Scrubbing Bubbles

Today I bought one of those new "scrubbing bubbles" gel toilet cleaning/deodorizing things which the boys thought was the coolest thing..... so we squished one in each of our toilets and Carsen says.

"When are those little guys going to come out and clean?"

The funny thing is I remember thinking the same thing when I was little.

G in a Nutshell

So... today we find out who G's teacher is for this next year. It turns out we did not end up with who we requested. The one that Griffen really wanted and who is also the "science" oriented teacher who has a special grant to do a volcano project. Even though oh by the way he was the top science student in his 4th grade class.....but whatever.....when we stopped at the school and read the list today his little face fell and he stated that he does not want the teacher he ended up with she is the meanest teacher ever and now wants to be HOMESCHOOLED!!!!!!!!! Now this is where I begin to say now it won't be so bad. If you follow the directions and are respectful you won't have any trouble at all...blah....blah.....blah.....now these are the words that are coming out of my mouth but the thoughts going through my head sound more like this......

"Oh crap, he is going to be in trouble every frickin day.....i can't have him start out his school year not liking his teacher before we even begin......i will be getting called every damn day.....i seriously don't think i could homeschool him.....what the crap am i supposed to do.....how can i work him into the class he wanted?????aaarrrrggghhhh......."

Fastfoward to this evening after the spouse gets home from work and he is talking to G about having a good attitude about things blah...blah....blah....and

Wes: "Griffen what do you do when life hands you lemons?"

Griffen: (without skipping a beat) replies: "YOU PUCKER UP." (notice the period....this was no question this was a flat out statement from the kid.

Me: hahahahahahahhahahahahahahahah......hahahahahahhahahahha.......hahahahahahah

HUGE ACHIEVEMENTS!!!

We have now added 2 more wakeboarders to our family!!! BOTH boys got up on the wakeboard and stayed up even crossing the wake. This is such a huge step for G....he has done nothing but tube for the past oh...I don't know.....8 years!!!! C has tried every year since he was 3 but this is the first time that he has been able to do it. He stays way scrunched down but that board is planed out and he can go back and forth so for a 5 year old it is awesome. He will be throwing back flips before we know it. I would post pictures but I managed to forget to pack a camera for the trip so I am waiting to get the copies from the others that went with us on the houseboat so be watching for them.

Michael Phelps Rocks!!!

Seriously, this dude is A~MAZING!!!! I can not believe his talent. The freaking camera had to pan back just to SEE who was in 2nd place in last nights relay!!! A~MAZING!!!! Here's a funny thing. Both boys are in swim lessons this week prior to the houseboat trip and I swear G is trying to imitate Phelps. I say not a bad role model at all.

Summer in Pictures....

Plea...

Please talk to your "age appropriate" kids about autoerotic asphixiation. It is the pinnicle of the "choking game" It will be uncomfortable to do so but our friends here just lost thier 17 year old son this past week to this and it is the 2nd person that we have known that has died in this manner. Many people have never even heard of it but there is a lot of information online including the exact definition..... I typically don't get very serious on my blog but knowing 2 people who have lost their lives tragically to this is too many.