Vacation ends.

The kids go back to school tomorrow.  I have heard complaints about not wanting to go back more than once in the last couple of days. We didn't do too much over the last week but we had a lot of fun doing nothing.  There was a lot of this...

And a lot of this...

We built a tire swing last weekend and it has upped the back yard fun quite a bit.

Doug let the older kids stay up and watch the Lord of the Rings series this week. Of course they loved it and felt extremely special to be able to watch a PG-13 show. They walked around robed in blankets all evening outside playing some game based on the movies.

Funny things this week:

Luke has taken to spanking everyone at any unsuspecting moment. I think it came from a trampoline game they played one day.  Today he was caught giving Jack a good swat as he walked by him in the bench at church.

The favorite word of the week is "Ugh!" Luke says it mostly but everyone has jumped on board. It is usually said in desperation when you don't get your way or when you spill something on the floor.

Favorite song of the week: White and Nerdy by Weird Al. If you haven't seen the video yet, I highly recommend you watch it. My favorite part is the background dancing by Donny Osmond. Max and Mer got iTune gift cards for Christmas. This is just one of the many songs they have downloaded this week.

Doug got a Pancake creator for Christmas and we have been having a bit of fun with it.

This is Mer's first print with her new screen printing kit. She's moving on to T-shirts next.

I finished the boys Lego bags this week.  You can read more about it HERE.  See that yellow lego head?  I have a lovely yellow stain on the carpet from that painting episode.  It is probably the worst stain/spill we've ever had living with white berber carpet for the last 8 years.   I'm hoping it will inspire me to get new flooring in our living area.

Jack had a school assignment to have his friend Gingerbread Fred tag along with us this Winter vacation.  We took him for a ride around the neighborhood this week.

And now I leave you with a few pictures from our New Year's Eve festivities.

  Caught up!! My goals this week are to nap Luke every day (He is exhausted), take my sewing machine into the shop to get fixed (sadly it broke down on Saturday), fill out a couple of applications for middle schools (is Mer really already that old?), and be a little more prepared for my primary lesson next week (I get to teach Luke's new Sunbeam class).

Over and out!!