tid bits....

Happenins at the Bunderson house.....

The Ellen Jar
{Cloe is making books and pictures for money to buy tickets to the Ellen show}

making cars out of a microwave box.

 Making mouse trap cars for shop class.

 Luvs and t.v. time

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Winter in the Spring

 

I can't smile mom.....

it's BRRRR cold!!!!

 Ready here I go....... UGHHH that's it?!...

lol

Spring?....

I Love the view.......

Through my daughters eyes.....

{Tay has captured a little piece of spring}

Driveway art....

LOVE!!!

Parties

How do 11 teens entertain themselves?......

Lets see:

they devour pizza and soda,

Watch movies,

BOX,

run through the neighbor hood,

play wii,

help clean up the mess after their other friends sneak attack the house and cars with silly string.

make a Shopko and Wendy's run.

O yeah and t.p.

At least that's what they did a few weeks ago when Briar decided he wanted a few friends over. 

And I did manage to snap a few pics. of the craziness. 

so here we go:

{other than a few headaches, no one was hurt}

 and somewhere during all the craziness

 Cloe and her friend Emily found time to be little girls!

P.S.

never t.p. when people know your having party.

{especially those who were invited and couldn't come} 

Yes.....

they retaliate!!! 

Even in the snow and if it is freezing cold and windy!

just sayin!!

;)

  Good thing we love our kids AND their friends!!

what else?....

O my goodness....

It has been a trying year already.

It has been one thing after the other around here;

We have illness that is STILL lingering around here,

Briar has had a bad rash or something and 2 different doctors have gave 2 different diagnoses,

 with no treatment.

{ I think it is finally starting to clear up}

Then he went and played church ball and got the ball kicked into his finger, 

so we had to go get x-rays on his finger and hand,

{just a bad jam thank goodness} 

Now Cloe has a bad rash on her face that is blistering.

The doctor thinks it is an allergic reaction to something.

We just have no clue what.

So...

2 different creams and some medicine for 15 days.

Really?!

All I can say is....

BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!!

I'm tougher than you think!

On the up side;

We all started Insanity last night,

{gonna get rockin bods}

 ;)

 and...

 we've managed to have a little family fun and laughs.

I watched some crazy tv with the older 2 till 1 in the morning Sunday

WOW!!!

 They were so dumb yet... so funny!! 

and that is our last week or so in a nutshell.

No pics....

Cloe is embarrassed about her face.

{she thinks she looks like a zit face} 

lol  

Cheese.................. :)

Tay decided that she was bored yesterday,

 so....

Her dad should go take her pics. just for fun.

{In the cold}

BRRR!

Cloe quickly joined the fun and fixed her make up, 

in hopes she would get her picture taken as well.

Since it was {Sweat Hearts} yesterday, 

there weren't many available choices left,

Soooo....

we headed for the high school bleachers.

{here are a few that we got}

I have such pretty girls,

and they love to play in front of the cameras.

Next stop...

Somewhere for the little one to work some of her magic. :)

The laundry mat has some fun colored walls that I thought would be perfect for Iz.

And she worked her magic striking a pose the second we got there.

Ready and knowing exactly what she wanted to do.

    After a few pics. we headed over to Ice Cream Land

{Yogurt Factory}

  I had made a deal with Iz earlier that morning that if she could go all day without picking at her chapped lips we would go for Ice Cream.

This was a HUGE deal since she has picked her pore little lips pretty much raw. :(

Briar hung in the truck during pics, trying to recover from the Benadryl  I had given him earlier trying to clear up an issue he has developed.

Which I'm hoping isn't what Iz is now getting.

BLAH!!!

Anywho...

He was feeling pretty good and apparently pretty hungry 

by the time we got to Ice Cream Land,

Because he not only ate his Ice Cream, but he finished Iz's

then wanted to try mine, an needless to say, I never got it back.

GRRRR!!!!

Dang boy anyways!!! ;)

  

We had a pretty good and productive day.

 A walk and bike riding was done while the weather was still warm.

Fun and chores sprinkled throughout the middle,

Then.....

We finished the night off with a movie, and laughed through 90% of it.

Good Day!!!

breaking point.....

At what point do you draw the line?.....

I know that we have to let our kids 

make their own decisions,

fight their own battles,

 face consequences,

 deal with upset and trial.

BUT....

at what cost?

It is soooo hard.

I really don't like the power that some adults, teachers, and coaches have over kids.

{we have dealt with the best and worst of them}

And...

you know that if you say anything it will more than likely fall on deaf ears or make things rougher on your kid. 

I am a very protective momma bear.

 I can hold back to protect and I can come at ya full force.

I HATE confrontation, so I loose tactfulness and just say it how it is.

I feel at a loss right now.

stuck on the line.

I know my kid has gone above and beyond what has been asked of them. 

taken blow after insulting blow.

improved amazingly on a gift which was already there.

yet....

 it really doesn't seem to matter.

 GRRR! 

Sometimes I really hate the power and authority we have given people over our kids.

So they can be the {best} or {something}.

I always said as long as your HAPPY!!

But what if what they are doing makes them happy but the people around them don't?......