Lake Run

We went for a nice run/bike ride at the lake today.

Oliver played in the creek first.

Mommy waited. (It felt like forever.)

We brought the camera just in case we saw

interesting things.

Playing in the oak tree.

He found some weird thing in the creek.

He taught Mommy about the white stuff on

prickly pear cactus...

It is like a dye if you rub the white stuff in your hand.

Neat!  

It was a nice Leap Day.  We like having an extra day in the year!

Transistions

Oliver came home this afternoon and we worked on transistioning back to being together.  We saw each other last night, but still.  He hasn't been feeling well, so Mommy tried to help him get back on track.

We also helped our garden make the transistion from winter to spring.  Hopefully the seeds we planted sprout.  

Oliver trying to fix our yellow birdhouse.

He will need a hammer and nails to fix thiss...

We will need a few things to freshen up

the kitchen garden.

Now, Mommy needs to transistion to sleep like Oliver already has before the computer falls off her lap.  (Goodnight and sweet dreams.)

Donut Wednesday

We had a nice quiet, good mood Donut Wednesday.

Oliver is off with his Daddy and Scout.  Mommy will see her reader on Saturday evening for a birthday get together.  She misses him a lot already.  (Goodnight and sweet dreams.)

Reading

Oliver woke up and was in the best mood this morning.  It was so nice.  After school he was sort of in a sour mood, Mommy thinks he was bummed about something that happened at school.  Mommy tried to make him laugh.  It worked most of the time.  We spent the evening resting, reading, and doing homework.

He was finished with his homework before Mommy.

Reading his 20 minutes of Fantastic Mr. Fox!

Below is an email Mommy is going to print out

and keep forever.  She finally saw it at 10:00ish last night (so

no, she did not go to sleep by 10:00) but she went to 

sleep very proud and grateful.  Read it, it is from 

Oliver's teacher:   

Hi Meredith,

I just wanted to share with you how I've noticed how much Oliver's reading has been improving lately! I moved him up to a higher reading group a couple of weeks ago. Last week I had him take the STAR Reading test (a computerized test) and he has improved over two grade levels since August! WOW!!!  He also scored 3 100%s in a row on his recent AR quizzes, so he's now reading AR books that are level 3.0-3.9!! Go Oliver!! I'm very proud of him. I told him today that I was going to email you. He just grinned. 

Also, glad he brought in the trophy from Cub Scouts! The kids were very interested in that. YAY Mom! (I KNOW selling is 95% Mom's job!) 

Love your boy. He's awesome.

Lisa

Appointments

We had appointments today.

Oliver had an appointment with his trophy before school.

Mommy had an appointment with her homework

while Oliver had an appointment.

Appointment with this love bug.

Love bug.

Love butterfly.

Someone taking good care of their bear.

Mommy had an appointment with her camera

to capture these 3 playing, doing homework, and

watching cartoons.

Mommy has an appointment with her brain now.  Sleep before 10:00.  (Will she make it?)

Mellow and the Blue and Gold

We carried on with our kind of mellow weekend today.

Playing the flute at Grammie's...

to get this kitten's attention.  It worked until Mommy

came outside.

Reading Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Oliver and Mommy both noticed our vibrant 

lavender.  He hasn't picked any for Mommy yet.

(Hopefully he remembers that she likes lavender.)

Need sleep, so no turning the picture.  But, Mommy

planted some extra annuals along the fence because

a lot of alyssum came back!

Cub Scout Blue and Gold Dinner to celebrate

106 years of scouting and our pack.

Den Leader Eric and scouts having

an important conversation.

Carnival Games!

Moms who do a lot for the pack.  We have met

so many nice, down to earth families in our 

Escondido Pack.  

Scouts of the Year.  CJ and Noah are up there 

from Den 7!

Dinner.  Yum.  

Looking at the program....

Look what he found!

New Patch, since Mommy is making an annual

donation.  Scouting is worth it.

Oliver loves when his Daddy can be involved with

his scouting efforts.  

Goofball Cubmasters.

 Popcorn Awards

Yay Oliver!  Mommy has more cute pictures on

her phone, she'll put them here later!

Mommy receiving the popcorn kernel folder.  She 

just needs to figure out the speaking in a microphone

part.  She has a plan.  

Mommy is proud of his enthusiasm and dedication

to achieving a goal we set together.

Nice!

Best part of the night, running around playing

like crazy!