Mommathon

Liam has wanted a Lightbooster (that's what he calls Star Wars Lightsabers) for a couple of months. I told him absolutely not, no way, it's not going to happen so stop asking. I don't want him to have one because I don't want Liam and Colm thwapping each other over the head all day with them. I don't want it to be one more thing I have to referee. Then I was talking to my friend, Danielle, about her son's obsession with Star Wars. He has a Lightsaber (he calls them Lightsavers) and they have rules about how it can be used and there aren't any problems with them beating each other over the head all day with them. The same night I talked to Danielle, Sean and I talked about buying him a Lightsaber. We decided that we would get him one (maybe two so he has someone to fight) and that they could only play with them if they were having a Jedi fight. That would entail putting on their bathrobes and bowing before and after the fight. (I figured atleast I could get a few cute pictures out of it.) So, we went to Target tonight to get him one. It was this huge big deal...it was like a rite of passage or something. We went to the Star Wars aisle and he decided he wanted something else instead! We went through all of that for nothing. I guess it wasn't totally for nothing, if we ever have to have the Lightbooster discussion again, which I am sure we will, I know the answer. Yes, Jedi knight, you may have one, but only if you can fight in your bathrobe.

As Earth Day grows closer, I encourage you to do one or two things to help the Earth and make them a part of your daily routine. One thing you can do is go to greenfeet.com and buy some reusable shopping bags. They are only $5 a bag and they come in a number of colors. I chose purple. :)

Now that they have started framing, things are really going to start moving along. (They got this much done in under two days!) This is the fun part!

We have another new member in our family as of last Thursday. Welcome to the world, Katelin. My first piece of advice to you...don't let Mark give you any trouble. If you must, ignore him. I hear he is turning out to be pretty handy in the kitchen though, so make sure you stay on his good side.

Colm will be three years-old in five days! Where did all of the time go? It really hit me today when I had him go into the three-five year old storytime with Liam at the library. He did GREAT! I was so proud of him, but I was left to twiddle my thumbs for half an hour. What am I going to do with myself next year when they are both gone all morning? This was just a half hour and I was getting bored. I am going to have to get a job or volunteer or something. Anyways, the point is that both of my boys are growing up. Sniff, sniff

We went to Applebee's for dinner tonight (the old-we have clocked many hours in local Applebee's-the kids love it) and we had the best waitress. She did backflips for the kids because they ate a good dinner. That's a first!

The new...we also went to Blockbuster tonight. We have not been there for about five years which means neither one of our children have ever set foot in a Blockbuster. Wow! I think they were speechless for the first few seconds. They were trying to wrap their little brains around the possibilities...the candy, the popcorn, the ice cream, the movies. Why did we go there after such a long hiatus? I was cleaning out our closet a month or so ago and I found a gift card I had received from one of my students (Yes, that was many moons ago.) so I decided to spend it. So, we got our movies (Little Miss Sunshine and Scooby Doo meets Batman) and went to check out. I had to go through the process of filling out a new card app. and then it turns out that my gift card had JUST expired! The very nice checkout man did some magic on his computer though and let me use it anyway. ;)

We went to Liam's kinder school today so the parents could have an orientation with the principal and the kids got to have storytime with the librarian. Liam has already made a friend. His name is Sam. Liam said he likes Sam because they both laughed at the funny parts in the books the librarian was reading. Better yet, the librarian read one of Liam's favorite books. Next week we go back and Liam gets to go to art class while the parents meet with the PTO. You know what else I love about that school? They pipe classical music into the hallways all day. I am not sure how much I buy into the Mozart effect, but it just tells you what kind of environment it is. Kindergarten rocks!