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Howdy!

I don't think I have ever had a busier summer! It has been one high after another.

A week into the vacation, Jeff and I were laying in bed talking and decided that we needed an adventure. We did a road trip out to Colorado to see my parents. Jeff was awesome at driving (18 hours in one day), and I played distraction for the kids. I can't believe we made it! The views were incredible. We had fun counting antelope through Wyoming - way too many. See my parents was great! It was an awesome family vacation.

We spent about five days at home when we returned and then headed up to Tennant with Jeff's parents for some fishing and home improvements on their vacation cottage. Yikes! Another road trip!

When we got back, Cody realized that he could swim. He loves to jump off the diving board at Grandma's pool and swim over to the ladder by himself. Go Cody!!!

Then we had VBS, another Tennant trip, and two camping trips . . . See what I mean . . . Crazy busy . . . but all a lot of fun!!!!

Long time coming

I haven't posted in a long time. I crossed over to facebook and tend to spend my few minutes of alone time watching the posts of others rather than keeping my blog commentaries up to date.

Here's the short version -

Aimee has enough hair to wear a bow.
Cody loves bugs.
Camping trips and swimming lessons are coming.
School can't end soon enough.


Cody's attempt at an insult - "I am going to turn you into wood and put termites all over you!" Like I said, Cody really likes bugs lately. We had a good laugh. Hope you do too.

Best Friends!

We've been waiting for this time! Cody and Aimee really play together. When Cody wakes up in the morning, he whines and pouts for the opportunity to see if Aimee is awake yet, and Aimee cheers at the sight of her brother who can play the monster about to attack her at one moment and her hero the next. But with all the love and affection and hours of happy they put into each day, there are a couple hours of pure torture. Luckily, when I look at the picture above my heart warms and I feel all gushy inside.

Tonight's funny moment - Both kids ate a good dinner and were rewarded with little scoops of ice-cream. Cody set out the bowls and in the rush and excitment of ice-cream made his sister stop and pray over their dessert. I had to giggle. Their little hands were folded and heads bowed. Aimee didn't even peek. Who knew ice-cream could inspire such devotion!

Telling stories on Cody

I had to hold back laughs today as Cody filled me in on the happenings of his day at preschool. I called home as I left school school today, and Cody happened to answer. Cody informed me that it was an awful day and his teachers were really mean.

"They were yelling at the kids for no reason, and they didn't let me finish my fruit snacks (Bless his teachers, they sit with the kids at lunch and make sure that healthy foods are eaten first.)."

My response, "Wow Codes, I can't imagine why teachers would yell without a reason. Are you sure?"

"Yes Mom, my teachers are so mean. They are not Christian. One of them told me they go to a church that says don't love God."

At this point I knew my son was playing me. He was crafting the conversation to gain my sympathy for whatever the real problem at school happened to be. I tried to take him ever so seriously and continue to listen, but didn't get the real story until I got home and talked to Jeff.

The story Cody told his dad was that some of the kids told the teacher, "No" when they were asked to do something, and the teacher set the child straight as to who was going to be in charge at school (Go teacher! Set the foundation now!) Cody's personal issue at school was completely and totally around the fun fruits which he was told to finish quickly because it was time to go home.

So if anyone out there is a preschool teacher, watch out! Your spiritual fruit is being judged by a five year old limited to one pack of fun fruits per day. Don't push him!

Valentines

Sweet Cody is going to pass out valentines tomorrow at preschool for the first time.

We had to clarify to Cody that he is going to "be a friend to everyone" and pass out one of his special dinosaur cards and a piece of candy to each kid in his class. This caused my analytical son some thought provoking problem solving. After a few minutes of processing this information, Cody came to me with a plan. He is willing to hand out a dinosaur card to every child, but he is planning to give his real school buddies the Tyranosaurus Rex cards. This plan is fine with me.

The best part is that Cody had a few left over cards, so he set one aside for Aimee. Guess what!!?? It is a Tyranosaurus Rex!!! That's my boy!

The latest from our house -

We seem to be back in the "normal" routine of Foxworthy life. I can't believe that it actually takes us a whole month to settle back in after the holidays, but with an after-Christmas Bible study white elephant party and Aunt Holly's birthday just over this week, our calendar is finally looking open. Thus it figures that my main activity today was trying to figure out summer camping dates online.

Since my last blog entry, we have experienced a brief, odd timed spring, with temperature highs in the 70's. So we started some outside projects. The main one is the tree house! Right now it is a six foot high +/- platform with a trap door. Cody thinks it is the greatest thing ever. The walls are built in the garage, but now we are on the hunt for siding. Jeff knew when he was making the plans that the materials would add up in price, but it's starting to make a noticable dent in his play money. We are hoping for the free part of craigslist to all of a sudden have left over siding and roofing material. You never know.

Aimee's latest thing is being a "helper." She helps with laundry, as you can see in the picture above, and she also loves to help me cook. It's still at the point where having a helper is more work than not, but it sure is fun to see her feel important. She worked so hard to cut that mushroom for our spaghetti sauce, and she got lots of statisfaction out being able to tell the boys that she made dinner.

Not much else is going on here. Hope all is well with you!