In lieu of writing a long, boring post about all the things that are making my life crazy at the moment, I will leave you with this meaningful picture that says at least 1,000 words.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Crazy!
Can I just say that it would be A LOT easier to get ready for school if the kids were IN school!?!
In lieu of writing a long, boring post about all the things that are making my life crazy at the moment, I will leave you with this meaningful picture that says at least 1,000 words.
In lieu of writing a long, boring post about all the things that are making my life crazy at the moment, I will leave you with this meaningful picture that says at least 1,000 words.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Boys of Summer
No doubt about it. It's hot. Very hot. And we spend a lot of time at the pool. Terra Bella pool. Heights pool. Lifetime pool. My kids each have three swim suits in rotation that get more use than a good pair of shorts these days. We hit the pool last Friday with a motley crew of boisterous boys. (The girls were boisterous too...but they stayed in the pool!)
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Two Wolves
A friend of mine posted this on facebook and I liked it.
An old Cherokee told his grandson, "My son, there is a battle between two wolves inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, inferiority, lies, and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy, and truth."
The boy thought about it, and asked, "Grandfather, which wolf wins?"
The old man quietly replied, "The one you feed."
An old Cherokee told his grandson, "My son, there is a battle between two wolves inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, inferiority, lies, and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy, and truth."
The boy thought about it, and asked, "Grandfather, which wolf wins?"
The old man quietly replied, "The one you feed."
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Goin' Batty!
On Wednesday, we drove up to Austin to meet with our old playgroup buddies. Unfortunately, we got stuck in a traffic jam in Buda. 45 minutes to go about 4 miles. This was the temperature reading at that moment. Not sure why Buda is such a hotspot (for temps or traffic) but we eventually made it.
We met at a park with fountains for the kids to play in, had dinner at Threadgills South, and headed to Congress Bridge to watch the bats!
"It all started in 1980, when the team of engineers designing the Congress Avenue bridge unknowinlgly created the crevices that would soon become the home to the largest urban bat colony in North America. More than 1.5 million bats emerge each night at dusk, as they have for more than two decades, to hunt for food." My pic didn't do it justice, so I copied this one from the internet.
Lucas was more interested in the boats below the bridge. Ferries, paddle boats, kayakers...all to watch the bat exodus. It was pretty neat, and strange to see them file out from under the bridge in such an orderly fashion.
We met at a park with fountains for the kids to play in, had dinner at Threadgills South, and headed to Congress Bridge to watch the bats!
"It all started in 1980, when the team of engineers designing the Congress Avenue bridge unknowinlgly created the crevices that would soon become the home to the largest urban bat colony in North America. More than 1.5 million bats emerge each night at dusk, as they have for more than two decades, to hunt for food." My pic didn't do it justice, so I copied this one from the internet.
Lucas was more interested in the boats below the bridge. Ferries, paddle boats, kayakers...all to watch the bat exodus. It was pretty neat, and strange to see them file out from under the bridge in such an orderly fashion.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Raingutter Regatta
Jacob and Ethan have decided to join Cub Scouts. Ethan will be a Tiger Cub in the fall and Jacob will be a first-year Webelo. The den doesn't do much in the summer, but they did host the third annual Raingutter Regatta today. Each boy creates a boat from a balsa wood kit, similar to the Pinewood Derby. There are three gutters, filled with water, and each boy races his boat with self-supplied wind power.
As expected, there were all kinds of boats. Some made by the kids, and some obviously made by the dads. My kids didn't get their boats started until the night before, so all the instructions about sanding with multiple grits, painting, clear coats of acrylic and rubber cementing the parts together went out the window. My kids' boats were briefly sanded once, colored with markers and parts were attached with Elmer's wood glue.
Ethan getting ready to race.
The orange marker on the bottom of Ethan's boat immediately started to turn the water in the raingutter orange!
Jacob's turn.
While some boys were racing boats, others were playing games with water balloons and doing relay races to squeeze water from a giant sponge into buckets.
