the summer list

tonight we worked on our summer list.


i hope we get to do everything on it--the kids had some great ideas!
one idea...i'm not too sure about...i bet you can guess which one!



anna was so excited to think of things.
ben just wanted to grab everything on the table and throw it on the floor.
i thought josh would have been the most excited, but instead he pouted about how much he wanted to go outside and play with his friends.

and unfortunately, his begging and not listening put him in the timeout chair for quite a while.


bummer dude.

after he calmed down, i took the kids out back for some popsicles and time on the swings. anna decided to go down the big slide. as soon as ben saw her, it was all over. he wanted out of the swing and down the slide too. he's been down before, several times, so i grabbed him and set him at the top of the slide.

that was my biggest mistake.

he went down so fast, too fast for his liking too, and landed on his back.
and cut his lip somehow.

while i was trying to calm him down, josh started freaking out that he had no one to throw the baseball with and started sobbing.
anna looked at me like she knew better than to start crying about something. (thank goodness)

it was a cry fest.

we all marched in the house.
john had class tonight and came back home just in time for the drama.
poor john.

fast forward a couple hours.
ben's in bed and the older kids are watching spongebob.
a load of laundry is in the washer and the kitchen is straightened up.
john is putting together a new buffet we bought for the dining room...FROM WALMART! super inexpensive, but looks GREAT! nicer than in the pictures online too.

our summer list has been made.
even though we're not all happy about it, we're going with it.
moving forward, finding our way. something like that.