Estate of Eight

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Mother's Day

Mia gave me these beautiful roses for Mother's Day. She also gave me a box of chocolates that she had tried to make sure they would be okay for me to eat. She is one sweet girl!!

A few weeks ago Landon started his training in learning how to cut granddaddy's yard. Dad has always kept a perfect yard. It will never be the same after us living in his home. Landon has been doing great with it!! For a few years now he has had big dreams of cutting other people's yards. The kid is always trying to figure out how to make a buck. He can't wait to have his own lawn cutting business during the summers. There is no doubt in my mind he will and will be successful if that is what he wants to do.

Cicadas

The cicadas have now come and gone. The boys ate their fair share while they were here. Logan could not be out done by big brother so he joined in on the fun. Logan had more trouble getting them down but always managed to keep them down. Others around didn't always keep what they had in their stomach down while watching. A kindergarten mom at school will never forgive me.

In fourth grade it became a competition. Landon is just a little competitive. There was only one other student close to him in the number of cicadas eaten, but Landon never let him out do him. Sometimes being competitive is just not a good thing. Another mom at school was ready to take up a collection for the Fowler Family. She had a child in Landon's class and one in Logan's class. When they came home talking about our kids eating cicadas, she told them to share their lunch with them. I tried to tell her it is expensive to feed six kids and when there is free food in the backyard you just can't pass it up!!