Random Thoughts

I've thought about updating the blog several times since my last post but haven't come up with anything terribly exciting to write about.

I guess I could take a photo of the inversion or an icecicle. Last weekend we made news by having the dirtiest air in the country. What an honor! We need a big strong storm to blow the stagnant air out of here. I hear one is coming tomorrow night so I guess we have something to look forward to. I hear we may also break 40 degrees next week, the first time since the first of the year. It will feel like July.

Oh, here's some exciting news: I was recently made the wolf den leader for cub scouts. It's just been a few weeks but I think it will be a lot of fun. Tristan is stoked about being a scout, it will be fun for us to do it together. He asked me the other day if he could wear his uniform (shirt) to school which shows how cool scouting is to an 8 year old boy. A couple of the boys have waved at me in the hall at school so I'm getting the feeling that Den Mother is near celebrity for them. I'm in charge of our den meeting on Friday, we're making bird houses. Dan has been a good sport, he stopped at Lowe's on his way home from work to get all the stuff we'll need. He and Tristan spent the evening cutting wood and drilling holes.

We've also started down the exciting road of potty training with Gavin. It was going quite well but I'm afraid he started regressing this week. He does well as long as we're home all day and I remind him to go every hour. If we leave the house or I get busy with other things it doesn't go so well. You should see the excitement when he does produce, though. There's singing and dancing, high fives and "whooo hooo!"s. One time I forgot to say "whooo hooo!" and he reminded me. He also has a sticker chart and he gets to take a trip to Target to pick out a Thomas engine when a row is filled. What more motivation does a little boy need????

There, I guess there were some exciting things to write about. ..