So months ago, Tucker got an ant farm at a garage sale. He loves bugs, and thought it would be a fun way to collect the ants from the yard. Unfortunately, the ants around us, are so small, they fit out the air holes of the farm… Therefore, making the farm defunct.
We read the instruction manual that came with the farm, and Tucker was pleased to find out, you could order Harvester Ants that would come in the mail.
Tucker was thrilled. As I read on, I read about the Harvester Ants. Do not Touch them with your skin, they can cause serious allergic reactions, if you have been bitten, and are having an allergic reaction, seek medical attention. I was not thrilled.
We ordered them, and after 6 weeks of waiting, they arrived. Dead. I hate to admit this, but I was secretly a little relieved. But Tucker was sad. So…
We called the company, got new ones in 3 days. Again, I was still not thrilled, how did we wait 6 weeks, then they arrived shortly in 3 days?
I read the directions again skipping over the allergic biting part, to find the best way to put them in the farm.
The instructions stated:
Put them in the fridge for 10 minutes (to slow them down) then use a paper funnel to place them in the farm.
Okay. I could do that.
But it wasn’t that simple. After the fridge time, and the paper funnel ready, we began to poor them in. But instead of going inside, they started climbing up the edges towards us. No matter how hard I thumped the funnel, or shook it, they were all still climbing the wrong direction. I was getting frantic, and began to thump harder. They were about out of the funnel, what was I to do. I crumpled the top, and began to shake them frantically into the farm.
A few went in, and a few went on our counter, and began to dash in different directions.
I began freaking out, closed the ant farm lid, with the 10 ants that made it in, and began to wage war with the escapeys.
Tucker told me later, I have never heard you scream like that mom.
Yep. I was screaming, and probably not as calm as I should have been. I squished 10 ants, we didn’t need any allergic reactions at our house.
So Tucker is happy, some ants made it into the farm, I am happy, they can’t escape, and the surviving ants seem to be happy in their home.
**Later Toph asked me why I didn’t just scoop the ants up and put them in the farm. Like I had time to think about that. I was protecting our children and our home! They were like practically poisonous little buggers. Sheesh.
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Got some new Jammies! We thought they were so cute, we couldn’t help post pictures. What a cutie.
Just like a ninja!
To celebrate that our Stake has been organized for 10 Years, they threw a huge party. It was such a fun night. Way funner than I expected! We packed a picnic, then walked over to the stake property with our wagon.
People brought refreshments for dessert, and they provided popsicles, watermelon, and the entertainment.
When I say entertainment, I mean entertainment. It was a fun night. They had wonderful music, a candy cannon that shot taffy out to the kids who were eagerly waiting,
a fishing pond for the kids, face painting (Truman insisted on having his whole face painted like a tiger, then went around roaring at everyone the rest of the night, )
Truman thought it was especially funny when it was pitch black dark outside and he had his matching orange sweater on. He went around scaring everyone we knew.
There was Relay races, kickball, and so many other things.
The night ended with one of the most amazing firework shows that I have ever seen.
It was such a fun night, and a great way to celebrate 10 years of being a stake.
I loved the idea of this…. I stole it from my friend Jensa’s Blog. And filled it in for our fam.
Thanks for the great idea, Jensa! 🙂
2 words to describe us right now, today, half way through two-thousand-eight:
Family – productive, joyous
Toph – working, sunnergetic
Em – exhausted, undaunted
Tuck – absorbing, inventor
Tru – growing, learning
2 things we’re into right now:
Family – smoothies, Wall-E
Toph – Hiking, books
Em – Chocolate, Afternoon Naps
Tuck – bugs, Construx
Tru – planet heroes, Tucker
2 things we’re looking forward to:
Family – Disneyland, Tomatoes
Toph – camping, frisbee
Em – August, sprinkling system
Tuck – kindergarten, peas
Tru – preschool, Being Done with Swimming
2 things we don’t like:
Family – Sickness, When the Internet is down
Toph -Appendicitis, broken email
Em- Waking Up, Hot days
Tuck- Not being able to just invent all day long, when little brothers get on his nerves
Tru- When his blanket is dirty, having to stop playing
2 things we can’t live without:
Family – Sandpile, Oxygen
Toph- My Hubba, Frisbee
Em- Her Hubba, Cheese
Tuck- Truman, Bill Nye the Science Guy
Tru-Tucker, Carebear Blanket
2 things we did today:
Family – Eat Dinner, Good Night hugs
Toph – Kissed his wife, and farted (he told me to write those things!)
