New Moon

Was supposed to be running a PTO activity last night at the school, but came home for a quick stop before the event started to find my neighbor taping this to my door as a surprise.
Yeah we Baron's Ridge girls are going to see this movie tonight. I'll probably spare everyone the lame review after.

Gratitude is All About Attitude

In anticipation of the best holiday of the year I feel inspired to write a blog about all the unexpected things I am grateful for (even if it is a week early):

• unexpected Thanksgiving invitations
• sword hands
• beautiful ballerinas
• an unexpected starry sky
• free activities for children
• four beautiful seasons
• good parent/teacher conference reports -for the most part-
• surviving the swine flu with relatively minor symptoms
• supportive undergarments
• books
• cabin trips
• decent work hours for Travis
• blogs
• my Chanel purse
• 2 functioning automobiles
• large desk calenders
• the opportunity to serve
• soft kid lips with willing kisser participants

Although silly just thinking about some of these things the other day in the car led me to a brief moment of vision loss due to restrained tears. It may not seem like a lot but for me it is plenty.

Mat Club

Our little wrestler has just started the season. There first practice was Monday night and since I am on ballet duty with Bella, Travis handles wrestling practice with Wyatt. Travis thought it was so fun to watch. The kids ran and played games to build stamina, did the chair sit for 20 seconds for muscles, and learned the basic positions. Wyatt has been showing off his skills ever since.

(Wyatt is the super fast kid in orange shorts)

Age

Me: Wyatt you are so smart. You and Bella are so much smarter than Mommy and Daddy were at your age.

Wyatt: But you are smarter now than I am.

Me: Yeah but when you are fifteen you will probably be smarter than I am now.

Wyatt: Yeah and by then you'll be a grandma.

Mini Vacation

When you can't find fall leaves to rake because your backyard is devoid of all deciduous tree where else do you go except up to the cabin. Which is just what we did. I love this place. I love the lack of distractions. And I love that it forces our family to do things together.

Yummy

I just want to eat him when he is this cute.

Desperate Housewives

Last night another Baron's Ridge Bookclub Meeting commenced. We read "The Alchemist", one of my favorite books of all time, but only grazed its content as we were much more entertained by catching up with one another.

Highlights include but are not limited to:

• hilarious stories of neighbors who no longer live in our neighborhood (which according to Jen doesn't count as gossip since they don't live here anymore)
• rectal thermometers being pooped out mid temperature taking
• assistant district attorney neighbors who dress up as Darth Vadar for Halloween and ask the kids if they want to touch his stick
• neighbors with hot bodies who go around showing our husbands their belly button rings
• neighbors with shooting ranges in their basement
• a librarian who lives in the neighborhood declining our invitation to join bookclub because she hates reading
• stories of a person who superglued in a tooth they had lost until they could get to the dentist
• peeing dogs and puking babies
• late night kidnappings in the summer to drag others out to overhear nondescript "moaning" of other neighbors with their windows open
• plastic surgery reveals
• and many other stories including worst dr. visits for immunizations

Seriously you could make a show out of how much fun we all have. Oh that's right - they already have. And who says being a stay at home mom is monotonous. Apparently they never lived here.