Now that the boys are back in school I have had a lot more time to do things like bake. I’ve also been doing a lot more baking so that the boys have goodies to eat for breakfast, snacks and dessert. I made these yummy lemon muffins tonight. They are a little sweet, but would be great with some coffee or hot tea.
We bought the boys (and Sean) Risk last weekend and they have been begging (driving me nuts) to play it, but Risk takes forever to play and we just didn’t have time this week. (Colm asked me AT LEAST 100 times this week if we could play Risk….I’m not exaggerating). So, finally, tonight we had time. They are playing it as I type and they are having a blast. That said, I think the tide is going to turn soon because someone has to lose and I have a feeling it’s going to be someone from the 8 and under age group.
I have been desperate for a good scrapbooking place around here. Since I had nowhere else to go, I went to Michael’s a few weeks ago, but it was uber-disappointing. I decided to try again and found a place relatively near me. I am so glad I went there. It is a great locally owned shop AND they were having a HUGE sale. Bonus!
The boys went to the eye doctor today. This was Liam’s second time to the eye doctor and Colm’s first time. Their eyes are healthy and no glasses needed. 🙂
I save all of the boys’ schoolwork and this is why. I know I will look back at this picture some day and smile. It is so simple, so first grade and so Colm.
“I can play soccer.”
Third grade has a new math curriculum this year. I really liked what I saw when I reviewed the math text and the teachers like it too which is a good sign.
In order to help the boys get ready in the morning without me having to nag at them remind them every morning of what needs to get done before we head out the door, I made these:
The one on the left is for the morning. The one on the right is for when we get home. It’s a checklist of what needs to be done before they do anything else like watch TV or play outside.
They are working like magic so far. (Notice how Liam wrote TV and dinner underneath the after school one.) 🙂
(Project 365-9/12/10)
Colm played Bingo for probably more than an hour. He WANTED HAD to win. He also figured out that the more of us he could get to play with him, the greater “his” chances would be of winning. He got Sean to play with him for a while and I played with him for a while. Liam didn’t want to play and that didn’t go over to well with Mr. Colm. So, we played and we played…round after round…and he didn’t win, not once. He even switched out his cards once. I finally convinced him to stop playing since all of the prizes he wanted were gone…tears flowed…and then we went to the cake walk…
…and he WON!!!
Decisions, decisions, decisions…
Liam won, too!!!
Since everyone had won we decided to leave while everyone was happy. 🙂
I got these for SUPER cheap to help promote MommaReads and MommaCooks. I know, I got business cards for blogs that aren’t a business, but I spend so much time on them that I want people to read and enjoy, so I thought I would get these to help spread the word.
