And tonight when I went out to check on things and plant a few more, I found this....
Stupid gophers! Stupid voles!!!
At least he was nice enough to leave one tiny twig of the flower left!!!! ARRRRRGGGGHHHH!
Ok I'll get over it! My last full day of kids in school is tomorrow(sigh) Now I can't use the "Not until school is out" excuse for just about anything I don't want to deal with.
Can I go swimming in the backyard?- Not until schools out.
Can we have a water fight? - Not until schools out.
Can we have a late night? - Not until schools out!
Can we stay up late and roam the neighborhood? - Not until schools out!!
Can we make smores, go camping, sleep outside on the swing set, have dinner? - not until schools out? Oh wait except for the dinner!
Quick I need to think of a good excuse now! Although the summer seems to have already started - I'm way behind on house cleaning and grocery shopping and laundry and dinner isn't even thought about until I'm outside with the neighbors and it's 4 o'clock and we're asking each other what they're having. Problem is, no one has thought of anything- the blind leading the blind! I really need to get better at this or it's going to be a long summer of pancakes, hotdogs and cold cereal!
This past week Jocelyn had her preschool program and she did great! She sang a few songs and recited some nursery rhymes and afterward we had a picnic lunch. She has really enjoyed preschool and loves her teachers. She is also excited for next year and being able to go three days a week. I'm excited too!
Also last week Ethan sang in the 4th grade rock concert.(they sang about rocks) It was cute and he did great. Riley left singing something about a rock in mexico, so it made and impression on him!
Saturday was his last soccer game-Yeah! and today was the dance festival. The 4th grade did a square dance and the 3rd grade -Jake- did some kind of luau song. For once the weather was perfect- not too hot and we were able to enjoy all of the schools performances- partly because Ethan and Jake were one of the last classes to dance. They did great and somehow managed to smile even though they were embarrassed.
Ethan's in the striped shirt and cowboy hat.
Jake is in the yellow shirt and pretty much looked a way from me the whole time!
Among all the school stuff and backyard landscaping I am just trying to survive a very cranky 8 month old who is teething! That tooth better be in tomorrow. I don't know how much we can take! You wouldn't know it by this picture though- the power of tylenol- it's great!
2 comments:
I agree, Voles are the worst! Cute kids! Love dance festival and wish I were sitting out in the neighborhood with all of you! Miss you all......
Rich Hall told me to put bubble gum in the rocks and it would kill the voles and keep them from coming back...worth a try? Looks like you have had a crazy busy week...lt the fun begin! FYI: we had pancakes for dinner last night and there is nothing wrong with that! You are a great mom and will survive the summer with all those cute kids.
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