Family, Luck, Hiking, and Dreariness

We had fun with Grandpa Mike here! He got here Thursday afternoon, so the kids were way excited to get home and see him. Princess had made him a fun banner for the front entry way that said Welcome Grandpa! It was so cute They had fun jumping all over him and playing games. Princess even got some alone time with Grandpa while Hubby, Dude, and I went to the Boy Scout Blue and Gold banquet. She talked him into taking her to McDonald’s for dinner and playing some games . . . how awesome that they got to spend some alone time together! We were sad when he left on Sunday morning, but he had to start heading home so he could get repacked for his trip to Europe with Hubby’s middle brother - lucky!!!

Speaking of the Blue and Gold Banquet and Lucky . . . Dude is the luckiest person I know! We had a small raffle for a DVD player, kid sized sleeping bag, and kid sized 2 person tent. He wanted the tent so badly - as did all the other scouts. But of course, Dude WON it! He was so excited . . . he brought it home, and we set it up in the basement to check it out. He and Princess decided they wanted to sleep in it, so I dragged it upstairs to the living room and there they slept - camping out in the living room Back to Dude’s luckiness . . . that kid has NEVER lost a coin toss - I’m not kidding. When we can’t remember who’s turn it is to choose the movie or whatever, we’ll do a coin toss. Princess refuses to do them because “But Dude ALWAYS wins!” We make her do it anyway because it’s the only fair way and she has to win some time, right? Nope - she NEVER wins . . . and it doesn’t matter if she calls it or he calls it or I assign heads and tails . . . he still wins! Should take that kid to Vegas.

We’ve had absolutely beautiful weather here the past week - mid-50s and sunny - awesome! We took advantage of it yesterday and went hiking. It was a bit icy and snowy, but we had a great time. We loaded 3 geocaches into the GPS, but didn’t find any of them 2 required too much scrambling on huge boulders that we weren’t willing to do with the snow and ice. The other we were right at according to the GPS and clues, but just couldn’t find it. I’m guessing that when all the snow melts, we’ll have a better shot at finding it . . . we didn’t want to get too close to the water with the snow and ice because we weren’t exactly sure where the reservoir started. So we had a great time, but got skunked on the geocaches Oh - but Dude, Grandpa, and Hubby DID find Dude’s 4th geocache on Friday after school . . . it was extra exciting for Dude because the clue said “Bring a Tall Friend.” Turns out, it was up in a tree! Dude had to climb the tree to get to the pulley to let it down - he of course LOVED that . . . and ended up with a “European” Match Box police car . . . the doors open and the steering wheel is on the right side - he thought that was super cool.

Alas . . . it’s now Monday again - and thankfully it’s cool and dreary out so I can actually sit her and work. Anyone who knows me knows how hard it is for me to sit inside on a nice sunny day And thanks to Hubby for rescheduling the accountant so he could go to Princess’s classroom this morning and I could stay home and work.

Happy Monday to all!