The boys had their dental appointments on Saturday morning.  We arrived at the office and the boys immediately sat down at the iPads, but within a minute, we were called to the back.  Both boys chose to watch Moana, and the cleaning was uneventful while they watched the movie.  The dentist stopped by to do the final check, and shared the good news that neither of them had any cavities.  He also mentioned that it is now Connor’s turn to have sealants placed on his molars.  While I was making the future appointments, the boys finally had a chance to play on the iPads.

   In the afternoon, we decided to go hit some balls at the driving range.  Since Stuart’s back was still not totally healed, he was going to watch the boys hit and assist them.  It was quite windy, but it was to our advantage and our hits were going farther.  Both Connor and Logan did fine and had some good hits.  We competed with each other trying to get our balls near a flag.  I also found a big driver in my bag and had fun hitting some noisy shots.  Stuart could not stand the temptation and had some hits too.  His back definitely did not appreciate it too much.

    When we were home, the boys joined the neighborhood kids to play on the street for a quite a long time.  We had to try to get them back so we could go out for a quick dinner.

    Last Friday was the school Walk-a-Thon.  The kids spent some time walking laps during the school day, and they could continue to walk at the after school event.  I tried to leave work on time, so I could take the boys while Stuart caught up with some work.  Maxim asked to walk with Logan, so the mom and I made plan to arrive at the same time, and the three boys went straight to walk.  I talked with Svetlana for a bit, then I went to check out other things during the event.  I ran to another mom, Pam, and we decided to walk some laps together while we chatted.  After several laps, we finally caught up with Logan and Maxim, and later we found Connor too.  Then it was time for me to get some food for us.  I got the boys some pizza and I wanted something from a food truck.  By the time my food was ready, the boys had finished and wanted to join the 4-square crowd, so I had to find other people to sit and eat with.  By then, the boys were done walking laps for Walk-a-Thon and just wanted to continue to play 4 squares.  At 7pm, I gathered the boys to go home, but on the way out, we checked out the Silent Auction for teacher’s time.  I finally agreed to sign both boys up to bid for their teachers, and the boys also bought a snack at the shack for our homebound walk.

    Connor has been pretending that we are a restaurant.  After he finds out what I am cooking each night, he writes out a menu for us.  He also names us “Ling’s House”, and “Chow Fun House” on the night when we had Chinese carryout.  He cleans up the table, sets up the placemats and utensils with napkins.  The latest menus have been more advance with pictures as well.

     Logan’s recent home project was a “Shape Poem”.  He chose to write about a pickaxe from Minecraft.  He wrote the poem with a little assistance from Stuart and he made the artwork.

Pickaxes are dirty, heavy, shiny, sturdy and hard.  It makes a boom sound when it hits the ground.  Pickaxes breaks rocks to find diamonds and gold.  They also make holes and can cut down trees.  Pickaxes are in my favorite game.  Maybe that is why I like Pickaxes.

    The boys had some great times hanging out with their friends this weekend.  Rohan came over to play with the boys on Saturday afternoon.   He brought his laptop, so all three of them were on their laptops most of the time except during a break they took in the backyard.  After over 3 hours of playtime, they finally had to say bye to Rohan.  As they waved goodbye to Rohan, they saw their new neighborhood friends on the street.  Both boys immediately wanted to go out there to play.  Other than the two boys they knew, there were two older brothers, who were probably in high school, also playing.  So all 6 of them ended up taking turns playing 4 squares for quite awhile.

   On Sunday morning, the boys were requested over to Maxim’s for an impromptu playdate.  The boys were excited to go play at his house, and in addition, Connor wanted to go see their dog Percy.  He kept saying that Percy is his BFF.  Three hours later, after Stuart and I played tennis and went shopping at Costco, we picked the boys up.  In the afternoon, once again, they went down the street to play 2 squares with a couple of boys.  With the boys’ play time, it allowed Stuart and I do some front yard errands and play some pingpong.  It was a win-win for us all.

    I had asked for last Friday off, and for once I did not need to volunteer at school.  Other than dropping and picking up the boys and our appointment with the financial guy, I was free.  I was so excited having this three-day weekend that Thursday became a great day as well.  On Friday after I dropped off the boys and enjoyed another cup of coffee, Stuart and I took off to our appointment.  We then went to a couple of stores to look at a grill before getting lunch.  Later I had planned on running more errands while Stuart was in a work teleconference; however a nap after lunch was more tempting.  After picking up the boys, the rest of the day we just remained lazy and ordered in for dinner.  It is great having a lazy day sometimes.