The Mueller Family: August 2010

Monday, August 23, 2010

More Summer Fun

We bought a knee board over the weekend to see how Ben could do. Wow! He did great! He was a natural at it. He actually did so well that everyone else wanted to give it a try. See pics below!

Here is Miss Maddie knee boarding. You can't see, but Jeremy is behind her holding her up. This girl has no fear. Arde wasn't up for the challenge quite yet. He is much more apprehensive than the other kids. Maybe next year he will give it a shot!

Here is Jeremy showing off his moves. He couldn't wait to jump in and try it.

Who is this guy? Yup, that's my 64 year old dad knee boarding! I heard some ladies out on their pontoon comment how "that isn't one of the kids, that is the grandpa!"

Grandpa coming into shore. Way to go!

So, with everyone so hot shotty on the knee board Ben decided to try skiing. On the very first try he got up! This kid can do anything he sets his mind to!

Here is my "hot mama" as I called her.

We had such a nice weekend on the lake. We will miss coming up. School starts Wednesday for me!

Monday, August 16, 2010

Packer Family Night 2010

Packer Family Night is so fun for us and the kids. The fireworks are amazing and worth seeing.

Ben and Natalie

Our packer buddies...Heather and Mike with their kids Natalie, Dawson, and Baby Nate on the way!

House

As you know, we are selling our house with the hopes to build. We have been working all summer cleaning and painting to get the house ready. Of course, Maddie wanted to help out. We gave her a paintbrush and the largest board we could find and let her at it. For some reason, she would only paint in her undies. I guess true artists need the freedom from pants??

These are some pics of the land we put money down on.

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Misc Summer 2010

Maddie and Grandpa preparing (and eating) watermelon

I love these three pictures...

Maddie fishing for "the big one"

Catching "the big one"

Doesn't like "the big one"

This picture cracks me up. Maddie's life vest is underneath her sweatshirt. She looks like an old lady holding onto a cane

Dad Birthday

I can hear my dad singing.."Happy Birthday to ME, Happy Birthday to ME..." The kids love celebrating birthdays. They were eyeing up the cake all day!

Up North with Cousins

Lauren and Max

Kailey, Ben, and Maddie

The kids making stepping stones with Grandma (The mosquitoes were HORRIBLE!)

Ben and Grandpa working on a puzzle.

Ben can fish for hours. It is the only activity that we have found that can sustain his attention for more than 15 minutes.

Maddie REFUSES to put her hair in a pony or a barrette. But, when her big cousin Kailey helped put it in then it was fine. Maddie adores Kailey and Kailey is so sweet with her....very patient.

The Grandkids

Notice my dad's face. He always makes that face when he is tickling someone pretending he isn't. Looks like Lauren and Max were the "lucky" receipients.

My sister Shelley with her husband, Jake and kids Kailey and Lauren

The Mueller Brood

Funny Kid Quotes

Maddie (yelling walking to a timeout): Mama you're so mean to your children! (age 5)
Maddie: I wish I was an only child (age 5)
Mama, isn't cleaning out between your toes awesome?! (age 4 1/2)
Maddie: lifting up her bare arms...mama do you think my armpits are pretty? (age 4 1/2)
Maddie: on the bus today I had a whole bunch of ear wax in my ear. Me: oh, is it better now? Maddie: yup, I just stuck my finger in and scooped it up and wiped it on the bus seat. (age 41/2)
Max: Jeremy took the boys out fishing. Max saw a ripple in the water indicating a fish may be on the hook. He was so excited he says..."look dad, there's a nipple!!!!:
Maddie: As she was getting on her bikini to go swimming she comes downstairs and I overhear her say to Max, "Arde, will you button my bra in the back for me?" (4)
Maddie: took the remote and insisted she knew how to get iCarly on TV. After much stubborness she clicked through the channels and just by chance it landed on iCarly. She looks at me all smug, "I told you I could do it, Mommy. You must have forgot I'm SMART!" (3 1/2)
Ben: I think my tongue is broke (9)
Grandma Mueller gave Arde some Eggnog icecream for a snack. Max looks at it and says, "Grandma, this doesn't look like my style."
I was telling the kids that when I was little St.Nick didn't come visit me when I was a kid. Arde asked, "why mom? Did you live in an orphanage?"
Maddie was racing me to her bedroom tonight and cut the bottom of her foot pretty bad. she saw the blood and said, "oh, this isn't going to be good."
Maddie out of the blue says to me.."we both have diarrhea don't we mommy?" My response, "not that I know of!"
Tonight Maddie told me, "J.T. is my boyfriend." (This is a guy that is helping us design our new house) On the next breath she says, "Richard is also my boyfriend, but don't tell Daddy." (Anyone that knows my wonderful neighbor knows he is in his 60's!!!) We are going to have our hands full with this one!
One night I told Maddie she was cracking me up. Her response was, "You want to gobble me all up don't you mommy!?"
As I was putting Maddie to bed I told her I was going to go and wished her a goodnight. "Why do you have to go mommy?" I told her my nose was dripping and I had to get a tissue. She held up the bottom part of her pajama shirt and said, "Here mommy, just wipe your nose on my shirt that's what I do."
Maddie was mad at me today (like usual). A bee came by her while we were outside and here are her exact words "Bee go away! Go by mommy!"
Max: I was having a conversation about a good friend of Max's who is spanish. Max said Oscar has black skin so he is black. I corrected him by saying Oscar is spanish. Max's response was "He's not Spanish mom, he speaks human!"
Crying in bed one night, I asked Max why he was sad. He said, "The world is just so hard."
Max: You're all making me crabby
Max: I wish Ben didn't have a mouth
Maddie: Don't look at me!
Ben to Maddie: Maddie, don't even think about it. My patience is wearing thin! (I wonder who that sounds like)
Max: Mom, do you wish you were Amish?
Mom to Max: Max, did you cut off the pony's mane with scissors? Max responds: Well, that depends if I'm going to get into trouble or not
Max: (After eating a cob of sweet corn)...Mmmmm, I mow'd it down like a chicken
Maddie: Whook it, Mommy! Whook it! (look it)
Max: Mom! Stop talking! I have cookie in my eyeball!
Ben: You want a piece of me?
Max: Mom, how long were you thinking about making this yucky supper?
Max: Mom, why are you wearing black stuff on your eyebrows? (I was wearing mascara)
Max: Jesse, you can't win a fishing tournament with just one fish!
Maddie: Whenever we ask the kids if they want to go somewhere, Maddie always raises her hand up in the air and shouts "Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, ..." She won't stop until we tell her she can come too!
Ben: Mom, how old will I be when I'm 16?
Max: I better get to bed now, no sense in putting it off.

The Mueller Family