flying again

Trevor doesn't have many hobbies but one hobby he enjoys is flying remote controlled airplanes. He used to get together with is dad and brother to fly in Utah and he really looked forward to that time together.

Since we have been in Kentucky residency has just been too crazy to do much flying plus it is not as fun to fly alone but in the last few weeks Trev has found a few friends who are willing ;) to go with him and watch him fly and if they are lucky Trev sometimes even let's them fly... a little. ;)

People usually stop and watch and sometimes he gets a crowd but his biggest fan is definitely Campbell (you can tell in these pictures). He follows Trev around and points at the plane in the sky with his mouth open in amazement. I have a feeling in a few years Trev will have an anxious little flying buddy.

Under Construction: Slow but Steady

Last month between Trev's crazy schedule and our trip to Utah we didn't get anything done on the new room but this month Trevor has been back up there (it's more like a sauna than a bedroom right now, HOT!!) working away. He did all the electrical and is putting up the insulation. He also started working on the back part of the room which will be a play area for the kids (shown in the second picture).

Cutting and installing the insulation is tedious but it's coming along, slow but steady. We hope to have the room done in September.

As if we didn't have enough construction going on in our house I'm officially getting into the "nesting phase" (unfortunately without the extra energy that usually comes with it) and I'm finally redecorating Campbell and the new babies room. This room has been driving me crazy since we moved here because the walls obviously don't match the bedding and until yesterday the ceiling was this ugly blue too. Anyway, I have some fun plans for it so I will post the finished room soon... as soon as I get it done. :)

Summer Plan

WARNING: This post is more for me than anyone else.

I wanted the girls to have some responsibilities this summer so I came up with this checklist:
Daily checklist
*** Make Bed
*** Get Dressed (clean up PJs)
*** Eat breakfast
*** Brush teeth
*** Say morning prayers
*** Clean room
*** Do one chore from the jar
*** Read for 30 minutes today

In the beautiful jar Hallie made for me for Mother's Day (pictured above) is a bunch of chores they pick from like:

*** Empty 4 garbage cans

*** Wash front and back door windows

*** Sweep front porch

***Clean out a closet

*** Dust

*** Help with dishes

*** Vacuum one room

*** Shake 4 rugs outside

*** Help clean kitchen (ask mom what she wants you to do.)

*** Wash counter, sink, and mirror in one bathroom

*** Wipe leather couches with damp rag

*** Sweep laundry room

*** Wash 2 walls

They have to finish the checklist (with the exception of reading which we usually do after lunch to give all of us some "quiet time") before they can play.
Anyway, it's been working great (which is why I'm writing this post, so I will remember all of this next summer)!

This morning one of the girls had the chore "help mom with the dishes" and I gave her the job of cleaning the 2 pots from last nights dinner. She, of course, was not happy with this chore and the whining started so I did what I always do when they complain about doing dishes and told them about how "when I was a kid we didn't have dishwashers and we had to wash every single dish by hand and my mom wanted to make sure the dishes were clean so she would fill the sink with scalding hot water so we would burn our hands as we..." You know the story.
This morning after I was finished Hallie turned to me and asked, "Mom, did they even have sinks when you were a kid?"