Layne brought this poem home from school the other day. I think it suits what our weather has been like for the last couple of days, although today was nicer! He was so proud of himself because he was able to read the whole thing to the other kids in his reading club.

I am freezing! I am freezing!


I am absolutely cold,

I am shivering and shaking

like a pudding in a mold.

There are glaciers in my stomach,

there is sleet inside my bones,

I am colder than the contents

of a million ice cream cones.



I am freezing! I am freezing!

From my bottom to my top,

all my teeth are clacking madly

and I cannot make them stop.

Oh I cannot feel my fingers,

and I cannot feel my toes,

now my cheeks are frozen solid,

and I think I’ve lost my nose.



I am freezing! I am freezing!

Inside out and outside in,

every bit of me is chilly,

every single inch of skin,

I have icicles inside me

and my lips are turning blue,

and I’m sneezing as I’m freezing,

for I’ve caught a cold . . .

AHCHOOOOOOOOOO!

On another note both Brenden and Logan have been sick this week. I have been home with one of them everyday this week. They both did fine today, they seem to be on the mend so tomorrow they get to go to Dee Dee's house so that I can go to school and take 2 timed tests for my online classes. My sister is coming up this weekend so we can celebrate her birthday (which is today and I just had to rub in the fact that while she is turning 31, I am still in my 20's! Then she not so gently reminded me that was only for another few months :( ) so I want to get all my homework done so I don't have to worry about it. I won't have time to do any homework next week because I will be at Simle Middle School every morning from 8:30-11:45. Ahhhhh! I need to find 5 meals that I can make in the crock pot!

Layne had a great Tae Kwon Do tournament on Saturday. He got 3th place in sparring and 4rd place in forms. I was so proud of him! His sparring match was really fun to watch, he score 7 points and most kids average 2-3. If he would have had that match in the first round he would have one 1st place.

We went to church yesterday planning to go to the late service and stay for the potluck, but we discovered that Logan wasn't feeling well during bible study. So we came home right after Sunday school and took his temp. It was 102. He stayed in our bed all day and even managed to fall asleep for a while. I stayed home with him today. He was running a fever for a while this morning but as the day wore on he seem to feel better and didn't have a fever. So I don't know what was up with him, but glad he is feeling better!

Layne has a Tae Kwon Do tournament next weekend so we spend most of today getting him ready for it. Tim bought pine board and cut it down so Layne could practice his board breaking. He is getting really good. He broke 3 boards in 3 tries! He has his pattern down to a T and has been practicing his kicks for the power challenge. We had a nice long talk about how he will feel if he doesn't do well and how to handle himself if he does do well. So I think he is all ready!

 I think I have a budding chef on my hands! 

We had a great day today! The boys didn't have school so I decided that I should take them out to Papa's Polar Patch. They turn the pumpkin patch in to a winter wonderland complete with car hoods pulled by 4 wheelers! It was kinda cold today so there were not very many people out there which was really nice, no lines to wait in for the rides. My friend Rauscha and her 2 kids meet us out there and she remembered her camera, so I have a few pictures of the kids.

 

 Logan went down the slide to fast!

Brenden took the safer route!

Layne trying to beat his brother to the top!

Can we go again!?!

We had a very nice weekend. We got to have 3 of the Thompson boys with us on Friday night because Pastor and Pam got snowed in in Fargo. We made orange julius's and popcorn and watched Mighty Ducks 2. On Saturday morning we made enough pancakes to feed and army and then took all 6 boys sledding. It was so much fun!

Scott and Debbie wanted to spend some time with the boys this weekend, so they took Layne yesterday afternoon and he spent the night over there. Tim and I took the boys to Sam's club so they could pick out snacks to take to Dee Dee's house. Then we came home and watched a movie with them. Today Scott and Debbie took the twins right from church. Tim and I took Layne out for lunch and then bowling to make up the games he missed yesterday. He had a pretty good day he bowled and 88 and a 78. After that we took him to pick out a new water bottle to take to school.

The boys don't have school tomorrow so if it is nice we will go sledding again, or do something fun outside!

It is really really cold here and the boys are really suffering from a bad case of cabin fever! I have been getting creative when finding things for the boys to do. Yesterday I moved the dinning room table to the side of the room and brought up all the pop up tents and tunnels. The boys spent all afternoon making forts and chasing each other around.

I started back to school today. It is going to take some adjustment to get used to my new schedule. Not being home in the afternoon will be interesting!