Fun at Gma S's

So recently Gma S decided that she needed some "bigger kid" toys at her house. Most of the toys there were baby toys, except of course the swing set in the backyard :)

So after going out and getting some toys we found one set of toys in particular that were a huge hit. They are called Magforms and boy did they keep the kids busy. We even had a couple of Goobers friends over that were playing with them and, I kid you not, all four kids played with them nonstop for over an hour. If you have any idea how long attention spans usually last for this age of kids you will know that is simply AMAZING. In fact Goober saw the picture of them just now and said he wanted to go over to Gma S's and play with them. lol

Gma S also got a couple of cool building toys for a little older age (7-12) and I put them together for them. The kids also really seemed to enjoy them. :)




The faris wheel didn't have any people so I made some out of twist ties. The kids loved making it go!

Play Date!

For those of you who don't know, Goober had the day off of school today. This meant I had to find something for the kids to do today to keep them busy, outside of (ya know) playing video games all day long....

So we invited Ken and Ave over to play!

If you remember, Ken and Ave live near Grandma S's house, so they have never been to our "new" house till today.

Goober was so excited when I told him they would be coming, not to Grandma's house, but to OUR HOUSE! I told him last night that they would be here around ten this morning.

This morning when he woke up, first thing out of his mouth was "Are Ken and Ave coming today??!" I replied that yes they were.... then he proceeded to watch the clock from about 8am till 10am (while I was racing to clean my house, because it needed it desperately!)

Once they arrived they had so much fun!

They played with Bounce Putty, and out on the deck, and with the marble toys, and with spider man and iron man! Oh, and they did play the Wii for a short time too.

Oh they had fun! They stayed till about the time EB goes down for his nap and by then I think everyone was done having "fun", I had no problems with Ken and Ave except during the last 15 minutes of their stay, so I think that was a great indicator that the amount of time spent was about right. :) We hope to have them come and play again sometime!

I think the kids won't be complaining too much about being bored today :)

Grrrr... I'm Flummoxed

So when I gave Goober's friend Bee the nickname of "Bee" for this blog I had no idea how prophetic that would be.

Bee is an only child. Not that I fault her for that, just that it leaves her prone to not liking younger siblings of friends much, and it also leaves her more prone to thinking the whole world revolves around her.

Man that girl can give some stings.

Recently Goober has started to come home upset more and more often. Bee has been saying mean things to him. Now, I understand kids do this sometimes, and sometimes I don't get the whole story (like what Goober may have done to induce such behavior), but saying things like "I hate you" and "I don't want to play with you, and neither does Ken" (Ken is another friend).

The other day Goober and Bee decided to go to Bee's house from our house. Goober wanted to ride his bike. Jer was the one home at the moment, so he okayed it and Goober proceeded to get on his coat etc... by the time he got outside Bee was sitting on his bike. Goober told her HE wanted to ride his bike and she just looked at him. Jer then stepped in and told Bee that she did not ask and told her to get off of Goobers bike. Weeeeelllll, this made Bee mad. So she then yelled at Goober "I don't want to play with you anymore!!!!" and ran home (because she was mad a Jer). Goober was then upset because his "friend" didn't want to play with him anymore.

She tends to lie as well, saying things such as: "Ken can't play, he has a black eye", and when Ken, Goober, Missy My, and Bee are playing together they decided to go to Bee's house and she proceeds to lie and say that only one friend is allowed over. Then Ken promptly goes and Goober is upset cause they don't want to play with him.

I, as a mother, have NO CLUE how to deal with this. As far as I'm concerned Bee can go jump off a cliff for the way she sometimes treats my kids (which is becoming more often). I've been trying to comfort Goober when things like this happen, saying that good friends don't do things like that, and that we will find some good new friends in our new house.

But I'm not sure if I should bring this up with her mother or not. I know that eventually this kind of behavior is going to bite Bee back, and HARD. Maybe her mom can help her avoid that? Her mom is pretty down to earth and I don't think she would be offended if I pointed these things out to her..... but I don't know if I should step in or not....

Grrrr..... motherhood!!