What should we do today?

Vaughn:  Go for a walk.
Grace:  Go to the park.
Gavin:  Play Bendaroos.
Lincoln:  Go bowling.

Sick Grace

Grace started running a pretty good temp yesterday – around 103.  This morning she is milking it quite a bit:
“Lucy, can you bring me some goldfish crackers.  My legs are already asleep.”
“Mommy, can you make me pancakes with chocolate bars and waffles with chocolate and bacon.  I want something healthy.”
“Daddy, can you throw this away for me?  I [...]

Gavin’s ER Trip

Friday Jamie took Gavin to the ER.  Had to have a bead removed from his nose.
Gavin fell asleep as soon as Jamie got him to the ER.  He only woke up at the point where they were extracting the bead.
Meanwhile…all his brothers and sisters were at home crying because they wanted their brother.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Tonight we took 7 kids to the 3-D movie “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”.  It was super cute.  Ate supper at Hawkeye Pizza - which we really like.  (Not as much as Napoli’s or Sorrento’s or Mazzio’s or Guido’s – but one of the best within 30 miles.) 
I told Lucy she could invite a friend.  She chose [...]

QC Marathon and EKF

Sunday I’ll be running a 5k in the QC Marathon for the Erika Kate Foundation.  My sister will be running the half marathon.  Go Susan!  In all there will be over 80 folks running for EKF.  This is a great foundation started by two AMAZING people.  You should check out their website:
www.erikakate.org

Chore Charts and Daddy Dollars

Chore chart and Daddy Dollars have been working well.  Last week we weren’t very consistant with it.  But this week has gone well.  Grace (my extremely lazy child who cries the whole time when I tell her to pick up ten things in her room – and it takes her about 20 minutes) has come home every day and [...]

Jamie’s Night with the Boys

When the girls went camping last weekend, Jamie stayed home with the boys and they watched a real kid movie:  The Last Samarai.  After a very intense fighting scene, Jamie was a little worried the boys would be scared.  Instead, Vaughn punched his fist in the air and shouted “THAT WAS AWESOME!”

Gracie’s quote of the day

Referring to a girl in her class:  “Don’t worry about her.  She’s a cry baby.  But that’s ok.”

Gracie Turns 5

Grace turned 5 last Wednesday.  I know, I’m slow at blogging these days. 
For her birthday we all went to Happy Joes with a couple of her girlfriends for supper.
Saturday we stayed in the family suite at Fun City/Pzazz.  The room was so cool.  3 sets of bunk beds and a king bed.  And tons of [...]

The Boys

The boys were playing so cute today.
First, while at Lucy’s cheer practice, the boys were grabbing the back of each other’s shirts around the collar and making a train.  They walk down the hall making choo choo sounds.  Then one would yell “my turn to be in front” and he’d run to the front of [...]