Pinewood Derby is NOT for Moms!

I just wanted to get that out there! A mom gives birth to a son and should not be expected to help AT ALL with the subsequent Pinewood Derby cars. That is what Dads are for! Just sayin'.

Of course, this year I helped. Actually, The Hubby only nailed in the wheels. Everything was all me and The Boy.

The Design: A Twinkie

Now, a quick history lesson: The Boy has never had the fastest car EVER. The highest he has EVER placed was 2nd in one race out of 16. So, we have pretty low speed expectations around here. We usually strive for originality.

The Boy and I got working. We rounded all the edges except the bottom!

Seriously, all we did was round the edges. That is it! The Boy did most of the work.

 And then, the paint. (Which we didn't document.)

The weights and wheels were added by The Hubby and we were set!

Race Night Re-Cap:

With Grandpa and Grandma looking on, The Boy placed CONSISTENTLY either first or second in all 16 of his races! Once he placed third. REALLY!?! What is up with that!?!

There is the best picture I got the entire night! The Twinkie - the car to beat! The Boy did not win in his den but missed first by ONE SECOND! (The software tracks each racers time across the line and then adds them all together.)

On a side note, how cool is it that all the boys in his pack raced 16 times? I think they had over 90 races in one hour! It was AMAZING!

Here We Go....

The Boy has been taking Tae Kwon Do for over a year and a half now. He loves it! We love that they expect great behavior in and out of the gym and MORE. The Girl is coming up on her 3rd birthday and we thought that she would do well in TKD also. With permission, we started her a little before her birthday. Last week was her first week and she did fabulous!

Look how cute she is in her little uniform!

Ahhh!

Since both of the kiddos will be here, The Hubby and I also joined.

WARNING!!!! CRAPPY PICTURE AHEAD!

Please ignore the fact that my hair looks like a dead rat and I have almost no make-up on. Yep, we are keeping it real.  Sorry!

By the way, the Hubby hates that I take pictures of him all the time. Maybe that accounts for his grumpy face? Anyway, we are enjoying it and The Boy loves the fact that he gets to tell us what we are doing wrong!

I do not usually consider myself old but this is going to seriously kick my butt! After the first class, I have never felt so old and sore and overall yucky! It should get better but I am not holding my breath!

Busy...Busy...

Yes, we have been busy!

Hopefully I will show you some video and pix from the last couple of weeks soon!

One of our projects was to re-arrange The Girl's room to  minimize space for her toys. Yep, minimize. She has a tendency to

S P R E A D

 her stuff from hither to yon. I also repainted her table to match her room and not The Boy's room (in the old house). Think it turned out ok!

By the way, that is a TON of pink! We, as a family have hit our up-most limit of pepto pink!

Hello Spring Break!

Not so nice!

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The 'NEW' us

As some may know, I LOVE to change my hair! LIKE ALL THE TIME!

It has been a while since I made any major changes...

until now!

Yep, I tried a darker look this time. (Next time might be darker still!)

Also, if you look closely you will notice the weird, wacky things hanging out above my nose. Yep, those are glasses - which I now need. If you look even closer you may see that they are - in fact - bifocals. I can't see coming or going now! They tell me it is age, but I don't feel that old. Whatever! Now, I just have to learn to walk with these suckers on!

I was not the only one to get a makeover! The Girl seriously needed a haircut. (Like almost 4 inches!) I am told it makes her look older! I was just thankful that I didn't have to de-snarl her hair this morning!

taken by my phone - sorry!

The Boy still is sporting his spiky 'do and the Hubby still has the same 'do that he has been rockin' practically since birth!

Ahhhh, life is good!

The Boy's Room - The Curtains

My mom taught me how to sew and cook and all those other things I try to do. Thank heavens because it would have cost me an arm and a leg to pay someone to make these curtains! 

They did turn out pretty great AND they aren't done yet! (The Boy's initials will be made into a design and then put on the black part.) I even made my own pattern! (Look Mom! even seam allowances!)

I am still so excited that they turned out! WaHoo!

We also spent the day off of school yesterday CLEANING!

Yes, I am that mean of a momma!

I asked The Boy to put his things away so I could vacuum. When I went in to check, this is what I saw...

I also checked The Girl's room because I had asked him to help her. Yep, you guessed it.

We are gunna have a CHAT about putting things away! AND we are so getting rid of stuff!