Pooky Poonkin!

It's pumpkin carving time! DVB calls them "poonkins." And anything halloweeny he says is "pooky!" Too cute!

There's a few excited boys around here! To them, tomorrow cannot come soon enough! Both DJB and LOB had field trips to the high school for a play today. They also have their "Fall" parties this afternoon. I was kind of ticked that "the school" as a whole decided not to let the kids dress up for Halloween! For Pete's sake, can't kids have fun anymore? Sheesh!

Here are a few pictures of our pookin carving! Next on my to-do list is to find a recipe to roast the seeds...

I swear the kid will eat ANYTHING! Even raw pookin guts! Ewwww!

Have a save and Happy Halloween!

Dear DVB,

Dear Little Devil DVB,

Today you totally embarrassed me in public! Today the old lady's who usually just want to pinch your cute little cheeks just shot your mother the most nasty dirty looks ever! Today I was just trying to ignore you but then the little old lady's would give me even dirtier looks! Today I just wanted to snap some dirty looks back at them and throw my hands in the air! Today in the hopes of making you semi-happy while shopping at the mall, I handed you a half a pack of gum! *GASP* And you ate every.single.piece! (I know I'll pay for it later) Today I even paid $1.25 for a bottle of"Coke" for YOU (thanks Grammy!) to see if that would shut you up! Today I could not find one thing to make you happy! Today you are taking a nice long nap to give your mom a much needed recuperation period. Today when you wake up from your 3 hour nap, I really hope you are happier! Today I still love you but please kick this attitude! I really hope tomorrow is not like today!

Love,
Momma

No More Snaggletooth!

We can't call LOB Snaggletooth anymore! Now we're calling him a vampire! How perfect for Halloween!



He went to bed last night and about 30 minutes later, came down and said, "This tooth has to go!" He wiggled it until it was hanging by a thread. I swear GOB should have been a dentist! He LOVES pulling the boy's teeth. Well maybe not LOVES it, but doesn't mind doing it unlike me who can't even stand to look at a loose tooth! And this one was a bloody one! I can handle other people's blood but not my CHILD's blood! NASTY!

So here's the funny part: LOB finally went to bed after looking at himself in the mirror for a half an hour and spitting blood all over the sink! Then I mentioned to GOB that I didn't have $5 (LOB specifically said he really wanted that $5!). All I had in my wallet was a 10 and a 1. So GOB scoured through his wallet and then checked out his stash in his truck. I scoured threw a few places and couldn't even find 5 - $1 bills! Then I came across LOB's leftover money from vacation and VIOLA there was $5! We both laughed that we had to borrow money from him to pay him! Now I need to replace that $5 before he notices!

I'll be gone for a couple days from blogging....it's Oktoberfest time in our house! Lots of work to do! See ya in a couple days....and I even have blogging material...LOB's basketball season, the almost finished counter-tops.....I'll catch up one of these days!

Fall Break Fun!

Here are a few pictures from the boy's fall break this past week! They have spent 8 days with Grammy and Grandpa up at the cabin! ALL 3 BOYS! It's been a wonderful Fall Break for GOB and I too!

LOB has been studying Native Americans in school recently so one day they took a road trip to a Navajo Reservation. I am told that this little hut is called a Hogan.

I'm not sure what this car has to do with Native Americans. I'm pretty sure Navajo Indians didn't drive cars. Notice both boys holding bags? Before they left, I gave each of them some money to spend on their trip. What they bought follows...

Rocks! They bought rocks! Oh well, I must say they are very pretty rocks!

Here's proof they visited some Indians!

Looks like LOB has the stitching gene! It counts as stitching doesn't it?

Now for some other pictures from the week...

Here's my baby with his new found obsession, hat wearing. Notice also that the poor kid was dressed with socks and sandals on! Nerd!

Here's my 3 cutie pies all sittin' in a row in their matching jackets! I have to match them while I still can! This picture was titled "soda break". You'd think G and G would refrain from inducing the already existing wildness with caffeine! I know better myself!

This looks like they spiced up the homemade swing set and club house. My guess is is that they fought over the ONE existing swing and Grandpa got sick of listening to the fighting over it! That Grandpa though, he can build anything!

Wearing other people's shoes is another obsessison of DVB's! Those look like DJB's cowboy boots!

