Wednesday, July 2, 2008

"Crappy trash crappy trash"

Monday for FHE Bill announced to me that we were going to go to the park and pick up trash. Of course we didn't tell the kids so we wouldn't have to hear their complaints until we were actually there. We tried to have the kids guess where we were going as we looked for the messiest park or school yard. As we got there with gloves and trash bags in hand, Branson goes, " oh man, we're gonna pick up trash". Bill said, "no, we're going to sit on our trash bags and hear a story".
so we sat on our trash bags and Bill begins his story. He starts by saying there was this guy named Mr.McGrue or whatever his name was. Before he could continue Branson says, "you're making this up!" Bill turns his head laughing. Boy, Branson knows his dad too well! So he started again, "Okay this guys real name was WIM" Branson has another skeptical look on his face. " It stands for Waste Incident Management doesn't it Stephanie" I nodded in agreement to add validity to his story. He said something about WIM started picking up garbage and soon he made a business o
ut of it and that's who comes to pick up our garbage every week. And if no one helped him who would pick up the garbage- no one. Well, that story made the kids all excited to help WIM out so we picked up trash along the fence and playground.Bill said before we go though, we need to have a cheer. Before I knew it we were all chanting Bill's made-up cheer, "Crappy trash, crappy trash go away, help WIM pick up trash today" Bill and I were laughing so hard! (Even this morning at breakfast Britton was singing our little theme song.) Bill has a talent of making the most boring tasks fun!











Here is Maegan very emphatically saying "I am NOT going to pick up the cigarette butts with my bare hands!"


After we helped WIM we treated ourselves to the Hawaiian Ice on the corner.

4 comments:

It's all about the "Crew" said...

Yet ANOTHER great FHE! You never cease to amaze me!

Shalantie said...

That's pretty hilarious. What good citizens you are. And what a great lesson for the kids. That chant is hilarious! Although- it's sad for the rest of us, most of us will never live up to the way your family lives. Good for you- being one of a kind :)

Nikki said...

i agree with the first comment. you guys always have fun FHE.

Emily said...

you guys crack me up! we miss you so much. doug still wants to go to another sports event with bill..ah, william. wish you weren't so far away! Thanks for keeping us updated. the kids are looking cuter than ever! wow! good lookin' crew:)