Em- RS Meeting, Ate Popsicle
Tuck- Swam, T-ball
Tru- Swam, Rolled down Hill
Well It’s official, last night we saw the Wall-E Movie. and after leaving the theater and some pondering, I decided I loved this little robot character….
There is not to many movies we go and see in the theaters–The boys especially (Or if we do, it’s the dollar theaters, in fact I think I can count on one hand the number of times we’ve been to a movie with them!). But this is one we had to see shortly after it opened, the boys have been looking forward to it for over a year now, and it was well worth the wait.
Honestly it was full of Robots and excitement, if you’re Tucker and Truman, what’s not to love? Truman had a hard time sitting that still, after the drive there, and no time to run around before the movie started, but for the most part he sat still, and was entertained.
Of course it’s more fun to see a movie when you’re there with people you love. Thanks again Mom and Dad for the evening, it was fun to be together with the full Greene Crew!!!
Possible Spoilers (don’t read on if you haven’t seen the movie, and don’t want to know about it!)
Tuckers Favorite part was:
Any part with Wall-E, but the part where Wall-E dances with Eve.
Trumans Favorite Part was:
When Wall-E adn Eve were floating in space and chasing each other.
The boys totally appreciated the movie, and I think that at DisneyLand in August, we just might find ourselves purchasing some Wall-E Apparel for our little robot lovers. Something else (Wall-E related) to look forward to!
And oh yeah, here’s a funny picture of Dad in front of Beverly Hills Chihuahua (when all the kids saw the preview, we thought dad would love it….made him stand for a picture) But instead of getting the Chihuahua in the picture, it looks like dad is a Chihuahua. Sorry Dad… 🙂
So the month of June has been a crazy for our family….a WICKED CRAZY MONTH! Full of so many fun adventures, that I haven’t even had time to recover enough to post about one before the next one came. So…here is the end of month long summary.
In the past month we have been so many place, and done so many things, that I can’t even begin to recall them all…but here is a list (of the things I CAN REMEMBER)–attached to an apology, This will be a crazy long post… please don’t feel any obligation to read any further than this point. I will never know 🙂
So here is what we’ve done during the month of June, There are no captions on the pictures, they’re out of order, and I’m sorry. Each one of these could be
there own separate post, but there are not enough hours in the day right now for me to accomplish this, and life just keeps on moving, so…
Here we go, drum roll please….. JUNE by the phillips family.
**My Cousin Leslie’s Bridal Shower, (Pictures to come)
**I Chopped my Hair.
**Our Family Went Camping with the Phillips Family
**JoAnna took out her Endowments at the Logan Temple
**Helped Plan and attended Jo’s Bridal Shower
(picture by Lexie) I know you ladies took other pictures of the shower, will you email me some? Thanks…
**Treehouse Museum
**Picnic in the Park
**Attended Strawberry Days
**JoAnna and Chad’s got married!!
**JoAnna and Chad had a beautiful Reception (Again, I didn’t get any pictures with My Camera, but I’m sure I’ll get some from Cat, Emily and Lexie, please girls? The ones I do have, I stole off Cat’s Facebook Page)
**Mandatory Work Hours
**Brian and Lexie in town at our house, playing with cousins in the tree house is the best thing ever.
**Summer Library Class Started (including a make your own bug contest–more pictures of finished bugs later..)
**Twice a week T-Ball games continue
**Boys Weekly Movie Group
**Weekly Ward Playgroup at Local Playground
**Began our fruit smoothie summer tradition
**Planned, got ready our ward’s Large Enrichment Activity: Summer Salad Social
**Had a Bumper crop of Cherries (and I guess we still do?)
**Celebrated the wonderful men in my life, with Father’s day….
** Of course some bug hunting,
**Plus, just keeping up with Laundry, dishes, cleaning our house, and raising to energetic boys has just exhausted me!!! Although this has been an amazingly wonderful month, we are looking forward to a relaxing month in July, because we have very little planned!