This picture was titled, "Caged"! G and G figured out that sometimes DVB just has to be tied down! I don't blame them!

And one final picture...looks like supper time.

There were a couple other good pictures but Blogger wouldn't upload them. One was of a new shooting gallery they boys and Grandpa rigged up.

Thanks so much to Grammy and Boppa (as DVB calls him) for a wonderful, quiet, peaceful, productive, relaxing, eating out week for GOB and I! We are recharged and ready to resume life as usual! We are so lucky, aren't we?

What Should We Call Him?

So here's the post I've been meaning to get to for the last week or so!





DVB is a MONSTER! Or is he a DAREDEVIL? Or is he a WILD MAN? Or The WILD THING? Man-a-livin' this boy is full of spunk! In a 4 day span recently, he somehow eluded a visit to the Emergency Room multiple times!


Incident #1: After walking the older boys to school, DVB and I decided it was a perfect morning to climb around one of our neighborhood jungle gyms. He was having a blast climbing up and down, sliding down all the big slides like he has done it a million times before. Then as I look up at him from the bottom of a tube slide, he turned around lickety split and walked right off a 5 foot platform! Bam! Somehow he landed smack dab on his butt! He was totally unscathed! I don't get it!


Incident #2: Two weekends ago GOB took all the boys up to the cabin to go turkey hunting. As I am told, everyone was scattered throughout the cabin getting settled in. GOB then inquired if anyone knew where DVB might be. Then they heard the crash! My parents have a coffee table that they have had for years. It's half glass, half wood. I guess Triple D (Daredevil DVB) decided to lay down on the glass half and all of a sudden the glass gave out and broke into a million pieces, him landing on top! Totally unscathed once again! Incredible!


Incident #3: While still at the cabin, the boys were playing outside. DVB was practicing his balancing skills. Then he decided to JUMP off the railroad tie he was balancing upon! His 6 inch plunge did not keep him unscathed this time! He scratched up the whole right side of his head and cheek! It could have been worse!


Needless to say, I'm sure one of my future posts will be pictures from our first Emergency Room visit. I know, I'm jinxing myself! But it's just inevitable!

Snaggletooth!

I know I said I already had a post in mind for, hmmmm, let's see....Thursday probably! But life got in the way again! I ended up having to work and now I have some exciting news to precede the Daredevil DVB post!

We have a Snaggletooth in the house! LOB FINALLY lost one of his top middle teeth! I say FINALLY because they both have been loose since May! The Tooth Fairy even remembered to come and she left $5.50! (it helps when you set the alarm clock for oh say, 12:00 am!)

So I promise to get to that DVB post in a couple days. Grammy and Grandpa are taking all 3 boys for the whole week next week for Fall Break! So I know since I have a kid-free week I can't make any excuses about lack of time! Although my to-do list is quite long and I am working 3 days next week!

Squirrel Anyone?

There was a little excitement up at the cabin this past weekend. GOB took all the boys up to go turkey hunting while I stayed home because I had to work. There's lots of stories to tell from the adventurous weekend but I'll have to tell one story at a time. You know, I have to stretch out the blogging material!

Here's what Grandpa emailed me shortly after they gave up turkey hunting and switched to squirrel:


So this was a banner day for LOB and me. We decided to take the boys out after some tree rats . We packed a lunch and hit the woods. Didn't see any squirrels while we ate but we decided to road hunt. In short order we spied the first of 4. GOB chased it into the perfect tree, a dead pine with no needles. It went up about 15 feet and sat broadside. LOB sat in my lap and held the rifle himself and popped it. His practice this summer with the BB gun gave him skill to iron site this rat and knocked him out of the tree with one shot. His next one was a much bigger challenge. It went to the top of a 60 footer. He had to lean against a tree and took several shoots to hit it. He wanted to quit but his Dad was patient and they worked together and he got him. He wanted three so DJB and DVB could have a tail and so it was. The only help he got was finding the critter in the tree and loading the gun, He has a cricket single shot hand cock rifle just his size. No scope iron sites !!!!!

So I'm not sure who is more excited, Grandpa, Papa, or LOB!?!

Normally, they skin the squirrels and Grammy eats the poor little scampers! *GASP* I know, totally gross! But she said they were too scrawny to bother but they did keep the tails! LOB wanted to hang them in his room but I shot down that idea in a nanosecond! I told him to go staple them to the tree in the backyard!

