Mr. Ingenious

While we're bragging on M, we have to take time to mention J's most recent achievements. My mother warned me that 9 was quite the year of adventure for boys. She cited my brother's trips to the ER, the broken windows, etc. Will J be a mirror image of his uncle?

Last week, I found him on a ladder six feet up in a tree cutting down a huge tree branch with his father's saw. Below him was a twin size mattress, one brother, and two friends. "What are you DOING?" He looked at me with great pride and declared, "Building us a tree fort." When the friend's mother found him moments later one of them said, "Parents think kids don't think about safety, but we do. We have the mattress here in case he falls with the saw."

Yeah, a mirror image so far. Did I mention the tree belongs to our church?!

Yesterday I was vainly trying to work on the computer when our oldest son finds me to say, "Hey, Mom? Does Joseph have permission to be nailing into the side of the house?" WHAT?!

I run outside and find Joseph building what you see here. What is it, you ask? An outdoor, light-up scoreboard for their evening whiffle ball games. Uh-huh.

Joseph lugged the old 12 inch tv out of the basement and extension corded it to the outdoor plug. He found an old shade in the basement and NAILED IT TO THE BACK WALL OF THE GARAGE. He then had cut out numbers to put on the tv's face to try to project onto the screen.

Yeah, he's ingenious alright. The question is....will we have a house or child left by the time he turns 10??

Caught You!

I came around the corner the other day to find this! M pointed to the dryer and said, "Beep! Beep! M do." The little sweetie had folded the entire load and put it on top of the dryer to keep it all clean. What a Momma's Helper!

M's levels are down!

Praise the Lord! Today we learned that M's ferritin levels are down again. This means that the exjade chelation medicine is working!!!

J the Spender

We've got a spender in our house. Our middle son can't keep money in his hands. If he's got cash, he's gotta' buy something. Anything. J shows affection buy purchasing gifts for his friends and family, so often he's thinking about someone else. But lately, his money's been burning in his wallet. Last week he was saving to purchase an RV to move into our yard and live on his own. "Don't worry, Mom. I'll still come in for food." LOL!

This week, he couldn't handle the wait. EVERY time I went to the store I heard, "Can we look at the baseball cards?" "Can we walk down the camping aisle?" "Mom, having a swiss army knife is IMPORTANT." No way! I'm not kidding...all week the boy begged to spend and the mom encouraged waiting.

It finally culminated in a Target trip. "MOM," he pleaded. "Can I just buy that CROCK POT?"

It was so funny I just literally stopped pushing the cart to laugh hysterically.

"J, what would you possibly DO with a crock pot?"

Obviously caught off guard at first, he pulled himself together quickly. "I won't even have to come in for dinner when I buy my RV."

LOL!

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