Why do I always have to tell my kids not to poke holes in the meat packages??!? I guess I am not alone: this mom of 6 talks about her grocery shopping trip. Thanks to Amy, who had this link on her blog, I had one of the best laughs I have had in a long time!! Definitely worth reading!!
Fall. Terry's favorite season. Why? It's FOOTBALL SEASON! This year we will have a few more teams to follow other than the BEARS and the COLTS. Luke are Grant are both going play this year. Luke has already started practices and Grant will begin after Labor Day.
This is it, the big night has finally arrived! We have 3 anxious boys ( one anxious mommy. . . daddy is anxious too, but he won't admit it!) who will be glued to the TV tonight at 8!
We headed to the Indiana State Fair yesterday for our last "outing" of the summer. Here are a few shots. . .
Grant officially turned 5 today! We had a great family day. . .head to the family film festival to see "Flushed Away," ate lunch at Chick-fil-A and opened presents. Grant got an "real" bow and arrow --you can tell he is in awe!
Late in the day we headed to a new entertainmet place just down the road from our house. It is called Bounce Zone and the kids LOVED it (and so did mom and dad!!)!
Of course Grant found many unconventional ways to use the equipment. . .
The rest of the boys had their fair share of fun too.
Terry turned 37 today. . .as far as birthdays go, it was pretty uneventful. The two most exciting things of the day were wearing the "birthday crown" that Grant cut out and made and getting a Bears visor (what more could a guy want?)!
Grant celebrated his 5th birthday a few days early with a "favorite things" party on Saturday! We started the party at Home Depot where each kid made an art caddy.
Afterwards, we came home for some cake and ice cream. Of course, archery is a favorite, so that was the theme of the cake.
All of the kids received their own bow and arrows to play some archery games. Grant was in his glory! When his cousins left last night, he was sad they weren't staying until midnight!
I just said to a friend the other day, "Three boys and we have never been to the Emergency Room!" I guess I spoke too soon! I was putting the boys in their rooms for rest time today and the next thing I know Grant is hysterically crying, runs into the upstairs hallway and Luke screams mom there is blood everywhere! I quickly took Grant into the bathroom and saw that under his chin his skin was deeply cut.
We are still not sure exactly what he was doing, but know that he cut it on the window ledge in his room. Terry meet me at the ER. Grant was a trooper--no crying once we left the house. He ended up with 7 stiches, we left the hospital and thou
ght things were great.
Grant choose to eat McDonald's for dinner and while eating his hamburger, he said he had something stuck in his teeth. When we looked, we saw that he cracked a tooth and there is a chunk of tooth that needs to be removed or glued?? I guess we will be off to the dentist next!
The Michel Family, who we just saw this past weekend, came up for a visit this week. Today we met them, along with some other church families at the splash park and then headed to the pool to really cool off from this 90 degree heat wave. Here is Amy along with newly adopted Elise, who is absolutely adorable and LOVES the pool!!
Our crew of kids seemed to take up most of the pool. . .I managed to get 11 of the 15 in this picture.
Of course the girls found some nice quiet games to play while the boys were off causing trouble. . .
. . .especially Grant! I found him peeking in the girls bathroom today! 
