Napoleon Dynomite

You've seen the movie but have you played the game?

My husband received the game "Napoleon Dynomite" around Christmas and so the boys and I decided to give it a try.

It is a drawing game.

And I thought I was bad at pictionary. This game is even more challenging for me because it limits what you are drawing.

Animals.

But not just any animals.

You pick two cards from the card pile. Each one has written on it a type of animal. Your task is to then draw a combination of the two animals within a certain time limit. Then, you get points based on if others can guess (within that time limit) what two animals your drawing represent.

Once I realized this was a drawing game I knew right away one of my kids would have an advantage over all of us. And I was right. Just look at the evidence.

Can you guess what this is?

Yep, a fox-alligator. A drawing by Mr. P.

How about this one?

This one is a penguin-goat. And it happens to be my creation that my kids only half-guessed. So I only got half the points.

Here are two of the creations my creative son who loves to draw made.

A horse-rabbit.

And an osterich-bee.


Both drawings earned him full points. Because he is good like that.

And I am not.

Honored

Two weeks ago he was honored.

Honored for becoming an Eagle Scout.

We are so proud of him. He set a goal-and accomplished it. Awesome!


It was NOT at the pushing of his father and I that he got it done so early nor was it because we helped him out so much. He had two GREAT Scout Leaders that helped him along and let him know what he needed to do and it was his desire to get it done by his 14th birthday.

He did the work and he was rewarded.

We were honored to have so many family and friends at his Court of Honor to help us celebrate in him becoming an Eagle Scout and I could tell he was happy to have them there too.

I am honored to be his mother.

Third Time was a Charm

It only took three serious attempts to get this girl potty-trained.
She is on day 5 now and doing so well.

After four boys, people kept telling me that girls are easier to potty-train than boys, so I was hopeful when I attempted for the first time almost a year ago.
She let me know loud and clear it was NOT happening!

I think that I am mostly to blame as I consider myself one of the worst "potty-trainers" around.
However, I think we are on the right track now and she is looking so much more grown up to me and not nearly as stubborn as I once mentioned before.

One Project Each Month

So, I think I have decided to finally but into action all of the fix-ups that are going on in my head.

Our house is... well outdated, and needing a lot of help in some areas. So I am going to pick a place in our home each month that I/we can update, paint, replace, etc.

First on the list was the washroom.

For a while I have been wanting a clothing rod that I can hang warm and unwrinkled clothes on that come fresh out of the dryer. But first I needed to paint those ugly cabinets and get some color on the walls.

So for January, that is what we did.

My husband helped me a lot with the painting of the cabinets which is really nice since it is such a tedious job. And minus a few touch ups and the replacing of the dated light fixture I can call this room done.

Maybe that will be February's project- to located a unique and inexpensive fixture for the washroom and install it.