Sunday turned out to be another rainy day, perfect for staying indoors and studying with the kids. It was also a much needed break from a hectic week.
Besides the usual piano lessons and gymnastics classes, Allison had two field hockey games. She finally got to play an entire game on Friday afternoon. That was because the other team was so bad, the ball hardly ever came near her. But no matter, she looked terrific out there in the 95+ blazing sun! We had a ridiculously hot week; we even had to turn the AC back on! Tom was afraid his new grass was going to burn out and I spent a lot of time watering my newly planted fall flowers. So the rain break on Sunday was a welcome relief.
We all had a chance to catch Allison's game on Friday and that evening I took her and our previous neighbor's daughter to see the new animated owl movie(the girls have read all the books). They loved the movie. During the day I was busy with aerobics and came home and spent most of the afternoon baking chocolate cheesecakes -one for a church fundraiser and one for our neighbor's Saturday night dinner party.
On Saturday, I had to drop off one cheesecake at the church and then I took Scott to an all day Cub Scout nature class on Forestry and Natural Resources at the National Wildlife Refuge. We had class from 10-430. Scott's favorite part was chasing the frogs in their pond. On Saturday night we headed to the neighbors for a dinner party. The weather was so beautiful we all sat out on the patio while a million children ran around in the dark! Scott was happy to spend the night at his friends' Sammy's house.
It was a nice break after a long week of studying for tests. I swear Allison had a test or quiz in every one of her classes on Thursday. She also had to squeeze in a babysitting session for our new neighbors. (She loves the kids). And on the night before the field hockey game she had another pasta party so we had to swing by Pizza Hut for some lasagna. She loved the campfire they had after dinner and roasting marshmallows.
It still feels like Summer and yet September is almost over! And we are only going to get busier as the year progresses!
We did not have time to catch the MSU football game but we heard we won! Yeah! And the Ravens did much better this week. Tom is still enjoying his Monday night football games with the guys. He especially enjoyed the game without all the kids running around!
Talk to you all soon! I have to go organize GS stuff(cookie sales are almost done). Then come the booth sales! Kathleen and Family