Wow-I actually have the house all to myself(unless you count the dog, cat, gerbils and fish). Scott is actually out playing with the neighbor boy. And I just sent Tom and Allison off to a Daddy/daughter rollerblading and/or dancing session with the girl scouts. I usually go rollerblading on the Girls Night Out with Allison in the Winter. So it is nice for Tom to have a chance to do something special with just the two of them. Of course, Tom skips the dancing part and both just enjoy the rollerblading part.
Scott has been trying to get in all the playing that he can with our neighbor's son since they will be moving soon-about 15 minutes west of our neighborhood. They just put their house on the market Friday and it has been crazy across the street from us all weekend with potential buyers. We are hoping for a family with kids at least Scott's age. Allison wouldn't mind more babysitting business. This is the family she babysits for every week since the mom teaches piano out of the house. Not sure Allison will be able to do the same next year unless the neighbor picks Allison up after school. Allison won't be driving for a couple of years yet on her own. The neighbor's will definitely miss the convenience of having Allison around anytime they need her(Allison even watches their cat for them when they are away). And I think they will certainly miss Tom and I as we have both been very good neighbors, helping out in anyway. Tom usually gets stuck with the manual labor and I watching kids. But they are moving out to the Estate section of Howard County(maybe we will still be invited over?!).
The weekend really flew by. Tom and I were actually both at work on Saturday. Our schedule was a bit off this past week since Scott was sick(fever and headache). Tom and I each took turns staying home with him for a day, so I swapped my day off for Saturday. I could not go in on Friday since I went to a shoulder/neck class(boy was I sore after a day of poking and prodding tight muscles). I even missed my morning with him for mom's day(muffins for mom). Oh well, at least Tom made Donuts for Dads. He is usually traveling and misses his day. It is an early morning open house for parents. They also have a Mass for Mary on Mom's Day and the kids that made their 1st Communion dress up again and receive communion with the rest of the school for the 1st time. I usually don't have time to stay for the mass, but I missed it all together this year. So instead we spent our days off with Scott trying to catch up on his missed classwork and homework.
He recuperated enough to go back to school on Thursday and participate in Sports Day. And then he was off on Friday. It was Tom's day off so they hung out together. Allison was supposed to be off, but she was making up a snow day. She said a lot of kids played hookie that day.
We were also supposed to go camping this weekend with the Boy Scouts in PA, but they cancelled the trip again. Too many other activities going on and the boys are actually ahead of their requirements, so they will try again in the fall. I was also going to take the kids to a nearby golf course for the Hot Air Balloon festival in celebration of the Preakness Horse Race at Pimlico. This is the second race following the Kentucky Derby. We did not get there since we had a bunch of tstorms roll through and that usually cancels hot air balloon activities. I also did not feel like getting up on Saturday morning for the predawn lighting of the hot air balloons.
Tom could have cared less about the Preakness and horse racing, he still has hockey fever. So off again we went to Hershey Park to see the Hershey Hockey Team play in their Caldor Cup finals on Saturday night. Tom needed someone to cheer on in hockey since Detroit is out of the Stanley cup finals. Sadly I had already farmed Allison off to babysit that night before Tom bought the tickets, so we invited our friend John Dutton to come along. Allison missed a very exciting game(I just didn't like seeing someone in the stands get hit with a puck). And we were pretty close to the ice ourselves. But we survived and the Bears won. And Scott picked up some candy in the Hershey Park store. Tom is ready for more hockey.
Sunday morning Allison was back altar serving the 9am mass covering for someone. She always gets such nice compliments from the lay people on how great a job she does. Since most of the kids are younger, they can use some guidance in their altar serving duties. And Allison was serving with our new Monsignor Dietzenbacher. And he is very picky. She did a fabulous job. Afterwards we helped sort books for the upcoming book sale at church. We love to dig through the piles for 1st choice on any books we would like to buy. Mostly cartoon books for us this year. We worked for over an hour and they still had not emptied all the boxes of donations. And I still needed to get Allison home so she could finish her homework before going off with Tom to rollerblade.
So the next few weeks will be a bit hectic as we work towards the end of the school year, so don't be surprised when I am behind in my blogging! Kathleen And keep up the good work in your Physical Therapy Laura. I loved seeing the picture of your xray-you will definitely set off alarms at the airport with all that hardware!