Boys and their, well, ummm...odors

OK, I was going to drift off into a story about this past weekend. We went 'up North' to Pinetop, AZ to get out of the heat and it ended up raining most of the weekend. We went up with another family, we have 3 boys, they have 2. So this post was going to be all about the 5 lads, ages 5-13, all staying in one room together, having a blast, giggling, playing, watching movies, etc...and stinking up the place. By the end of our stay, we could hardly walk into the room between the smelly feet odor, the 'stink bombs' they were dropping all weekend, and less than attractive armpit odor. Combined required a gas mask to merely open the door.

But then I thought, eewwww, I've been known to chat about some pretty rank things and can carry on for lengths about them but I think the above paragraph is about all that is required for you to get the idea.

So let me get into the more pleasant of the weekend memories.

As I said, it rained, but it gave our 2 families (who are very close by the way) a chance to really get to 'be' with each other. I was able to enjoy a card game with my dear friend and her 13 year old son whom I know, but don't really know. Getting to sit with him and enjoy the game was great to see him in inter-action and talk with him, tease with him, and well...because the turd was beating me, threaten him.

Also, my friend spent some time with my youngest, 5, doing puzzles with him and a little activity book. And you know what I learned about her from that experience? She is a wonderful, patient teacher! And my son loved the attention from her!

We interacted with the other 3 also in card games, activities, etc but also to watch them getting to know each other. They have spent the last 2 1/2 years together since we moved to the neighborhood and became friends but being enclosed in a house due to the rain really made everyone step up their game to find something to do, to entertain ourselves and each other, and to become involved with each other on a different level. My friend's oldest (13) and my middle son (9) got into a riveting game of Monopoly that lasted several hours. The 13 year old spent much of the time teaching my 9 year old how to play, suggesting great moves like 'you should sell this or that property to me'(which we later discovered may have been the 9 year old's downfall, listening to his opponent-but who were we to intervene in such a cleverly disguised innocent game of Monopoly). Seriously, though, they played great together, one teaching, the other learning and obviously they loved it because the game went on for hours...and then they started another one!

I guess what I'm saying here is that it would be great if we could all take a step back for a moment and really see who we are with and what they are about. Enjoy every moment and celebrate each other.

Thus, not as gut-splitting and knee slapping as I'd promised but as for day one of week one of summer vacation today, there will be plenty to write about soon!
Until then...

Where've you been?

Good question! I realized after what I thought was one of the funniest posts I've ever put on the internet that I should work on my business blog and keep things moving along the social media highway.

Who knew it would be almost 2 months before I got back to the basics. I've missed some hilarious events worth posting in these past several weeks, many that fall just short of knee-slapping, roll on the floor, call your girlfriends type stuff.

So it is with a heavy heart that I announce that as I am typing this now, I'm at a loss for some clever familial events that require blog notation. And I'm hungry. Does anyone think clearly on an empty stomach?

I shall blast through the pantry in search of some tasty treats to satisfy this growling distraction and plan to have some wonderfully eye popping, lip curving, gut chuckling piece to get you through until I can post something more meaningfully funny.