Oh, man. On Saturday is Mikey’s playdate/slumber party, and that means Sunday marks the end of our two month season of busy. You know how each of us has a season of insane obligations, usually brought on by an unrelenting succession of birthdays in combination with holidays or child-related events? That’s our May and June. July we have only 2 birthdays, and August only 1. (Not including friends.)
::� On Monday Mikey started music camp. He loves it. Of course, I can’t think of an extra-curricular group activity Mikey doesn’t love. He’s such an extrovert.
::� Mikey was so inspired from camp on Monday, that he and Nicholas had an early morning jam session on Tuesday.
::� I worked on the picture wall on Wednesday. It was looking bare in certain spots, but I knew adding more frames (which my budget wouldn’t allow, anyway) would make it look cluttered and uninteresting. I decided to go through the house and see if I could find something to fit. What do you know? In the closet I found mirrors, the same mirrors I wrote about in a fury during the 31 Days of William Morris. It seemed obvious to me–nearly seven years after buying them–that they should be spray painted gold. So, you see, I was hard on myself in October for no reason! I’m not forgetful or wasteful; I’m clairvoyant. I just didn’t know when I bought and forgot those mirrors and then failed to ebay or Criagslist them like I promised that I would one day need them on my picture wall. Note to self: don’t question your inherent brilliance. Also, sloth isn’t always a deadly sin.
::� I saw Madagascar 3 with the boys on Thursday. Watching movies with Nicholas is a joy. That kid! He laughs hysterically at slap-stick humor. His laughter fills the theater, and the movie goers almost always start laughing because he is laughing. When he isn’t laughing, he’s doing this weird Rain Man humming/muttering, especially during conflict scenes or any time the antagonist is involved. He’s like a plot barometer.
::� Today is Friday, and while I haven’t done much, I did have a good chat with a friend. I’m going to go pick up Mikey from his friend’s party, and then come home and start decorating the place for his party.
Have a happy, happy weekend!
Your week sounded lovely. I hope we get to see photos (upon photos) of Mikeys birthday camp-out :)
Yippee for early morning jam sessions? What joy to watch and listen to our children making music. Can’t wait to hear about the party.
Lol – that was not supposed to be a question mark. Although I supposed the yippee could be contingent upon how early. :)
That room looks like one I’d love to spend time in. You have done a great job!
I cracked up about your clairvoyance. Mikey is going to have a lovely birthday.
I just love the summer, especially now that my kids are older. We’ve been off for a few weeks now but happy is probably the best way to describe it.
I also love that room.
That looks like a little electric Fender knockoff that Mikey’s fiddling with there. ??
Is music camp devoted to one instrument only, or are they playing many?
Is he taking guitar?
There are all sorts of different classes (even a School of Rock camp!) but he’s in basic guitar.