The Boni Bunch: July 2013

Thursday, July 11, 2013

10 on 10

On the 10th of every month, several of my blogger buddies post 10 pics taken in 10 hours! Today is my day to share with you a day in the life of the Boni Bunch. Our day started out pretty crummy with the A/C leaking and flooding into our food pantry and hallway... so my pics will reflect that ;)

Here we go.....

730am- Assembly line chocolate milk

830am- My super cool laundry bag

930am- My life-saver that sucked up the water from the soggy carpet

1030am- Got tired of sucking up water- decided to pull up
the carpet and padding in the pantry :(

1130am- My break from the house! Took A to speech therapy :)

1230pm- Lunch for kids when mom needs a little help!!

130pm- MIL playing the Wii with the kiddos!

230pm- This kept us going today while fixing the central A/C!
Thank God for window units and fans!! LOL

The Boni Bunch napped... NAPPED... from 3-5 today... WAHOO! So no pics were taken during that time. I was too busy napping- which I NEVER get to do! I enjoyed every single second of it too!

SO... now I'll pick up at 6pm:

6pm- Zombie Xander

Then- I missed 7pm... so a couple hours later we went to McDonalds for ice cream and I captured this AWESOME picture for my final 10 on 10 post:

9pm- The Boni Bunch

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Homemade Finger Painting Fun

The Boni Bunch spent the morning with our friends Jackie, Trystan, and Cameron! The kids played and the mommies talked! It was fantastic fun!!

Jackie found this recipe for homemade WASHABLE finger paint so we decided to try it out! We had to triple the recipe, so here's what WE did...(it called for dish soap, but we had a 1 year old playing so we used baby wash):

6 Tbsp sugar
1 C cornstarch

6 C cold water

3/4 C baby wash

food coloring

*Mix sugar and cornstarch in saucepan. Slowly add cold water. Cook over low heat stirring occasionally until the mixture is a semi-clear gel substance.

*Allow it to cool. Add soap.

*Divide into containers- we had 6 different colors, so we divided 6 ways.

*Add food coloring and mix well. More coloring = brighter colors!!

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Then we let them play!!

All 6 kids!!

Asher painting

Cameron painted himself!!

More painting


Figuring out what to do with the paint!

THEN after painting was done, we put them all in the backyard to play in the sprinkler & wash off! They smelled SOOOO good- like they had just got out of the bath tub!!

Love this recipe...definite keeper!

Saturday, July 6, 2013

I can't believe you are 8 years old!

To Xander,

I am writing this letter at the very moment you were born 8 years ago. I can't even believe it's been 8 years since my heart stopped. The doctor told me, "I'm sure he'll be fine, but he's not getting mad enough. He isn't breathing well, so he's going to the NICU." My first baby... I should have held you as soon as you were born, but instead several strangers did. Thankfully, I only had to spend about an hour and a half away from you before they brought you to me and said you'd be okay!

This was one of our first moments together:

I had no idea in this moment how much you would change my life! You were the first amazing addition to our family... you were the first of the Boni Bunch! I remember one day when I was feeding you, a commercial came on the TV with the song, "You are So Beautiful... To Me." All I could do was sit and cry with joy... God blessed me so much with you- you were indeed "Everything I hoped for... everything I need... so beautiful to me!!"

You have the biggest heart of any kid I know- you still give your buddies hugs... you still give mom and dad kisses... you love to comfort your brothers and sister if they get hurt. Even your teacher this last school year said, "Xander has such a sweet spirit- I don't know many kids who are as kind as he is!" Everyone who meets you loves you! I love when you say, "Yes ma'am" - you are so polite!!

You have such a creative mind. You can see a picture of a Lego creation, then go to your box of THOUSANDS of Legos and dig through until you find all the pieces you need. Then you build what you just saw. Granted, it's not your ORIGINAL creation, but your artsy side shines through for sure! I'm not sure I could build them even with step by step directions, and you do it all from memory of how it looked! I am in awe of you!

I love you so much, Xander! I am so proud of you- you are such a smart boy! You have learned so much in school- how to read, how to add and subtract, how to count by 2's, 3's, 5's, 10's and more!! You are so inquisitive- always wanting to learn more...always asking questions! I love your passion for learning!

I hope birthday number 8 is the best one yet! One of my goals in life is to make you happy! To give you a life that you can look back on and brag about to your friends and eventually to your own kids! You have grown up so much in the last 8 years... I can't wait to see what the next 8 have in store for us!

