It's a pirate's life for me

A quiet evening sitting in the backyard quickly turned into a bigger adventure when Matthew used his Dollar Store shovel and rake to search for treasure. Recent rain and a small patch of dirt in front of the deck were the perfect place to start digging and in no time our little buccanneer had unearthed a real treasure, Nero's hidden rawhide bone. Between Captain Matthew and First Mate Nero, the two of them managed to get the bone out of the dirt, which prompted the first mate to start looking for a new hiding place. Poor Nero thought he'd hidden it in spot number 2, but Matthew pulled it out of the ground and thought he'd found a second treasure. After all the digging and re-burying Nero decided it was easier just to eat the treasure.

Is it time now?.....What about now?

We've booked our hotel and bought our tickets to Sea World, made plans for what we're going to do when we're in San Antonio and Corpus Christi and now I'm ready to go. The only problem is that we don't leave for another 3 weeks! I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas..."Is Santa coming today?" "Is it Christmas now?" "Can we open presents today?" "How about we just open one?" I'm ready to pack my suitcase and sit in the car until we can go, except it's a little hot, even with the windows down.

Problem solving 101

First I have to say thanks to my friend Haley for steering me in the direction of this web site for blogging. Secondly, anyone reading this should know that I only strive to be as good at blogging as Haley. If I'm lucky I get something posted once a month. Maybe now that I can add video and pictures here I'll be more faithful.

As I sit typing this Matthew is feverishly working on his :strucshun puzzle," a 15 piece wooden puzzle with construction vehicles on it. For some reason this has captured his attention and won't let go and he'll sit and solve and re-solve that puzzle over and over and over again. At this point he has it memorized and has no trouble piecing things together, but before that happened I sat one night and watched him problem solve to try and figure out what piece went where. I was absolutely fascinated to watch his mind work!

When I was in college my roommates had a son who was about the same age as Matthew and I remember Donnie commenting about his son's hands while he worked on something. I didn't get it because I was 20 something and didn't have kids, but I get it now. Watching your child work on something is magic even if it is for the 1,000 time.