Day 2-"Clark, that there is an rv."

So today was our second full day on our rv adventure.  We were trying to make up some time so we drove quite a bit today.  We did stop for a quick breakfast and once for starbucks....it feels funny carrying starbucks across four lanes of traffic to load up on the rv...."rv and starbucks" just don't seem to go....maybe "rv and dr.thunder"...anyway...Later this afternoon we ended up in knoxville, tennessee at the World's Fair Park.  The first thing we did was to go up in the Sunsphere which was this huge ball on top of a tower where you could look out over the city.  Next we headed to a big playground called Fort Kid where ben and millie got to run off some energy.  Then mike and the big kids changed into their swim trunks and we headed to these 30 foot fountains that shoot up out of the ground that you can play in.  The water was freezing but they loved it!  I had packed a picnic so we ate on the lawn and i surprised the kids with a tea set i had brought so we had a tea party too.  Our crumpets were cashews!  By the time we got back to the rv it was getting dark so while mike and the kids stayed out exploring i gave john campbell a bath in the sink...he looked adorable and kept splashing and smiling up at me.  I can't get enough of him!  Tomorrow our goal is Hershey's Chocolate World and Amish Country....can't wait!!!!  

*I would post pictures but my upload speed is slow so maybe i will do more tomorrow.

The Scheuchzer Family RV Trip

The RV trip has begun!  The Scheuchzer family will attempt to go from greenville, texas to falmouth maine and back in the next 10 days!  So far it has been hilarious!  We didn't leave until 10:00 last night...which was only 14 hours later than we had planned:)....and we were so tired from trying to get ready all day we only made it to texarkana!   The best part of last night by far was when mike got pulled over twice!!!!  The officers said we were swerving all over our lane!  Mike was ticked...it was hysterical! This morning we drove for a while and before we could even stop for lunch mike was pulled over again! Does it get any better than that?!?!  This time the officer asked him if he had been drinking....oh my goodness...it makes me laugh just thinking about it! What's crazy is he wasn't even hitting the rumble strips!  Anyway we stopped for a quick lunch before we headed on to memphis, tn.  We went to the Mud Island Riverpark...it was a replica of the mississippi river from minnesota down to louisiana into the gulf of mexico...it was so great for little kids because they got to wade down the five block river and when we got to the end they got to go in a paddleboat around the "gulf".  They were so cute!  The weather was perfect too so that was nice.  The kids were wiped after all the walking so we ate supper at Huey's and got back in the rv.  They were so pumped to get to sleep in the booth that folds out into a bed!  ok....more to come...

Rascals

My 2 big kids were absolute rascals today...and here's how:

* Millie was painting her toe nails so carefully today after she painted mine that i left her unattended for a few minutes.  MISTAKE.  I knew there was trouble when ben told me to come look at what she was doing.  She had painted her leg, the bottoms of both feet, and her hand.

*  While i was putting the baby down i could barely see out my door...just enough to see millie getting the ice cream out of the freezer and ben holding the ice cream scooper and saying "be really quiet".  I came out a few minutes later and found that ben had wisely disappeared leaving millie to chow down by herself.  All she could say was "ben opened it"...as if that justified her mouthful.  Hilarious.

*  While i was getting ben in the bed i noticed that he had dumped out what remained in the lotion bottle all over his blocks and bridge.

*  I looked over today and millie had a strange expression and i realized she had given john campbell some of her cheese stick...a big chunk in fact.  I had to do the infamous finger sweep to get it out before he tried to swallow it.  Let's just say he wasn't too thrilled....apparently he likes cheese.

I'm pretty sure they knew it was mother's day tomorrow...they wanted me to earn my title:)

Another funny thing millie said while she was looking at my back...."You have moles on your back."  "I sure do mill."  " I wish i had moles"....aahhh a girl can dream:)  and of course ben had to chime in with " i have a couple moles cause i'm bigger."  

And lastly,  ben and millie stayed at Molly's most of this week and while they were there molly told ben that if he ate the crust on his sandwich it would make him run faster.  So today i told ben i would beat him to the mailbox and while we were running and he was "winning" he looked back at me and yelled "I ate the crust!!!!!"  I thought i was going to die...he cracks me up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This evening me and the kids went up to crossroads mall-the amazing shopping mall that it is- and got their picture with the easter bunny.  Of all things ben didn't want to get near the bunny so i ended up holding him in the picture....so i let the rabbit hold cam and at first he was fine until he looked back to see who had him and he FREAKED out...it was sad but hilarious!  I wish you could see our picture!

Then we made a few stops at the mall and ben and millie were being disobedient so i told them they had to get  a spanking when we got home...that's all ben could think about  from then on.  So when we were eating dinner ben wanted to say the blessing and after he thanked God for a few things he said..."  and dear God, please let my mommy not give me a spanking but show me grace"...i almost started cracking up...then he opens his eyes and says " are you going to show me grace mommy?"  It was one of the funniest things he's ever said!  Unfortunately his prayer was not answered:)

we have been busy!

ben came out of room time like this...those are rubber gloves:)
ben loves raw spinach...crazy i know! 
i saw on a girl's blog to give your little boy beans to use with his trucks loading and unloading...ben loved it!
they thought it was great to give their riding toys a car wash!
 ben thought it was hilarious when i put his shorts on cam's head...cam didn't seem to mind:)
i love when he sacks out in our bed.
sitting up playing with his toys...what a big boy!
i came outside to find mill pushing her baby in the swing...so sweet.
she loves him so much
john campbell cracking up at millie's crazy self
we went to the tyler zoo with some friends...cam's first zoo trip!

millie

Yesterday millie was lifting up her shirt nursing her baby doll... and if that wasn't funny enough i asked her if she was nursing her baby and she said "yeah, now i got to go pump."  Then she walked over and acted like she was holding 2 pumps up...and a few seconds later she said she was done.  Hilarious.

Rainy Day

ben at the top bunk picnic
millie at the top bunk picnic
what a cutey!!!  bathing in the kitchen sink.
they barely fit!

Today it rained pretty much all day....our yard is a lake!  But even though we were cooped up inside we tried to make it fun.  Mike put a blanket up on ben's top bunk and we surprised them with a picnic lunch up there.  We also played wii fit...it was hilarious....ben actually beat me at a few things!  Either he's really good or i really stink.

Tonight i had promised the big kids they could bathe in the kitchen sink....they love it even though they are almost too big....and then later cam got to take one too.

When i was laying down with ben at bedtime i told him that no matter how big he got he would always be my sweet baby...then he told me i was his sweet buddy.  But the best part was i asked him if he was excited about school tomorrow and if he liked going and he said yeah, but he wished i could be little so i could go with him...i love it!