Ten on Tuesday (etcetera)

1. Took the boys to see the new Captain America movie last night. I feel like we're living in a Marvel world lately...boys have been re-watching all the Marvel movies and playing the Lego Marvel PS3 game (that Asher saved up to buy) and watching one of the animated Marvel Avengers cartoons.

2. Micah's been on a self-improvement kick (again). He's working on his form at archery (and angled for a new release to help with that)...having me take him to the archery range more often and trying to build up his upper body and core strength. (Don't be surprised, therefore, if he randomly drops to do 20 push-ups as you're walking behind him. It happens.) ;)

3. He's also been brainstorming money-making ideas. He's determined to increase his weekly income, lol. If it were for a cause beyond wanting more Pokemon cards, I might actually help him more. ;) As it is, we worked out a compromise whereby he's going to make dinner once a week in exchange for a slight increase in his allowance. We'll see how it goes...

4. Micah will also be starting private piano lessons tomorrow. He's stoked.

5. The piano lessons are replacing Asher's clarinet lessons. Asher had his spring clarinet recital on Friday. He did a fantastic job with a song from Lord of the Rings but is now ready to take a break from clarinet for at least the summer.

6. Both Asher and Micah are taking some free 4H classes on engineering on Thursdays. They've only been to one so far but are pretty happy with them. So thankful for our homeschooling community that sets up stuff like this!

7. The playset and dark chair are spoken for, but everything else is still up for grabs!

8. Nathan finished off the last piece of quarter-round in our bathroom over the weekend!! The bedroom/bathroom project is officially done!

9. I had a cold for the past week or two. Stupid head cold. Nothing huge...just stupid congestion and cough that kept me from breathing well and seriously annoyed me. ;) I finally made it back to boot camp yesterday morning, and I'm not dead! Yay! (We won't talk about how sore I am today, eh?)

10. That was all. ;)