Mommathon

Liam had his first sleepover at someone else’s house this weekend. I was a little nervous. I wasn’t sure he was going to make it, but he did it. I was very proud of him. (I also wasn’t too worried because they live right behind us, so a late night trip across the backyard wouldn’t have been too bad.) Anyways, he didn’t go to sleep until 4a.m. even though everyone else was asleep. He told me he couldn’t sleep because the TV was on and he couldn’t figure out how to turn it off. He is an expert on infomercials now. 🙂

On his way out the door with his pillowcase full of Pokemon cards, his jammies, his toothbrush, and a couple of books, one of them being his Pokemon guide, of course.

We hosted a backyard water party for all the first grade boys in our neighborhood this weekend on the HOTTEST day of the year. (Man, it was hot.) There were 16 first grade boys and a couple of siblings plus all the parents, so we had a very busy backyard. The boys had so much fun. They giggled, splashed and had a blast.

Water Balloon Toss

Buddies

What’s a water party without a slip n’ slide?

I blogged at the beginning of the month about donating food to the needy for my birthday month. Well, it’s almost August, so if you have not done so, put it on your grocery list right now. pretty please. In case you need some help with some ideas about what to buy, they always need: tuna, cans of pasta sauce, pasta, peanut butter and Hamburger Helper. Place it in a bin at the grocery store or wherever food for the needy is collected (or bring it to me and I will do it for you) and then tell me how many items you donated. The traffic in the local food pantry is up 70% from last year. 70%!!! That’s a lot. We are up to 128 donated items so far. Keep it coming!!! Thank you.