Lemon Juice

Dinnertime at the Harms House is always entertaining.

My Boy

Everyone needs one of these at their house.

The Poop Chart

Anyone who has eaten at our house in the past few months has seen this chart hanging on our dining room wall. In an effort to curb the potty-talk that always happens at dinner time, (Poop is one topic of conversation that never seems to get old around here.), we started keeping a record. The first person to bring up the subject received a checkmark by their name. You can see by looking that there was one member of our family who thought it was pretty cool to get a checkmark. And yes, I even have a couple marks. It's a hazard of living with all males. They tend to wear off on you.

The Slumber Party

FAMILY SLUMBER PARTY. We did it. Not kidding. 9 KIDS. 6 ADULTS. OVERNIGHT. We have joked about this for some time now, and decided it was time to try it. It was an OVERWHELMING SUCCESS. There was very little fighting. There was MUCH LAUGHTER. It was kind of like a MINI-GETAWAY right at home.

Owen's Birthday Party

Owen requested the same birthday cake this year as he did last year. Aside from frosting jerseys onto a bunch of little teddy grahams, it's a pretty easy cake so I was happy with his decision. We took the boys and a few of Owen's buddies to Chuck E. Cheese's. A Place Where a Kid Can Be a Kid, and an adult can come very close to losing his or her mind ;) The boys had a lot of fun, and Corey was such a good sport about the whole adventure after having a very long week at work.

They had fun playing games, but the prizes were seriously lacking. I realize arcades are just money-gobblers, but seriously, 60 tickets for a piece of candy I can by for 10 cents at Dollar General?

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I really is hard for me to believe that Owen is 8 years old. But I feel that way every year, and I know it will just keep getting more unbelievable as he ages.

8 Things...

...about Owen.

1. He likes to draw and do artistic kinds of things.

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2. He has an enviable head of blonde locks.

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3. He loves football and basketball.

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4. He can be found in a Vikings, ISU or Nebraska shirt 99 percent of the time.

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5. He doesn't like fruit.

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6. He enjoys reading. (I can't believe I can write that truthfully.)

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7. He likes to collect little random treasures that he finds here and there.

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8. He has a tender heart and a contagious smile.

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Happy 8th Birthday Owen!!

A Day at the Zoo

We spent Wednesday playing at the zoo. Lewis didn't understand why the tiger would not roar back at him when he roared at it. All the boys had fun feeding the fish and the goats. And some of the monkeys were in a pretty entertaining mood. It was a fun little spring break week outing.