Wiped Out - Congrats on a successful beach party. I hope that ankle feels better soon. Send some of that weather my way.
Rabbit - I hope you get lots of cleaning done and have good traffic for errands.
Little Dude's Mom - Is everyone ready to return to normal schedule? Hope you all had a nice "vacation".
Marg - Sounds like difficult child 3 really is doing well these days. Hope you can catch some more swims before your winter hits. We are trying our hardest to pull Summer this way.
This week's activities are starting to show on difficult child and myself. He is so tired. Today is movie and crazy hair/p.j. day at school so hopefully it will be slower.
Yesterday difficult child picked up his new bowling ball and bag. He bowled three games and has a coupon for three more free games. Staff at the bowling lanes are awesome! I have a feeling that we are going to be living there for awhile - which is a good thing so that I can get my money back out of the ball. However, $135 isn't too bad for the equipment of a hobby.
The scavenger hunt yesterday was fun. It is a good thing I had written down the path of each team because two teams took the "grapes" clue when they were looking for "bread". "Why did you take the egg from the basket next to grapes when you needed bread?" "Because bread is usually found in the kitchen." They didn't watch for the details. The bread was in a class room in the play kitchen items. The other challenging item was near a "door". Know how many doors are in the church and school?
My friend asked that I entertain the kids with jokes while she finished setting out the baskets. I told the kids that I don't know jokes but I am good at rules so we would go over those! Before I let them loose for their first egg - I told them "This is not a race. Remember, when you are finished, you will be going back to normal school schedule." 4 of the 5 teams walked slowly (respectfully) from basket to basket. One of the teams was quicker but not too fast (they could walk quickly without running). It took an hour (though it seemed longer).
Today I have performance review at work. I never know what to expect. The supervisor doing mine today has not done one with me before. Last year someone else did them for him since he was new. He said yesterday that I better have my yearly trainings done. When I shook my head and said that I did not, he replied, "Then I will have to yell at you and we will set a due date." LOL. I think the review will go o.k.
Everyone have a great day today! Find a way to make your kids laugh.