Scary.

JP is scared of masks. Petrified of them... well, the mean ones. Today when we were leaving the pool he saw his friend, Cooper, leaving and he put on his Darth Vader mask and JP completely wigged out. He screamed so loud you would have thought he broke his leg or something. Cooper took the mask off (he loves to dress in costumes) and JP was still terrified of him even though he saw that it was his friend! *sigh* How do we get through this? Cooper's mom and grandma were right there and his grandma said that her son (Cooper's dad) was the same way and he did outgrow it. OK. WHEN????

Of course right afterwards JP kept saying that he was going to be Spiderman for Halloween and wear a mask and trick or treat with daddy. STAY TUNED!!!!

I love you too.

Grandma.. this is for you! I see you checking for updates! LOL


I was putting JP to bed tonight and said, "Good night, JP. I love you!"
JP: "I love you too."
Me: "I love you more than anything in the whole world!"
JP: "I just love my Fodder. I love him the most... he's my buddy."
Me: "What about me?"
JP: "Just my Fodder, my buddy."

He really is a Daddy's boy!


Well... at least I got the "I love you too" early on! LOL It still made my heart smile!

What do we do at Roaring River?

Some of you may wonder... what do the Moore's DO while camping at Roaring River? Well... check it out!

Puzzles are fun! (JP loves them and he's mastered the 24 piece puzzles.. time to move up!)
Ladderball!

Goof around with Daddy: Family fun around the campfire!
Help stock the trout park! Yep.. he's a good helper!
Enjoy mother nature... Look! It's a caterpillar!

Swim! and Swim... and swim.... Look out below!
And of course... CATCH TROUT!
Check out my stringer!

We had another fun weekend and the weather was hot but mostly dry! Definately humid, though. We've got a cooler stuffed with trout to eat! Who wants some? :)

Zero Sleeps!

JP slept until 10am for the 2nd day in a row. What's up with that anyway? So after he said "Hi" the first thing out of his mouth was: "Now it's ZERO sleeps until we go camping!!!" while holding up his fist (zero). Too cute!

We're outta here! Have a great weekend everyone! Be back Tuesday...

Upside Down

JP and I did a little back to school shopping today since I had some Gymbucks and gift cards to use. He loves to pick out some of his clothes but I'm sensing a trend here... every shirt he picked was football related. He keeps saying, "I'm going to play football and tackle all of the big kids." Ok then! OH.. he did pick a new lunchbox. Spiderman! We enjoyed a lunch at Culver's which ended with some yummy frozen custard. :)

A couple silly pics:

Look at me! LOL This is what JP likes to do on our couches... headstands! Silly kid.




Here daddy... "SHARING IS FUN!" Yes.. said by JP. I think Jim got the short end of the stick on this one and now he has finger smudges to clean off of his sunglasses.


ONE MORE SLEEP UNTIL ROARING RIVER!!!!

Hey JP... which do you like better: catching trout or eating trout?
JP: EATING TROUT!! Yumm, yumm, yumm.

Spider Who?

Spiderman is the official ruler in our house. He even trumps Wall*E. JP wants to be Spiderman for Halloween. He keeps saying, "I'm going to be Spiderman for Halloween and I'll go trick or treating with daddy with my blue and red mask." Ok!

Tonight when I put JP to bed I got my goodnight kisses and was told: "Mommy... you can leave now. Go downstairs and watch TV on the couch with my Fodder." LOL! Yes, he says FODDER instead of FATHER. It sounds hilarious.

The Song

OK.. this song gets me every time. I call it the "Daddy/JP Song". Check out the lyrics... if you know Jim you know that this is pretty accurate!!!!

"Watching You", Rodney Atkins

Driving through town, just my boy and me
with a happy meal in his booster seat,
knowing that he couldn't have his toy 'til his nuggets were gone.

A green traffic light turned straight to red
I hit my brakes and mumbled under my breath,
His fries went a-flyin' and his orange drink covered his lap.

Well then my 4 year old said a 4 letter word...
it started with "S" and I was concerned
So I said Son, now where'd you learn to talk like that?

