~Five Guys and Two Gals~: Teddy

I feel like I have been running all day.
We got up and dropped Connor off at Sports camp (they did lacrosse today), Nolan, Jacob, and I ran some errands and then played outside (and I started mowing the lawn). We then went to the park early to pick up Connor, so Jacob and Nolan could play for a little while. We met Matt down at Harland's Tire to get an oil and filter change on the van and exchange vehicles (plus a few other things since we're heading down to Missouri to visit Matt's sister's family. Our gas gauge is all messed up. I can fill up the tank and the gauge will say it's empty. We found out it's the whole gas pump that needs to be replaced - for $600. No thank you, I'll just try to keep better track of when I filled up - who needs a gas gauge?!) We had lunch in the car and then headed home for naps. While the boys were sleeping (well, Connor took his quiet rest) I finished mowing the lawn and got 1 -1/2 walls painted in our bedroom. When the boys woke up I made dinner to take to one of our sisters (nun) from church who is going through radiation right now, we went swimming in the pool for about an hour, took the dinner sister's house, picked up the van and dropped Matt's car back off for him, and made it to Connor's night Sports camp (they played soccer).

We finally got home, I put out the sprinklers (while the boys ran through them), did some laundry, gave the boys a bath, and made supper (right before bed). (Luckily Matt went to Wal -Mart on his way home from work tonight, not sure when I would have done that). Whew. Seriously, what a crazy day - and I'm thinking right now to myself that this is only the beginning!
With the boys in bed, Matt and I did find time to watch So You Think You Can Dance tonight. Gotta love Tivo -we can watch an hour show in about 35 minutes. Even if you don't like dancing, you should check this show out. They are so talented and fun to watch.

Connor has a couple of really good buddies that are in his camps with him. Last Wednesday night I noticed that he and one of them were laughing and leaning over telling eachother something. On the ride home I asked Connor what they were talking about. He said they were saying different words and "potty and poopy" were part of it. We talked about it and said that we don't really like him using those words. It's ok to be silly and whisper funny things, but not using those words. We talked about things that he could tell his buddy if he starts saying those words again. Monday after camp we had a picnic lunch with one of his buddies and his mom and brother. The buddy leans over to Connor and starts saying things to him. I hear Connor say to him "My mommy says I shouldn't say those words, so I'm not going to".
It was a very proud mommy moment!

Here are some pictures from Connor's camp tonight. It's a 50 minute session and they start with a few stations and then bring it all together and play the sport for the last part. When they were actually playing the game the teachers wanted the kids to try to stay in the spot and pass the ball (I think to also prevent anyone from getting hurt), however Connor just could not help himself. He tried to stay in his spot, but he got the itch and started running all over trying the get the ball and keep it away. It was funny.

Here is our buddy "Ribbit" that we found. We spent quite a bit of time looking for bugs to give to it to eat, but didn't have very good luck.