get sick!! I'm hoping it's not too late for that.

I am surprised how quickly we all caught this bug. Bossy says her family had it last week except for Fajita, so maybe it is just running its natural course. I hope it finishes up fast, because my sweetie has to be on an airplane at 10:00 tomorrow morning. I hope he asks for plenty of barf bags before he buckles up.

Scarecrow Festival 2013

Nervous about the ball, Sport?

Remember yesterday when I told you I was thinking about going to the Scarecrow Festival today at West Ridge Academy? Well, I finally convinced my sweetie that it would be fun. We had to wait until afternoon since the girls had a dance class and the Drama Queen was still driving. The kids made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and Bossy brought chips and fruit snacks.


About 1:00 we all climbed in the vans. Last year the crowds at the festival were light and the lines were short. This time we almost turned around and headed back home. There were hundreds of people everywhere!

Some of the kids wanted to walk in the big ball, so we put them in line and then  made our picnic on the grass just outside the rope. The lines moved surprisingly fast and by the time we were finished eating they were at the front of the line. They rolled and tumbled in the ball and then popped back out the hole when they were done.

After that Bossy and the Dog Walker had to have their annual bungee contest. They both get pretty serious about this competition. The Dog Walker came out ahead this year although I'm pretty sure Bossy was the winner last year.

Then the little ones were off to the bounce houses while the older people got in line for the munchkin radio wheel. They were giving away passes for free kids' meals, so I thought it would be a great idea. While we were waiting in line, Thriller came on the speakers. Well the Dog Walker wasn't going to pass up a chance to perform and pretty soon he had all of his sisters doing a flash mob dance with him. They were pretty good! He remembered all the moves from the Just Dance version and I don't know if they realized that a hundred people were watching them.

After we got our coupons, we played the carnival games. The kids earned enough tickets to get some cute little rubber ducks dressed in various costumes. We all participated in the last dance competition (we didn't win), and then we had to pack it up. Sport had football practice at 4:30.

He only has two regular league games left. The season has gone so quickly! And Halloween is nearly here. I'll have to take some pics of the Dog Walker's annual light display for you. And you know what? Bossy has an amazing one too! Now if we could just figure out what we are going to do for costumes...

Fall Break

Remember last year when we did something fun and exciting every day over Fall Break? Like on Thursday we went to Cornbelly's. Then on Friday we went to the Church History Museum and on Saturday we went to the Scarecrow Festival. Well guess what I did today??

Clean toilets!! It was so not fun. What was I thinking? I really need to plan something a little more exciting for tomorrow. The Dog Walker just has so much homework that there really is no break for us. Princess and Prima Donna had a previous commitment with the Youth City Council to help at the food pantry today, and of course Sport had football practice. And I was at the church for 4 hours of volleyball in the evening. That doesn't leave much time for anything else. Oh yeah, and I took Crafty and Sport to the dentist today too. Sport was pretty upset to discover that he had a single cavity.

Last Monday we spent our FHE time making scarecrows for the contest at the Library. Sport made one out of Legos, the girls made this one with the shiny gold hair, and Bossy made one that looks like a Bingham football player. The cool thing about hers is that it is mostly made from old socks! I made the little bodies out of fabric and the kids did the rest. I don't know if we will win, but we had a good time with them.

So I need to plan something fun for tomorrow. I believe Bossy told me the Scarecrow Festival is going on this weekend, and since we are professional scarecrow makers, and I already know my sweetie would like to spend the day cleaning the garage... I'd better find something fun ...quick!!

Guest Blog - Big Excitement at our House by Scout and Curly

We have been waiting for days!

Sport kept saying it was never going to happen. (I don't know why he would think that, it's only been almost 20 years in the planning.)

Yesterday they promised, but the rain kept them away.

Then this morning, the big trucks woke us up really early!

We watched out the kitchen window while they poured the back. It was the most exciting part, but Dad made us stay inside. He thought we might get in the way.

 They took what was left of the concrete and fixed up our driveway.

But Dad says it will still be 72 hours before it is hard enough to put up the basketball hoop. We can hardly wait!   To be continued...