career goals

C's latest is indeed rock star. As I posted last weekend he has decided he wants to play electric guitar which he has mentioned several times this week. At the parent teacher thing this week rock star was listed in his little autobiography thingy and to cap it all off last weekend I dyed my hair and he has decided he wants to dye his green. I told him that would be ok in a few years but maybe not for 2nd grade although D pointed out with all of the crazy rules schools seem to be adopting these days they might freak out.

too much tv these days..

add this to my list of must watch these days and maybe this one as well

high school musical

or well high school musical 2 is apparently not just a girly thing. C dvr'ed the new show last night & started watching as soon as he could. Last night he mentioned that so & so was his favorite character because "he is the same color as you daddy", D asked him what color that might be "dark" was the answer, it cracked me up I guess he still doesn't get the fact he is "dark" as well, just a really lighter version. This new found interest in this musical high school thing has prompted the desire to play electric guitar. I told him not this year but maybe next. Thank god we only have one how do these families with 3 & 4 kids find the time & money to ferry kids to 9 million different activities?

siesta

I want to move somewhere that has them...

wasn't he just born?

seriously how did Connor get to be a second grader already? First day was just a half day it went well, although they DID NOT have snack time today as it was only a 1/2 day and horror of all horrors lunchtime is at 12.15 so he might need to bring along 2 snack just in case...Turns out he did know several people in his class one from daycare, one from mee maw's church & one from tae kwan do. Sadly I still cannot get the damn computer to recognize our fancy new digital camera, luckily I have held onto to the old crappy one which I'm guessing you could get in a bubble gum machine at this point but way back when it was new it ran us around $100 I think. So excuse the picture it's not great but it'll do. Being the cool kid that he is C requested a sling backpack this year & as his favorite team is the Yankees-because it's grandpa's favorite team-we went that route.

meet the teacher day

wasn't this just the first day of school back in the stone ages when I was in school? This year we went early got there right at 2 managed to find parking on the property got in & out by 2.30. I do understand when the school was built it was with the safe assumption none of the kids would need to park however any time there is a school function of any sort the parking lot is a madhouse. Last year we went late & wound up parking in an adjacent neighborhood. C's teacher seems nice unfortunately there is no one in his class that he knows from kindergarten or first grade which is a sham, luckily he makes friends easily & I've been informedby "himself" the second graders do recess altogether so he will be able to play with his friends then.
I do wish the school's would be a little more organized & let us know teachers & supply lists a little earlier, they have a generic 2nd grade need list but each teacher has specific items they want the kids to have & as the tax-free weekend was last weekend that doesn't help so much.

eureka

this show is great! For some odd reason I seem to be especially tired on tuesdays so I usually fall asleep during the last 10-15 minutes missing the end of the show pretty much every week, which is really annoying but I managed to stay awake last night!

myspace?

so I have successfully avoided creating a myspace page so far but as I am busy goofing off at work I have discovered several people I would like to get in touch with again however you must login to contact them..crap I might have to break down & join. I wonder if you can join without doing a page?

american favorite past time

the three of us went up to Sevierville for a Smokies game last night. Although the game was not a great one for the team(they lost4-0) we had a great time D was trying to sell me on the idea that it was all about the junk food anyway & I must admit the funnel cake was really good... I have no idea why we don't go to games more frequently it really is a "nine inning vacation".
Growing up in CT in a family of Yankees fans meant we would go to at least one game a season, luckily both my uncle & father had friends with REALLY good box seats, field level-one of the boxes on the visitor's dugout no less. So yes we were spoiled & I remember the shock to the system when for one double header Dad bought upper deck seats-a whole different crowd sits up there, the drunks were pretty funny to say the least. I think they lost both games and we wound up leaving half way through the second game,still fun though so maybe it is a little about the junk food.. Comcast(D's employer) is having a company night with picnic at the ballpark at the end of the month so I know we will make it to at least one more game this season but with school & fall little league starting up again our weekend will fill up fast, plus there has been talk of more camping which I hope pans out!

so they have arrived

Lot's of prayers, good thoughts and care packages headed to my brother in the Gulf and his wife & girls in Florida. I was happier when they were fighting pirates in the Caribbean..ok so it was drug dealers not Johnny Depp...