Movie in the cul-de-sac

We put our kids to bed one night and I heard these strange noises coming from neighborhood it was about 830pm. I peek outside to see.



Cool Huh. The neighbor is testing out his outdoor theatre. I am amzed at how good the picture is.

Another night , we put the kids in bed 8pm or so. I sit down and finally check my email. It’s a neighborhood email about a movie showing in our cul-de-dac tonight. Bummer the boys are already in bed.
A minute later. We get a text.

A:Are you coming out? The movie starts in 5 minutes.
Us: No the kids are in bed
A: really it starts in 2 minutes, bummer it’s Toy Story 2, u can have a beer
Us: maybe another night.

5 minutes later we joined the group. Such a great experience to pluck your kids out of bed for. It was a good time. The kids were in front of the screen in one drive way. The adults were across the cul-de-sac in another. What a fun summer memory.

Yum-o as Rachel Ray would say. Commander suggested I try this deli, because he knows how much I love deli sandwiches. Currently my oldest and I share a Wise Guy at Spicy Pickle. (Which we love) Now we have found a new one to share as well. The Itialain at Snarf’s is just as good. I love that my oldest has a great flair to try new foods. He likes to eat and will pretty much try anything. As long as one of his buddies is not there to tell him how gross it might or might not be. Moose can eat more than me by far. Sometimes at dinner he has about 3 servings. He is a skinny guy that is literally still running around from the time he is awake. At some point we will need to teach him portion control so that he does not struggle later in life. Commander and I love food. I am sure we hope that all 3 will have an appreciation for it. Well maybe when they are able to buy their own food. The thought of three teenage boys in the house eating at once scares me. We will be solely shopping at BIG BOX stores probably once than once a week to feed them. If I have it correctly we’ll have an 18 yo, a 17 yo, and a 14 yo for 3 squares a day. Instead of saving for college maybe I should save for a food fund.





Now that was a GOOD sandwich.........................

“I’m Indy Jones”

You have to love the imagination of the 3 year old. He is Indy Jones, with the hat, satchel, coat and gun one day. Sandlot baseball guy, then Wolverine the next day. Whenever he is doing something that is naughty he is usually a character, not himself.





I thought that I would share this last one, because it is cute to me. He stopped napping. I have made my peace, but some days he sneaks one in.

Chess

Chess is game I remember very little about. I know there are pieces that move a certain way and there is strategy. To see all the neighborhood boys out playing chess was a little odd. I associate this game with mature adults. Not rowdy neighborhood kids. None the less they were quiet for most of an afternoon doing tournament style chess with each other. Now I have not seen them play it since, but it was a quiet afternoon in the neighborhood.

Build to Grow

Lowe’s has a great kids program called Build to Grow. It is really awesome for kids. They provide the space, tools, material and instructions. The staff is friendly and willing to help. We have done a couple of the projects this summer. I think we literally stumbled upon this program the first time over Memorial Day weekend. We went in for something else and saw this going on. Our kids were immediately excited. It was neat to see the independence and concentration among them. You’re suppose to register for the day and location for the program. At one location there were only 12 kids, another had at least 50 kids. That one was fun to hear all the hammering at the same time, along the LONG isle of Lowe’s. This will something that we defiantly come back to.









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