I am surrounded by men who have shaped me , my life, my husbands life, and my children and their lives daily. I am blessed to have and love and be loved by so many amazing men.
Happy Fathers Day to the amazing men in my life….
Toph
My Dad
My Father in Law
My Grandpa Greene
My Grandpa Hunsaker
Ryan
Eric
Patrick
Matt
Brian
Mike
Dallin Paul
So, I always love to see how Children View their parents. I think it is funny, and when I saw this list on my friend Rachelle’s Blog, I thought it was the perfect one to ask the boys, so Drumroll please, our Dad.
What is Dad’s favorite color?
Tuck Brown
Trus Blue
What is Dad’s favorite food?
TuckMacoroni and Cheese
Trus Pasta
What makes Dad happy?
Tuck Tucker and Truman
Trus Uh, me and Tucker!
What makes Dad sad?
Tuck Sometimes when he can’t see Tucker and Truman.
Trus When we’re lost.
What cartoon character is Daddy like?
Tuck Dad’s not a cartoon.
Trus Lightening McQueen
What does Daddy think about you?
Tuck He thinks I’m great
Trus Laugh, Laugh. No anwswer. Uh, love me.
What does Daddy do when he is funny?
Tuck He makes silly, silly words.
Trus He says peek a boo!
What is your favorite thing to do with dad?
Tuck Computer games, and his favorite thing is to play computer games with Tucker.
Tru Wrestle
What is Dad really good at?
Tuck Making websites.
Trus Computer games
What is Dad not very good at?
Tuck Pause. Uh, Umh, sometimes he’s not very good at playing games.
Trus He is good playing cars, but he is not good fixing cars.
What is one thing Dad always says to you?
Tuck There is nothing he always says to me.
Trus Booga Booga.
What is Dad going to be when he grows up?
Tuck Mom, he is grown up.
Mom When he grows up even bigger to be OLD?
Tuck Uh, he is really old.
Trus I don’t know.
How do you know your dad loves you?
Tuck Because he shows me, pause, you know, he does things.
Trus Because I am bigger than him almost. Because I am three.
What do you think about Dad?
Tuck He’s great, I think he is greater than ever.
Trus I like him, because he is so nice to me.
What do you want to tell him for Fathers Day?
Tuck Happy Birthday, I mean, Fathers Day Dad!
Trus Fathers Day!
We love you hubba, hubba Toph! Thanks for being the perfect father for our children.
On Monday, Toph took the boys on a hike. They all love to be in Nature, especially when there is good weather, rocks and water involved. Something about boys and throwing rocks into moving water that is just enthralling.
The hike they went on took them alongside a river. So they would hike for awhile, then throw rocks, then hike some more, and etc. You can see the pattern in the picture…
Hiking
Throwing Rocks
Hiking again,
Truman apparently discovered he is finally big enough to lift the BIG rocks….
Tucker too is exploring his world, figuring things out. He brought some bags, and if I’m not mistaken, one is water bugs, and one is full of earth bugs…
What a beautiful world we live in, and what a great way to enjoy it.
We had so much fun with the Phillips Family staying at our house. It is great to be in the same state with them again! As soon as they arrived, we rushed off to Tucks T-Ball game, where we were filling in for the coaches who were out of town. Wow is coaching a lot of work, we appreciate them so much more after we’ve done it. Lexie got alot of great shots of the kids while we were there! Here are a few…
Us trying to get the team organized…
In the batting helmet…
Getting some help from dad…
On third base…
Up to bat again…
Team cheering…
STILL LOVE THIS CUTE FACE!
And watching and longing for next year when he gets to play!
What a great looking group of cheerleaders…
What a good big sister…
Keeping Truman happy is easy, when you like to Wrestle,
Wrestle,
Wrestle!
After game Treats, Truman and Nora know the good stuff!
With everyone, we have half a t-ball team, and a fine looking one too!
They spent alot of time together in the sandbox…
Digging and playing house, Tucker was Dad, Sophie was Mom, Truman was Big Brother, and Nora was Big Sister.
And we also made a stop at Krispie Kreme…
Looking…
And more looking…
All Nora wanted was a purple one…
Brothers…
As always, we love having guests, and the boys especially loved having their cousins here, and it was great to meet Miles for the first time! Thanks again for coming and spending time with us Phillips!!!