Generation Backwards?

What will our children's generation be called? Could they be the backwards generation?

This evening I was trying to cook dinner in an orderly fashion. And by that I mean very very quickly as all children were falling apart. To keep Thomas occupied I let him play a game on the computer. I found Battleship online. He was instantly enthralled. He didn't get much strategy but enjoyed every single second of the game. We had a great dinner and while cleaning up the kids played in the craft drawers.

Dan looked down to see Thomas drawing his own Battleship board and Joshua cutting out ships from paper. Adorable! They then proceeded to "play" Battleship with their paper pieces.

So I started wondering....is this generation going to be backwards? Will they see and do everything with technology first and THEN realize there is another way?

Sometimes Things Just Don't Go Your Way

Mondays are busy. No way around it. I spend all day cleaning and preparing so that my mom can watch the kids so Dan and I can go to Financial Peace University classes. The afternoon is just crazy, ballet class, followed by dinner, followed by class.

I planned ahead and put dinner in the crockpot. Of course, this had to be one of the few times that a recipe totally fails. So, with little time to spare we had a dinner of pancakes and hot dogs. This was just the beginning of a crazy evening. Just as we were walking out the door, the scene was loud and crazy. The babies were yelling, the boys were coming inside for the night. Unfortunately Thomas had stepped in a huge pile of dog poop. No one noticed until it was too late. He tracked it throughout the living and dining room. I didn't notice because as I opened the door to let him in the screen door frame cracked and broke entirely. So the door is broken in my hands, the girls are yelling, and there is dog poop all over. Awesome. Not to mention that Dan and I are already running late for class. The rugs were taken outdoors, floors wiped down, door temporarily put back on and babies calmed.

I'd like to say this is abnormal, but it's probably not. It seems it's always crazy when we are moving on a timeline. Welcome to this stage of life, right?!

Too Smart?

Me: Thomas turn off the water. Thomas you're wasting water!
Thomas: Mom, it's just molecules you know. Water is just molecules.

WHAT?!?!?!?!?!

Who could argue with that logic and this little face?

Sassy

Our house is FULL of sassy right now! From ALL children! Today my text to Dan looked like this:

"You know what Thomas just said? Try and make me. The nerve!!!! He's currently living out the consequence of those words."

Where do my kids learn stuff like that?! I was livid!

Katie and Molly use their sassy more in the way they say "NO!" and shun other people from their personal space. Those sassy girls! It doesn't help that Katie dislikes wearing diapers, clothes, and shoes, she doesn't like having her hair done, and dislikes her carseat immensely. Sassy little girl!

Molly uses her extremely expressive face for her sassiness. See Evidence #1:

Speech

The boys started speech last week. It's been a long process to get here, but we are finally in speech. The boys ride a fine line between developmentally appropriate and having speech issues. I've had them checked every year since they were three and we are now enrolled in a speech program. The only issue is that it's in the middle of the day in the middle of the work week. That means I drop the boys off in their classroom and then have 30 minutes in a public school to try and occupy the girls. Good times!

Ballet Begins

Today was Joshua's first class of ballet. I dropped the other three kiddos off in daycare so I could concentrate on Joshua and give him my full attention. Of course, after about 15 minutes the daycare came and got me stating that Molly "really has a set of lungs." Awesome. I then got to enjoy the second half of ballet lessons with the girls on my lap (not nearly as much fun). Here are some pictures. He learned a couple poses and moves. It was so darn cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The End of Summer

Our summer days are clearly coming to an end. The beautiful days have nicely coincided with some free time as a family (a rarity!). The weather was beautiful this weekend so we tried to take advantage of every moment. We ate dinner at a park after church and spent all day outside today with the kids riding bikes, playing baseball, and just playing to our hearts contents. Our children are exhausted!!! Here are the last few pictures of summer 2010!