He said,"I've been watching you dad, ain't that cool?
I'm your buckaroo, I wanna be like you and eat all my food and grow as tall as you are.
We've got cowboy boots and camo pants, yeah we're just alike, hey, ain't we dad...
I wanna do everything you do..... so I've been watching you."

We got back home and I went to the barn
I bowed my head and I prayed real hard. Said Lord please help me help my stupid self.
Then this side of bedtime later that night
Turning on my son's Scooby Doo night light,
He crawled out of bed and he got down on his knees.

He closed his little eyes, folded his little hands
and spoke to God like he was talking to a friend,
And I said, Son... now where'd you learn... to pray like that?

He said I've been watching you, dad, ain't that cool?
I'm your buckaroo, I wanna be like you and eat all my food and grow as tall as you are.
We like fixin' things and holding momma's hand,
yeah we're just alike, hey ain't we bad...
I wanna do, everything you do.... I've been watching you.

With tears in my eyes I wrapped him in a hug
and said my little bear is growing up.
And he said but when I'm big, I'll still know what to do...

'Cause I've been watching you, dad, ain't that cool?
I'm your buckaroo, I wanna be like you and eat all my food and grow as tall as you are.

Then I'll be strong as superman. we'll be just alike, won't we dad?
When I can do... everything you do... because I've been watching you.

Yep.. this song gets me every time. Love it.

Aaahhhhh....

Yes! It's a much happier day. Yesterday was much better after the nap. How can 1 kid go from one end of the spectrum to the other in one day? From devil child to perfect child. Seriously... polite, loving, sweet, gentle... He asked to watch his Tom and Jerry cartoon last night and I said, "NO, JP... no TV today since you were so whiney this morning." and he just says, "OK!"

Today has been good too. I guess he was just worn out! I'm shocked that he's needed 3 naps in a row but hey... camping is tiring! We went to a playdate today with 3 of his classmates from school at the pool. After 4 hours of swimming he's pretty tired so he's relaxing while watching some Tom and Jerry and I'm going to work on some of those boxes!

Tomorrow he gets to go to camp at the gym. Preschool adventure days: Ocean Animals. It runs from 9:30-12 so I'm sure he'll have fun!

Roaring river this weekend... only 3 more sleeps!

Aaaauugghhhhhh!!!!

Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. Talk about whiney! OMG. Thank goodness this kid is only like this once every 6 months or so because I was about to rip my hair out. Needless to say he took a nap (3rd day in a row! Growth spurt????) from 11:30-1:45. He's like a new kid now! THANK GOODNESS!!!!

Where do I start?

Even though it was an early wakeup for JP this morning we decided to go to the zoo for a bit before it got too hot. We had fun visiting Australia and wandering around and when we got home I had a message from a shipping company that they had 3 skids to deliver. Soooo... I finished pricing what I already had in my garage and then helped the guy unload these:

Who's up for some pricing????? UGH. Which box should I open first??? So I came inside and JP wasn't in the family room anymore. Where could he have gone? Uh oh... our bedroom doors were closed. I opened them to find this:

Think he's tired? I'm not going to let him sleep too long because he's already "off" with his schedule since he's been up late and up early. Plus he needs to eat his dinner! He requested pizza before he went to sleep. :)

OH... and I see you all reading so please leave some comments! THANKS!! :-p

The Beetle Tree

We had a great time camping this weekend (after a rocky start because of a mouse) and JP got to climb his very first tree!!!! The following pics are of him climbing the "beetle tree." Why is it named that? Because this weekend JP was a beetle. He always likes to pretend he's SOMETHING and he came up with a beetle this weekend. I was lucky enough to be deemed the "mosquito." Last week he was the Green Lizard, I was the Pink Lizard and JIm was the Blue Lizard. You get the idea.

Check out our monkey!



I love this next shot... it looks like he's just contemplating life!

My sweet monkey.

Camping will wear you out! He is currently konked out in our bed after being up late last night and up pretty early. We went out to breakfast and now Jim and I are trying to get caught up while JP snoozes.

What did you do, JP?

