No School today! That was pretty weird to just have Tuesday off. This month is pretty slim on the school days-- we only have 10 days of full instruction! We have 1/2 days next week for parent/teacher conference and then we have the full week of Thanksgiving off.
The boys and I started out Veteran's day by wearing our Scout uniforms and delivering door hangers for Scouting for Food. We will be back Saturday for the food. I took my camera thinking I would get this cool picture of Jordan, Chance, and I in our Scout uniforms-- I didn't! In fact, I totally forgot until the boys were all done. So imagine this, we had 30 cub and boy scouts and 12 leaders and parents- we covered 500 homes and were done in about 1/2 hour. These are the pictures I got at the end-- some of the cub scouts on the playground.
When we got home and were grabbing a snack, Jordan said look- it is 11:11 (the time) on the 11/11. I looked at Chance and asked him if this would be the right time for a portal to open for time travel. His eyes widened, his body stilled-- his brain was churning. I like this moment when he is contemplating. It is much better then the moment before when he was groaning and moaning and Jordan was teasing. Not how I wanted to spend the day...
I gave up trying to be productive and we spent the afternoon being lazy. The kind of the day the boys like, playing video games. I did get Jordan to mow the lawn though! Chance made this with his tinker toys. Kind of a pulley contraption. I convinced him to clean it up by taking a picture of it. He has a really hard time taking apart his great inventions. (side note- don't you love this couch, it is such an outdated beauty in my Living Room-- but it is way comfortable and I have slip covers for it. It is easier to care for with out them- you know cat hair and kids)
Jordan had marching band practice this evening. I made cinnamon rolls, the ones I make about twice a week. I also made Snicker doodles and Plantation Pralines. We ate a few and froze the rest. They probably won't make to the end of the week. The Pralines were from a Louisiana cookbook that we got from Shell Oil way back when they were recruiting Scott from college. I made them because I had the ingredients and I was looking for something new to try. Scott said they are Panache but those are made with brown sugar and half and half. This was made with white sugar, buttermilk and lots of pecans. Scott said that sound pretty close to him, he kept coming back for more. They are a little too sweet for me. But the Snicker doodles, yum. Oh speaking of treats... remember all that candy I bought. I dived into a bag of dark chocolate mini snickers today-during our lazy time. How many do you think would be okay to eat? I found them to be much better then regular snickers-- and besides, isn't dark chocolate good for your heart or something?
Many thanks to our Veterans-- it was great day to relish in the goodness we have as free citizens!
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