What really happened

So, here is what I wanted to blog:

Wonderful night had by all! Just a beautiful night eating dinner outside with the kids, and roasting marshmallows with the kids over the open fire, and making s'mores. Loved watching the kids play sweetly together and enjoy each other. Really relaxing to just kick back and eat and drink while the beautiful fire blazed in the moonlight.

What really happened:

We finally got rid of our Christmas tree. Yes, we still had our Christmas tree. Not up in our house, but we did still possess it. It was sitting next to our fence on its side, turned brown of course. So my husband had the ingenious idea of using it for firewood. So to the lovely background noise of chainsaw, we began a little fire pit masterpiece. Did you know that when pine needles are burnt in a fire pit that they crackle loudly and sort of seem to jump out of the fire a little? Sort of scary for a mother of five rambunctious children gathered around a fire ready to roast marshmallows. Also, did you realize that in order to roast marshmallows with your children, that you have to  be willing to let them each hold a long stick with a very pointy end (in our case, huge metal skewers) and stick them into a fire. "If your marshmallow catches on fire, do NOT begin waving your fiery skewered marshmallow around to put out the flames. Instead, calmly say, 'mom my marshmallow is on fire' and I will blow it out for you." I was blowing out fiery marshmallows every 10 seconds. "Mom, I found a banana, chocolate chips and heath bar candy pieces. I am wrapping it all in foil and putting it in the fire. Here, eat the rest of my marshmallow." Christmas trees also yield a ton of smoke.  We were all rubbing our eyes and drying our tears continually. However, marshmallows got roasted, chocolate and Graham crackers were handed out, and s'mores were created and devoured. Not the picture perfect scenario in my mind, but still pretty fun : ) And no one caught on fire.

Also I don't want to forget:
-Charlie just walked into the room gnawing on an enormous clump of uncooked broccoli, straight from the fridge, like the entire head of broccoli!
-I think the whole family ate my dinner tonight! No complaining, and it was not pizza or any other "kid food!" Pork loin sandwiches with delicious homemade rub, cinnamon apples, curry beef soup, and guacamole and chips.
-Scotty took it upon himself to pop by Einsteins on his way to school on his bike and get himself a healthy power bagel for breakfast. Then on his way home from school he went by Fantastic Sam's and got himself a haircut before heading to the library. When did he turn 35?