Growing a man

 

 This boy of mine.

He loves his mamma.

He asked me for a XBOX.

I said no.

Playstation?

NO.

Our neighbor has one.

I don't mind it a little here and there.

But,

NO.

You may not sit in your room

with your very own big screen TV,

with head phones on,

and play for hours and hours.

NO WAY.

I say, 

I'm raising you into a man.

I'm raising a missionary.

You've got to know how to work.

How to talk.

How to get along with out being plugged in.

I was addicted to Super Mario Brothers.

We didn't have it at home,

thank goodness.

Just at our cousins.

He has a DS.

I don't really like it much either.

He only has 1 game right now.

He does pretty good.

In the winter I've got to remind him to put it away.

I'm so thankful for our ease of life.

We don't have to hunt for food,

or build or own home from the trees on our land.

But man,

I bet families back in those days knew how to really get things done.

Everyone must have had to pitch in.

I hated work when I was a kid,

but now I see what it did for me.

Ethan.

He's learning way before I did.

Its not easy for him.

See's how some live a different way than we do.

But,

 he's not a brat about it.

He hugs me.

He says he understands.

I'm thankful for him.

He's a sweet boy.

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Halloween Fun!

We carved pumpkins during FHE on Monday prior to Halloween while we listened to the "Monster Mash" and "Thriller". LOVE carving pumpkins. JUST KIDDING. The kids do though and that's what matters, right?! On Halloween we went to our Ward's party and had a great time bobbing for apples, catching goodies at the fishing pond, grabbing donuts, doing the cake walk and eating chili dogs. The kids got to "Trunk or Treat" and then we went on our way to see Pa Pa Nichols. He's like a dad to me and he wanted us to stop by. We got to see his tug boat, and we had a good time visiting with him and his wife. Then we were off to G&G Wibergs, we visited and looked at their newly remodeled home. (It flooded a couple of months ago) Our last stop was at Laura's. It was 10 till 10:00 and I didn't think she expected a clown staring at her when she opened the door. I got her good!! The night was fun without any incidents and not many parenting wows!

Usually I really don't enjoy Halloween. The candy, the scary, and gross decor-not my thing. But I do like dressing up so I finally did and it was so much fun. My kids loved that their mom was a clown, especially because Halloween morning I was a witch. I wasn't dressed up like one but if anyone would have heard the way I was talking to my kids they would've wondered why I wasn't riding around on a broom.
I was basically upset that they had made a mess of their bedrooms and had not been keeping up with their responsibilities. Their bedrooms were bad but when I walked into the boys' bathroom I got HOT. I can't stand it when the boys leave the seat down and then miss. I think this happens when they're half asleep, but still, YUCK. Anyway, by the time they got to school I think they were relieved to get away from my constant harping.
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