Last night during dinner we were asking JP about his day at school.. what he did, who he played with, etc. Then we got into this conversation:

JP: I made Ava cry.
Us: You did? Why? What did you do?
JP: I pulled the yellow chair and she fell off and cried.
Us: Why did you do that?
JP: Ummm.. I pulled the yellow chair and she cried.
Us: What did the teachers say?
JP: She gave her a kleenex.
Us: Was it an accident?
JP: Yes, it was an accident. I just pulled the chair.
Jim: You need to be careful because you are bigger and stronger and you don't want to hurt your friends.
JP: I know. It was an accident.

So of course we envision him pushing her or something like that and I knew that if there was an "incident" the teacher would have told me when I picked him up. So today I asked the teacher about it and like we thought... the kids mess around on the chairs and JP was pushing the yellow one and Ava fell off. No big deal. They just play like that and I guess Ava was having an "off" day anyway and this was about the 4th time she had cried.

Phew. JP has always been the "gentle giant" and I can't imagine him intentionally doing anything like that. Today he said that Jake cried but I don't know why. LOL

About JP... coming from JP

These are anecdotes coming straight from JP as I type...

"I'm much bigger than the door, Mom."
"I want to be Spiderman for Halloween. I'll wear a red and blue mask with eye holes."
"I want to go camping. 1 more sleep!"
"Is George (lizard) going to turn into a turtle? Is he going to hide in his shell?"
"It was a bad day at school because someone took Noah's man."
"I'm in the piece of furniture. It's a dangerous job." (he was under the office chair)

Jim just called.. JP is talking to him:

"Hi Daddy! Are you at work? Here's Mom!"

"Mommy... will you please read this book to me, Please? PLEEEASE????"

Better run!

VOILA!!!

CHECK THIS OUT!! Doesn't it look great?

Please excuse the mess on the countertops... the bathtub fixture still needs to be installed. TOO BAD WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO USE IT!! LAME! The seal around the shower door needs to dry for 24 hours. Oh well.

IN JP NEWS....

We were talking about his birthday today while driving home from the pool. He told me that he wanted a "Police Car Party" with policecars there and he was inviting UNCLE STEVE. That's it. Just Uncle Steve! Too bad Uncle Steve isn't a policeman! :)

JP's Library

This is what happens when I am back in our bathroom filling nail holes and seams in the trim!

He got some good reading in today. ;-) Add the iPod dock playing loudly so I can hear it where I was working to the mix and between the 2 of us we made a pretty good mess! Now I need to come up with something for dinner!

For the record... the bathroom is THIS close to being finished! The shower door is being installed tomorrow!!!!!!!

Thanks, Maria!

Look what one of my Pumpkin friends sent JP!!!!

If you can't tell it's a Wall*E tshirt! When he opened it he said, " Oh WOW! That is SO COOL!"

Major progress on the bathroom today! YAY! All we have left is to fill some of the holes on the trim with painters caulk and have the shower door installed. OH.. and the jacuzzi tub fixture needs to be installed. It looks GREAT!! I even found the perfect color for out towels/bathmat. Latte. Awesome!

Rainy Day Pics

Since it's raining today we thought it would be fun to snap a few pics! Just a few of JP's faces:




I did get the 3rd car garage all cleaned out this morning... I think the shopvac is full. Gross! It's all organized and there is room for my merchandise! YAY! JP and I ran a couple of errands and he wanted pizza for lunch (surprised?) so we went to Pizza Shoppe. The kid ate 5 pieces. How is that even possible??? He told the waitress: "My compliments to the chef!" LOL

What did you say?

We were driving home from the pool and I said something to JP and this is what I got in return:

"Pipe down, Mom! Quit talking."

OMG.

I guess since he thinks he's such a big boy he can act like one. You won't believe what he did today at the pool at the gym. He went down the mega waterslide! I can't believe it! He went down the "slow" one but still... you have to go up alot of stairs to come down!

Last night he was a monster truck after his shower. He wasn't spinning donuts he was "spinning marshmallows!" LOL!

3 boys = tired Mommy

What a big day! JP had camp this morning and I ran errands and got to get my hair cut and colored. My appt went past JP's pickup time so I made arrangements with my friend Muffet to pick up JP when she picked up her son, Clayton. So they played on the playground at school for awhile and then she brought them to my house so she could go run some errands. Were the boys tired from being outside all day at school? NO! They wanted to play outside some more so we broke out the Slip n Slide and some squirt guns. See below!


