The Kids

 Mom flex - How’d the beast and I make these? Omg they are so beautiful, well spoken and smart... and funny! Omg they are so funny, I laugh everyday - Lisa

h/t to Julie O for the YaYa pic, Slap Shoots for Lu and Smiley, Lisa for Junie

A Sweet Gesture

Most nights one of the kids, usually LK, writes a note and puts it in my lunch.  No such note yesterday,  but when I got off work this  was left on my dash. Half an hour away from home,  and the kids still thought to drive by my work and suprise me with a message.  I gotta admit,  I was touched.

A Miestone

Today is the day OJ has become the shortest of our four kids, with LK officially taller now. LuLu was holding out hope, but alas today that hope dies 🤣. YaYa...she’s coming for you. ❤️ I wonder if LK will make it to my height or if Smiley will make it to Dani’s height 🤔

Family

 

A Message to the Kids

Woke up just now with my heart so full of love in my heart for my kids. Don’t know what I was dreaming about that led to that feeling but when you feel it you should share it! YaYa, LuLu, Smiley, Junie💕💜 I’m so blessed to have been given the opportunity to be your mom.

Junie asked me the other day what my favorite age kid is and I couldn’t give her a straight answer. Pros and cons to all the ages but I love just watching them grow and change. They make me laugh every day! For all the dreams and hopes I have for them my biggest goal was always to raise people that I liked....and these four people are so likable, funny, genuine, and strong!! Every.one.of.them!!! So blessed. Tomorrow my post may be an auction to sell them to the highest bidder, lol, but for now I’ll embrace this warmth in my heart for these four beautiful people!!! 

Dan you ain’t so shabby either my love

- Lisa

Team Slap on Display!

 #TeamSlap (artist rendering lol). Lisa and I have wanted family decals for the cars *forever,* and now we have them!

Craft Time

Craft time

A Dental Visit for the Kids

Took all four kids to the dentist yesterday. Not one cavity among them (yet again), which leads me to think I should order some paternity tests.

Life Goes Fast

With Junie at a campout and Smiley at Grandma's, only my two older girls were home -and each quickly left to spend Friday evening with a boy. Life is changing :)

Disaster!

Disaster. GusGus knocked something into our 40 gallon fishtank, fouling the water and leading to multiple casualties. Lisa, Smiley, Junie and I are waging an all out effort to capture the survivors, empty the tank, clean it all, and hopefully avoid an extinction event. Why am I on FB then? Cuz my hip started to give way, so I was sent to the bench for a minute. I'll be back in action in a minute

So far the remaining fish are alive and presumably well. Lu and Smiley cut the lawn. Junie and I visited my family and dropped off a turtle necklace the girls bought my Mom at Bay View Bash. YaYa wrote a story for a contest, good voice and setting, initially a smidge weak on plot, but easily corrected. Watched a Law and Order: Criminal Intent marathon. So, not an unproductive day.

The BVCC Food Pantry Charity Walk

This morning #TeamSlap and the Wagners (along with Junie's friend Tia, YaYa's friend Bill, and our neighbor's dog Choco) completed the annual three mile walk to benefit the local food pantry. The walk raised just shy of $700 in cash for the charity, along with food donations. As we did last year, I had the kids each buy $5 worth of groceries, in addition to our financial gift, but unlike last year the weather was great. No rain this time!

Dinner at Fox & Hounds to End the Summer

While the two oldest and I started school weeks ago, the youngest two start tomorrow. That makes today the final day of Summer 2017, and we wanted to make it special. We all dressed up, invited Grandma Jeannee, and made the beautiful 40 minute drive to Fox & Hounds restaurant near Holy Hill. The food was abundant, everyone was in good spirits, and the kids were on their best behavior in memory. I hope they remember this summer's finale forever.

We went back to Kmart, bought some flowers, and Lisa, PD, and I spent the afternoon busting our butts in the backyard. Then we had dinner with JJ, I went for a bike ride with Junie, and (by necessity) I had to repair the basement door. So it's been a long but productive day for Team Slap.

Any Advice?

 Any advice on how to help a kid swallow pills? Lol..... Sounds funny, but really....for my two older daughters, they learned young and [it]wasn't a big deal, but we are really struggling with my 12 y.o. Son. And 9 y.o daughter. I've learned It's really hard for some kids. - Lisa

A Winter Bike Ride??

 I biked with the kids to school this morning - on FEBRUARY 22nd. Wow.

 Guess its time to invest in a humidifier upstairs. Too many nose bleeds and sore throats. - Lisa

Today

The family went to evening Mass, then for a quick bite to eat - #KneelThenMeal - but otherwise nothing much happened today.

Pirate Night!

Pirate Night on day three.