Weekend Update

We had a fun weekend! Saturday morning our neighborhood had a garage sale, so the four of us went on a "treasure hunt"! Gavin got a Star Wars Episode I video for $1! He couldn't be more thrilled! We also got a little pool for free! You really can't beat that (with a stick)! Unless, of course, it was a free pool LAST WEEK! Most of us know how hot it was around here and there wasn't a pool to be found all over town! (Believe me, we tried! We ended up just spraying the boys with the hose. That works, too!) Saturday evening we had a BBQ with Clark and Dina and Zach and Kim and all the boys! At the last minute, Jeff and Michelle needed a sitter, so their boys came over, too! So, there were 7 boys* between the ages of 2-7 running around in the back yard for four hours! They had SO much fun and were FILTHY! (My boys almost needed a shower after their bath, because the bath water got so dirty! Ha!) *There were actually 8 boys here, but baby Jafeth hardly counts. We decided he's not a boy...he's a goat/cat...because of the funny noises he makes! We grown-ups had a great time, too! Great food and fellowship! (We love you guys!) Oh! And Kim even brought me a belated birthday present and Michelle brought me flowers! You just can't go wrong there! Clark and Dina stayed till about 10:30, as we had to have a Rummikub tourney after the boys went to bed! The stakes were high, too! The winner got to determine the name of the game! (Just for the record, it IS "rummy-cube"! Yes, I won! It also helps that the phonetic spelling on the back of the box agreed with me! I think it's quite possible that Clark will shout out "RUMMY-CUB" every time he wins, though! I'll certainly never let him live it down! Ha!) Lastly, this doesn't have much to do with the weekend, but it IS funny... Gavin and I went to Party City yesterday to get stuff for his upcoming birthday party. When we got home, I began stuffing the favor bags, only to discover that I WAY miscounted! I am five short!? What the..? (I seem to be having a hard time counting past five, lately. Kim will attest to that. I keep counting wrong when I'm making plates of food for all the boys when they get together! How hard is that!?) ...Back to the party bags... the bags I do have are having a hard time staying stuffed, as the cat keeps stealing the toys out of them! Then, last night, Bryan caught her putting Q-tips INTO the bags! So, for any of you reading this that might be getting one of these party bags...please note: I did NOT put Q-tips in the party favor bag for your child! That's all for today! Hope you all had a great weekend!