Saturday, April 25, 2009

April 25

Aaaah, what a nice refreshing, relaxing weekend. One that only involved cleaning one house. Granted, it was a house that hadn't been cleaned for two weeks, had no food in the cupboards, and had a fresh car-load of stuff dumped into it, but still... Yesterday I spent the day vacumming, cleaning upholstery in the car, folding piles and piles of clothes, moving the crap from the office to the other hiding spaces in the house, and paying bills.

I did go through two boxes of school and scouts stuff - things I pretty much forgot about, cause that's what you do immediately after turning them into the teacher. Things like MY ABC BOOK, a pile of character trait reports, ooodles of term papers and reports (that my kids never do!), art projects, and the like. I'm telling ya, mom saved EVERYTHING. Most stuff was junk, some things were classic, some made me laugh out loud.

Sample character trait report:
"At school this week, I showed Sincerity ... when somebody on the other team struck out and I didn't laugh at them." Wonder if I laughed at anyone on my own team when they struck out?!?


Earlier this week, when the boys were on spring break, Kevin and Thomas made a trek to the Vans SkatePark. They prefer to ride their bikes instead of their skateboards, but it seems a large portion of the time they just seem to hang out looking cool. Right next to the other kids who had to have their moms drive them there, too.

Weather last week was a blazing 100+ degrees for a couple days, then dropped 30+ degrees by Friday. Since that weather pattern causes earthquakes, Thursday night we had a lovely swarm of three to roll around with. Today was a little warmer, lots sunnier. The group of us Cub Scouts went out to the nature center, hiking around with all the mannerisms and the noise level of little boys. We barged right past the Girl Scouts who were quietly listening to the tour guide... yeah, that didn't work for us.... especially since the boys' homemade trail mix consisted of such goodies as cocoa puffs, marshmallows, peanuts, and M&Ms. They loved it, and asked when we were going to go back.

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Easter Weekend

After the requisite amount of time was put in on such mundane tasks as house cleaning, email, bill avoidance, watering the yards, and grocery shopping, I threw the two youngest in the car while they whined and moaned about it. God forbid we waste another minute inside staring at electronic devices; we went to take a drive and a hike.

In a couple weeks Matt's cub scout den is going hiking at Oak Canyon Nature Center in Anaheim Hills. We took a reconnisance mission to scope out the place and see what was out there. (Fortunately, there are plenty of trails and things to see, and I think Matt will want to return!) The boys climbed all around, running off the trails to see what they could see, while I was looking out for things like poison oak and rattlesnakes - either of which would not make my day.


I never get to be in the shot - !

Spent Easter afternoon at Cindy's house, where we had beef brisket (aka "Jewish food"), Marcie's potatos, asparagus, deviled eggs, and angel food cake with strawberries. Oh yeah, and lots of candy from the Easter egg hunt.
The boys were goofy even before they had any sugar:

Good thing that Matt is so cute - he committed a major faux pas today regarding the Marcies. We were sitting around watching a movie, everyone feeling "me so fat..." and all, but not stopping picking at food. (You know, you've all done it.) Matt asks me if he can have some more of those "flaky things".
Huh?
Matt, if you are a member of this family, you better learn the name of the potatoes that show up at every holiday meal. And then you better learn the family joke to keep your fiance away from them. We only eat them so we don't hurt anyone's feelings.