Thoughts:

Difference between school and life:

In school your taught a lesson then given a test,

In life your given a test and then taught a lesson.

Fort Jayden

This is what happens when a 10 year old is grounded from the TV and video games:

He builds forts!

Car Wash

My kids are struggling this summer with nothing to do! They don't have any friends in the neighborhood and they hang out at my parents all day while I'm at work. There aren't any little kids on my parents street either. I've been trying to get the kids outside doing things and thought it would be good/fun for them to wash my car. I realized that it most likely wouldn't be the best wash job ever but at least they were outside and not watching tv. Mckelsie lasted only about 10 minutes and Jayden was left to finish off the job. While I was busy painting inside my car was piling up on hard water spots! I love my kids! I love them, I love them.....

I LOVE THEM!

I even ventured out against my own rules and allowed them both to walk to Smiths together, buy some strawberries, potatoe chips and a coke (a written list I provided them) all by themselves. They did great! I was so proud of them. I think I only called Mckelsie twice in the 30 minutes they were gone.

Bathroom Redo

So, I've been wanting to repaint my bathroom for awhile now and finally decided this was the weekend. Now, I usually paint to relieve stress or at least that's what seems to happen every time I paint. This weekend however, I had pre-decided that I was going to do the project. Just so happens...... my little 10 year old Jayden provided the stress.

I've never tried painting "RED" before but saw it in some magazines recently and decided to try it. It takes so many more coats than any other color and it's hard to make my "no tape" lines look like I used tape! Uggghhh.... It all smoothed out though and I'm really happy with it. I painted the light fixture black to match the towel and toilet paper holders (been meaning to do that for a long time now!) and installed a handle on the little cupboard along with some hooks for towels along the one wall.

It's amazing to me how much work went into such a little, tiny, small, itsy bitsy room! Took me forever!!!!! But, it was just as well because of the ordeal I'd had with Jayden Friday night! Please tell me boys are not always this difficult! Anger issues and breaking things is not something I can relate with at all!!!

Thoughts:

"Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little."

~ Marquerite Gardiner

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"Do everything to love as much as you can, it may hurt but it helps us grow.

Give all you have.... you may be poor but you will be content.

Always forgive, your heart cannot afford not to.

Teach what you know and learn what you don't.

Stay open to it all."

~author unknown

The "Up" House

We went to the Parade of Homes and the house from the movie "Up" was apart of it.

It was so cool with every little detail and I actually could see myself living in a house with a similar floor plan. The kitchen had appliances from the era of when the home would've been built in the movie and there was a bookcase at the top of the stairs that opened into a secret room that Jayden really liked. I can't even imagine how much money it cost to build that one!

I would highly recommend going to see it! Sooooooo cute!

Dinner with Rachael