After the racing was over, one gutter was lined with aluminum foil and four gallons of ice cream, chocolate and caramel sauce and lots of whipped cream for a giant sundae! Hilarious and somewhat gross in the Texas heat.
Overall, Ethan's hastily-assembled, bleeding orange boat took first place in the Tiger division and fourth place overall for the day. Jacob's boat didn't do so well, but they had a lot of fun. It was a great event!
As expected, there were all kinds of boats. Some made by the kids, and some obviously made by the dads. My kids didn't get their boats started until the night before, so all the instructions about sanding with multiple grits, painting, clear coats of acrylic and rubber cementing the parts together went out the window. My kids' boats were briefly sanded once, colored with markers and parts were attached with Elmer's wood glue.
Ethan getting ready to race.
The orange marker on the bottom of Ethan's boat immediately started to turn the water in the raingutter orange!
Jacob's turn.
While some boys were racing boats, others were playing games with water balloons and doing relay races to squeeze water from a giant sponge into buckets.
After the racing was over, one gutter was lined with aluminum foil and four gallons of ice cream, chocolate and caramel sauce and lots of whipped cream for a giant sundae! Hilarious and somewhat gross in the Texas heat.
Overall, Ethan's hastily-assembled, bleeding orange boat took first place in the Tiger division and fourth place overall for the day. Jacob's boat didn't do so well, but they had a lot of fun. It was a great event!
Friday, July 22, 2011
Cheer Camp
Sarah attended the Little Cheetahs Cheer Camp again this summer. It's hosted by the church where the kids attended preschool and run by cheerleaders from San Antonio Christian School. They are all very sweet girls (prime babysitter material!) and do a great job with this camp. Sarah went for two hours every day for a week and on Friday, they had a performance.
Sarah is doubly excited that the pom poms were blue this year because she can use them with her Drake cheerleader outfit she plans on wearing at Halloween!
Sarah is doubly excited that the pom poms were blue this year because she can use them with her Drake cheerleader outfit she plans on wearing at Halloween!
Thursday, July 21, 2011
I'm Not Tired
This is what happens every Tuesday and Thursday night, after Lucas has spent the day at preschool camp. We say it's time for bed, he denies he's tired, then falls asleep on a sibling...
or other random place.
But he's not tired.
or other random place.
But he's not tired.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
There Goes the Neighborhood
So my friends, Laurie and Donny, who live on the next street over, have realized that San Antonio native and ex-Minnesota Viking quarterback, Tommy Kramer, has moved into their neighborhood. Story is, he's been dating a woman for a while who lives there with her high school-aged son. This woman and Tommy got married over the July 4th weekend and when the son graduates from high school, they will build something bigger elsewhere in San Antonio.
Meanwhile, they like to hang out in their driveway with their neighbors and drink beer like the rest of us. Donny has partaken in these driveway drinks a couple times now and thinks Tommy is hilarious. Then last night, he told Tommy all about ME. "She's our friend who is from MN and lives on the next street over. Vikings fan, so's her dad, yada, yada. Tommy invites Donny into the house and writes out an autographed 8x10 picture for me. And then tells him to bring me over sometime for drinks!
I called my dad this morning to tell him the news and he's all excited to play golf with Tommy when he comes at Christmas time...surely we'll be best buds by then. Haha!
SKOL Vikings!
Meanwhile, they like to hang out in their driveway with their neighbors and drink beer like the rest of us. Donny has partaken in these driveway drinks a couple times now and thinks Tommy is hilarious. Then last night, he told Tommy all about ME. "She's our friend who is from MN and lives on the next street over. Vikings fan, so's her dad, yada, yada. Tommy invites Donny into the house and writes out an autographed 8x10 picture for me. And then tells him to bring me over sometime for drinks!
I called my dad this morning to tell him the news and he's all excited to play golf with Tommy when he comes at Christmas time...surely we'll be best buds by then. Haha!
SKOL Vikings!
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