random end of the year life

It's the end of the school year for 2012/2013 and honestly I am so excited to sleep, rest, and just be at our house.  I am not signing up for anything in the morning unless it's after 10am 11am.  My goal this summer was 10am (not one minute before) but the past two weeks my kids have not left their pjs until well after we eat breakfast, on the days we eat.  Well, most of us eat, Wendell has days he insists he's not hungry and yep, I don't make him eat.  I figure we're home and he can eat whenever he wants.  Yes, this might kick me in the butt some day.  Oh back to 11am.. yep, it seems my kids just want to hang out at home and I will not complain.  I had a goal of getting caught up the first week, in fact I said I was grounded.  I didn't get it all done but I'm plucking a long.  I hope I caught up soon but really, I may, I may not.  I will NOT let this 'to do list' control  my life.  So thank you's may be late, my walls might not get wiped from greasy hands, and my floors may never get scrubbed again.  Maybe if I let it go, I will think I live in a cabin. You know if you give a cat a cupcake.....  But Wendell and I are reading Little House on the Prairie and it seems that cabin life would be so simple yet I know the work those people did.  Some days cabin life seems great, then my computer seems great and I can't have both.  Two worlds crashing.  Back to Wendell and I reading, it's the first time  I've read chapter books to him and I got this at Goodwill.  I will have to actually try harder next time to find something that a boy might like a little more.  He does great and enjoys it but I bet I can find something a little more exciting for him.  I love to read so this is a great way for me to 'read' and to spend good quality time with my son.  Back to Goodwill, my new favorite store.  Reasons why:  1. it's close 2. it's cheap  3. it's not a large store/easy to navigate/easy to browse 4. they have books, clothes, and games (my hearts desire). 

enough.. enough...  

Daddy time.....

did I put this in my last blog post?  Sorry if I did.  

creamy peanut butter + peanuts + marshmallows

 = 

Heather's nut roll sandwich

every kid has to have a picture with food on their face!

                                             

                 guilty? wasn't me, nope, didn't touch it.....  guilty.

tradition in the Hunt family: rides in the laundry basket 

traditions in the Hunt family: starting the garden (this time with our friend Thomas) 

 I actually am posting this for the smile on dads face.  

Genuinely happy.. not that he's NOT happy.. but I love a great smile. 

 A few weeks ago I got a hankerin' to watch Star Wars... yep, me.  I don't remember ever watching the old/original first 3 (or last three of the series).  So our family watched the first two (still need to watch the third).  It was really fun watching these movies, no offense, they're better than I thought.  Once we watched them we had to pull out Phil's toys.  He's a Star Wars fan so he has a lot of old toys from when he was a kid, and some new ones from when the new movies came out.





School is out!  Here Wendell got to hand out programs for the end of the year program.  Had  I known I might have spiffed him up a bit.

first day of school (fall 2012)

last day of school (spring 2013)

Last day of school was May 31, 2013.  Sadly I was on beeper for work, got called, so was not able to see him get off the bus for the last day.  I missed saying goodbye to all the kids we got to know from the bus stop.  Here is his picture though, a little different than last fall!  Missing teeth, shaggy hair, and clothes are a bit faded.  We now have a first grader!

Summer break is here!!!