A Royal Week!

Did anyone get up and watch the Royal wedding?  I recorded it and intend to watch it this weekend.  I did catch the Royal couple on the balcony after their ceremony though.  I'm glad I caught some of it.  I really did think I'd get up and watch it, but I didn't.  Thank goodness for DVR!

We just got home from Steven's school.  It was the school carnival and the boys had a great time.  We never win anything from the raffle drawing and every year the boys are very disappointed.  Ha!  They did have a great time playing games and eating pizza though.  They also got to visit with their friends. 

Steven had track practice this week.  Earlier in the week, we were concerned he wouldn't be able to participate.  I checked his grades online and he had a "D" in social studies.  This seemed strange to me since he has turned in every assignment.  It caused a bit of panic in Steven and I.  We found out the next day that he has an "A" and his teacher hadn't finished grading all his papers.  Whew!  

Tommy had to write a Poetry book for English class this week too.  He had to write 16 different poems such as a Limerick, Parody, Haiku, Diamante, and a Cinquain just to name a few.  See previous blog post with the poems.

Steven is competing in the Music Festival tomorrow.  He is a bit nervous because he's been sick all week and hasn't practiced very much.  I think he will be fine though. 

I don't have any pictures to post for the week.  Hopefully, I will get a few and post them tomorrow. 
Enjoy your weekend!

Tommy's poems

Here are Tommy's poems again.  I couldn't get the last blog post to fit right.  I decided to try and repost just the poems.  I may add more later.  He doesn't seem to mind that I am sharing them. 

One is a Parody and the others are Diamante:

The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout.

Down came the rain, and washed the spider out.

Up came the sun, and dried up all the rain,

And the itsy bitsy spider drank a cold beer on the beach

Life

Alive, energetic

Enjoying, living, being

People, humans--Corpses, bodies

Killing, dying, hurting

Lifeless, inanimate

Death

Happy

Fun, great

Playing, running, smiling

Good, nice--Bad, mean

Bullying, breaking, scowling

Horrible, hate

Angry

Easter 2011

I'm going to add a few Easter pictures so my Gramma can see them.  If you are on Facebook...sorry, you'll be seeing them again. 

We woke up to snow this  morning...

The boys before church.

I finally get a little Coca-Cola on Easter. 

Happy Easter!!

Happy Easter!!


Wow!  It's hard to believe I've been away from Facebook and soda for more than six weeks.  It's Easter and Tommy and I made it through Lent.   I went grocery shopping  and bought soda and lots of chocolate (cookies, candy, donuts, etc.)  Hehehehe...

The Easter bunny barely went to bed and the boys were up ready for their egg hunt at 2:00 a.m.  Yes, you read that right.  They get really excited.  They've gone through their baskets and had their egg hunt.  Now, they are watching the movie, "Here Comes Peter Cottontail" while playing a new Lego game that the Easter bunny left them.   They colored eggs last night too.  Steven is also celebrating.  It is the first year he has ever found the most eggs AND the golden egg too.  His brother always beats him every year.  Hehehe...little brother is growing up.

Well, Tommy has had his first cup of hot chocolate for the night and I'm logged onto Facebook as well. 
 It's been about a week since my last blog post.  We've been super busy this week so I will share some family news and photos for the week.

Family news:

We went out and bought Tommy some new pants for Easter.  Poor kid.  He's been wearing 14 slim pants and they've been looking a little snug.  Well, ends up he's actually wearing 18 slims.  Geez...the kids growing so fast.

The boys had a Boy Scout Court of Honor and they received quite a few Merit Badges.  Steven received his patch/badge for Patrol Leader which I will have to sew on his shirt.   I think I may have a picture for that.   

Steven also had an awards assembly at his school.  I managed to take off work and see him receive awards in Art and Music.  Sorry, I don't have a picture to share.  I did take some pictures but Steven is so far away and there are so many other children...you'd never be able to find him in the photo.  LOL

Here they are coloring eggs...

...and here they are at 2 am. 

I asked them to take a quick photo with their chocolate bunnies.  I interrupted their Creationary game and movie.  :)

Happy Easter everyone!  I'm going to see if I can get some sleep.  The boys will have to take a nap later or we will be going to the last service in the morning.  haha!

Since Tommy gave up chocolate for Lent, we will feast on chocolate donuts for breakfast.   I will refrain from soda until I get back from church.  I think I will have a real Coca-Cola with lunch. 

A Wonderful Life...as long as I don't gain weight

Good day!

I've determined that my mood changes based on my weight.  If I gain a pound, I'm a grump...if I lose a pound, I'm quite content.  How shallow, right?  Ugh.  The truth is I feel better when I am at an appropriate weight.  It's much tougher as I get older to keep the pounds off.  The good news is I really don't starve myself to maintain my weight.  I simply try to get out more and exercise.  I've also determined that soda has no bearing on my weight.  I gave up soda for Lent and I haven't lost a pound.  Therefore, next week I will resume consuming soda guilt free! LOL 

More family news: 

We've had a very quiet weekend.  I did get out this morning for a walk in the 50-60 mph winds.  My husband has been updating his computer all weekend.  (I asked permission to blog that.)  Tommy has been writing a book report this weekend.  (I asked permission to blog that too.)  He read the book Blink which is about using your subconscious mind to make decisions.   He's actually presenting his book report in PowerPoint form.  He also brought home an awesome gym bag that he made in Home Ec class.  It's very cool and looks store bought.  He did a great job.  I need to take a picture and add it to this post.  Steven has been reading and playing most of the weekend.  Both the boys are attending an Eagle Court of Honor this afternoon for a fellow Scout. 

Here's a picture of Tommy's gym bag that he made in Home Ec class.  I'm glad I showed him how to sew last year when he made his reusable grocery bag for Earth Day in 6th grade.  Anyway, he was familiar with the sewing machine but now he knows all the sewing terms/vocabulary to go with his knowledge as well as all the parts of a sewing machine.  One day, he came home and asked if my sewing machine had an automatic bobbin winder.  I just thought that was funny.  Not something your typical 7th grade boy asks his Mom every day.  LOL  It does, by the way.

Steven keeps asking if anyone has tried answering his questions.  If anyone has the time, please attempt at some of them.  He will get a kick out of it.  :)  Please see the previous post.

Have a wonderful week!

Questions?

Here are some questions from everyday life that Steven came home from school with.  Don't look them up first.  Try to answer them on your own.

How many sides does a stop sign have?
Which hand does the Statue of Liberty hold the torch?
How many matches are in a matchbox?
How many sides on a pencil?
What rotation does a carousel turn?
On the Northern Hemisphere which way does water drain?
How many States are there (don't laugh some people don't know)?
What is the lowest whole number on your FM radio?
What side of the page are the even numbers on?
How many curves to a paperclip?
Which way does the slash on a NO SMOKING sign go?
On a tone phone, what two numbers do not have letters?

Good luck!  Please comment with any answers you may know or want to guess at.  Steven really wants to know if he can stump anyone...and if it makes you feel any better, I didn't answer them all correctly.  :)

Random stuff:  Did you notice the changes to my blog?  Yeah, I like pink.  :)  One more week until Easter.  I'm going to wake up and have a Diet Coke for breakfast.  LOL  Just kidding.  I will log on to Facebook though.

Boy Scouts-Patrol Leader

Steven was elected Patrol Leader tonight!  His patrol took a vote and he made Patrol Leader.  Yay!  He's very excited.