Story #2 is on deck for tomorrow. I already thought of a title: Daredevil DVB!

Delinquent Blogger!

Do I still have any readers out there?


I know, I've been bad, very bad! Somehow this thing called life is getting in the way of blogging recently! Sheesh! I haven't even had time to read all the other blogs I love to read! Between refereeing, chauffeuring, cleaning, cooking, coordinating, shopping, working, socializing, practicing, refereeing, planning, fall tv watching, refereeing, my poor little blog has been on the back burner! (Not to mention my delinquentcy in seeing my god-daughters! I can't even remember the last time I saw them! Do you still love me?)


But I'm not giving up! Don't you worry about that! Until things settle down, you'll only get to hear from me a couple times a week! You know the holidays are coming up and as you can imagine it's CRAZY around here! I'm sure there will be some good blog posts to come from all that hoopla!


So here's a little funny I came across this weekend! LOB is in a weird stage right now! He's mouthy, sassy, non-compliant, ungrateful, stinky, and I think he thinks he's turning 16 or something! He wants alone time. He wants to listen to music. He wants to redecorate his bedroom. Who is this boy? My first born baby?


Here's what he's posted on his door...I put the stickers on that say "caution, keep out" and the skateboards but he added a few of his own....

I had been looking for this "No solicitors" sign I bought a while ago to keep those Church Knockers from ringing my door bell (that's a whole 'nother post!). I'm not sure where he found it or even if he knows what it means but at least he knew where to put it!

Please knock!!!!!!! Get it? Me? I don't knock, I bang!

Tony? Who is Tony? Tony Stewart? Or Toni, the dog? Frankenstein? I asked him if he even knew who Frankenstein was and he gave me a very accurate description! It's good to know that GOB and I are on the O.K. list. But notice DJB isn't? Yes, there's a little sibling rivalry goin' on over here! Remember me mentioning refereeing a few times earlier? Ugh!

I Have to Tell you About This!

This is so cool- all you pedicure lovers out there must click on this link!

http://www.minxnails.com/cylantscart/index.php?p=catalog&parent=10&pg=1

I did a patient this week that had THEEEEE coolest pedicure evah! Here I am supposed to be squishing her boobs and all I could look at were her toes! I always look at people's feet! You all know I'm a shoe lover so naturally looking at people's toes would be included! She had silver with the black fish net and it looked sharp!

Anyhoo, on the link above you'll see all the designs available. It's a film-like sticker-like dealy that a licesenced nail tech applies to your toes or nails with a special heat lamp. By the looks of the official website, there are only a couple locations in my state that do it but you can bet I'll be checking into it further. My patient said her tech charges $60 but it lasts 3 months! My toenails grow really fast but I think I could get 2 months out of it! But just think, no chipping, no dulling, just plain shiny and beautiful for weeks!

So cool! I can't decide on a design though~there's sooooo many cute ones! Polka dots, plaid, camo, zebra stripes, oh it goes on and on!

See This Cute Little Pumpkin?

See this cute little pumpkin?



Yes, he's cute today but yesterday was a whole different story and there's no photographic proof of it!

So I worked yesterday morning. At about 9 AM I got a text from GOB. Here's how it went:

GOB to me: Do you want to go pick up a new keg today?
Me to GOB: What? It can't be empty! (it was only 1 week old)
GOB: Oh yes it can!
Me: No way! I don't believe you!
GOB: While taking a shower
GOB: LOB sat on pot taking crap (he was supposed to be on DVB watch)
GOB: DJB glued to tv
GOB: Monster Man pulled the tapper

Yep, you guessed it! 3/4 of a barrel of Michelob Ultra was released onto the kitchen floor! I heard it made it to the oven so that's about a pool of beer 15 feet in diameter! Thankfully, I just had to give the beer scented floor a good scrub when I got home. The Boys did a pretty good job soaking it up with kitchen towels! Oh well, lesson learned! Save The Beer!

But today is a whole new day and the Little Pumpkin is as cute as can be! He LOVES this old old old Halloween costume! However, I don't think the older brothers are going to let it be his official costume this year. I hear they have plans of being 3 Star Wars characters and they plan on making DVB be Yoda! Oh joy!

A silly pumpkin has got to be cuter than ugly Yoda!

We'll let you know who wins!

