This week we FINALLY started our new after school format. Last year we had a different day be a different theme: craft night, dessert night, ect. But, to my dismay some of my boys (ahem Calib) is getting a little too old for crafty type things. So, this year each kid is getting a night to pick what they want to do. Asa and I are surely in for it; their brothers can decide if they want to take part or not. The other two nights are a dedicated game and movie night.
Monday is game night, and we decided to play Munchkin.Munchkin is a terrible, terrible game that we all love yet regret playing at the end. It even says on the box; backstab your neighbor and steal their treasure. Calib always comes right out of the gate trying to screw people over before they are anywhere near winning. Which needless to say, annoys everyone else. Asa and I made a deal at the end of the game to win together. This terribly bothered Calib. We tell him everytime to let that be a lesson to him, but he never does. Silly Calib. For Hayden to be included, we also played candyland. We play without the dumb pieces though, and instead pick our favorite action figers. Asa won, but only because he drew the stupid ice cream cone to get to the end.
On Hayden's night, which was good because it was also open night house at his school. We went and got a couple of books at the book fair and headed to his classroom. He shared a whole folder full of work with us and showed us around his classroom. We talked to his teacher about how he was adjusting; she of course said he was doing great. When we had a talk about his behavor she said something about how often he is on the 'blue' clip (which is the above and beyond good behavior). We got on the subject of points, and she asked about them. She said the week before when Hayden was on the blue boat he yelled 'Yes! 10 points!" She replied with "Points?" To which Hayden, who thinks everyone does the things we do here (like X's and points) answered "You know! points!" She was happy to have an explaination, since she had no idea what Hayden was talking about. The next day, Hayden was on blue. Asa calls shennanigans!
Peyton's night, he wanted to finish his terrarium. We had the plants in it, but needed to finish the water section, and build a screen for the top. Asa and Peyton went out to home depot and got the supplies. Then they got to building. It's a pretty good fit on the top, but you do have to be careful when you put the lid down that it covers the whole top. Luckily you can water the plants through the screen, so we only have to worry about opening it when we put in the crickets.
Calib wanted to play Monopoly for his night. He played it very similar to Munchkin, and was out early after landing on Asa's property with 4 houses on it. I had a really hard time collecting three properties, by the time I did Asa was maxed out on houses. In an act of desperation, I got sent to jail and decided to sit there. Then, I spent every last dollar I had maxing out my cheap properties, hoping Asa would land on them before I landed on his. He narrowly missed my spaces, and I landed on his. I was pretty happy with my desperation strategy though.
Friday nights will generally stay movie nights, or TV nights. This week, we caught up on the DVR. It's nice that the boys are watching more than the Disney channel these days. I also took Peyton out after he was done with his school work to get some animals for his terrarium. He ended up with three fire bellied toads, a green tree frog, and three green anoles. At one point the guy in the pet store said that they wouldn't all get along. Peyton brought his lapboard he worked so hard on with him, and cited it saying he did his research. So far everyone seems to be living pretty harmoniously together.
Friday night, of course, are also home to our shopping trips. Though the night owl is gone, there is a new card allowing them to stay up until midnight on Friday or Saturday and it's pretty popular. It sold out this week!
This weekend we also headed out to Busch Gardens. I felt like we hadn't been in forever. It's all decorated up for Halloween now, and its much less humid so it's bearable to walk around now.
I even convinced everyone to put the roller coasters on hold and go see the kangaroos. It's one of my favorite things to do there. You can feed and pet them! And this time one even had a baby in it's pouch. So cute!
Peyton FINALLY went on the Shiekra too. He's been tall enough for awhile, but it's a pretty frightening coaster. The line was short enough, Asa wouldn't be upset even if he decided to chicken out, so he took the chance. Peyton loved it, or so he says. We'll see if he rides it again.
I had a good time seeing the animals with Hayden, and he even made it on a few 'big kid' rides too. I got an awesome picture of the Lions.
We're not going to talk about the game Sunday. So deflating and depressing. Calib was pretty funny though, all his teams were playing on the same time so he put on all his jerseys and changed what was on top depending on who he was rooting for.
It was also a great home school week. We got lots done: We alphabetized our cups; had our spelling test in the pool; and played lots of math games.
Plus Flat Peyton continued to make his way around Ireland and England!
Speaking of school, Asa also passed another class. I'm now married to a college sophomore, people! Rootbeer floats all around!
Funny things heard in the Waterstraut household this week:
Asa: "If you take away the K in that person's name it's allergies."
Hayden: "Isn't that one of our fishes last names?"
Asa:" What?"
Hayden: "Our fish! Picasso, the plecostomus."
Asa: "Fish don't have last names
Hayden: "Oh wait, thats what he eats! The plecostomus eats allergies"
Asa: "The plecostomus eats allergies?"
Hayden: "Yea!"
Me: "No Hayden, he eats algae."
Hayden: "Oh. Same thing."
I was away from the kitchen while food was cooking-
Peyton: "I smell something burning."
Asa: "Oh no! Anosmia!"
While looking at Antelopes-
Hayden: "Mom! Look! Envelopes!"
Next Up: A dumb week of Asa working 8-5, Disney MANIA, Fishermans pie!! and football madness!
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