The Weekly News-Dude

     Hey! Dude here.  This week was pretty average but I am still going to tell you what happened.
Starting with....:
     Monday:  We didn't have school because of FREEZING temperature
     Tuesday:  Princess came with us to the Middle School (where I go to school) to see what instrument she will be playing next year, she is going to play the flute. Yay! Way to go Princess!!!
     Wednesday:  Church activities and I found out that I will be an alternative for the school spelling bee.
      Thursday:  Not much happened today.  We just sat around all day (except for school).
      Friday:  We played with friends and had some fun just relaxing with family.  (Plus me and Mr. Doctor went on a camp out with the young men.
      Saturday:  We were still on a camp out.  We came back at 10:00 am and had fun with family.
      Sunday:  Went to church and had the missionaries over for dinner.
       Overall we didn't do much this week and it was kind of boring, but I can tell that it is going to be very exciting next week! See ya in April.  :D  

Weekly update -Megaman

Megaman edition as dictated to Mrs. Doctor, he even dictated the punctuation marks. ;-)

When it was Sunday, I played with my brother and sisters. And I hid in a cupboard downstairs. And I went to the stairs. And I went to my room. I played air hockey with my Dad. And it was 2 against 2. And some people fixed our window this week! I went to a church with my mom in another town on Wednesday. And I ate a lemon cake. It was yummy! And my mom did the laundry. And I am sick. And I coughed really bad. And my mom scratched my back. And I know how to snap. And I am still sick! My mom signed me up for baseball.

Kid Comedy - Megaman

Megaman was reading a book to me the other day and it went like this:
"There...was...an...old...lady...who...swallowed...a...fly...I...don't...know...why...she...swallowed...the...fly...(then he got to an unfamiliar word that starts with a "p" and said) apparently she died!" When he got to the end he looked at me and said, "Why did she die after eating the horse? If she can swallow a cow, she can swallow a horse. What is it about the horse, anyway?!"

Honey Bunch Edition

This week I was baptized. Most of our family came. I really felt the spirit. Everybody came on either Wednesday or a Tuesday. My baptismal close didn't fit, so my grandmas were really kind and sewed them up. I loved being baptized, I wanted to keep doing it and doing it!here's some pics!

Yesterday I played basketball. I scored 3 goals for my teem, and we won!

My grandpa took these pictures for me. My other grandpa brought a huge can of chili.

The weekly news- Princess

  This week was pretty fun! The only day that we went to school was on a Friday because of the snow. It was really fun. The grass was so icy frozen that we could literally stand on the tips of it! Here's a picture of it.

We also played with friends a lot, and I got to finish my valentine's box for school.  Here is the love bug that I made to go on top of the box. It looked pretty cool!

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And the most exciting part is that our relatives are coming soon!!!!!  Finally, Honey Bunch is getting baptized!!!!!! We are so proud of her! -Princess

The Weekly News-Dude

Hey! Dude here.  This week it's my turn so I will tell you what happened this week.  

Monday: Just the usual happened today.  I found out that I qualified for the team spelling bee! Winner will go to the overall spelling bee...and winner of that will go to D.C. for the national spelling bee.

Tuesday: I had a futsal game (a modified version of soccer that is way better.) Princess found out that she is the school's Character kid!  Way to go Princess!

Wednesday: Me and Doctor and Mrs. Doctor went to the weekly church activities. 

Thursday: January 30th... that is right! Honey Bunch had a B-DAY! Yay, she is finally 8!  We went to Perkins for dinner and ate cake and she opened her presents.  Here are some pictures

Friday: Honey Bunch had a sleep over with one of her best friends. (And an ice storm... I had fun slipping and sliding on ice...however that was not the case with some drivers.)

Saturday: Princess got sick Still iced in... however we found a way to play with some friends which was very fun...still sliding on ice.

Sunday: We were iced in and church was canceled. 

Overall our weekend was AWESOME!  :D

Things are a changin'....

We are going to try something new at our house.  The blog has been neglected for way too long. In order to change this, the kids will now be the authors of the blog.  For the first go around Dude will take the reins.
Let the FUN begin!  :)

First Day of School 2013

The kids started school the end of August. All of the kids. Including my baby the now kindergartner. They all go to school all day Monday through Friday, and I am one lonely mama. And one proud mama because they are doing so well. I have heard wonderful things from all of their teachers.

