Since I am not a good keeper of hand written journals however, I am always typing away on the computer, I thought I'd join the "blogging" world to keep up with the life and times of our family.
Since today was as good as any to start, let me tell you how it began. Yesterday, the day began as all others.....get up, make breakfast, listen to the children fight, yell and scream, pour the OJ to precisely the exact same location in each and every cup because God forbid they are even slightly off, well you know....
Afterwards, we wipe the leftover cinnamon toast off our mouths with the clothes we are putting on instead of what most people use, a napkin. Then we brush teeth, hair, the whole nine yards. Same as always, different day.
Xander has been working with another kid on the street heloping him with his Eagle Scout project. They are building backpack hanging racks that roll in and out of the classrooms for the elementary school right behind out house. He is doing this to earn community service hours for his own scouting ventures. Of course, they had to paint, screw and work with big power tools. Although I am not sure which has more paint, the racks or Xander. It is in his hair, on his clothing, his crocs, everything. When I took him to waterpolo last night all the kids wanted to know "what happen to you"??? He was quite covered!
Hannah and Christian are doing well. Our days consist of riding bikes, skateboarding, driving Christians car and just hanging out. It's been relaxing so far.
Last night, I felt so organized and prepared. I got this recipe for Fleming Beef (which is really a very easy copy cat of Beef Stroganoff without all the hassle) so I decided to pop that in the oven so that when I got home from water polo practice that all I had to do was prepare a salad and rice, wah-lah, dinner would be done! So, we politely all sit down to eat dinner.
Xander and Christian dive right in, they love it! Hannah skeptically, looks at it and decides that even she too, likes it. Great, for the girl that eats nothing, I have finally found a dinner she will eat (again and again and again). Yeah! Well, I also placed fresh grapes on the table and at some point after Bob finished his plate, he decided that it would be oh so funny to start placing grapes in his mouth to make funny faces and the sort. I am sure you can see where this leads, right? If not, let me draw you a picture..... Bob, 14 grapes in mouth. Xander, 12 grapes in mouth. Not to be outdone, they each start trying to outdo each other. Now Bob, 22 grapes in mouth and Xander, 20 grapes in mouth. I think at the very end they were each up to 28 and 24 grapes respectively. Can you say, gross! Then they decided it would be funny if they could see who could eat them all at once. Gees, and to think we are the role models and we wonder where our kids get table manners these days!!! I told them that they had to eat each and every one of the grapes they were "playing" with. Can you say "stomache ache" after a few hours? They were both headed to the bathroom after a while. I don't think they'll be doing that again anytime soon.
Well, it was off to bed to prepare for another long summer day!
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