No, your eyes aren't playing tricks. I've actually updated.
I'm a bad, bad blogger.
As usual, life remains busy around here, and I just don't update this thing like I should. What's been going on with the boys, you ask? Well, let me explain. No, is too much. Let me sum up:
John has been on several hiking/backpacking trips with his troop. They are preparing for a two-week backpacking trip in New Mexico this summer. If the stench emanating from his socks after the last trip is any sort of indicator, I live in fear of what he'll smell like when he comes home from the long trip. He has also been rehearsing for, and competing in drumline competitions this semester. He seems to favor percussion over his clarinet and oboe, and plans to focus on that next year in high school (gulp! Did I just say high school?) John is currently looking for an Eagle scout project.
CJ has been on two hiking trips recently with his troop. He recently did a 5.5 and a 6.5 mile trip. To hear him tell it though, they hiked for miles and miles without stopping, uphill all the way. He enjoys the hikes when he's on them, but pisses and moans both before and after. He does have a fondness for choosing trail mix type of snack foods. I think it's his favorite part of the hiking/backpacking experience. He is currently working on a research report about frogs, and I'm treated to a daily helping of frog facts.
Noah is currently reading Charlotte's Web and is loving it. He and I did the two-mile trail at the El Dorado Nature Center a few weeks ago, and met up with a crazy-ass squirrel. It was smack in the middle of the trail and kept lunging for my shoes. Noah thought this was beyond hilarious, and still reminds me of it when he's in the mood for a good belly laugh. He recently told us that "the sound of the ice cream truck fills me with joy".
I'm sorry to report that Rosa seems to be in declining health. She walks very slowly and very unsteadily these days, and appears to have incontinence issues. The last time she was in her hamster ball, she could barely move it. She just sort of lurched around in there and peed a few times. Sleeping seems to be her activity of choice these days.
That's all I've got for now.
Bye for now!
P.S. Does anyone have a good recipe for homemade macaroni and cheese? We've got a hankering.
As usual, life remains busy around here, and I just don't update this thing like I should. What's been going on with the boys, you ask? Well, let me explain. No, is too much. Let me sum up:
John has been on several hiking/backpacking trips with his troop. They are preparing for a two-week backpacking trip in New Mexico this summer. If the stench emanating from his socks after the last trip is any sort of indicator, I live in fear of what he'll smell like when he comes home from the long trip. He has also been rehearsing for, and competing in drumline competitions this semester. He seems to favor percussion over his clarinet and oboe, and plans to focus on that next year in high school (gulp! Did I just say high school?) John is currently looking for an Eagle scout project.
CJ has been on two hiking trips recently with his troop. He recently did a 5.5 and a 6.5 mile trip. To hear him tell it though, they hiked for miles and miles without stopping, uphill all the way. He enjoys the hikes when he's on them, but pisses and moans both before and after. He does have a fondness for choosing trail mix type of snack foods. I think it's his favorite part of the hiking/backpacking experience. He is currently working on a research report about frogs, and I'm treated to a daily helping of frog facts.
Noah is currently reading Charlotte's Web and is loving it. He and I did the two-mile trail at the El Dorado Nature Center a few weeks ago, and met up with a crazy-ass squirrel. It was smack in the middle of the trail and kept lunging for my shoes. Noah thought this was beyond hilarious, and still reminds me of it when he's in the mood for a good belly laugh. He recently told us that "the sound of the ice cream truck fills me with joy".
I'm sorry to report that Rosa seems to be in declining health. She walks very slowly and very unsteadily these days, and appears to have incontinence issues. The last time she was in her hamster ball, she could barely move it. She just sort of lurched around in there and peed a few times. Sleeping seems to be her activity of choice these days.
That's all I've got for now.
Bye for now!
P.S. Does anyone have a good recipe for homemade macaroni and cheese? We've got a hankering.
posted by Jenn at 9:48 PM
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