DVB Update!

It's been a while since I've updated DVB's milestones, you know since I can't find time to keep up his babybook. Remember my blog is taking the place of the babybooks?

DVB you're finally starting to communicate with words! Thank goodness because the grunting, and screaming is really getting old!

Han - Translation: hand. You love to wash your hans.

All Done or all gone - that little tidbit of communication is so helpful!

eeee - translation: eat! That one helps us out too!

go - whenever you want to go, you try to pull and tug the person you want to go with you!

on - you love to turn the lights on and off or the toys that do on and off. You say "on" but haven't figured out off yet.

Whoo hoo - I bet you get that phrase from me! You even use it in the correct context!

Shushes - Translation: Shoes! You love to put your shushes on because you know going outside is next!

Mommy - yay! you finally say Mommy! When you wake up in the morning you start calling for Papa and after 5 times you call for Mommy! So cute! And when you really want either of us it's more like "PAAAAAAPA, MOOOOOOOOOOOMY!" and you are loud!

Mine - This wonderful word was learned at daycare! Now everything is mine, mine, mine!

Ha - Translation: hot. It's funny you know the difference between hot and cold!

teet teet - Translation: tweet tweet! You call all birds teet teets! You're not much of a animal sound maker other than teet teet, mouw (meow), moo and rooooooar!

waa waa - Translation: Water. You are a huge water drinker. You carry your sippy cup wherever you go.

Ooookaaay - Translation: okay! You answer "okay" with any question. It's hilarious! We are so happy you are so obliging!

see - It usually goes like this: "see papa see papa see papa" You look out the windows and say "see Papa". You do a great job keeping track of him!

e i e i e i - When we practice LOB's spelling words, you have to join in and say "e i e i e i!"

In other milestones:

You can't go anywhere with out your blankey. It really started when you started to go to Miss C's for daycare. But it's ok, it's your little security blanket!

You can't say "yes" but you nod your head yes and when you do it, you about knock yourself over with that big ol' noggin of yours!

You got your second professional haircut. Papa just wants me to scalp you like your brothers but I'm not ready to part with that soft, blond, baby hair of yours! You did absolutely fabulous with sitting like a perfect angle for your haircut. Unlike our first experience!

You pooped in the potty for the first time FOR REAL yesterday! You came up to me and said, "Poo poo" so we rushed off to the bathroom and after you got on and off your little potty 10 times you finally decided to unload! We might finally be getting serious about this potty training stuff!

I can't believe you are growing up so fast! In 2 months you'll be 2 years old! Could you slow down a bit? You are at such a fun stage right now - well, with the exception of the little temper tantrums you have every once in a while!

It Was Once a Box of Chicken...

It was once a box of chicken from Costco...

Then it carried my Costco items in the house...


Then it turned into a boat for DVB to play in...


And now it's a basketball court! How's that for recycling?!?

LOB's first project of the year was to create a building that could be found in a community. For example, a Taco Bell, a church, a school, a house, etc. LOB chose to make a basketball court. Because what would a community be without a basketball court? The directions said that this project should cost absolutley $0! And it was to be created with stuff from around the house.


The backboard poles were made from a mini glue sticks, the rims were made from twisty ties (that was my idea!), the ball was made from twisty ties (my idea), the paint was from GOB misc stash (green with glitter) and the players were from a on old wooden train set (DJB's idea) that LOB colored with sharpies! LOB completed the entire project with exception of the glue gun operation!

And get this! It's not even due until Friday, the 18th! YES! Project complete!

It Was a Busy, Productive Weekend And a Milestone!

Holy cow! We made some huge progress on the kitchen remodle this weekend. It feels good to be nearing the end of the project. The logistics of the last piece of counter top, the island, are brewing in GOB's head. He did rip out the old island counter top and installed the new sink, RO water, and soap dispenser. Oh! And the new fancy garbage disposal switch!

The miniature helper loved his new hiding place while it lasted!

He's a little difficult to work around but he sure takes some darn cute pictures!

Oh no! He went down the drain!

This picture cracks me up!

DVB has figured out how to move around the kitchen chairs to get to where he wants to go! He moved a chair over to the new sink and climbed right in!

