French Manicures...

So, last night Chris went to a concert. I thought, hmmm, perfect night to paint my finger nails. Something in which I never do. I gave myself a french manicure. Calvin could smell the polish and finally asked if he could see my nails. I showed him and he says, "why would you paint fingernails on your fingernails?" Cracked me up. Thats how much boys care about that kind of stuff!!

Family

So my sister and I have not seen eachother since my son turned 1-- yes, he is 8 now. However, we communicate all the time. We know what is going on with kids, etc. Always have. She called me last week and said she was driving through and wanted to stop for a short visit. I was stoked!! It's the first time all of our kids have really been together, it was sweet. Wish they lived closer...

The Fourth Of July, 2009

Geez-- I haven't done this in a while!! The 4th of July was GREAT!! We have been doing an annual 4th with great friends for years. It's so fun getting the "cousins" together. Since all of our lives are so crazy, busy this is pretty much the only time we get to hang out. It was soooo fun though. Fun to see the dynamic of our kids together. The guys drank a whole 5th of tequila on the 4th. Hmm, not good. Anyway, good time had by all!!

First Hair Cut

There is a couple of things going on here. First of all Chris' barber has finally retired. He had been going to him since '96. Fred did give the best haircut! Chris has since gone to a couple of other places and has not been satisfied. His Mom has even given him a couple. First Chris can't stand to pay over $10 for a haircut and as you all know, you really can't find a $10 haircut anymore. Secondly, Chris has been giving Calvin a haircut since he was 6 months old. When Chris and Cal talk haircuts they both have a feel for it. Calvin piped in one day and told his Dad he could give him a haircut and Chris decided to give it a try. All went pretty well and I think Chris feels that the price was right! He hasn't had a good haircut in a while and this one is top notch! Way to go Cal!!

Conference

So, we as parents love to go to the whole conference thing. The whole experience of how well your kid is doing in school. I love it. I have expectations for my son, I am the one who makes sure homework is done to a tee. Always making sure it is turned in on time. Always makes way for reading time, etc. So conferences are tomorrow and the next day. I'm stoked! Can't wait to talk with the teacher and find out how Cal is doing! We get the note home-- "There is no reason for you to come in this time. Calvin is doing great and I don't see a future problem." What does that mean? No conference? I guess I just wanted confirmation on how good I was doing, hmmm. Oh, well. I guess we're doing a good job-- with or without a conference!

Boys

So, my kid is going through this very weird stage. Everthing he says is for shock value. He's testing us with words. Like the other day one of my really good friends came over and showed Calvin this weird finger thing. Calvin says, is that supposed to be a penis? He then just walked off. It's definately a 2nd grade boy thing. I'm around these kids enough to know it's what they do and talk about. I don't know if I should laugh, get upset, send him to his room, etc. I have been explaining to him that this is very inappropriate and I don't like it. That seems to be doing the trick but I'm getting to that point where I'm never quite sure what is going to come out of his mouth. Rrrrrr....

THE Pergola

Chris freezing his butt off trying to complete the pergola. Looks Beautiful honey!!