Life At The Circus

It’s not often that I find myself needing to write down the things my 9 year old says.  The other day though, he CRACKED ME UP and I have to write it down so I don’t forget it one day.  We were at the grocery store and beside the store was an investment firm of some sorts.  The big kids were standing on the sidewalk by the investment firm reading a sign while I was helping my “yittle guy” put his sneakers on.   Then my 9 year old asked, “What’s a 401K?”  Me:  Oh, it’s something for retired people.  My 9 year old, “ No way… there is NO WAY 60 year old people could run a 401 K… that’s way too many miles for a 60 year old.” hahahaha…. so much of this made me laugh… of course he’s heard of 5K and 10K races so why wouldn’t he think a 401 K was a race…. also the fact that he thinks you retire at 60.   Oh, I got such a good laugh out of this… as I then did my best to explain about saving for retirement.  

Last week my oldest son went to a week of Cub Scout Day Camp.  This year he was a Webelos 1. I remember vividly his first year when he was but a wee Tiger Scout.    He loves Cub Scout camp.  And who wouldn’t?  8 and a half hours outside each day, fishing, archery, BB guns, wood shop, specials, crafts… Each parent is required to volunteer one day.  Two years Scott served in this role, last year I went, but it was the last day of camp and I didn’t get to see as much of the action.  This year I wised up and went on Thursday.  Also known as THE BEST DAY OF CAMP!  My youngest was so, so, so excited to go to Cub Scout camp like his brother.  And since I was a volunteer he could spend the day in the tot lot, gaining his own camp experience.  He talked about it all week and he wore his little camp shirt EVERY DAY leading up to it.  The morning of camp he was up at 6 am ready to go to camp with his brother.  By the time I droppe...

We had a fun weekend at the circus… Friday night swim, Saturday included a trip to the mall to spend birthday money and allowances, Father/Son set up for cub scout day camp week ahead, afternoon at the gym for the girls Open House… and Sunday was filled with a great morning of worship, friends over for the afternoon, and my 7 year old got to perform with her gymnastics friends at the opening of the Baysox game!  FUN-FUN-FUN!  It was really neat to see the girls perform together.  This Momma’s heart swelled up with pride as I watched them stretch side by side in their matching leos.  This year is the first year with them both on team and they have really enjoyed going to practice together.  One fun part of the Open House is that in addition to seeing the girls do a little performance, everyone gets a chance to try out the gym equipment.  Our three year old was SO excited that he got to go in the gym too.  He asked his sister if he could wear h...

All of my kids have enjoyed pushing the pretend mower along side their Daddy, but I do believe none of them have enjoyed it as much as our youngest.  The look of absolute GLEE on his face when he hears Daddy say it’s time for him to go cut the grass is absolutely priceless.  He even willingly will choose to stay behind with Dad to cut grass and meet the rest of us at the pool MISSING SOME SWIM TIME rather than miss the chance to cut the grass with his Dad.  And this kid LOVES the pool.   The other week he cracked me up.  The day after he helped Daddy cut the grass, he walked in the backyard and said, “Look at this grass.  Didn’t I do a good job cutting the grass Mom?”