But the most EXCITING news of the weekend:


DJB lost 2 teeth! We didn't even know they were loose until Saturday! REALLY loose! Infact, the 2 permanent teeth were already a 1/4 of the way in behind the baby teeth. So it didn't take much to yank those suckers out. Amazingly, he let GOB pull them out with little fight! So the toothfairy had to pay out for 2 teeth! DJB was just tickled and said, "I don't think it's normal to loose 2 teeth at once! I wonder what the tooth fairy will think. Maybe she won't be able to carry both teeth." After further questioning, he told me the toothfairy is the size of a mouse, has very tiny eyes, is sparkly, and carries a bow and arrow-like pack that holds the rolled up money! What a goof!

LOB is a little bent since he didn't lose any teeth until he was 6. Also, his top middle 2 have been loose since May and are still no where near coming out!

LOB had his first basketball game on Saturday. I had to work, therefore no pictures were taken of the event! GOB said he was too busy wrangling DVB. I'll snap some at next week's game. LOB says one of Dads of one of the players on his team plays for the Suns. I'll have to do a little investigation on that rumor!

Before and After But Before It's Done!

I'm taking a little time out of our massive construction productive weekend to show you a couple pictures of our progress!

This is a before picture when the wall was a drab taupe...

These are 2 of the construction crew. However, they are NOT very productive and are extremely messy so they got fired after this picture!

This construction worker is fired too. Leaving an open ladder around for this lad is a leeetle dangerous!

Here's an after picture of the new red! I love it! I don't know what that spot is left of the blinds. Don't ghosts show up in pictures like that? ha! Also, I'll take any and all suggestions for maybe some window treatments. Gram, when are you coming to visit? I really like what you have in your kitchen!

After a little detail work, this quarter of the kitchen will be complete!

And now this is what I'm looking at right now! No kitchen sink! I guess that means I won't have to cook tonight! I better dig out the take-out menus! Do I dare ask GOB to take his time so I don't have to cook the rest of the weekend? I'm sure it won't be a problem! *wink*

Laptop Up!

Yahhhooo! I'm up and running again. But, things are rockin' around here right now so I still don't have much time to blog!

Last weekend I decided to paint. Originally, I was just going to paint one wall red. Then I decided all the baseboards needed painting and I didn't want to repaint them white so I chose a light beige color. Then I decided that most of the walls downstairs really needed a fresh coat of paint so I jazzed them up with a darker brown. It all looks great BUT, GOB is still constructing countertops and we all know the speed he works at! SSSLLLOOOWWW! He's doing a great job but I'm about ready to go bonkers with this construction mess! So needless to say, I still have a lot of painting to do but I'm working around GOB and I have to remember to sssslllloooowww down! We're in no rush, really. It just has to be done by the endish of October for our Oktoberfest party!

Also, we decided to drop our new cell phone provider because we couldn't get coverage in our house after multiple attempts to make it work. So we had to decide which company to change to. Him...haw...him...haw! We decided to try out AT&T now and we went with the iPhones. So now I can't stop playing with it and it's driving me crazy because I really should be painting while DVB is napping and not playing with my phone! I should have listened to my brother who told me, "DON'T GET IT, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PUT IT DOWN!" Yep brother, you are right!

Wish me luck for a little more productivity and less playing for the rest of the week!

Just Sayin'

It isn't the same to blog on a PC as it is on a laptop-both reading and writing! My creative juices just don't flow when I'm plugged in, I guess. Looks like my replacement part is on it's way so we'll be back to normal in a couple days. And I was smart, I ordered 2 connectors! Now we'll never be in this predicament again!

Oh, I guess I could try blogging on my Blackberry but that would be really painful!

We'll be back in business soon...besides, I have no material! *covers mouth* I hope I didn't just jinx myself again!

Laptop Down!

I swear my children thrive on making my life difficult! They scrounge the house to find things to destroy so I have to spend money to replace them! Last week it was the freezer catastrophe. How many hundreds of dollars were thrown away in that mess? Now today it's my laptop power connection. This will be the second time they have bent the prongs in the connector! Yesterday it was the bbq island mini fridge that I found open! That's the second one of those that we've had to replace also! I know, I should be thankful for these piddly little $100 replacements. Someday it will be cars with $1000's of damage!

So heaven for bid I have to actually use a PC instead of leasurly sitting on my couch to blog! Wish me luck in finding a new power adapter. If I recall correctly, the last time it was a little difficult!

I Spoke Too Soon...

