Thursday Thoughts

1. So it's been a rather rainy summer so far. When there is a lot of rain, there tends to be a lot of mud in our backyard. My kids are attracted to mud. It's almost like some sort of magnetic force. In fact, even when it hasn't rained, Buddy likes to make his own mud by pouring Tupperware containers filled with water into the dirt. Wala - homemade mud! His sisters probably wouldn't come up with such a messy project on their own; however, they certainly like to tag along and enjoy his ingenious ideas. So while I was making dinner one evening I sent the kids out back for a little playtime

This is what I discovered a mere 5 minutes later. Yes, these kids could break world records in the time it takes them to go from clean & bathed to dirty & disgusting!

Boo was the worst of them all. I think her older siblings helped "paint" her with the mud. And she ate some, too. A little soil minerals never hurt anybody, right? :)



2. I just want to confess that I am the worst reverse driver ever! I have never been good at backing up. Never. My step-father tried to teach me. My Papa offered his advice & instruction. My husband has also been trying to work on this weakness of mine for years. But it just remains a fact - I suck at backing up. It's so bad that I swear the new neighbors across the street watch from their windows with popcorn every time they see my garage door open.

I can just hear it now, "Oh look, it's that crazy lady with all those kids trying to back her van out of the garage again. Yep, there goes another bush!"

Mr. Fix-it thought that the back-up camera on my van would do the trick. He was at least hoping to save the puppies and the mailboxes of the neighborhood, I am sure. And for the most part, the back-up camera does the trick.

But not the other day.

I was in a rush to get out the door since Mr. Fix-it was giving me an evening free of kids! I opened the garage door as normal, put the van into reverse, checked the back-up camera to make sure all was clear (it was!), and proceeded to back out of the garage.

Crunch!!

For some reason, the garage door had stopped half way up and while my back-up camera was showing a clear picture of no obstructions, the garage door was clearly still in the way. OOPS!

Good news is, the van was fine! Bad news, the garage door needed some work.

Mr. Fix-it to the rescue! :) He was super excited to stay up well past his bedtime that night fixing the door for me.

Lesson learned: don't trust those back-up cameras!!

3. I was eating my morning bowl of oatmeal this morning and nearly choked on this:

Buddy confessed that he had hidden some of his change in the container of old-fashioned rolled oats.

Never a dull moment in this house!

He's learning how to take a "selfie." :)

Happy Thursday!!