Fort Playing, Jammies n'Shoes, and Quite a Poem

Yesterday the kids didn't have school so I had 7 children under the age of 11----11, 9, 5, 4, 3, 14 months, and 11 months. I decided to make a fort using blankets and our dinning room table. My brother and I used to do this all of the time growing up and I can't believe I haven't shared it with my own children. The kids LOVED it!! I even got under there while the babies were sleeping. Today I carried over the fun and Tristan and Kyra enjoyed playing again. I honestly think Kyra would stay in there all day.

These are the 3 funny boys... Kason, Tristan, and Konnor

A few weeks ago I bought a pair of shoes for Kyra and she loves them. She wants to wear them all of the time. The other night she actually brought them to me after I put her jammies on. That outfit was toooo cute.

On Friday Cortlynn brought her homework home and I found a poem she had written inside. I used to write poems and actually had one published in a book YEARS ago, so I'm sure her talent came from me. ;-) teeheehee

She received a perfect score with an "Absolutely Fabulous" written on it. They had to base their poems on a story that was read in the class and she came up with a great one. I was so impressed I just had to post it on here.

Me and Him, Him and Me

By: Cortlynn McIntire

He looks at me,

I look at him,

The moon shines down on us.

I promised him,

He promised me,

The flashlight dims on us.

The love the ground provided us,

The air that was pure,

Saw me and him,

Him and me,

By the fire pits grove.

The air was bitter,

The sky was red,

The day all lives,

Were filled with dread.

Lives were struck,

Lives were lost,

The sun came up,

Like bitter frost.

We just lay there,

Across the plains,

Hoping me and him, Him and me,

Will defeat the crow someday.

Trees A.K.A. Cupcake Hats

This week has been a little less eventful compared to last week and I'm happy with that. On Friday it was the birthday of Dr. Seuss so I actually took a few minutes and came up with some treats to celebrate. I made funny colored cupcakes with chocolate chips inside. I than made a few flower toppers out of marshmallows and made "hats" out of oreos, frosting, and gummy lifesavers. I thought they were cute. When I asked Tristan what they looked like he told me Christmas Cupcakes and Devin thought they were trees. Oh well-when I explained to them what they were-they could see it.

The other night I was watching a show on TV and the two guys decided to work on a motorcycle. When they opened their tool boxes-they just had matches and some other things. They looked at each other and said, "Tool Trip". That moment reminded me so much of my dad and Uncle Jeff that I had to rewind the DVR and watch it again. Too funny! I swear they are always coming up with some reason to go to the "man store" when they get together.

Well-we have another Michael Jackson fan. Kyra. A few weeks ago I taped the Glee episode that featured Michael Jackson songs and Tristan and Kyra LOVE them! She will dance and sing to them and of course Tristan can't get enough of it. I'm thinking maybe she will be Michael Jackson for Halloween this year. ;-) She also loves loud gospel music. Some days I wonder where she came from.

Cortlynn came home from school Friday with so many free dinner certificates I honestly don't know when we will use them all. She received several for perfect attendance and a few for straight A's----some days I don't know where she came from. ;-)