When You Dream, Dream Big

That's a quote from Ryan Shupe and the Rubber Bands song.

Here is a quote from Maddie, "When I grow up I want to paint roads. Not really the lines, the arrows. The lines go everywhere." Almost as an afterthought, "Plus I might get squished by a car."

Then Brian explained they paint things differently here in Singapore rather than in Utah. Here it is by hand run machine applying a thick plastic strip. In Utah they use "a paint machine and spray a sparkly dust on top to dry it quickly." I'm 99% sure he just cemented her future. Telling a girly artist that career choice involves spraying "SPARKLY DUST." What was he thinking? Kiss college goodbye.

Lego Man

Jake has been really into Legos lately. Big duplos and the small ones too. He can play for hours and is getting quite good at making great creations now. This one is a horse trailer with a horse living inside.

Watermelon

Ashlyn had fun playing ball on Saturday. Then she really had a great time discovering watermelon after t-ball. She ate a bunch and got super sticky!

Lentils

My kids would eat a lot more lentils if this is what I bought for them. Some things are just different here like food labels. I never expected to see candy coated chocolates marked as "lentils."

Angry Bird Cake Pops

Happy birthday Ben!! Brian was a huge help making this dream a reality. Still not sure how to keep some from falling off the sticks but we are getting better.

We made Angry Bird cake pops for his class treat tomorrow. The head spike is a quartered Oreo cookie, beak a quartered candy melt disc and I bought candy eyes. They look awesome for home made!

We love you Ben!!

Growing Like A Weed

Maddie told me on Thursday, "Mom, I am really growing fast since Tuesday." I smiled and questioned how she knew it was happening THIS week. "Well, on Tuesday my backpack was hitting against the back of my knees when I walked but now it's hitting my butt."

Then I told her I tightened her straps.

Our Growing Trophy Collection

Jake was so upset that only cub scouts got a trophy at the pinewood derby. The patch and ribbon I provided siblings didn't cut it for him. He was ready to cry so I told him that he would get a trophy for playing t-ball in a few weeks. I hate all the silly trophies we are accumulating in our house and I think in general so does Brian.

Brian had a work team building dinner and bowling last night. When he came to bed after 10:00 I asked how it went. He proudly told me he won the game. And he got a trophy. Yippee kio kia. More trophies for the house. I think maybe that one should be proudly displayed at work.