Hi guys - stopping in briefly! Nearly packed and doing all the little stuff now. There are tons of last minutes stuff to do and this week is crazy between golf and soccer and doctor and dentist appointments - I think I have 3 appointments between me and kids on Tuesday, plus soccer mini camp (high school) in the morning, soccer tryouts (younger son) and captain practices (older son) in the evening. Plus music lessons. I don't think I'll be home for 10 seconds that day! Golf league tomorrow (son - not me!) and tournament (about 45 minutes away) on Wednesday. Band lessons Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri! We're leaving for the airport on Friday right after soccer for oldest DS and band stuff for youngest DS (around 10am!).
DH did make it back across the lake with DS12 and is almost home! Ferry ran around on time today (still 45 minutes late, but much better than yesterday's 4 hours). And DH didn't have to drive. Realized afterwards if he'd done that he'd be driving through Chicago without an Ipass
! Mac should understand this even if no one else does! Sounds like DS had fun at camp!
DS13 becomes DS14 tomorrow! I get to go get him a cake and try to wrap some presents for him, but he's not getting much based on the Disney trip! An Ipod Nano which we got free with DH's laptop purchase (otherwise he definitely wouldn't be getting one!), a
Lego, and a video game! But he's the one who's excited about the trip and willing to have it be part of his present. And, yes, he had cake already for his party, but we can always use an excuse for more cake!
Keisha - 5 days from now we'll be at the house (hopefully!). I did check out that Carnival site and bookmarked it for future reference. And I don't golf and would think golfing in 90 plus degree weather to be about the most miserable thing you could do, but DS12 obviously differs!
Allison - sorry too to hear about your grandfather. I lost all my grandparents when I was young (10 or under) so never really got to know any of them. Seeing my kids now with my parents (their grandparents) makes you realize how great of a relationship you can have. Oldest DS will talk to grandma about any and everything, whereas I rarely get more than a grunt from him. Glad you had such a relationship!
Mac - we have the same problem with junk. Thought when we moved it would help (since 90 percent of it comes from my folks who lived near us in Michigan), but they still seem determined to send us a 70 pound package of stuff every week. Can anyone say garage sale? And you say food's okay, but it definitely wasn't when we lived there. We had a basement full of food. Thought at some points I had enough to feed the entire city, including plastic silverware and paper bowls/plates. At least now they can't send perishables so the food in my freezer is what I want for a change!
Well, looks like they're home from camp! Got to go see my son I haven't seen in 2 weeks!