The Dog Days of Summer

Yesterday Dana was telling me a story about our neighbors dog Shelby and how she barks all the time. The funny thing about this is how Nathan tells Shelby to be quiet. Nathan will say " Shelby stop ruffing" "Mommy Shelby keeps ruffing". I thought that was so funny and so cute. It makes you just want to squeeze him. Why are the kids that are always the problem child also the the kids that can melt your heart with a look or a saying. One other thing to note is that Tyler is starting to sound way to old when he talks. Talking about the rules for the cabin and how when I tell him to do something he says "Daddy that is so ridiculous". He doesn't even know what ridiculous means and I even had to spell check it to make sure I spelt it correctly. The darn kid is growing up way to fast. Last but not least I want the relatives to take a look at Carson the next time they see him and look for his Chris Farley face. When he smiles with those teeth he reminds me of Chris Farley. It is way too funny.

Peace Out
MJW

Tyler's Cabin Rules

I have been reminding the kids what is going to be going on at the cabin and what I expect of them.
And tonight during dinner Tyler started with the rules for the cabin and some of them I didn't even get a chance to mention yet! Here they are. Word for Word
Rule #1 Stay out of peoples way in the kitchen.
Rule #2 Keep quiet when people are sleeping
Rule #3 Have an adult go with you to the candy store
Rule #4 Don't swim without a lifejacket.
Rule #5 No playing with your food.
Rule #6 Don't go outside without an adult.
Rule #7 Carson do not throw your food.
Rule #8 Wear your sunscreen so you don't burned.
Rule #9 No Fighting (Nate said this)
Rule #10 I am not eating pancakes.
He had other rules, but he was getting tired
That is all for now good bye.

GOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLL

Well remember a week or 2 ago I was blogging about sports aspirations for Tyler and yesterday they rang true. Tyler scored 4 goals in soccer last night and I missed it because I had softball. I would have rather been at the soccer game to witness Tyler's soccer transformation. I could not beleive that the kid who was crying and didn't want to go on the field at the first practice is now scoring goals at will. I came home from softball and the first thing the kids tell me about was that Grandma Charlotte took them to McDonalds for treats after the game and then Tyler says with a big smile that he scored four goals. I now realize this may be my last year of softball as next year Nathan and Tyler will be playing sports in the summer and I may be too busy.

The Holiday Weekend

I hope everyone had a fun time this past weekend. It was not long enough especially with the good weather we had. We had Dana's birthday on the 3rd and I took her to the MN zoo to meet some of her relatives (. The boys had a great time as they learned new and interesting things. As we were walking by the Tiger exhibit they had some interesting facts on some plaques. One plaque had a model of the Tiger Scat (poo) and Tyler asked what that was and I told him it was "Tiger Scat or Tiger Poop". He thought it was funny and after searching for the lazy Tigers we walked on to see the Talkin's (like Buffalo's but uglier) and as we got close he plugs his nose and says "Disgusting it smells like Scat". Dana and I and my parents had a good laugh at that. One note about the zoo is that these animals are too lazy (Bears Sleeping, Tigers Sleeping, Leopards too scared to come out and play).