Megaman the Kindergartner -

Honey Bunch the 2nd Grader -

Princess the 4th Grader-

Dude the 6th Grader-

Kid Comedy - kind of....

Honey Bunch has had a "loose tooth" for over 2 years now.  Really it was just wishful thinking on her part, so when we went to the dentist in September and he said that she really did have a "barely loose" tooth we were so happy for her! She got right to work wiggling and wiggling.  She got it to the point yesterday morning that it would have fallen out with the slightest touch.  Then she refused to touch it.  Why? Because she had to make sure that it fell out at school for everyone to see.  She waited until her class was all gathered together at carpet time and then popped it out.  She loves attention, silly girl!  She got a tooth necklace from the nurse and she is one happy chica!

Dude was playing with some friends in the neighborhood on Friday afternoon.  I was playing with Megaman in the basement when I heard Dude come in and holler for me.  When I told him where I was he said, very calmly, as he came down the stairs, "Mom, before you see me, I just have to tell you it was an accident.  He didn't mean to throw it at me."  Oh boy.  Then I see this.

He was ok, heads bleed a lot, but I find it hilarious that he was so concerned not with his head, but in making sure that I knew it was an accident! Oh, and I took the picture to text his Dad, I wasn't saying, "Hey, here is a kodak moment, hold that thought while I get the camera!" ;-)

Halloween 2012

The week before and the week after Halloween we all took turns being sick. I was the unfortunate victim on Halloween. Doctor was so great and took the kids to the trunk-or-treat at the church by himself, and he took them trick-or-treating around the neighborhood while I slept. He was so kind and sweet. We had an angry bird, vampire(ess), pretty witch, and a knight.

We had a our traditional "carving of the pumpkins" family home evening the Monday before Halloween. The kids draw on paper what they want, gut the pumpkins out, and then the surgeon gets to work.

Dude has earned his Webelos!

Dude worked hard this summer and earned his Webelos in cub scouts.  He received his award this last pack meeting.  Good job, Dude!

Grandparents Day

The girls had Grandparents Day at their school a couple of weeks ago. Since all of our grandparents live so far a way, I was a pretend grandma for the day.
In Princess' classroom, we did a crossword puzzle and she interviewed me.  Her friend's grandma couldn't make it, so I was her pretend grandma, too.

In Honey Bunch's classroom, we did a craft, sang songs and looked around the classroom.

This is what she will look like when she is a grandma.

And what she will do....

Pumpkin Patch Fun

I went with Megaman on his field trip to a Pumpkin Patch, and we had a great time.  We went on a hayride, a cow barrel ride, jumped in a bounce house, jumped in haystack, walked a little maze, and lots of other fun things.  We had such a good time, I took the other kids another day.  They even did a zip-line.  Dude did the adult one, and the other three did the kid one.  Here are some pictures of our fun time.

And a video of Dude's zip-line

Princess is 9!!!

Princess turned 9 a few weeks ago. We asked her if she would rather have a party with friends, or spend the day at the closest mall (an hour away) with me. She chose the mall, so away we went. She was adorable all day. She shops like her dad, though. Extremely picky and slow. We had fun, and she kept saying, "I am in heaven! This is paradise!" Her birthday was on a Wednesday, aka busiest day of the week. We had to do presents in the morning before Doctor and Dude had to leave. Then we went out to eat (birthday girl chose Golden Corral), then Doctor and Princess headed off to a Father/Daughter hoe-down. It was a busy day, but she was one happy girl. Happy birthday, girlie, we love you!

Megaman The Soccer All-Star

Megaman played soccer this fall and he scored 5 goals in his first real game! (Two were for the other team, but hey, they were goals, right?) I wish I had video of it, he was a great player and picked up some tips watching his big sister elbowing people when he plays. ;-)

Our new attraction.....

This is our new friend. He likes to watch the progress of our house with us. The kids love this owl, and we see him often.

Hard at Work

Back in the beginning of October, Doctor decided it would be easier to put in all the electric boxes than telling the electrician where he would like them. So we went to Menard's and bought a box of 100. The clerk said, "Wow, those boxes will last a while!" Well, not really, he and Dude used every last one. Here they are hard at work.