And the winner is...
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 11:50AM My guess is 437 Thanks!
March 16, 2009 |
Karen Gibson
The actual number is 443, so Karen is closest without going over. Congrats, Karen! Email me with your mailing info and I'll get this right out to you, okay? Thanks so much to everyone for guessing!! That was fun...thinking I may have to have more guessing games. ;)
Now. About catching up on what we've been up to...let's see. Back at the start of March (March 3, to be exact), the boys and I went on our first bike ride of 2009. We just headed over to our neighborhood park, but it was glorious to be outside. Micah wasn't thrilled initially...having discovered that he couldn't quite reach the swings there. But. Ingenious boy that he is, he figured it out:
This, btw, was just after I'd lost my voice and just before I headed for Portland for CKC...where I also miraculously remembered to get a picture of me with both my sisters:
Sadly, though, I neglected a great many other photo ops. Drat. Will work on that next time, I guess. While I was gone, Nathan got ambitious and took the boys up into Wyoming to go on a chilly hike:
Apparently, they all had fun, though Nathan's shoulders were hurting by the end since Micah wound up being carried the last bit. :) The boys regaled me with tales of cow-catchers and turtle rocks when I got home on Sunday night.
Monday morning we headed down to Denver for the Denver Museum of Nature and Science's homeschool day (they do this about twice a year). It's a special event package with an IMAX show (about the Ring of Fire...Noah particularly enjoyed this), admission to the featured exhibit (and all the rest, too...this year's was Nature Unleashed, all about natural disasters), and activities. This year, it was an awesome assembly done in a game show style with two fabulous hosts. It was the highlight for Nathan and I, though the boys were less impressed. Micah thought the infrared camera in the space exhibit was delightful (and we thought watching him was hilarious), Asher and Noah both loved the interactive displays in the space exhibit, and all three oooh'd and aaah'd over the gem and rock exhibit.
The rest of that week, then, was spent unpacking, catching up and starting the spring soccer season. Yup, Noah had his first practice on Thursday (would have been Tuesday but it snowed that day...weird). He's happy with his team and looking forward to the season, so that's good. Asher's practices will start next week after spring break. Don't be surprised if soccer season starts interfering with my time on the computer...adding in 3-4 practices a week and two games on Saturday does that. ;)
And that brings us pretty current. As I mentioned, Saturday Nathan and I celebrated 17 years of knowing each other...and Pi Day, of course. (Though we didn't actually eat any pie, an oversight I'm thinking we'll have to correct next year, LOL...) My brother and sister in law watched the boys for us that afternoon so Nathan and I could enjoy a lovely lunch and some time together. Then, we all went out to dinner to partially also celebrate my brother turning 30 (which officially happened yesterday!). My niece is 3 and adores Noah. It's precious to watch:
I snapped these at the restaurant before the food arrived. Fortunately, Noah doesn't seem to mind that Makenna was pretty much all over him all afternoon. :)
Sigh. And now it's spring break here. Since we homeschool, it's not drastically different than normal. But the absence of Options, religious ed and piano lessons this week makes it feel more open. We're still doing our own lessons (and Noah still has soccer practice) but it's a nice little break. I tackled the main floor yesterday and picked up and sorted through more toys than any three boys have a need for. The boys enjoyed some awesome outdoor time playing in the front yard with some neighborhood kids while I sorted (which was easier than trying to sort with them watching, LOL). This morning we finally sold our old van...yay! And, today I'm gearing up to tackle the boys' bedroom and toy room upstairs (in addition to our math for the week and Noah's soccer practice later today). Wish me luck!
Reader Comments (1)
Okay -- good luck! And thanks for the update. I'm glad you sold the old van!