THE GOOD, THE SWEET, THE "OH, NO, STOP THAT!"

You've heard of "The Good, The Bad, The Ugly" a movie about bounty hunters finding gold in a cemetery....well, this is not that!  This is about moms and dads and kids joyously running amok!  There's "gold in them thar hills",  gold of laughter and antics on a Sunday afternoon.

THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE FUNNY

The Good...Rusty and kids made wooden crosses then trooped down the hill to mark the spot where their dog Jacque was buried.  Jayden said, "He gets to say "Hi" to God.  I hope God likes him."

Noelle came dressed in pants with many colored flouncy ruffles at the ankles like a Clydesdale horse which Mom says she just loves.

Alayna was seen sitting playing contentedly with a baby doll, it's pacifier, and a stroller on top of the concrete fire-board covering the pond of the water feature!  Amanda laughed at the paradox.

The Bad...Lilly lost track of her little toy plastic gray shark.  After everyone looked everywhere and everyone left for home, GrammyPam's porch light lit up the corner of the little red wagon where it was hiding the whole time, "Wa-laa!"

Jessica did some sweeping of sugar as she reported on The Terror Twins.  Noelle and Jacob, had pulled the sugar canister from the lazy Susan and sat playing in it.  

Spencer's video of Alayna and Noelle in the back seat of his car shows them sharing a messy pile of goldfish.  They'd dumped and ditched the box.  Later he discovered hidden stashes in the doors' armrests!

It's reported single Spencer had 5 kids, nephews and nieces, in his grocery cart going through the store with them chanting that they didn't want pie, "Ice cream!  Ice cream!  Ice cream!"

The Funny...John tells of a train set with a bear figurine poking his head in a tourist's car.  Clint called it a drive-through.  John laughed and said the bear didn't say "Hi" he said, "LUNCH!"  

Ainsley sat for a long time playing with three hard plastic yellow, red, and green toy bowling pins.  After a bit, it was suggested they be put on a throw rug to mute their falling tinking sounds.  Amanda said, "Ainsley's not trying to stand them up, she's liking the sounds".  Sure enough she moved all off the rug to continue playing her way, musical pins.

Laughing, I accidentally caught Clint's eye when heading to the bathroom window to check outside for the source of laughter, giggles and squeals.  On the hillside, all the kids were running away, the biggest and oldest in the lead.  The tail end?  Chasing them with a blue plunger was 3 year old Jacob!

THE GOOD, THE SWEET, THE "OH, NO, STOP THAT!"

The Good...John read Ruth's Loose Tooth to Lilly who was the first grandkid to lose a tooth.  Then Alayna asked it to be re-read to her.  He loved it.

Pamela, GrammyPam, iPad, oiyPam, me got out a small box with Halloween gifts of headbands for the girls, a book and some black spiders for the boys.  All agog, they fingered them, tried 'em on, bounced 'em, exchanged them, and finally settled on two a piece.

The Sweet...With John, who was under the weather, Alayna played quietly in the same room working puzzles.  Sometimes trying to engage him by piecing them together on his chest.

Ainsley, only 1 year old, determinedly keeping up as best she can with the others, pushed not one, but two strollers at once, containing baby dolls.

The "Oh, No, STOP THAT!"...the adults watched a YouTube video concerning 5 questions women should be ashamed to ask a man:

—"Honey, do you notice anything different about the way I look?"

—"Does this dress make me look big?"

—"What are you thinking?"

—"Do you think that woman is prettier than me?"

—Though he’s come home from a hard day's work, "Honey, what’s wrong?  Well, what about my day?"

3 year old Noelle pulled one of four Mason jars to her.  They're labeled F, A, L, L, filled with Indian corn, and decorated with small gold fall leaves, and sit on the bathroom vanity.  She was standing on a footstool, and while I watched she pushed it back.  Good.  She pushed it further back.  Good.   She pushed it some more, ut oh, it's tilting.  It's on the edge of the bowl, ut-oh!  Ka-boom, crash, clatter, tinkle.  Oh, no, it's broken.  But, no, the corn and beads inside made all that noise.  "Shew, glory be, no quick dangerous clean up for me."

Then there was Ian helping Jayden getting onto the roof of his parents' van.  Why?  Why, Ian?  Why, Jayden?  Why?

Finally, the most outrageous of all, looking over the pony wall and spying Jayden, who's only 7 and not much taller than the counter top, helping himself to another piece of pizza, CUTTING WITH A BUTCHER KNIFE! 

That's it.

The day's done!

I'm sure there was more, but I'm done, and some can't be retold, shhhhhh........

Like what?  

Like Jayden walking the railing.  The deck to the left but 4 feet down to the right? a bed of rocks!

And like? 

Like water transported in toy teapots and cups until they made the mistake of going through the other door and getting caught by a mom.

Like what else?  

Like the cat getting into the house and kids taking off after her, squealing,  "CAT!  PIPER!  GET HIM!"  

ROFL, I just love kid antics!  The good, the bad, the sweet, they're all funny!