FIRE!

OK, so there I was folding laundry Sunday afternoon while the kids were playing outside. All is well, the kids were entertained outside, I was catching up on overdue housework when in comes Katelyn. She declares "Josh is building a bonfire" I said, "no he isn't, you tell him mommy said to get his bottom in this house now" she replies and I quote, "mommy, I am afraid it is too late" I said "WHAT?" By this time I was in motion! I ran to the kitchen window and to my dismay I indeed saw a FIRE! I ran and got a pitcher of water and started running to the back of the property only to realize that my little pitcher of water was not going to put out this fire...I yelled at Josh to go fill the 5 gallon bucket up with water from the hose when, much to my relief, I saw the neighbor (who had been mowing his yard and saw the occurring events) running with a 5 gallon bucket of water...he got the majority of the fire out and went to retrieve more water while I went to get some sand to put on top of it once we felt confident that it was really out and wouldn't re-ignite...After 15 gallons of water and a 5 pound bag of sand was poured on the burnt ground Josh was in serious trouble...

I immediately thanked the neighbor and assured him that Josh would be disciplined and sent Josh to his room...

Josh, who was setting a pine cone on fire, and when it flamed bigger than he expected, dropped the pine cone, while on fire -to the ground, on top of dry pine needles and under a pine tree, on a windy day, tried to smother the flames with more dry pine needles only to make matters worse...We hope is has learned a very valuable lesson.

JOSH'S PUNISHMENT

he is no longer allowed to stay at home by himself, no going to Nannie's/Aunt Stephie's this summer, no friends, no video games, no TV in the mornings or past 9, and the list goes on and on...He can basically go to church, school, daycare, and for now, his baseball games.

I did not think to take a picture...forgive me, but I will try to get a picture of the torched ground with a fresh pile of sand on top it...for the next blog.

This week is T-CAP testing for Josh. I made a yummy breakfast casserole for him to eat for breakfast with plenty of protein for his long week ahead. He has 4 games this week too. (what were they thinking?) Jon is home today, but leaves tomorrow for the remainder of the week. (Jon was called into work yesterday afternoon so missed this event). Here's to hoping for a better week.