Happy birthday, Xander! I love you!!

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Now, to follow suit with the littles' birthday blog posts, I have asked Xander the same 20 questions I asked the others! Here are his responses:

1. Favorite Color: Red

2. Favorite Toy: Legos

3. Favorite Fruit: Apples

4. Favorite TV Show: Kick Buttowski

5. Favorite Lunch: Hot Dogs

6. Favorite Clothes: Lego Star Wars Shirt

7. Favorite Game: Lego Batman

8. Favorite Snack: Crackers

9. Favorite animal: Lion

10. Favorite Song: Call Me, Maybe

11. Favorite Book: Star Wars Lego book

12. Best friend: Josh

13. Favorite Cereal: Cheerios

14. Favorite thing to do outside: Swingset

15. Favorite drink: Root Beer

16. Favorite holiday: Christmas

17. Favorite thing to have in bed: Bunny

18. Favorite breakfast: Pancakes

19. Favorite Dinner: Mac-n-Cheese

20. What do you want to be when you grow up?: Police Officer

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Xander over the years:

AGE 1

AGE 3

AGE 4

AGE 6

AGE 7
#7 Lego Cake!

TODAY- AGE 8
Chocolate chip #8 pancake

You know you're a mom if...

...if kids songs are the ones stuck in your head (from Renee)
...if you realize your kids are 3 years old and it is time to start carrying a normal purse and no longer the diaper bag as your purse (from Renee)
...if you find kid's food in your purse or toys (from Renee)
...if you know every episode of spongebob!! (from Michelle)
...if your kids are bathed, fed, and dressed while you are famished and unbathed in your PJ's...And then at that point you have to say screw it, because you cant leave them unattended in the house long enough to take a quick shower, so you pray tomorrow is a better day! (from Jackie & Jennifer)
...if you walk through the halls of your local kindergarten and all the kids start saluting you because they have been informed you are the President of Oklahoma (yes thats right, Oklahoma, not the United States) (from Jennifer)
...if you go to work and have a coworker tell you you have something on your shirt and you look at it only to find that one of your children has used your shirt as a kleenex (from Rachael)
...if you can hug and kiss a child whose breath smells worse than a dragon's after he/she has been throwing up for most of the day and night. And, not throw up yourself in the process (from Marla)
...if the school principal calls you because your child brought your bra to their kindergarten class for show and tell (from Jennifer)
...if your extended relatives know which parts of your body have hair and which ones dont because it was your childs topic of choice at a Christmas (from Jennifer)
...if you don't mind if your kids drink out of your glass and you will still drink from it too (from Marcia)
...if your living room looks more like a play area for kids than a nice place to entertain guests (mine)
...if you have a funny story (funny now, but not at the time)...how your son passing gas during a diaper change managed to shoot a poo ball on your cheek! (from Sandi)
...if you see your parents in a whole new light! (from Katrina)
...if you carry a diaper bag as a purse (from Kelly)
...if you have items in your purse that would normally be found in a baby's room or diaper bag (from Wendy)
...if nasty bodily fluids don't bother you; OR if you have other children spit their gum into your hand when they're done! (from Candace)
...if your belly gradually got huge over 9 months. Then you suddenly had a bunch of pain followed by a human coming out of you! (from Elizabeth)
...if you start saying the phrase, "Because I said so!" and it may be to a coworker, not your children! (from Melanie)
...if you can change a dirty diaper and not get the dry heaves because it looks like pea soup & smells worse (from Diana)
...if you will eat something out of your child's mouth that they refuse to eat. (from Courtney)
...if you find Cheerios in the bottom of your purse, couch, vehicle... (from Sahar)
...if You're stopped in walmart by a nice lady who says.."Excuse me, miss....you have some cheerios stuck to your butt" (from Kym)
...if your printer mysteriously quits working a week after you buy it. You send it in for under warranty repairs and Lexmark sends it back with a note that has a Barbie shoe taped to it and all it says is we found the problem (from Amanda)
...if most of your shirts are stained on the shoulder (from droop & goop)
...if you keep a box of baby wipes in the car...just in case
...if you pull something out of your purse and a baby sock falls out
...if your dishwasher has no real cups...all sippy cups & bottles

The Boni Bunch

Thursday, July 11, 2013

10 on 10

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Homemade Finger Painting Fun

Saturday, July 6, 2013

I can't believe you are 8 years old!

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