Quiet Time

Right now, P is watching a science DVD from Popular Mechanics for Kids. He loves these, as he is forever curious as to how things work and why. I can hear them talking about Space Camp. I wonder if NASA still does that. I always thought it would be so cool to go there when I was a kid. I am sure we will be hearing about it soon from him!

K and M are napping!! I wonder how often I will be able to get them both down at the same time, but for now it is nice. I told my mom the other day, I now get it when she said she never had enough hours in the day. This is the first time I have sat down since 6:30am. I am not complaining, rather marvelling at the fact that I was able to get so much accomplished today.

K has strep throat, but a visit to the MD on Wednesday and some good old antibiotics seem to have done the trick. She is back to her ornery self today! I am glad, she was feeling so miserable.

Rainy day for most of the morning, so we spent it going on treasure hunts (I hid some treasure and they found it) and good old- fashioned scavenger hunts. P helped K find some things since she didn't really get the point of a scavenger hunt. We had a few rousing games of hide and seek too! This is K's favorite game. She loves to try and find P...who loves to find new places to hide. They also went exploring in the "deepest darkest parts of the basement", as P says. Basically, just an excuse to get a flashlight and poke around down in the basement.

Kev and his compadres on the cul-de-sac had the usual Thursday Night Cocktail Hour and came up with a plan to have a BBQ tomorrow. As he rolled in around 1am, I didn't know about it until this am and neither did any of the other wives. So, today we have spent trying to get a hold of our various spouses to finish planning what they started. If we left it up to them , we'd get 20 pounds of hot wings and beer. Not quite what we need to feed an entire block! Tomorrow is shaping up to be quite fun. Soccer in the AM, then the BBQ in the evening.

For those of you who know my sister, she just had her 3rd child on Tuesday. They had a boy and both mom and baby are doing great! He weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces and was 21 inches long. We are looking forward to meeting him in June!

Be watching for photos from the weekend events either on Sunday or early next week.