School's Out, School's Out, Teacher Let the Monkeys Out!

The boys are happy that our school year has ended. We finished last week with exams. I think our school year was a success, even with the usual nitpicking and complaining from the boys. On the plus side, Pokemon King informed me that he does like school, but complains because he'd rather be doing something else. So, that made me feel a little better. Now, it's time to plan for next year! The only items left to order are their math worksheets. Other than that, we are all set with our curriculum.

Here's some pictures of their exams. Together, they decided to do a play for Island Story, but I can't seem to get it to load.

Dinodude's diorama of The Velveteen Rabbit:

Dinodude's board game of Aesop's Fables:

Pokemon King's board game of This Country of Ours:

Pokemon King's diorama of Johnny Appleseed:

Dinodude's Birthday Party

Dinodude had his party on the 6th. He wanted a Scooby Doo party. He and Rocket have been watching a lot of Scooby shows lately. We played a game called Pin the Bone in Scooby's Mouth. Here's a before picture of Scooby. I drew it myself...not bad, eh?

Here's the after picture with all the bones.

I really wish he was more excited about his gift. Sheesh! 

I'll huff & I'll puff & I'll blow the candles out!

Another game we played was Making a Mummy. They teamed up with a partner. Each group had a roll of toilet paper and one of them had to get wrapped up as a mummy. This is Rocket.

I think this one is Dinodude :)

Here's the cake. The characters are from our Scooby Doo chess set. Frankenstein just couldn't keep his face out of the cake, so he's covered in icing. I kept telling him to wait until we cut the cake and I'd be glad to give him some. Hee Hee!

We also did a pinata. It was a bull. It wasn't very big. It held maybe 1/4 of the candy. So, Pokemon King and his friend stood by with the rest of the candy in a bowl and when the pinata busted, they just started tossing the rest of the candy down.

The last game we played was a treasure hunt. They split up into groups & had to find Scooby's missing Scooby Snacks. I hid those graham cracker Scooby Snacks & they went searching for them using clues I gave them. 

We actually have a lot more pictures, including the kids trying to bust the pinata, but I don't really know how their parents would feel about having their children's pictures on here, so you'll just have to try to imagine what it looked like. I'm sure they all had a great time. 

Happy Birthday Dinodude!

Today is Dinodude's birthday. He's a whopping 8 years old! I'm still in shock. Great things happen when you turn 8. Dinodude is looking forward to 2 main events: scouting and baptism! As you view his montage, keep in mind that it truly is Dinodude and not Babymoon, although it's difficult to tell sometimes.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DINODUDE!!!

WE LOVE YOU!!!

Pokemon King's Party

We held Pokemon King's party over the weekend. We had so many boys here, but it seemed like they all had a lot of fun. They had a Super Smash Brothers tournament and we did a pinata. We thought about having another game or two, but fortunately we didn't. There just would not have been any time left! Here's some pics:

Happy Birthday Pokemon King!!!

Happy 11th Birthday to my Pokemon King!

We love you!!!

Rocket's Bedtime

As I was putting Rocket to bed tonight, he walked into his room and immediately said we needed to read his scriptures. I agreed. We sit down to read and here's our conversation:

MOM: Remember what we talked about last night?

ROCKET: Hmmm. Nope.

MOM: The baby in the basket?

ROCKET: (very excitedly!) Yeah! What was his name?

MOM: Moses.

ROCKET: That's right...Moses! He turned into a baby!

MOM: Well, he was a baby. Then he grew into a man. He lived in Egypt.

ROCKET: Egypt? Is Egypt in earth? 

MOM: Yes.

ROCKET: We live in earth!

MOM: Yes we do.

ROCKET: Where is it?

MOM: Let's go look at the globe. (We go into the schoolroom to look on the globe. I point out where we are, then I point out where Egypt is. It's purple on our globe.)

ROCKET: The purple one? That's far! What's this one? (he points to the yellow country next to Egypt)

MOM: That's Libya.

ROCKET: What's this one? (he points to green one next to Libya)

MOM: That's Algeria.

ROCKET: What's this one? (he points to a pink one)

MOM: That's China.

ROCKET: China? Have I been to China?

MOM: No.

ROCKET: Oh....Have I been to Egypt?

MOM: No.

ROCKET: Oh. (We go back upstairs to read the rest of the scripture reading. I start talking about how Moses killed an Egyptian.) He killed him?

MOM: Yes.

ROCKET: Wow. Moses was a baby and then he grew into a man?

MOM: Yes. (I continue reading getting to the burning bush.)

ROCKET: Where is he now?

MOM: He's on the mountain. The bush is on fire, but it's not really burning. It's a miracle.

ROCKET: What's a miracle?

MOM: A miracle is something great that happens. You're a miracle.

ROCKET: I'm a miracle?

MOM: Yes.

ROCKET: Where's fire at?

MOM: Well, fire can be anywhere.

ROCKET: Is there fire in China?

MOM: Yes.

ROCKET: Is there fire in Egypt?

MOM: Yes.

ROCKET: Is there fire in...........(very long pause!).....what's that yellow one?

MOM: Libya?

ROCKET: Yeah! (extremely excited!) Is there fire in Libya?

MOM: Yes.

ROCKET: I've been to China.

I love this little boy! I love our nighttime conversations. He has such an imagination and he is so innocent. Why can't he stay like this forever?!

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there!!!

I had a wonderful Mother's Day yesterday. It really started on Saturday evening. Bond and I got to spend some time together catching up on 24. He stayed up late with me, which doesn't happen since he delivers newspapers in the morning. On Sunday, while he was still delivering the newspapers, Wally and Pokemon King were up early to make me a wonderful breakfast.

I didn't get to eat it in bed because I had to get up to feed Babymoon, but that's okay. I got to watch Special Agent OSO with Rocket while eating. After eating, they gave me their gift. 

If you look at the first letter of each candy, they spell out MOTHER. How cute!!!

We went to church, but left early to head to Old Man's Cave for a picnic and a hike. We did this last year for Mother's Day, the previous year for Father's Day and before that it was Memorial Day. I think it's becoming a spring tradition!!! It was a very nice day!

I'm so blessed to have my wonderful family. I love my boys!!!