So, Justin is officially done with scouts. Next week he will begin learning about how to play LaCrosse - just a 3 week instructional. Then, he's going to begin playing tennis. It lasts about a month but is very packed with 3-4 nights a week of playing and games. It's a club that the kids can sign up for through the school. The school will get them to where ever they need to be but parents have to pick them up at that location. So, it's not really a school sport. And, next year we're encouraging him to play football for the first time - in 8th grade. Sounds ridiculous, huh? Well, here in this middle school everybody plays. We figure it's his last chance before high school to see if he can 'cut it.' Otherwise, he'll be in sports of some sort all year. Reason? He's said for a couple of years now that he wants to work Mission Control for NASA. Mission Control or not the best way to get a job at NASA is by getting into and through the Air Force Academy. So, my 12 year old has a plan already and I'm proud. But, the whole point of doing the sports is so that he will become and 'look' more well-rounded on paper. Sky says they will look not only at grades but sports, as well. I had thought it would be great for Justin to earn his Eagle Scout b/c it's something you can tack onto your resume. It looks good, right? Well, Sky said (and I agree) that it really doesn't seem to carry the same weight as decades ago. Ultimately, I'd love for him to be able to do both sports and scouts but I can't physically and mentally get him where he needs to be. Besides, he's alienated at scouts. The boys never let him take charge even when he tries. I don't know what his efforts are, exactly. But, he tells me things on our way home that makes me feel bad for him. I'm realizing - I should've encouraged dc'ing scouts years ago. I just wish Tyler was ready to call it quits. I've got him signed up for Cross-Country at the beginning of 6th grade - so, hopefully being busy with a sport of his own will force that seperation. Right now I still plan on getting Joshua into scouts but - I'm not 100% on that. I do have him registered for baseball.

In other news, I have been painting my hobby room. It's down in the basement with lots of lighting but no windows. It was a beige color but it is now Spring Green and Pool Party Blue, with accents of hot pink! I'm painting the bookcases white and what a pain in the A** that is! At any rate, having three boys and being the only girl in the house - I can say I'm soooooo happy to have a 'girlie' room! I can't wait til those bookcases are done! When it's finished I'll post pic's!

The science fair kick-off assembly was great! Being the one to have organized it I was a bit nervous. If things didn't go well all would have looked to me. But, it was amazing. Mr. Lenz, a Pulaski HS science teacher, is a professional magician and manages to tie the two together. He did two shows for the different age groups and the kids LOVED it! I had made a big Thank You card and the PTO (well, I) got him a $50 GC to the Pine Tree Grill/Thornerry Creek to go inside. I should post pic's of it, too. Looked cute. I love my Cricut! Anyway, the science fair is on the 31st! Joshua has already begun his. We have two pots and one sunflower seed planted in each. One gets to listen to music and the other one doesn't. I just hope they sprout soon so we'll have something to measure. But, if not - that's part of the science so we'll have to write up our lack of results just as if it had worked out right. Did that make sense? Anyway, Tyler wants to do an experiment on expansion using a long-necked bottle and some hard boiled eggs. But, since there can be no open flames at school we'll have to do the experiment at home and take pictures and post them to the display board in a series to 'tell' about what we did and what happened and why. Anyway, I am the Student Enrichment Coordinator at the elem school. I love it and get frustrated by it at the same time. The Reading Program and the Science Fair are my two main interests. I'm looking forward to see what I'll be doing next year. The SEC position is one voted on and that'll take place in April. There is no campaigning, though. :) Hopefully, I've done a good enouch job to get the role again (or a bump up, in which case I can still participate in the two programs I really love).

Also, Sky is working the outage right now. He is working 12 hour shifts 4 nights in a row with one night off. This will go on for about a month and a half. But, something always seems to push that back - I'm counting on two months, at least. The kids and I don't get to see him very often but, somehow - I don't mind. LOL! No, I'm just kidding. I do miss seeing him but I really hate having him home at night. My favorite shift for him to work is swings because I have him to myself in the am's and I have control of the evenings (getting dinner done, chores done, kids taken care of, put to bed and then - TV to watch and relax). It's not fair for the kids, I know. But, that is why this whole rotating schedule is a good thing. Even Sky gets tired of working days for extended periods of time. I just hate nights when it's the regular schedule of 8 hours, 7 days, every 6 weeks because I can't do too much cleaning and noise making while he's sleeping - but, when he's up it's the last thing I want to do. So, not much at all gets done that week. Haha!

Moving on. . . I wish my mama and her furniture would hurry up and get here! I need a place for my books and to move the couch to that empty space in my hobby room I made just for Robbie.

Well, I think that's it, for now.