1 Year Anniversary at First Job ~ Silly & Slimey Science

Our days can seem so busy these days.   Especially with the older two kiddos working.  I think it is so amazing that they have had the opportunity to have work available for them to do.  What great learning experiences for the two of them! 

Today, I am especially proud of our oldest boy, Frost.  TODAY....{well, yesterday by the time this will post...June 5th} was his 1 year anniversary working at Royal Kennels.   This is his first job...and he started it...has loved it...has stuck with it...and has worked really hard.  Pam {his boss} tells us all the time what a great worker he is...no matter what it is she needs him to do, he is always ready and willing to jump in and just get it done. 

For this entire year of him working at the Kennel, when he gets paid, he gives 1/2 of his earnings to us for his "savings"....the other 1/2 is his to save/spend however he wants.   He has bought himself his own tablet,  paintball gun, and Kings Island passes...a few bigger things that he had to save up for a while for to be able to buy them.   And of course he splurges on things like his crazy hats or spoiling his girlfriend when he can.  :)   But now that the year is up...he will receive his savings, and get to decide what he wants to do with it.   He has saved up a little over $1,000 this passed year!!  Plus, starting today...he gets to keep his whole pay!!

Pam also let him know that if he starts a savings account, which I'm hoping we can get to the bank and get it all set up for him sometime THIS month, that she will start a sort of 401K plan with him!!  She will match up to $50 a month of whatever he puts into it.   What a great learning opportunity she is giving him!!   I love it!! 

Today, Frost gets the extra treat of grooming our Black Lab, Cooper, too!! 

Frost is planning on a special lunch out with Danny tomorrow to celebrate his 1 year...you know, the two "working men" of the family!  :)


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Yesterday we went to a special library program....Silly & Slimey Science.

First off they did the "Will it Sink or Float?"   The librarian had a bucket full of different objects, and each child got to come up and pick one....guess if it would Sink or Float...then try it out in the big bowl of water.

 They also did the milk/food coloring/dish detergent experiment.   We've done this one before, and the kids really like it!! 

BE SURE THE FOOD COLORING DOES NOT MIX WHEN YOU PUT INTO THE MILK. 

When you put the Qtip into the milk BE SURE NOT TO STIR...you poke it in, and just HOLD IT STILL.

There is "science" behind it....something to do with the "fat" in the milk...but basically, the pretty colors MOVE and swirl together!!  If it works right...it creates a sort of Tye-Dye look in the milk...

Here's a YouTube Video that explains how to do it, too....AAAAAND it even explains the "Science Stuff"!! 

After they were done with the program...I let them play on the computers for a bit while I looked around and picked out some books & movies.   We had a little time to kill before we had to pick up Frost from work.  

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Talked Danny into running to pick up some S'mores Blizzards before we went to pick up Arlee from work!!  Oh My Word were they SO YUMMY!!   Highly recommend them!!  I love S'mores anything....but this was just divine!!   A *HUGE* Thank You to my Hubby for spoiling me!!  :)

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Update on Me/Our Weekend/Just Hanging Out

UPDATE ON ME:

The last few days have been WONDERFUL!!  I have been pain free since FRIDAY!!  Thank goodness!!  It has made such a HUGE difference NOT having all that joint pain & body aches.  {Deep deep sigh of relief inserted HERE!} My rash/hives/red spots are still visible, but are MUCH smoother & lighter than they were.  That swollen spot on my hand is almost all gone...no pain, just a little puffy.  I've been tired...I think my body is finally getting the help that it needs, and is able to calm itself a bit...and now is just worn out from being so out of control for the past couple weeks. 

OUR WEEKEND:

YARD SALES!!!  On Saturday, we went to go visit our friends at the Days of Wonder School since they were having a HUGE 15-Family Yard Sale to help raise funds for their school.  We found some good treasures there...along with a couple others we stopped at on our way home as well!  It was fun!  I think this was really Zach & Liam's first experience with shopping at Yard Sales.  We must learn that even though we don't find things that interest us...we need to still be patient while others are looking.  It's a work in progress!!

I found some really pretty glass bottles!  Not sure where I'm going to put them....but can't wait to put them there!  Zach & Liam, both, got new fishing poles!!   At one yard sale, the lady let each of them pick out TWO board games for $2 total!  Arlee got a big box of craft stuff & such, plus a bag of fabric.

We headed back home for some lunch.  After, while Danny started mowing the lawn, Arlee & I headed out to Goodwill to do some more shopping!  We found some good deals...and some cute clothes!  I was SO tired by the time I got back home!  Whew!!

Sunday, I had to drop off Arlee & Frost to help out at the Days of Wonder Yard Sale, so we ended up picking up even more stuff!!  Our good friend Amy was giving the boys some REALLY good deals!!  :) 

After leaving, I decided to treat the boys!!  We were all H*O*T....so some frozen yogurt sounded REALLY good!!

 

First time the boys have been here....myself, too....it was fun, and they really enjoyed it!  :)  It was YUMMY!!

Once we got back home, we cleaned up our living room, then played one of the new games that Zach got.  It is called SpaceQuest...it is from like 1986....a sort of Monopoly game with some differences.  We kinda did our own version of it....to make it easier.   They liked playing it...Liam is a Monopoly Guru, let me tell you what!!!


JUST HANGING OUT:

Monday...After dropping Arlee off at work, the boys and I ran over to Salvation Army to look around.  Found myself 3 new shirts, Frost & Zach both a shirt, a bunch of puzzles for the kids to do {Liam found a States puzzle here the other day, and has put it together like 3 times, and is interested in doing MORE!   And apparently, while at the store, Frost offered to do puzzles with him!!  Sounded good to me!!}  Frost found a couple older computer games...hoping they are compatible with our computers.  I also found this really cute old travel case...I'm looking forward to filling it up with my hair things, nail polish, and make up!!

We ended up being a little late {okay, like 40 mins late} to our next thing...TOTALLY my fault for having to try on clothes at the store!!  We spent the rest of the afternoon hanging with friends!  It was really nice.  I haven't done much of it over the last couple weeks because of all the icky sicky stuff I've been dealing with...it was really really good to see my friends and get to talk face to face with them!!  I miss them!!

Frost worked on this K'Nex Ferris Wheel...that even after like 3 hours, still couldn't get it to spin right.  :/   Liam played outside riding his bike....before deciding to come in and bug the older boys would be more fun.   Zach played on his tablet & Wii with his friends.

Around 5pm, we started to leave.   Could definitely tell we'd already had a full day {for us, I guess} because Liam was MOODY!!  Oh my!!   We were planning on a couple other stops before heading home....but by the time we were ONLY around the corner, that plan changed to JUST GOING HOME!!   Which worked out find for me...I was pretty hungry, so I'm thinking my boys were too...got home and made a quick lunch.   I think everyone felt much better after that!!

Frost started working on one of his 1000 piece puzzles he picked up today.  We have discovered that Liam likes puzzles, but apparently the pieces have to be a certain size.  He did not like the look of the small pieces of the ones we got at the store.  So he decided to go back and put together his trusted States puzzle again.  And Zach took a nap...we had to have a talk about hitting.  Found out he had hit his brother while we were out today, so he was not able to play his time on the Xbox...so what else is there to do??  Just go to sleep. 

For dinner Frost grilled out hamburgers and these Buffalo Cheese Mets I picked up from Aldi last week....THEY WERE SO GOOD!!  I made pasta salad to go along with it.   YUMMY!!

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I am so excited that I'm feeling better...I'm really looking forward to doing more stuff with the kids, getting out and doing stuff as a family, spending time with our friends....just being able to enjoy the beautiful summer weather!!