LittleToadfrogs

I happened to be in the kitchen when Alex got a phone call from his friend. The friend obviously wanted Alex to join him at the library. I was pretty sure the friend also wanted help with his homework and Alex was adamant about staying home. Then Alex quickly changed his tune and agreed to come immediately. I couldn’t wait for him to get off the phone and hear what had happened. Alex explained that payment had been offered.

(Alex later returned home with a large bag of his favorite Doritos.)

I got home pretty late tonight and made a comment about the cookies I had to make for church tomorrow. Alex immediately asked if he could make them for me. I love that boy!

2 minutes before the big boys were supposed to walk in the door, the sky got dark and thunder started. The boys walked in the door and then the torrential downpour started. The three of us were in the kitchen watching the rain and we saw poor kids walking up the street to the library. I asked Alex if he knew any of them. He recognized a friend so we called them all inside. They came running and I suddenly had four additional very large and very wet boys in my kitchen. They had a cookie, a drink, and talked for a minute or two. Then they (including Alex) decided to go back in the pouring rain and make a run for the library. Crazies!!

Leftover night!

We’ve been having a heat wave. Alex and his friends decided to play tag and were incredibly hot and sweaty. I told them if they were 6 years old I would set up the sprinkler for them. The next thing I knew, there were 5 teenagers playing in the sprinkler in my front yard.

As I was going to bed, Alex was just starting his evening cooking – Chocolate Bon Bons.

The plan is to sign Alex up for piano so we’ve been working to get him a keyboard. Wade procured three this weekend. The first had a bad chip and didn’t work quite right. The second was much better and Alex had a lot of fun with. The third was even better and closer to full size.

My only rule for lunch was you couldn’t add anything to the fridge. Alex took me at my word and decided to eat an entire box of macaroni and cheese. He also decided if he had to eat the entire thing a bowl was pointless. The funny part is he got almost through it and couldn’t finish it. Teague came to the rescue and finished it off.

Alex texted me from school to find his ID card in his room. I’m not sure he wanted me to find everything he had in his drawers….

Saturday was chore day and each child always has “clean room” on their list. Somehow Alex’s room looks like this on Wednesday (and wasn’t much different on Saturday afternoon). He managed to empty (mostly) his laundry basket, but his drawers are still out and his cleaning supplies are definitely not put away.

First day of 9th grade!