TWENTY-EIGHT

V chose this outfit for Target. She has three socks pinned to her pants to be a three-pronged cat tail, and adult sized leather boots.

2020 week twenty-eight

Brave little buddy got his ear tubes out this week. He kept coughing and the doctor told us there is a "cough" button in your ear. 

I made pepper jelly this week using our first Texas native chile pequins for heat. 

It makes the most delicious snack with soft ricotta on toast, or on ritz crackers as a late-night version.

I have been listening to the audiobook of The Fellowship of the Ring in the house during the day. V made her version of a "Black Rider" out of legos. 

We went to an amazing Indian Restaurant this week, this was the only silly photo we took. The food was too good to stop to do anything else. I had curry for breakfast the next day because I couldn't possibly wait to eat it for lunch. 

Our new snake had his first meal in our house. We got V out of bed so she could come watch. It was gruesome but fascinating.

Matt went on a guys trip for a couple days to Tyler, TX.

They did a lot of manly things like touring old mansions and strolling through rose gardens. They also bought absurd belt buckles to make up for it. 

Sunday morning Matt took the kids bug hunting in a nearby field. 

They also fed the ducks some grass.

Later on Sunday we went to the lake to celebrate that Theo got his ear tubes out and can swim in fresh water. It was rather murky, You couldn't see down more than a foot. The kids were undaunted but angry that I made them wear floaties. 

Quotes

Theodore

"Stever Win" = Steve Irwin, we use him a lot as an example to live up to. It's not "What would Jesus do?" in our house most days, it's "What would Steve Irwin do?"

Veronica

Matt- "We're leaving Mama behind."
V- "Good. She lives at the lake now."
Matt- "Where is she going to live at the lake?"
V- "In the bushes."
Matt- "What is she going to wear?"
V- "The clothes she has on."
Matt- "What is she going to eat?"
V- "Fish."
Matt- "How is she going to catch fish?"
V- "Ok. She can eat people."

V calls the Teacher Supply Store "Kids Delight." It is certainly not "Moms delight" because they get in trouble every time we have to go there.

"This is scolding hot."

I was really frustrated after being gone all day to find that no one even tried to clean up after themselves all day. I got really huffy and yelled about it to no on in particular then mic dropped and went to take a bath. While I was in the bath, V did as many of the dishes as she was able. Do you know why? Because 7 is amazing. 7 is a really good age.


A friend's kid was at our house (she is not from Texas) and Theo accidentally called her the worst name she could possible imagine which was "Mrs. Farty Pants." She was crying and really upset. When I asked her what I could do to help her feel better this is what she told me:
"I'm just not used to Texas houses. And this house is just so old and old-fashioned. You don't even have a TV with a regular screen you have a weird lightbulb one (we have a projector). And everything is rusty and old. And I'm just not used to it. And in your backyard there are just these weird weeds (grass)! And we have nice turf in our backyard!" A little later she was opening our back door and said, "Look. Do you see this? It's just so rusty." I had a really hard time not laughing. But I'm glad she got used to our rusty old-fashioned house and had a good rest of her play date.