Recent trip to the river.

Joseph picked lots of rocks for a small dam, which I did not get a picture of.

 They also hauled lots of wood for Jacob's little cabin.  (Notice my kiddo's socks and no shoes..ugh)

Jacob found some branches that were really long and I was very impressed with how he solved the problem.  See his shadow, and the big rock he is holding....

Then he throws the rock and snap...just like that.

Benjamin spent most of the time in the shade listening to music.

Notice him carrying his shoes...he chose to wear his nice church shoes to the river...not sure how nice they are anymore, since he walked in the river with them.  He is my shoeless Joe Jackson...from the movie Field of Dreams.

Carrying more sticks.

The finished project.

I love his details with the rock floor.  He was very careful to find flat rocks.

I took Benjamin back to his orthodontist. The doc was on the same page about pulling everything off and putting in a retainer. Two issues. Which retainer do we use. The removable one which will do a better job of keeping the front teeth in line, but it can be lost. Or the permanent one, which might not keep the front teeth together as well but cannot be lost. The other issue, which I knew nothing of, but he said he had made notes previously about...one of his top incisors is angled out just a bit. The cuspid next to it has not been lost but the orthdontist can feel the permanent tooth and it appears to be very close to the root of the incisor. So, he feels that we need to keep brackets on a little longer and try to adjust the angle of the incisor and root, of when the permanent cuspid comes in, it could destroy the root of the incisor, which would mean he could lose the tooth and then need an implant, at 4K dollars! So, the brackets remain in hopes that we can move/save the incisor root so the cuspid permanent tooth does not take it out. I just smile. No harm done in keeping the brackets on and if we advert an implant, huge!

Quiet weekend. The YMCA is having a football kick off this morning, so gonna head there for some fun. Then do a little clothes shopping! We are still trying to gather up all the school supplies needed for the kids. I don't remember what we had to take to school for each grade, but
it is nuts now.