Jan 15 '09

So last weekend, which happened to be a holiday weekend, we had an extra day on our hands. (Why I get MLK day off from work, but not either of the two President's day holidays next month, I don't understand. But that's a different story.)

Instead of letting the kids devote all 36 hours of the weekend to Playstation and computer games, and since it was 85+ degrees out, Stephanie and I met up and took everyone for a walk. We let the kids climb in trees, throw rocks, and chase squirrels.



We followed this creek for about 3/4 mile before turning around to go back and eat lunch.

The other side of that bridge is the MainPlace Mall and then the 5 Fwy. I guess if we kept on going, we could have walked to the beach. That's the next excursion planned - bike riding to the beach...or maybe drive to the beach with bikes and ride around down there.


Last night the Cub Scouts held a "Drive-In Movie" nite. The boys were all given cardboard boxes to make their cars. They could add items on, but they had to be cardboard. Matt made a pickup truck, flames and all. The boys snuggled down with their snacks and sat in their cars to watch the movie.

Matt's Big 9

Matt decided he wanted a birthday party this year. Wait, take that back. Matt talked me into having a birthday party for him this year. Between costs and weather, this time of the year isn't conducive to renting bounce houses or going to the beach - so we held a slumber party.


After riding their bikes and skateboards around the cul-de-sac a few times, and playing a few rounds of ping-pong, the boys made their own pizzas washed down with lemonade.

We played other "classic" games like pin the tail on Master Chief (don't ask me who that is, but they all think he's cool); charades (ask Matt to show you how the Grand Canyon was made so he could jump over it); "Who Am I" (do I have a mask? do I wear boots? can I fly? am I green?) and the birthday version of Santa's scavenger hunt (Jesus was put in the basket on the Nile, did you know that?)

After present, cake and ice cream, they settled down to watch a movie before passing out for the night. Only 30 minutes of Playstation was had by all, which was only to give me a sanity break.