Mommathon

Sean and I had THE BEST mexican food we have EVER had this weekend. It was SOOOO good. Let me clarify…mine was okay, but Sean’s was awesome. He gave me one bite and I was more than willing to ditch the rest of mine and eat the rest of his. We had never been there before. Sean was smart and asked the waitress what she recommended. She told him to have chicken enchiladas with chile verde sauce and a fried egg over-medium on top. It was the egg that set this dish over the top. Go, get it, eat it…you can thank me later. Go here to check out the menu. Make sure you check out the hours they are open, too. They aren’t open all the time. Also, this is a teeny tiny restaurant and it fills up quickly. You need to be there at 5:00 when they open or be prepared to wait.

The boys went to The Nelson for art camp for a few hours each day last week. Colm’s class was called All about Animals and Liam’s was called Cats and Dogs. Each day they went into the galleries and looked at pieces of art that reflected what they were going to learn about and create that day. Liam REALLY liked the whole experience. Colm was a little miffed there wasn’t a snacktime.

Ancient Egyptian…they had learned that day about the role cats played in Ancient Egypt. He loves this hat and was so proud of it. He was totally bummed that he couldn’t fit in the car with it still on his head. 🙂

This was from Africa day. They had gone into the galleries and looked at how many of the masks and such from Africa resembled animals.

This a self-portrait of Liam holding our cat, Butch. He used water colors and oil pastels.

This is a cat he made out of plaster and wire.

This past weekend we had the last book club of the summer for the kids in our neighborhood. The younger kids read Star Jumper: Jounal of a Cardboard Genius. It’s the story of a boy, his inventions and his annoying little brother who turns out to be an asset in the end. The older kids read Pictures of Hollis Woods. It is SUCH a good book and was the winner of the Newbery Award in 2007.