Where There Is A Will There Is A Way

We had corn on the cob this week for the first time, this year. Poor Austin was not too sure about eating it--I think it more of HOW he was going to eat it.

Austin has lost several of his front teeth this winter, and now they are growing in. But they are at all different lengths and stages of being in.

As I watched him eat, I saw this:


What confuses me a little is the fact that the side he is chewing on is the side that still has a hole. However, this is how he was comfortable eating it, and he did a pretty good job!

May Day 2010

Today was May Day at the boys school. I remember May Day from when I went to this school some years ago. It was a fun day, one of my favorite days out of the school year. I have to say I think the boys enjoy May Day just about as much as I did.

They have some new traditions now, but it only adds to the fun. One of the new things is that they set off a May Day rocket.

And this is the one day out of the year that they gym teacher brings his buggy to school, in order to go after the rocket, of course. :)

The boys did think do ask me to bring hats. That did help in keeping the sun out of their eyes! Adam had the bill of this hat pulled down so far that he actually had to tilt his head back in order to see.

2nd graders did the Virginia Reel. They all got lined up ready to start their dance. Austin is the one with the red shirt and blue hat.

Then they started their dance. Austin apparently means business when they say to sashy your partner!

Adam's class did the chicken dance. The boy on the right is Adam best buddy this year, Nick. Today was Nick's last day, as they are moving away. We were very sad to see him go.

Then everyone was invited down to the field to do "singing in the rain" I stopped long enough to get a picture of Adam doing this. I wanted a picture of Austin as well, but could not find him :)

May Day is just as fun now as it was about 25 years ago. It is really fun seeing my boys enjoy these fun days!

A Sunday Afternoon Ride

A few weeks ago, Mike saw that someone down the street was selling a riding lawn mower. As it turned out, it was the parent of one of his students. Mike talked to the man. He told Mike that this and that were not working right, you can just have it! Mike gave him something for the mower.

Mike took the mower to my parents house. My Dad worked on the mower, and it seems to be working great.

One thing Mike wanted to try was to hook the wagon up to the mower and see if he could give the boys a ride.
He got it hooked up!

And away they go....There is a church at the end of our street. The just went there and back home. But, it was a fun adventure for a Sunday afternoon.

Talking With Austin

Sometimes I like to ask Austin what he wants to be when he grows up. The answer changes from time to time. Last night, when Austin was getting ready for bed, I asked this very question. I was surprised by his answer. He replied, "I either want to do demolition or construction." I kind of laughed and said, "so you will either do DEStruction or CONstruction."

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This morning we were getting ready for church, when I noticed that Austin was putting socks on. I told him that it is getting warm enough that he could wear sandals. He said that he did not want to wear sandals because everybody is going to see his toes. I told him that was the nice part about sandals-you can wear them and not have to worry about socks. He said something about his toes being big, because he is growing. I agree with the growing part, but the big toe part, I am confused about. If he thinks his toes are big now, wait until he is fully grown!

Friday

Yesterday was a fun-out of the ordinary-day.

Mom, Carol, and I got an early start and went strawberry picking. I knew this would be a day that started before the boys headed out for school. I had their clothes picked out, and breakfast on the table. It was a lot to get done that early in morning, but very worth it for fresh strawberries!

At the beginning of the school year I took a picture of the boys with their teachers. A few weeks into school, Austin's teacher told me she was expecting. We were all very happy for her and her husband! Her last day of teaching this class was on May 14th. Earlier this week their little one arrived. She said it would be okay to come over and visit and see her little one, and Austin could come, too. I had to get a picture with Austin and his teacher (and the new baby) at the end of the year. We have been very blessed to have her as a teacher for this 2nd grade year!


After supper we had a surprise party to go to. This is someone from our church, we do not know them that well, but thought it might be a great opportunity to get to know some people in a casual setting.

As we were walking to the house for the party, I noticed that Adam had to tug at his pants every little bit. Then I realized that his pants were huge for his little waist! I found a piece of yarn in my purse and we tied some of the belt loops together. I felt so bad for him! He must had battled that all day at school!

They had some games set out for the kids (and adults). This one was really fun. Mike and the boys played this.

This picture shows better what you do in the game. The point is to throw the rope with balls on the end and have it wrap around one of the posts. There are different points for the red, blue and green post.

They have a pool there. The kids enjoyed putting their feet in the water and kicking. The water was cold. No, it was COLD. No, it was COOOOOOOLLDDD!! The boys pants got wet from kicking the water. I was talking to someone (implementing the part about getting to know people) Mike was with Adam. He had told Adam that he thought his pants were wet enough that if he sat and dry concrete he would make a butt print. Adam did this, but decided it was not vivid enough. He went back to the pool to try to make his pants a little wetter, but one of his hands slipped and he fell into the pool. Before I knew what was happening, Mike had grabbed his arm and pulled him out! He seemed to have held his breath and said he wasn't that scared (not sure about that). But more than anything he was just cold! I am so thankful that he is safe, and Mike was able to get him out quickly!

As Mike was holding him and drying him off, Adam told Mike, "It's your fault, you told me to go make a butt print!" Mike did tell him that, however....

Last night as we said our bedtime prayers, we definitely thanked God for watching over Adam at the party!

True Love

I decided today was a good day to clean out my purse. As I set to work on this job, I found old shopping lists, receipts, random papers, and this...

At the very bottom of my purse I found a handful of rocks!

Then I remembered, one day Adam and I were out (I forget where we were), but he decided he wanted to find the perfect rock. He picked up several and when we walked into the building, he handed them to me. I just put them in my purse to have them out of the way. Then I totally forgot about them.

Little did I know that about a month later I would finally get around to taking them out. Now, that is true love...carrying rocks in my purse!

When Austin Has A Passion...

he has the passion whole heartedly!

Here is a picture of his latest passion:
My mistake, you may not have seen him due to all the camouflage. Camo...that is his new passion!

A few weeks ago, Mike stopped at a yard sale and found some camo glove. This past weekend Austin found a camo hat. One day, not long after all this, I found him going through of box of snow clothes. I asked him what on earth he was doing, he had remembered that a year or so ago Mamaw had made him a camo scarf. How perfect was that?! Then he remembered that a few weeks ago my sister said that she had passed a camo coat to us. He asked me if he I could find it for him. My first thought was, "what box did I put that in?" I told him one day soon, I would go through all the boxes and try to find it. Then I had a better idea, I would go to the thrift store.

After work today I stopped in to see if I could find anything. I got to the first rack of boy clothes and found a camo t-shirt. Then I decided to try my luck and see if I could find some pants. Sure enough!! They were big, but this was for play, and he could use a belt. I didn't even know how much this would come out to be. When I got to the register it came to $1.58!!

Austin was one excited boy when he saw my finds for him!
I later saw that the t-shirt arm is torn, but that is okay! I can try to fix it...one day.

Adam could not be out-done by his brother. He went and put on his camo pajamas. He also had on his dinosaur pajamas, and his school clothes.

Austin seems to think that he wants to be in the Army or hunt (I would be interested to know who he thinks will take him hunting!). If this passion is like his others, it may be history in a year or so....