First Day of School

Paul did great, although he was none too happy about Joy trailing after him and cramping his style. We had to have several talks about the Golden Rule and how he should treat her.  Joy seemed to do alright, which I am very, very thankful for!

Good Mom/Bad Mom

I felt like both a good and bad mom on Saturday.
Paul came in the room and told me that he had hit Joy harder than he should have.  He put himself in his thinking spot and set the timer in his head.  Then he said, "Beep, beep, beep" and got up.  I was proud of the way he disciplined himself.

And then...
Joy walked into the room as I was finishing cleaning up the kitchen after dinner with a blue face and mouth. I asked her if she ate a lollipop. She said, "No, a crayon." I looked in her mouth and saw it was filled with blue crayon. Paul asked her what color she ate. She said lots of colors. I brushed her teeth several times, gave her a lecture about why it was not safe, and told her her consequence would be that she could not have ice cream after dinner with the rest of us. As I was finding the crayon remnants to throw them away, I looked and saw that she had another mouthful of crayons!!!!! In a matter of milliseconds. 

Back to School Shopping

The kids did well at T.J. Max.  They did so-so at JC Penny's.  By the time we went to Walmart, things deteriorated a bit.  But, we survived and got what we needed.  There was only a minor scene when Paul slammed his finger in the bathroom stall door.  Joy wanted her picture taken with the manikin.  

Sharing an Icee at Subway at Walmart.

Back to School Date with Paul

Stephanie watched Joy Monday afternoon while Paul and I stocked up on shoes at the Stride Rite going out of business sale and played Life at the park.  

Roisin's Birthday Party

We had a magnificent feast and tons of fun at Roisin's 3rd Birthday BBQ.

The kids had fun playing in the field.

And Paul was fascinated with Chris's remote control helicopter.  He chased it all over the field and even got to control one of them for a while.

Popcorn and a Movie for the Nursery

I did the nursery Sunday, the I made the kids popcorn and we watched Veggie Tales.

Puppy Love

The kids always wants me to take pictures of them

with the dogs these days.  Even the stuffed ones.

Children's Museum of the Ohio Valley

We had lots of fun at the Children's Museum in Wheeling.Clubhouse

Kinetic Sand

Puppets

Giant checkers

Giant bubble

Taking a rest

Fort

Selling produce

 Legos

 Sewing

 Crafts

And Quaker Steak for dinner!

The Cows Have Been Loving the Corn Husks