another.... Rainbow

As promised...
another rainbow.
this was taken...in the wee morning...

I was running the last leg of a Relay for Life event.

It had drizzled the entire hour. (I am happy to say I ran the entire hour) and after... I looked up to see this glorious bow in the sky.

summer fun

So ... summer is winding down for us... and we are getting ready for back to school.



Back to a routine...


This morning... my youngest wanted to "shave" with dad. It was so cute- my husband slathering the shaving cream on his face...

I grabbed a Popsicle stick (from a craft box) as his "razor"... and then ran to get my camera... but as you can see... they were almost done, by the time I got back.

I love watching my boys... following the lead of their dad.

They are such "little men"

Even in little steps... like wanting to "shave"... I am excited they want to follow his example.

I'm starting to get back to school blues... my husband who works every day... doesn't have that... deep sense of loss.

No more- kids running the neighborhood in and out of houses
no more long days at the beach, or short beach trips


no more lazy day picnics and reading under shade trees....

hey! I don't think I am ready for all the bustle and hustle yet!
Good thing I have a few weeks... of vacation left... and a few days before hockey starts up again.

I hold my glass of lemonade up---and say, "Cheers for the last few weeks of summer... here's to making the most of them!"

I like to look for rainbows...

Living in hawaii... the Rainbow State

It is fun seeing Rainbows... almost weekly.

real rainbows that is....

but one of the fun things I've notice during our un-plugged summer... are

the "un natural" rainbows around me too!

Rainbow colors

are so happy- together.

I think I'll post more rainbow pictures... when I see them... and share the joy.

Un-Plugged Summer

So Summer Break is here!

I challenged my family to Un-Plug this summer.
Meaning, no tv
no xbox
no movies
no video games
no computer games
no games on our phones

So I put up a poster with a $50 dollar bill . The person who goes the longest "un-plugged" wins the $50!

now.... there are exceptions... my husband works on the computer, and so do I. But I have drastically reduced my hours on the computer... doing much of the leg work... the old fashion hand & paper method.. instead of writing with the computer key board.

I check my email every three days or so.. and I only get an hour. So... blogging is going to be sparce... but will be well worth it!

Other exceptions are... if we want to watch a movie as a family... that is legal.

okay

gotsta run!

Happy birthday

We had a fun weekend- celebrating a birthday-

Go Go Diego style.

My oldest son- was very helpful... he created an obstical course...

where rescue hero's had to go around under- in and out... to rescue a stuffed animal at the top of the slide...

then slide down

and the next Rescue Hero starts the course.

We're BACK!

Since the kids were gone Christmas vacation- and since
hockey hasn't started yet..
they wanted to invite a few friends over.

(well- actually I don't know if they invited them over or not... )

I just woke up Saturday morning with a house FULL of kids!

We had a XBOX kinect- Sports challenge/Pancake morning...



and then...
as quickly as they came...
I looked up
while washing dishes
and
they were GONE!

Onto another house no doubt....
probably
trying to score another breakfast-- from a different mom.

It's never too late

Here is my adorable IRON MAN- Today he was saying he wanted to go Trick or Treating again.
I tried to explain- it was a ONCE a YEAR kind of treat.

Well- he and his friends went out to prove me wrong.
They came running back 10 min later... with candy...
"Mom we trick or treat again!"

Looks like-- if you are 4 you can trick or treat even into Nov!



I took this picture and then - noticed my living room floor.

I know- Last post I said I was a flybaby... and look
at this conflicting photographic evidence!






But this is the culprit-
why my floor is never clean.


I pick them up- and then he just dumps them back out.

They need to be out and about- you never know when you are going to want to make ships and such.


It's funny because after I clean them up...
he comes back in ...
and sighs a big frustration....
as if to say...
"who keeps putting these away! I always have to dump them out!"





Here is our pumpkin..
and his pumpkin face....