What do you do with the 2 children left behind when the big guys go off to school? Make monster cookies of course! Harper and Saige were a little sad this morning when they were left out of the back to school crowd. They did have fun rediscovering all the toys at my office. And we may have had smoked chicken for lunch from the grocery store - always a good day when you can have that! We also baked and delivered cookies to daddy at work - and had them ready for "aster school snacks" for the kids.
A friend's cat had some kittens that they couldn't keep. They have been in the house and she told me they are already potty trained and ready to go to good homes. I thought it might be a good distraction for the little girls and a nice surprise for the big kids after school. So tonight, after getting daddy to agree, we added "Adolf" to our family. In these photos he looks like a psycho cat, but he is really very sweet. He was meowing a lot, I think he was scared and has never been away from his mom or siblings.
Of course, it probably didn't help that Mallory gave him a bath and sprayed him with perfume to make him smell better.....
The kids had so much fun playing with him and watching him play. He settled in pretty nicely as the evening wore on. I think he will be a good addition to the family, although Lizzie did not agree!
And I know you can't tell what this is so I will explain it....this is a picture of a kitten all exhausted from getting a new family - sleeping in a dollhouse in a bed made by his new owners - and the new owners crashed out in sleeping bags around the dollhouse in case he wakes up in the night and is scared. Sweet family memories!
The kids all had good first days at school. The girls and Colin attended the welcome back dance tonight, but didn't stay long. They said only freshmen were there and it was 'boring' - which is fine with me -- early home means early to bed! Preston was a little disgruntled that at Scranton you are not allowed to play games of basketball on the outdoor basketball court because it is "too dangerous" so all you can do is play horse or take turns shooting baskets. Sometimes I do worry that we are raising up a society of wimpy kids. Seriously? We played tag, had metal playground equipment installed over asphalt, played basketball and all sorts of other things that are now deemed 'dangerous' and we all survived. Of course, I did not tell him to argue with his teacher about it, but this is my blog....if I can't rant here - then were can I? :)
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