Life in the Reinsch-Johnson household is rarely calm and collected… partially the reaction to the massive amount of testosterone 3 boys and a cranky Yankee can amass and partially the result of simply having 4 kids under the age of 6 combined with two slightly frazzled adults. Today was no exception.
Since for the first time in a little over a week I was SURE we were going to have a lovely warm and sunny day I made it a priority to get the kids outside… breakfast and teeth brushed and out we went to decorate our front sidewalk with chalk images. Trains and tracks, people, trees and birds all now grace our sidewalk along with names and words and random line of colour. Even Trinity got in on the fun, though she quickly mistaked her bread crust for chalk and attempted to draw on the cement with it which led to its removal from the premises. Sidewalks coloured we headed back indoors to add apples to our tree on that wall which is now becoming quite the mural with its birds, leaves and nest literally made out of twigs and sticks (though we replaced mud with hot glue on a piece of suitably brown construction paper).
Chalk in the front yard.
Lunch and quiet time led to all 3 boys back outside, this time for fun in the pool and makeshift water slide once again. Talk about a home run for creativity with Ken! And even better yet – PLANS – REAL PLANS – for the whole family to head off to City Hall and partake of the fountain there. Even better this is going to give yours truly the opportunity to catch up with a friend from high school and meet his girlfriend! Talk about exciting! So 4pm tomorrow we will be at the fountain! Join us if you wish! Though we are cell phone less (talk about economizing ACK) so if you don’t contact me before then you will have to hunt us down!
Back into the water!
Which leads to where Ken was… the poor man spent most of the day fighting with the government. While I am not allowed to discuss the “why” here on the site I CAN report that we have a new appreciation for people’s hatred of dealing with the system and the forms and the entire concept of beaurocracy. Thank goodness he left with our old GameBoy Advance in tow. I figure he only took the ADVANCE (which is bue) to avoid the minor embarrassment of taking the blindingly baby pink DS. Which proves that buying Lisa a PINK toy really DOES mean that Ken will NOT borrow it in public! Score! I can also report that it will be yet ANOTHER 2-3 weeks before processes will be completed (Can you hear 0ur growns of frustration and anger where you are?).
Anyway to top off the POSITIVES of today – we are finally seeing some growth with our acorn squash in the boys’ pots… I moved them more into the sun and BANG two tiny plants… Not nearly so dramatic as our green beans back in Minnesota but the kids are excited and I am well pleased. Though I am pretty sure the tiny plants in the top pot are weeds…
Acorn Squash
So tomorrow city hall fountain.. anyone else interested? Let me know… tonight I plan on tweaking this site further so check back and see how it goes and feel free to give suggestions!
