Mommathon

I took the boys bowling today and they had a blast! It was so much fun. They had never been before. I think Colm enjoyed watching other people bowl more than he enjoyed the actual bowling and Liam thought he was quite the bowling expert by the end of the game. Their form was hilarious. Liam would run, run, run up to the line and then chuck it. Colm would squat and then give the ball a little nudge. Then the ball would S L O W L Y make it down there. We will definitely be going back. You have to go on Tuesdays though. It is a dollar for shoes per person and a dollar per game per person. So the boys and I bowled one game and it cost less then seven bucks. Not bad.

Putting on his cool bowling shoes

Liam the scorekeeper


Watching the ball travel painstakingly slowly down the lane

Final score:
Me 122
Liam 85
Colm 41

Teamwork! The boys worked together this evening to get the cars washed. (They had a little help from their dad.)

This is a quick read that any mom can relate to. There are chapters about oozing poop (Janelle, I thought of you), binkies, family pets, kids humiliating their parents in public, and the list goes on. The funny part is that she is able to relate all of these parenting matters to topics such as Mother Teresa, Solomon and the Prodigal son.

I am so excited about these. These will be perfect to pack in Liam's lunches and Colm will drink it just because it looks like it is in a juice box. They aren't easy to find, but there is a card on the website that you can take to your grocer to tell them you want them and if that doesn't work, there is a link on the website that will take you to a company that delivers hard to find goods right to your door.

We got this game a couple of weeks ago for the boys. I really got it for Colm, but Liam likes it, too. It is so funny because the boys play it totally differently. Liam plays to win. He has figured out which pieces he needs to win and he gets upset with you if you get to them before he does. Colm plays to make a funny outfit. He likes to mix up the clown top, with the cowboy hat, with the nurse head, etc. How the game works: You roll the die. The die tells you which piece you get to pick up whether that be a shirt, a hat, shoes, etc. Each person has a turn until everyone has a complete person. Then you measure the people you created. The person with the tallest character wins. It has inches on one side and cm on the other, so it is fun to measure them both ways.

We went to Powell Gardens today to see their dinosaur exhibit. It was a beautiful day and the boys loved the dinos. They also have a nice little cafe to eat in that has great food for kids and adults.


Digging for dinosaur bones

This is a non-fiction book written by a mother and daughter about the daughter's trip into a life of drugs and all of the garbage that comes with it and her mom and dad's role in getting her there. The journey they all take out of that deep dark place is what makes it interesting.