Yesterday we had a very quiet afternoon. And this is why. When Anna takes her afternoon nap the boys also have quiet time -- they get to pick a movie and they're supposed to sit quietly and watch it. That rarely happens. They are usually bugging me every 10 minutes for a snack (which I always remind them, "snack is at 3:00", but no one seems to remember that), or they end up running, jumping all over the family room. But yesterday I was working on odds & ends in my bedroom, thinking that the boys were being very good. So when I went out to check on them the fact that Payton was zonked out on the couch wasn't too much of a surprise. Thank you Payton.
Nothing too big has been going on here. Scott now has to mow the lawn every couple days -- it's growing like crazy and sooo green. This time of year our yard definitely looks it's best. Then we look over the fence and have to laugh at the ridiculously long grass in our neighbor's yard -- seriously 18 inches tall (or more), it's a jungle. They sold their house a few weeks ago and have since let it all go to pot. Feel bad for the new guys.
I'm slowly approaching the bottom of my project to-do list -- but still in the thick of it. A big checkmark was my RS lesson on Sunday. Hoping to put my dining room together this weekend (I think I mentioned redecorating it back in April -- I've got the stuff, but it's sitting in a pile in my bedroom). Other items include: room-by-room spring cleaning/de-junking; a couple scrapbook albums; and start on the Heritage Makers storybooks I purchased in March.
Oh, and tomorrow is Scott's 30th birthday! Looks like we'll just have a quick celebration though, because an hour after he gets home he has to go to Scouts. He asked me to make Bacon Chowder for dinner and we'll have the traditional Banana Cake -- it's been his birthday cake of choice since he was 8 or 9. It's really good. Maybe I'll post the recipe tomorrow.
