August 25th-31st

This week started with a party and ended with

FOOTBALL TIME IN TENNESSEE...

Saturday:

After I frosted some cupcakes

and gathered up some last minute supplies, 

I headed to the church to set up for

Baby Girl's Smiley Face Birthday party.

(Her birthday was actually in mid-July,

but we did not have a good weekend until August

for her to have her "friend" birthday party.)

By the time I finished setting up,

it was time for the children's ministry

H20 

(His 2 Own)

water event to start.

Super Dad arrived with the kiddos

and some neighbor friends,

and then we all went off and enjoyed 

getting wet on inflatables,

eating snacks,

doing crafts,

and learning about how

God sees our insides as well as the outsides.

After H2O was over,

we headed inside and celebrated

Baby Girl's 8th birthday.

(I will post more about the party

later this week...)

Then,

as we started to clean up,

I discovered my Sunday School classroom

had been 

"redecorated"

by some of the teen helpers at the event.

The chairs were either on top of the tables

or laying on their backs on the floor.

Pool noodles and bandanas 

were hanging all around the room.

And a lovely note

sat in the middle of the room, saying,

"Hey-

Got any grapes?"

 (Paying homage You Tube's

"The Duck Song.")

I am SO loved... :0)

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Sunday:

About 3am,

I FINALLY fell asleep,

after dealing with some acidy-feelings 

in my tummy.

(I totally blame having too much sugar and caffeine.) 

So,

Super Dad and I decided I need to stay home

from church.

(I am SO GLAD I had re-organized my

class the night before and had my Sunday School lesson

planned out and ready to go at the church-

I am most definitely not always this organized!) 

Which meant I sent a series of texts

to our

Music Minister,

Children's Minister,

my teen Sunday School helper,

and

a committee member of our

Lil' Angels Attic Children's Consignment Sale.

Thankfully,

everyone was gracious with me,

and I stayed home,

but I did NOT go back to sleep.

Grrrrrrr.... 

I did watch some movies

and chilled out on the computer.

And had some lovely...

ummmm...

bowel EXPLOSIONS.

So,

I canceled watching Smiley B and Mad Max 

for Monday

and prayed I would sleep...

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Monday:

Well,

sleep I did!

I slept in until NOON!

The kiddos were so great-

they stayed in and played

nicely with each other,

occasionally coming in the room to ask 

a question.

It is SO NICE that they

are old enough to take care of their

basic needs when I am not feeling well.

When I finally got up,

I showered,

and felt human again.

I spent the rest of the day

straightening up the house,

playing with Girlie V,

and hanging outside with the neighbors.

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Tuesday:

I kept Smiley B and Mad Max today,

which resulted in a crazy-busy fun time!

I really do like keep those boys-

they keep me on my toes... :0)

(You can see what a day is like

for us when the boys are here and I homeschool

by clicking HERE.)

Smiley B continued to work with his

Apple Tot Trays,

but I gathered up supplies in the evening

to make some

Letter B Themed Tot Trays

for Wednesday...

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Wednesday:

Another day of homeschooling madness

with two extra little ones.

Today,

we created an animal cell model 

out of jello and candy,

which I hope to post about at

Science Sunday.

After school was over,

we went to the neighbor's yard

and enjoyed each other's company.

I LOVE having neighbors again who will

sit outside and talk-

it is so nice...

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Thursday:

The kiddos just did the basics today

(Reading and Math)

because we ALL slept in after

playing outside all afternoon yesterday.

In the early afternoon,

we went over and visited at my parents',

then we came back to watch 

Girlie V in the late afternoon/early evening.

We also watched some Family Feud

together before bedtime-

it has become a new favorite.

I think Steve Harvey is an

EXCELLENT choice for

hosting the show-

he is 

HI-LAR-I-OUS! 

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Friday:

No school today.

I HAD to get my

"Apple Butter Making" 

groove on,

because the apple I had picked a 

couple of weeks ago were starting to rot. 

See,

I had made a few batches of apple butter

and apple sauce,

then the handle came off of my

Pampered Chef

Apple Peeler Corer Slicer

because I lost the screw.

It fell out and I CANNOT find it!

So-

I stopped precessing the apples.

I S-L-O-W-L-Y made another batch today,

and then we headed over to my parents'.

THANKFULLY,

my mom had an extra handle with her

Apple Peeler Corer Slicer,

so this weekend my house is going to smell

like appley-cinnomeny goodness.

After we came home,

we cooked up some wings

and watched the 

first collegiate football game of the season-

well,

at least that matters to us.

University of Tennessee

vs.

North Carolina State

And we WON!

35 to 21!

TRUST me,

this is a big deal.

The past few years haven't been that great for us,

so it is nice to start off with a win.

Go Big Orange!!!

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To see a photo play-by-play 

of the above collage,

just click HERE...

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