Spring has definitely arrived! The weather has been so much nicer than the previous  weekend with lots more sun and much warmer. That means more grass cutting and weed pulling. Tom was out cutting the lawn last weekend(he got brave). At least he was able to breathe. Thank goodness for Zyrtec. I was busy filling my bird feeders. I was so excited to see that the bluebirds returned to their nesting box in our backyard. I couldn't help myself and I peeked inside. Lots of little blue eggs! I am sure they will enjoy the meal worms I put in the bird feeder especially for them.

It was a nice weekend to be outside, but Allison could have done without the pollen! She came home to participate in an Ultimate Frisbee Tournament at Uof Maryland last Saturday and Sunday. With all that running around outside on the grass she was ready for her inhaler by Sunday afternoon. They won a few games and lost a few games and had fun!  I was just happy to have Allison at home for the weekend.

On Friday afternoon I took my mom over to the hairdresser. When Allison pulled into the driveway, we all picked up my mom and headed out to dinner. We decided to take the kids to the Pizza place we ate at last weekend. It is right across the street from Scott's workplace. He switched his work night to Friday so he could go to Hershey Park on Saturday with a school friend. We stopped into dinner Friday night and then dropped Scott off to work and Mom back to her apartment before heading home. We finished off the day by watching the new Star Wars movie at home on DVD before picking up Scott from work.  I had put in a long day starting off with an early visit to mom's broker to fill out more paperwork(what fun). Then I had my swim class and lots of errands to run before I picked up my mom in the afternoon.

Everyone was up early on Saturday morning. Allison had an early start for her Frisbee tournament and Scott headed out with his friend Matt and family to Hershey for the day. When Allison returned home that afternoon, Tom was out the door and headed up to Hershey also for a hockey game with his old work friend John. He enjoys watching the Hershey Bears play(and it is a lot cheaper than going to a Washington Capitals game). Tom had a serious need to catch some live hockey with the playoffs going on. He was also happy that the Hershey Bears won. Scott also got home late that evening from a fun filled day. He really enjoys his new friend and their family-5 kids total and the family is from England. (and their mom talks very fast and has a very strong british accent). It is fun just to listen to her talk! Their Dad had discount tickets to the amusement park from his work place, so Matt asked to take Scott along. Scott loves having a friend that enjoys the coasters as much as he does! Meanwhile, Allison and I decided to have a girl's night out and we enjoyed dinner at Qdoba and then went to see Disney's new movie, "The Jungle Book". We really loved the movie. There were lots of kids at the movie and it was packed. I thought it was a bit intense for the little ones as it seemed to follow the original story line more closely than the cartoon version. Of course they had to throw in a few of the songs! I will have to take my mom to see it next weekend. I was disappointed that I could not see the movie for free during the week with my Baltimore zoo pass. We had other plans that night.

On Sunday morning, Allison was up early and out the door for her last day of Frisbee. She usually heads back to school afterwards. She still had plenty of homework to do and is busy with group projects. Scott spent most of the day busy studying for upcoming tests. He thought he would have a break after finishing up his 3rd semester, but no such luck. On Sunday night I had to run him over to the LifeTime Fitness pool for his Boy Scout swim test. He plans on doing some summer trips with scouts this year that involved water, so the boys have to know how to swim. And Scott can sure swim. Too bad our high schools don't have swim teams. On Monday night he came home with a letter from his choir director. The kids were putting on a dinner buffet/cabaret show. The kids signed up to perform if they wished, but if you were not entertaining, then you were serving dinner. So Scott came home with a letter on Monday stating he needed to show up Weds night in khaki pants and shirt and tie. Great. He does not own a pair of khaki pants. So off to shopping we went Monday night. And we parents were asked to bring food for the buffet, so I picked up a few large pizzas from Sam's club on Tuesday night.

On Weds I rushed Scott over to school. They set up small stages in the cafeteria of the high school, and decorated all the tables. I had a front row seat and really enjoyed all the kid's entertainment. There really are a lot of amazing, talented kids at the school. They sang, played guitars or piano alone or in groups. One girl even played an electric ukelele and sang an Elvis song. And one boy memorized the soliloquy from the new Broadway play "Alexander Hamilton". Amazing. Scott was not completely off the hook. The entire choir got up and sang at the end-one of their songs from the Christmas concert. The kids did a great job, the food was incredible for a pot luck, but it made for a long evening-3 hrs!  Fortunately, Scott's Robotics team had to reschedule their end of the year party. It was scheduled for the next night! Too many activities.