What are kids for!

Korbin has two friends over. As these 3 boys were sitting around doing nothing productive inside I was raking leaves outside. As I was sulking that today is Friday and Jason didn't have an early work day(Friday's are early days to compensate for late Thrusdays) I thought why am I out here freezing while I have three boys sitting inside on a nice warm couch.

So here's what happened next....

Jason isn't home but I can hear him clear as day saying 'that's why we had kids!'

The extra two kids today indirectly volunteered.

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What did I do during this time...caught up on my e-mail and wrote this short post inside a nice warm house:)

Monkey Man

Korbin went from looking like a monkey man

to looking like a drill sergeant.

Girlfriend

Saddie aka Russ's girlfriend passed away yesterday. We're sad we wont get to play with her anymore. She had an endless amount of energy even as she got older. She was a very happy dog and a Bush supporter. She was a great campaign dog for Bush with her Bush bandana a few years ago. She was truly spoiled by Russ. Colton used to growl like Saddie before he even knew how to talk. She'll be missed by the kids.

Girls Club & Boys Schedules

I love that my kids have great friends around that they get to play with almost on a daily basis. On Monday Maddie started her first girls club with some of her girlfriends.

On Monday night I noticed that she had arranged all of her friends self portraits on the wall next to her bed. I thought it was so cute. I obviously needed to take pictures of it. She likes spending time with these girly girls.

Korbin has great friends as well. Some of his friends he plays with just at school and some that he plays with after school. During the summer Korb spent a lot of his time with Conner M. and Ben N. All three of these boys had a blast together during the summer months at the pool. Now they all go to scouts together and have a blast during their den meetings too.

Korbin has a lot of fun with these guys.

Peaches

All those canned peaches might not last as long as we thought they would with Maddie around...

Last night we opened our first jar of canned peaches and loved them!  We all enjoyed our Sunday treat except Korbin. He vetoed his way out of it. He really does not like peaches. He's our picky eater, I'm getting accustomed to the look he gives us when we offer him certain foods.  That kid lives off of PB and J everyday! He reminds me so much of myself when it comes to food except I never liked PB and J growing up. Yuck.
Maddie ate about 90% of the jar of peaches in about 3 minutes and asked for more afterwards. I really wonder how she stays so skinny.

My first time canning wasn't a bad experience like I had imagined it would be like. It was messy but not as messy as some of my other projects I try. I love calling Jason and telling him my tasks and imaginative ideas for the day. Some ideas he talks me out of(safety concerns I'm sure) but for the most part he's a good hubby who endures the good results along with the bad results. The first 10 times I made homemade rolls was an interesting and expensive adventure. Also I have given up on my quest of making a great homemade pizza for a while. Thanks Callie for letting me pick peaches off your peach tree and Crystal for the apricots and Grandma E for lending me the steam canner that we used so much this summer!