1. Dogsit for Gabby the Kolb's golden retriever. Take her for walks and remove, burn and smash engorged ticks.
2. Feed Sophie the cat and give her all the ignoring she craves.
3. Check on all 166 tadpoles. Catch the ones with arms and monitor their progress. Catch bugs to feed them.
4. Feed and water Robby and BunBun, Sis Gubler's rabbits. Make sure they haven't dug their way to freedom.
5. Feed Pooka the hamster. Take him in and out of his cage not less than 400 times a day and show him to everyone that
comes to the house.
Yesterday was a fun day. Everone worked all morning in the yard and getting the boat shined up. Then we played all evening at the Pullman aquatic center. Max had an anxiety attack when we told him he had to go on the water slides, but once Tony peeled him off of his neck and shoved him down the slide, Max announced, "that was fun!' To top off the day we surprised Marcos and all went to see the new CARS movie. He loved it. Everyone was happy. The black kid was happy. The teenager was happy. The mom was happy. Beautiful day.
Tony got the basketball court all painted in BYU blue. Camp Jimmer is now in session! My freethrow percentage is worse than anyone in the family except Marcos. I will probably win the prize for most improved.
After an excruciatingly painful wait, including missing the Fed Ex guy two days in a row, Cooper's jumping castle arrived. He is very excited and has business cards ready. He named his company, "Jump for Joy." He will be taking it to the ward 4th of July breakfast and the big Endicott celebration. He has already made $10.00 off his brothers and sister and the other suckers in the neighborhood.
Tuesday was an impromptu summer party. I ended up with 8 extra kids and it turned out to be awesome. Days like this make me understand the beauty of big families.
Eliza got a bee in her bonnet to paint her room blue. By some miracle I was able to focus more on the process than the product and let her go at it. She chose an amazingly shocking shade of blue, not too different from the color of the swimming pool. She got her friend Eden to come help paint and it only took me about an hour to remove the blue paint from the trim. She is happy and really proud of herself.
Tony the Bishop is learning a lot. It seems like the most important lesson is how to resist rambling and commenting at every gathering. Tomorrow is the first ward party. If there is plenty of food, a jumping castle and waterballoons perhaps no one will lose their testimony at this event.
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