One Month Later

Man it has been a month since we went away on Spring Break and since I have blogged.  Why is it when I say things to myself like "I'm going to be better about blogging starting today", then I end up going a whole month without posting anything.  Well part of it is because we are a pretty boring little crew.  I do a lot of volunteering at school and just general housing keeping stuff.  Darren works and works and complains about work.  The boys go to school, come home do homework, play for a bit, go to sleep and then do it all again the next day with a mix of running club and scout stuff thrown in just to keep us on our toes.

The last two weekends have been busy for us because we have had visitors both weekends.  That is a bad thing, they were two great weekends but I really am ready for a weekend where we don't do anything!!  Last weekend in April, Ian went on his first Boy Scout campout BY HIMSELF while Darren took Evan to a Cub Scout campout.  While the menfolk were gone my good friend Kim came into town and we toured around downtown DC.  My favorite thing was taking a SEGWAY tour of the National Mall.  OMG if I ever win the lottery I am totally buying myself a Segway because they are so much fun!!

This past weekend on May 5th, Evan made his First Communion and my sister Sally and my niece Evelyn came into town for the weekend to help us celebrate.  We took them downtown too and took a ride on the pedal boats in the Tidal Basin.  We saw baby ducks and geese and they were so cute!

Evan did a great job at his First Communion and I felt so bad for him because he was so excited about the whole thing but once it came to processing down the aisle with the priest he got freaked out and had what I would a assume was a eight year old panic attack and cried through most of the mass because he was nervous.  But he got the job done and now he can go up for a "snack" as he used to call it with the rest of us each Sunday.

He wore the same tie Ian did when he made his First Communion and the same little pin from Grandma and Grandpa.

In other news, I'm still taking piano lessons and I'm getting pretty good at the Mexican Hand Clapping song.  I really enjoy piano but wish my hands were better at playing together.  I feel really clumsy at it most of the time.  My family is still enjoying watching Doctor Who together.  The boys have finally gotten to the 11th doctor and aren't sure if they like him or not, but they definitely like saying "I wear ____ now, ____ is cool!"  Ian wants a fez and a bow tie.  Maybe I'll get him one for his birthday.

Well I am off now, hopefully I'll be better about posting and won't wait until June to do it again.  If anyone has found the magic bullet for losing weight, I'm still looking, please post in the comments if you can make me lose weight with magic!