Weirdo:
Josh was hoping around the house a while ago with an empty crystal light container stuck on his foot. "This hurts!" he kept saying. When I told him to just take it off he said "I have to leave this on for exactly one hour to prove that I'm a man."
Speedy Spaniard
Josh ran the mile run for the Speedy Spaniard and did great. About 9:30 min mile.
Goldfish and Snails
Josh decided a few months ago that he wanted to get another goldfish. After his first two died early deaths, we figured that maybe it was a fluke and if we got them from a real pet store, than maybe they might last just a little bit longer. I took him to Petsmart and he found a goldfish that he absolutely couldn't live without. He then decided that it would quickly become lonely if there wasn't something else in there with it. He found a golden mystery snail and after finding out that they can happily coexist, I let Josh buy them. We had prepared for this goldfish by making sure the water had been sitting out for a few days so that it was just perfect and we made sure to add it's original store water too so that it wouldn't be shocked. Alas, the fish only survived 2 hours. The snail on the other hand, somehow survived until just the other day. I'm sad to admit that it probably died a very slow and painful death by starvation. At first it tried to eat the dead fish but Josh decided he wanted to flush the fish down the toilet instead. He then feed the snail two roly poly bugs, but that was it. The day it finally kicked the bucket, Josh came into my room and said "apparently snails float to the top when they're dead." Great. I try not to frequent that bathroom and just realized this morning that the dead snail was still floating around in there. I told Josh to go and take care of it.
"Can I keep the shell?" he asked.
"Eww doesn't that have a dead snail body in there?"
"Not anymore! It's real easy to pull out when it's all dead. Ugg! That stinks. Mom? This dead snail really stinks bad!"
"Great, that's disgusting. No, you can't keep the shell, it's all garbage."
"Ok. It stinks anyway."
Yuba
We had a great time at Yuba. The only downer was that Josh had hurt his toe a few days before we left and so we had to find some creative ways to keep it clean and sand free. I went for the quadruple protection approach. First I covered it with a band aid, then wrapped it with some cushioned waterproof tape and finally I covered it with a finger cover and made him wear water shoes. It was a success!! I was pretty proud of myself for being so amazing and Josh was able to enjoy the sand, mud and water without worrying about his toe.
One morning while we were there Mike was giving Josh a hard time about something and Josh finally said "will you quit harassinating me!" Mike and I laughed so hard.
Bike shows
This summer Josh teamed up with some of the kids in our neighborhood and they have been spending a lot of time riding bikes. A few weeks ago they somehow came up with the brilliant idea of putting on a bike show...for money. They went around and invited all the neighbors to this bike show and charged them $.50. I even had to pay. They started off by doing bike 'tricks' and then did a race down to the end of the street and back. I finally had to put a stop to it when they continually went back and harassed the neighbors who never showed up.
Back to School
Josh doesn't really NEED anything for back to school, not even new clothes. But I asked him anyway and he said "Can we just go to Office Max so I can look and then I'll tell you what I need?" Oh brother. Every time that stupid Office Max commercial comes on his eyes light up and he finds another thing he thinks he needs for school.
Huds
Here's a picture of Huds after waking up from a nap. I think it's so funny that he sleeps with his hands behind his head and that he gets so sweaty that his hands get all wrinkly. I promise my house is not THAT hot.
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