What Was I Thinking?

Last Friday night, I put on a lock-in at our church.  It was something fun for our kiddos on their last night of Spring Break.

We rented an inflatable obstacle course. (fun for lil' and BIG kids!)

We had a visit from Buzzington!

The kids LOVED him and hugged him and fed him his bottle.  It was sweet.  A definite highlight!

I decided to go with a theme and titled it Big Top Lock-In...and, of course, had decorations to match...

and goody boxes.

I just can't help myself.

20+ kids ranging in age from 6-12.  13 hours.  All after a full days work and month's worth of little sleep due to working on the house (house update coming later this week. promise.). 

What WAS I thinking?

I must have been outta my mind.  It was enough to drive a person to drinking. 

Theoretically, but of course we were at church...just scratch that. 

Actually, it was fun. 

We stayed up ALL night, seriously...ALL NIGHT...I had 3 girls who made it their goal in life (accompanied by a 5 dollar bet from a few of the boys...yeah, first drinking and now gambling). 
 
They almost made it.  Just minutes from success.  These were taken at 7:05, a mere 55 minutes before the lock-in was over.  However, they still beat the boys, who fell asleep at 5:00.  They were absolutely giddy when they peeped into the "quiet room" and found the boys snoring.

I played Candy Land about 17 times.  No lie.  I'm pretty much a professional now.

I used to kiss boys at lock-ins.

Maybe that's why I made sure there was an adult in EVERY room at all times. I'm paranoid. No kissing at church on my watch!

Look at these little sleeping angels.

Some of them asked me when we could have another one and I said "next year". They started whining and complaining that we should have one EVERY week. Psh. Yeah, right.

The best part?  Yummy hot donuts in the morning...

yep, sugared 'em up and sent 'em home! 

That's how I roll.

Have you been to a lock-in before?  Recently?  Any favorite lock-in memories?

Love and Rockets,
jennykate

Isaiah Funnies

I've had a few humorous conversations with my 5 year old lately. I wanted to share a few for your enjoyment.



A week ago...

Me: "So, what are you asking Santa for this year?"

Isaiah: "Well, what I really want is a whole box of Transformers."

Me: "but you already have a whole box of Transformers (translation: we don't need anymore Transformers)."

Isaiah: "Wellllll...this will be special because I'm asking Santa for a whole box collection of all the Transformers that I don't already have so that I'll have a whole set of Transformers...they've gotta be in ONE box (I have no idea what the importance of being in ONE box is, but he emphasized it a few times. great.)."

Me: "I'm not sure if there is such a thing. Maybe Santa could just bring you a few of the Transformers that you don't already have and then you can ask for the rest of them on your birthday?"

Isaiah: "Mom, Santa can make anything. He's a toy genius."

Me: (great) "Sometimes Santa can't make ANYTHING...he's a busy guy you know."

Isaiah: "Mom, it's just some little 'ol Transformers...I think Santa and his elves (oh, now he's bringing out the elves. great.) can handle making a collection of all the Transformers that I don't have in ONE box."

Me: "I'll give Santa a call and see what he says."

Isaiah: "YOU know Santa's number?"

Me: "Sure, it's on speed dial."



A few days ago...

Me: "Hey, Buddy...we should get to writing that letter for Santa. We want him to have enough time to make all of the things (a whole collection of Transformers all in ONE box) you want in his workshop!"

Isaiah: (nonchalantly) "sure, mom."

Me: "We wouldn't want Santa to run out of time!"

Isaiah: "Mom, you're the one that said that Santa knows stuff, like when I'm good and bad and stuff like that...so, that must mean that he knows other stuff, like what I want for Christmas. *he thinks for a moment* You know, Mom...Santa's like Jesus."



Great. Now he thinks Santa is like Jesus...I'm not sure that's the direction I was hoping for.



Yesterday...

Me: "How was school today, Buddy?"

Isaiah: "Great, but I got in one time out."

*I give him "the" look*

Isaiah: "it was just a *little* time out...see, I was shaking a tree on the playground and I didn't know it was against the rules to shake a tree...DID you know it was against the rules to shake a tree??...because I didn't know it was against the rules to shake a tree!"

Me: *trying to keep my composure and reflect the seriousness of this tree shaking incident* "No, I didn't know it was against the rules to shake a tree...BUT we know now and we should follow all the rules...including no shaking trees."

I love this boy!♥

Hope you all have a great Wednesday!! *loves*

I ♥ Faces: Pouting

I failed to post a pic for I ♥ Faces last week and MISSED it soooo much! If you haven't joined in the fun at I ♥ Faces you should!! This weeks theme: Pouting Faces
Go to: www.iheartfaces.blogspot.com

I ♥ (Silly) Faces: Week 5

This is one of my absolute favorite pictures I have taken of Isaiah. We were just playing at the park on a warm summer day and he was in his favorite place...the tunnel! He's always had cute expressions, so I was happy to capture this one on film. For more silly faces go to I ♥ Faces.

Main website: http://www.iheartfaces.com/

This weeks theme: http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/2008/03/week-5-kids.html

I ♥ Faces: The Eyes Have It!

This is a picture I took one morning in our drive way. It was totally spur-of-the-moment. I love it. His expression is so typical of him.


Go check out more I ♥ Faces pics at www.iheartfaces.com

Direct link to the weekly theme: I♥Faces

Detective 'C'...

No name, just an initial...it's very secretive! If you need a detective, he's your man! Apparently, he's very good at finding mice! That's just what he told me...it could be a cover-up?

He's always up for a good chase and he's full of energy, so you don't have to worry about him falling down on the job.

Oh, and I almost forgot to mention that he has some highly advanced technology to aid in his cases...WOBBLE GOGGLES...that's a technical term...use it with caution.

When mice are on the fly, Detective 'C' is your guy!

Drama...KING!

Isaiah is so dramatic...he's got a face for every emotion.

He said he was sleeping in this picture.

I think he told me this way his angry face.

He doesn't have to tell me what this one is...it's the i'm-not-gonna-do-it-even-if-you-make-me face...I've seen this one before.
This one is his sad :( face...I've seen this one too. Apparently, some where down the line he's been told that using this face will get you ANYTHING you want...psshhh, yeah right!
This is the one he makes when he's doing what he does best...being a BOY! (wrestling, playing football, using the couch for a trampoline, being spiderman...)
I think this is supposed to be a silly face :)
This is my favorite...he told me he blew me a kiss for my pocket. I keep those for when I need them the most.

Week In Review

It's been one week today since I purchased my new camera (which I still love, btw). So, I thought I would post some of my favorite pics from the past week. Hope you enjoy :)