Green, Green and more Green!!

Mtn Green is Green and Gray (with rain and clouds). Weve had 16 or 21 days in June with rain. The record is 17. My brother moves to Seattle and I get his weather. The upside is the beautiful landscape.

The temperature has been 60 to 75. We still haven't turned on the air conditioning, another new record. The boat has only been out twice on the two days that did get to 75.

Can anyone say GLOBAL COOLING? Its the only explanation! A brand new crisis! Sounds like we need some new regulations on something to prevent the next global ice age!!!

The Evil Eye

Michelle Obama and France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy. They are at the 65th anniversary memorial of the D-Day landing in France. (picture taken June 6, 2009) Is this Michelle's "normal face"? Did Jerimiah Wright put this on her face or did she put in her angry eyes for this special occasion because this is a serious moment? Perhaps it is Carla and the Right-leaning Sarkozys that she despises?

If I got to fill in the word bubble above Michelle Obama, I would put that she is thinking, "you skinny white ________!" ??

What do you think she is thinking?

Please Don't Mind My Gentle Sobbing

The kids are officially finished with school.

That means they are home with me.

All

Day

O and I made this sign for the boys: If you listen real close......

Yes,

there it is.

Can you hear it?

It is my kids' constant bickering for the next two weeks as they get used to being around each other 24/7 .

I have good kids and I love them. I am trying to be like one of those mothers who is excited for their kids to be out of school. Honest. It is their constant bugging of one another for enjoyment and the crying that usually follows that I am not looking forward to. So, I am trying to come up with some good activities to combat this problem. Any suggestions are welcome.

When C got home from school, he wanted to "break through to summer" by running up the little ramp and tearing through the sign. The boy is graceful. He's a gazelle. From now on, he shall be know as Cazelle:

(now I can use it again next year)

Stay Cool and Have a Great Summer Everyone!

15 Years!

Parenting: Highs and Lows

The High: Last night I was feeling like a pretty good parent. The CFO happened to be working late so I took the kids into town. E brought his skateboard and I dropped him off at the skate park. A little ways down the road, C had baseball practice. Right next to the baseball field is the High School track. I decided to do some jogging and I brought O's tricycle for her to ride while I jogged. Everyone was doing a meaningful activity. They were safe and having fun in the fresh air, getting some exercise. I was feeling pretty good. Woohoo! What a good mom am I.

The Low: This morning I was reading this booklet of C's 2nd Grade stories:

This is what his wrote for one of his stories. The assignment: write about something funny.

"Once when I was at my brother's soccer game, my friend's big brother kicked a big pink soccer ball and it hit my nuts and it was funny. We all laughed and we had a fun time."

Blink.

Blink.

horror sets in.

Here is the picture he drew for his story:

(sorry it flipped on it's side when I downloaded???)

more horror sets in.

Then, my reaction: "AGHHHHHHHHHH!!! C, we don't use that word!!!" Then, we had a five minute discussion about what word/s would be appropriate when we are writing stories for our teacher and class.

We settled on "between the legs".