Clayton, JP and Joshua... Look closely at JP's gun. I told them to PRETEND and not shoot at the camera. He didn't listen!

The 3 boys again:
Joshua squirting JP while JP slides:
Clayton, JP and Joshua without their MEAN faces:

Clayton on the bigwheel and Joshua driving JP in the dump truck:
Muffet came and got her boys and Jim got home and wanted to fish over at the club so we climbed into my truck and off we went! JP konked out on the way over... who wouldn't? We somehow mangaged to wake him up when I picked up our takeout from the club and we ate on the boat out on the lake and did some fishing. Now both boys are sleeping and I'm posting!

OH... and what did Muffet say when I asked her if she wanted 3 boys instead of 2??? " If I had 3 I think I'd have to kill myself." LOL!!! (Said in FUN, of course!)

Comfy?

So this morning when Jim went upstairs to shower (I can't wait until ours is finished!) at 5:45 JP was fast asleep in his room. Jim left for work and around 6:15 I heard Zip in her cage and thought it seemed too noisy if JP's door was shut. I looked upstairs and saw the door open but couldn't see anything else from the bottom of the steps so I thought JP was in the bathroom. I started walking up the steps and this is what I found:

He was konked out and slept there for about another hour. LOL! I guess he woke up just enough (perhaps he heard the shower?) and came out but layed down on the floor and fell back to sleep. How cute is that?

2024 Olympics?

As most of you know... JP loves to swim. He's getting better and better each time we go and the things he does now really amaze me! So last night he saw that the Olympic Swimming Trials were on TV and he wouldn't let Jim switch the channel. He was so excited watching the races and when he left during the 1500 to go to the bathroom they cut to a commercial because it's such a long race. JP was just SURE that Jim had switched the channel and got quite upset about it when he saw the commercials. Yes... he was tired but it was pretty funny to see him so adament about watching.

So fast forward to today. We took him to the pool since it was so hot and he did so much more today than ever before! I don't know if it was because what he was watching last night or because Jim was with us (or both?) but he did great. The highlight? He jumped off the diving board all by himself... well... about 10 times until the lifeguard said he couldn't do it anymore since he had his swim-training vest on. Not cool! He loved it. He also proceeded to swim with his face in the water (taking breaths as he went) back and forth from us to the wall and he even tried to swim without his vest but he couldn't quite keep himself up. We gave him lots of credit for trying though! We even removed 2 of his panels from his vest so he doesn't have as much keeping him up.. he's doing the work. GO JP!

OK... back to the blueberry muffins. I'm baking a batch with my fresh Michigan blueberries! Yumm!

We're Finally Home!

Finally! After about an 11hour drive we are back home in Kansas. We are all pretty wiped out though. I don't hear any noises from the family room so I wonder if both boys are asleep? I hope not!

We had a great time in Michigan. We had a wonderful time on the 4th... we went to a parade, cooked out hotdogs, swam in the lake and watched fireworks from the boat until about 11pm! JP did fall asleep around 10:30 though. How he slept through the noise is beyond me but he had fun watching the "firework crackers!" His color commentating was pretty entertaining but we knew he was about to fall asleep when all of a sudden he was quiet as a mouse. LOL

Not only did JP get to GO to a parade but he got to BE in one too! We were in the Lawton parade on Saturday. Jim, JP and I sat in the back of Dad's 1965 Chevy pickup and threw candy to the kids on the parade route. JP thought that was lots of fun but most of his candy didn't make it to the sides of the streets but I know the kids got it all anyway. We were concentrating on holding onto him as Dad isn't always the smoothest on the clutch. It was hot but fun!

JP got to drive a race car on Thursday. Not a real one but a go-kart racecar and he didn't crash it once! He thinks he went fast but we beg to differ.

By the end of our trip JP was jumping into the middle of the lake from the front end of the pontoon boat. I think he's starting to grow some gills!

OK.. I'm really tired but there's a quick update for those of you who have been checking in while we were gone... Kat! Grandma! Angie! Sarah! LOL We only had dialup in Michigan and I just don't have the patience for that anymore.

More later!