Art Show

Friday night was Wm's art show. His piece this year freaked me out. Ever since Wm was in kindergarten, we have hung his latest art show piece for that year in our hallway. The space for 4th grade is right outside our bedroom - as you are headed into the bathroom. I'm not sure I want to get up to pee at 3am and run into this:

 

 

Nightmares waiting to happen

It was, of course, super fun to look at all the kid art - and Wm's piece was technically very well done! (If scary.) We bundled Wm up for an early - and very cold - soccer game Saturday morning. This has been a yucky season...so wet and cold! This coming Saturday is his last game, and no one is sorry! Then, Saturday afternoon, we headed to what was supposed to be a cookout at a friend's house. But, since it was barely 50 degrees out, became a cookin. Everyone is REAL sick of May sucking.

Steve spent all of Sunday in the backyard working on his retaining wall. He is dedicated. He got a good workout in! While he did that, I puttered around the house. I added a colorful quilt to the couch and was then locked in a battle with Wm, who did not like it, for the rest of the day. Luckily, when Steve finally came in, he cast the deciding vote IN FAVOR of the quilt. Winning!

 

Wm had to go to Safety Patrol Training this morning. It worked out really well! My car had to go in for an oil change. So we did sort of a run through of how things will go next year. We got Wm up and fed and all ready to go. Then we left him alone while we took my car in and Steve dropped me at work. But, then, Steve went home and "shadowed" Wm while he left the house. The only thing that would have happened if Steve had not been there is the dining room light would have been left on all day. Apparently, Wm also had a bit of trouble locking the front door because he didn't remove the key from the fob in his backpack. Steve said he yelled at the door: "LET GO! MY KEY IS ATTACHED TO MY BACKPACK!" I love that he was mad at the door. But, he did it! So we plan to just remind him to turn off all the lights - and remind him he can leave via the back door, which is much easier to lock! Success!!