Today

Landon- What do you have going on today?

Me- What do you mean? This morning or this afternoon?

Landon- I mean....after you get back from John Deere....

Me- I am guessing that I have a trip to John Deere going on today!

Yes, people, it is that time of year. You know, when you see the peeps at John Deere more than your husband.

This Week in Review

School front- report cards came home. All the boys did awesome. S and G's said they need to be in an exceptional math program. How did I get all these kids who are smart in math? They definitely didn't get MY math genes.

Wrestling front- Levi did a pre-lim Tuesday night and totally rocked it out. I am very surprised at how fun the matches are to watch. The team has won three out of three. But I am told to "wait until we wrestle Mooresville". I guess they are the team to beat. Meanwhile, Levi is turning into pure muscle. He pointed out his abs to me the other day after practice. :)

Farming front- The monsoon came, aka Hurricane Ida. It has rained and rained and rained. If it ever dries up again, soybean harvest will be back in full swing. Family.....if the hubs is not at Thanksgiving, remember this week.

Surgery front- G's surgery went very smoothly. He got his tubes in, adenoids removed again, and had allergy testing done. Past experience with this helped with the recovery room. I didn't leave until he had thrown up the blood. Thank goodness it didn't happen in the car ride home. His tongue was a little swollen, but it has come down quickly. After a short nap, he commented that he heard some strong wind. It was the heat coming on. I guess he has never heard it before. MY BABY CAN FINALLY HEAR!!!

Home front- The hubs and I got to go out without any kids last night. The first time in MONTHS! Yep, we didn't even get to do anything for birthdays or our anniversary this year. It was so nice to watch a movie together. Levi was at a small group function, and the other three are camping with my parents.

First Match

Okay, let me just preface this by saying that before last Thursday, I had never been to a wrestling match in my life. Wyatt, G and I went to the middle school to watch Mount take on J. N. Fries Middle School. We had no more sat in the bleachers when the opposing team took the mats. They were wearing matching warm up suits, with their hoods on. They warmed up with military precision, with much clapping, hooting and hollering in unison. It was quite the show. Then OUR boys came out onto the mats to warm up. They looked like the Bad News Bears. It was like the coach had said, "If you have ANYTHING that says 'Mount Pleasant'...... wear it." Our boys couldn't do a push up in unison if they tried. Some of them acted like they didn't even know the warm up routine. I thought to myself.... this is going to be BAD. Then, the first match started. The first weight class is 83. A little, wiry boy walked out onto the mat, and pinned the opposing dude in less than a minute. It was pretty much like that the rest of the two hours. The final score was Mount Pleasant 60-something, to J. N. Fries 18. WOW!

Just goes to show, just because you LOOK good...... doesn't mean you ARE good. Can't wait for Tuesday!

What You Don't Want to Hear

Conversation on Wednesday evening after wrestling practice at 7pm.

Levi- Hey mom.

Me- Yup.

L- You know that huge math project that was due in December?

Me- Yup.

L- I was wrong.

Me- About what?

L- It isn't due in December.

Me- When IS it due?

L- Friday.

Me- What?

L- It is due on Friday.

Me- The whole thing?

L- Yeah.

Me- Can you get it done in one day? You have a wrestling match tomorrow night.

L- I started fiddling with it on class and got it all done except for eight days.

Me- I don't know what you are talking about... days?

L- I have to draw a calendar and put equations on each day using these four things (blah blah something about quadratic equations A B C D squared blah blah)

Me- Let me see it.

(I looked at his paper, and saw something that looked like Chinese hieroglyphics numbered from 1 to 31, and knew this was WAY beyond any math I had EVER even ATTEMPTED.)

L- What do you think?

Me- I think if you did all of that during class time, you could have finished it if you would have paid attention the first time around, to the date it was due.

L- What are you saying?

Me- You are on your own.

L- I KNEW THAT!!!

Let me just say, I made straight A's in school, but I was not a genius. I had to work very hard at it. Something like this project would have involved many a tear, and much heartache. I knew people like Levi, and they made me sick, lol. As of this morning, he had all but three. He said he could do them on the bus. Cross your fingers.

Beta Club

Last Thursday, Levi was inducted into the National Junior Beta Club at the middle school for his grades last year. Only seventh and eighth graders can be inducted, so hence, the waiting until the following year. The kids were asked to dress nicely, and walked in carrying candles. It was like something straight out of the teen movies. When I was in public school, we got zilch for making good grades, I am so glad they do things like this at Mount.
This was the only shot I was allowed to take. Levi wouldn't walk back into the auditorium for a shot in front of the banner. He was more concerned with giving my mom and I his dress shirt and getting to wrestling practice. That's okay, we enjoyed a cherry lemon Sundrop in his honor at What a Burger after we left, lol.

(thanks Mom for going with me, and thanks to my brother, David, for keeping the wild people at home!)

Congrats to all the kids from the youth group who also made it in! A ninety-five or higher average is hard work!!

Halloween

Since we missed out on the trunk-or-treat this year, we hit the downtown candy crawl on Friday afternoon.
It was hotter than we had anticipated, and various articles of clothing and costumes were quickly removed. The kids had a great time walking around.
Bumblebee and Darth Vador, or as the buddies say "Darth DaVador".
Our loot from Saturday night. We only went to five houses. FIVE HOUSES people. Levi had to use his wrestling bag to hold it all.

Greensboro Children's Museum

Last Friday I went with the kindergardeners to the children's museum. I highly recommend this as a field trip, or family trip, or just rainy day fun.
This one seems to be more about travel type jobs, so the boys loved it. Some of the play areas were construction, post office, fire truck, building cars, an airplane, a train station, a house, theater, grocery store, bakery, and many more.
Each exhibit is entirely hands on, and has a little outfit and hat you can wear if you chose. Touching is encouraged, as in every button, lever, knob, etc.
Everything was on their level (height wise) and realistic. For example, this was a steam engine, so they could shovel "coal" into the train. Buttons made the sounds, and there was a TV screen inside so show you how fast you were going down the tracks. They could make it go faster or slower with a lever.
Part of their class. Some kids rode home with their parents so they missed the group shot. Each class is a different color shirt, so it is easy to find your people at any given time. Go out and find a children's museum near you! Plan on staying all day, and take your lunch in a cooler. They had a nice picnic area outside and a room inside for eating.

Little Builders

A few days ago, I saw Wyatt pulling some boards over to the play set for the buddies.
This is the finished product. They played out here all afternoon. I didn't go check on anyone, because no one was fighting.
The next day I saw the Jeep up under it, so I took these shots. Pretty cool I thought to myself. This was S's little house.
Then I saw how he got it so level. A rock.
Upon further, inspection, I found a skylight. Maybe this kid has a future in building.

P.S. After seeing the rock, I have banned them from playing under it.

Wordless Wednesday

October got REAL busy, real fast! But H1N1 stopped us in our tracks. Happy Halloween!

Brown Chicken

I keep telling people about the one brown chicken who thinks she is a dog. She follows us around everywhere. The other day I had to shew her off of the lawn mower so I could get done. Here she is.
She was right in between the buddies, until G made her move.
So curious. What are y'all doing?
Okay, nothing good here. Moving on......