Reading and Crying

Yesterday Mac and I had a conversation in the car.

I was telling him about a book I'd read that I loved, and that it made me cry in the sad part.

He insisted that any book that made you cry could not be a good book.

So I decided to prove him wrong!

This morning we sat together on the couch and I started reading him "Stone Fox".

It's one of my favorite read alouds,

and ALWAYS makes me cry!

I'd told him a synopsis, and even the fact that the dog dies, and that's what makes me cry.

Princess walked in, and joined us.

They loved it!

I stopped right before the last chapter to ask if it was a good book.

They both agreed it was,

until............

the last two pages, when the dog died!

Then they both burst into tears,

Princess ran away and Mac insisted I stop reading!!!

So, I thought I'd proven my argument,

and was told that I was very misinformed, and it was the worst book ever.

Sigh.

Cellos, Weddings, Assault. All in a Good Day

Co-op days are rough for Babycakes.

It's busy, loud, crowded and a very long day.

He usually gets the most minimal of naps,

and is crazy grumpy and tired when we finally get home.

This is why we avoid any activities after co-op.

But today was Mimi's cello recital,

so we ended up sprinting home, throwing the other kids out,

and Mimi, Babycakes and I headed back out.

It was in a big, old, beautiful stone church.

We were at one end of a long hall

and an elegant wedding was at the other end.

Babycakes was especially naughty, having not only not taken a nap at co-op,

but also not falling asleep on the way to the recital,as I'd hoped he would.

As the kids were playing their songs,

Babycakes got progressively louder and more obnoxious,

so I took him out to the hall,

where we met the flower girl for the wedding.

She was about six, dressed in her finery, basket in hand, listening quietly to the music.

I stood at the door listening.

When I turned around I saw Babycakes shredding a tissue (used, of course!),

and gently setting the pieces into the flower girl's basket!

I gasped and attempted to dig out the tissue.

The flower girl was quite offended by my actions, and took her basket and huffed away.

Babycakes followed her down the hall, where he met

The Mother of the Groom.

She was wearing a knee length skirt, and matching jacket, and looked quite elegant.

Apparently Babycakes thought she looked lovely too,

as he walked straight over to her, and laid his hand on her knee.

As I sprinted over to pull him away,

he slid his had right up her skirt!!!!

I SQUEALED in horror,

snatched him away, apologizing profusely, and I'm sure, turning quite red!

She simply laughed and said "It's fine!"

If the ground had opened up, I'd have dived right in!

That, my friends, that is how you add just a bit more elegance to a cello recital and a wedding!

Geeks Rule!

Today my child wore:

a Dr. Who shirt,

the one true ring (Lord of the Rings)

and a Hunger Games pin,

and R2D2 socks.

That either pushes her straight into geekness,

or a future sci-fi author!

Bedtime Smarts

You know those knights when a kid

or two

just won't go to bed?

You put them in,

they pop back out,

again

and

again?

Tonight one of our kiddos

popped out of bed several times,

and just as I was about to start getting crabby,

she told her daddy that she had some chocolate chip cookies

that she didn't want

and asked if she could go get them for him.

And after delivering those,

offered to go get him a pop.

That is one smart kid!

B Ball

We tried to give him a little ball,

then tried to give him a big, but lightweight ball,

but no, only the real thing would do.

And I SO wish I'd been shooting video when he tried to shoot it into the basket!

Let's Eat!

 What does Babycakes say after breakfast?

When's lunch?

Playing the Music Stand?

This is how you play this instrument, right?

Spammin'

Apparently this blog is quite attractive to spammers these days.

I keep getting PILES of comments,

a few dozen each week!

I'm saving my favorites to share with Hubs.

Here's one:

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It seems to be in English,

but I have no idea what that means!

So to all my new spammy friends,

Welcome!

Cereal Thief

There's been a strange series of events happening in our home.

Someone keeps breaking into our house,

and moving the cereal boxes around the house.

They even leave little pieces of cereal on the floor!

 We may need to hire an investigator

to solve this mystery!

History Fair 2013

One of my kid's all time favorite homeschool activity is the history fair.

It's a chance to dress up in costume,

run wild,

and maybe,

just maybe,

learn something.

It's almost Halloween!

 Princess was Cleopatra

 Buddy was Napoleon

Mac was a samurai

 And Mimi did two boards, J.S. Bach

and women pirates.

She picked the women pirates because the subject was fascinating,

and Bach so she could play the cello instead of giving a speach

during the presentation part of the evening.

Here's the group shot. 

Forty kids did boards, and covered from Goliath to Ruby Bridges.

That's a lot of time traveling!

And Babycakes?  

He had fun too!