Happy Birthday Davester.

I think you are pretty much the most amazing man on the planet. 

Happy Happy Birthday, Love.

 

PS.  I totally didn’t get you a present.

Tuesday notes.

Remember folding notes when you were twelve? All of my girlfriends are going to be getting folded note snail mail.

When will we forget?  How much of this list do you remember?

Dave and I laughed through this entire video entitled, Mr Wizard is a D*ck. Ahhhh Mr Wizard, good times.

Which led to Angry Scottish People Saying Real Words Maybe.

Finally, this is how I feel about you guys.

The Sandlot Outdoor Movie

This weekend we decided to have friends over for an outdoor movie night.  We’ve done Ferris Bueller and Old School before… it’s safe to say those were for the grown ups. 

This one was all about the kids.  We had EIGHT boys here.  And Tate.  We picked the ultimate boy movie in The Sandlot.  It was entertaining enough for the adults, but still kid friendly. 

For-Evvvv-Errrr. 

Here is part of the motley crew.  Look out for that scrappy little one with the wild curls.  They wanted me to hurry up with a picture so they could get back to the candy.  And popcorn.  And movie nachos.  You know, the ones with the totally fake cheese sauce?  We are obviously all about the health food.

We used a string of Christmas lights on the table, it was the perfect amount of light so that people could see, but it wasn’t so bright that it was distracting. 

I wanted to do not only movie theater treats, but a few that fit with the theme of the movie too.  We bought Coke in bottles and it was so funny explaining to the boys that they had to use the bottle opener. 

For the screen, we just put up a sheet on the privacy fence.  {Actually, we put up two sheets back to back to make it a little more solid white to project onto.}  No need for anything fancy, you can do this in your backyard!  Dave has an old amp that we used for speakers and we just hooked the projector up to the laptop. 

It was such a fun night.  The weather was so hot during the day that we were a little worried it would be uncomfortable, but once the sun went down it was perfect.  The boys played baseball in the yard before and after the movie.  Finn has an arm full of mosquito bites to show for it, but he says they’re worth it.

His favorite part?  When the other baseball players showed up and Ham got into an insult war. 

You play ball like a GIRL!

Five year old boy humor. 

It was a great way to end the summer.  We’re already plotting our next one.  What are your favorite family friendly movies?

watermelon.

Finn and I had a discussion, and I use the word discussion loosely, about red and yellow watermelon.  It went something like this…

Finn:  Mooooooooom, I don’t like the yellow watermelon.

Me:  Finn, the yellow watermelon tastes the same as the red watermelon.

Finn:  No it doesn’t, it’s yellow.  I am NOT eating the yellow watermelon.

Me:  Finn, you’re eating all of the watermelon.  Even the yellow ones.

Finn:  But, I haaaaate it!

 

FYI, for those of you following along, I totally tasted both of them and you guessed it… they taste the same.  There was STILL no convincing him.  So, I grabbed a dishtowel and blindfolded him.  In the first piece went…

Finn:  RED!  No, yellow.  YELLOW.

Me:  OK…  Next piece.

Finn:  Yellow!

Me:  Next piece…

Finn:  Red!

Me: Next piece…

Finn:  Yellow!

Me:  Last one…

Finn:  Red!

Dave and I sat there dumbfounded.  Every.  Single.  One.  Right.  We took off the blindfold.

Me:  Does this kid have a crazy palette or something?  HOW did he know?  There is no way.  I can’t even say anything about the damn yellow watermelon now!

Dave:  Finn, you got every one right.

Finn:  I know!

Me:  Did you cheat?

Finn:  No!

Me:  You were blindfolded.  How did you know?

Finn:  I saw a little of the colors and then told you the answer.

He had no idea that peeking was cheating or that he wasn’t supposed to look for the colors.

But he ate all of the watermelon. 

I call this a parenting win.