So remember on Thursday when I said our house was pretty quiet and we had no exciting news to report? Um, ya, 5 minutes after hitting the publish post button, all heck broke loose!

Here's exhibit A: (please note I do not have photographic proof of additional upcoming debacles!)

Doesn't this freezer look brand spankin' new? No, you are wrong-it's 10 years old! But it is bleach smelling clean. When I walked into the garage early Thursday evening, I was greeted with a rather unpleasant odor! Come to find out that the boys failed to close the freezer door after noshing on Popsicles the night before! Yep, you guessed it! An entire freezer FULL of food ruined! Arrrrrrgh! GOB got the duty of cleaning it out since he got to go to Happy Hour that night! Ha!

Our next catastrophe was when DJB decided to go into the backyard to play. The dog decided to barge in the door at the same time. She went between DJB's legs and lifted him off the ground! It looked like DJB was riding a bull for one nano second. Unfortunately, he didn't let go of the door knob as the bull was bucking and took a head first plunge onto the tile floor. One big goose egg later, he said he wanted to "sale" Toni because he didn't like her anymore! ER diverted...no concussion.

Next, DJB went upstairs to get his pj's on. He comes SCREAMING down the stairs in a frightful scene! I go running thinking it had to do with his noggin crash! No! He found a SCORPION in his bathtub and it was ALIVE! Get this: then the boys tell me they had found another one downstairs the day before! LOB says, "Papa, didn't you tell Momma about the scorpion?" Papa says, "No, LOB, there's some things Momma just doesn't need to know!" Mr. Bug man will be coming Tuesday to super soak us in scorpion killer!

So that was our excitement for the week all in about 15 minutes worth of time! I could have done without all of it!

On to other news:

GOB is making awesome progress on the counter top project. 2 big chunks are installed and he's been demoing the next section today. We finally compromised on a sink for the the island. Now I just need to decide on some paint colors to freshen up the walls and some new kitchen faucets. It's going to look sharp! I've already told GOB that our next project will be sprucing up the bathroom down stairs! I'm thinking a new vanity with matching concrete counter top since right now there is a pedestal sink which I hate because I have no storage and maybe tile up the wall in some decorative pattern. All that should keep him busy until at least the end of the year!

LOB was the sucker who had to unplug the the stove. Look closely behind GOB and you'll see the new counter top. The boys had fun helping smash travertine! What a mess!

This is just a funny I picture I thought I'd include. DVB and DJB are about pound for pound! They love pushing each other around in this plastic dump truck!

That's all for now. We are enjoying a nice pleasant, productive weekend! Geez, I hope I didn't just jinx myself!

Spilled Sea Monkeys and Hiding Places

It's been a semi-uneventful week around our house if you can believe it!

The most action was when DVB spilled the Sea Monkey container. I must be desperate for blog content for that to make it in the weekly news! Anyway, LOB and DJB were REALLY upset. They had followed the directions closing and the Sea Monkeys had just "patched". Oh well, we'll try again. There is a Seamonkeys.com so we can order some more eggs or just go to Wally World and buy a new kit. We'll see, hopefully they'll just forget about it!


In case you were wondering, Sea Monkeys are the size of a period at the end of a sentence. It takes a magnifying glass to see them. I have no idea how many were swimming around before they got spilled but it kinda gave me the heebie geebies so I had to wash the floor 3 times!

DVB has found a new hiding spot. Luckily I saw him discover his new reprieve! He can't figure out how to turn the handles on doors yet but is a little obsessive about closing them!

DVB had a better week at daycare. On Monday afternoon of week #2, his sitter said he was a whole different kid. He was happy, playful and interactive. I guess I was under the impression that he was all those things last week but she must have not wanted to make me feel bad. So I'm a little confused but I'm glad he turned his frown upside down. She accepted the dates that I am working in September so he must we welcome back! He's also getting used to the idea of being dropped off and isn't making such a fuss for GOB. Also, the sitter says he walks around the house saying "ba-ba" all day. I said no, that would be "Papa", he's a little attached to his Papa. He walks around our house too looking for Papa!

We are looking forward to next week being "normal." I am only working Monday so we can get into a new routine. GOB has discovered that he too has been spoiled the last 5 years not having to get kids ready for school and dropping off and all the rigamarole associated with it! I think he's looking forward to a normal week too!