Back from (Two) Adventures

After my post a few weeks ago about people disappearing from blogland, I wondered if any of you had thought I'd abandoned you--I even missed my first Alphabe-Thursday in a year.  Sorry about that.

I had hoped for a few minutes to quickly post when we returned from Seattle, but we landed at 4:25, arrived home at 5:15 and I snagged my previously prepared pile of stuff  and left for Girls' Camp by 5:45.  It was a whirlwind, and more info on these two adventures later.

I got home from camp late this morning.  The piles of laundry and stuff are shrieking at me for their rightful homes, but I had to post this little adventure with Hyrum from today:

A Hyrum original, after being partially scrubbed off.

 I have been mothering for many years now, and I've never had a kid that drew on the walls.  Until Hyrum.  When I found this inked intruder on the kitchen wall, Hyrum was immediately directed to the Magic Eraser (his life may have been forfeit if he had been born before the invention of such ingenuity), and began scrubbing and scrubbing.  And of course, I ran for my camera.

"Mom.  Stop taking pictures.  This isn't funny."  Really?  Then why do you keep doing it?  When are you going to stop? "I think I'll stop when I'm nineteen."

I better stock up on those magic babies.  He's only four.

I posted Tucker's last two mission letters as well (click here).  I hope to be a little more consistent now that summer's almost over.

School starts in NINE days.  Kinda ready.  Kinda not.