Week in the life of the Wilson's

As school is "winding" down it seems that our activity level is "speeding" up. This week was no exception. I am teaching/hosting a Bible Study every Monday night here at the house. I am really enjoying it but it does mean we have to get "creative" with what we do with the boys especially if Craig is working. This past Monday he was off so they left - which was great!! Then early around 3 am Tuesday morning Joel got up with a stomach bug. So far (thank you Lord) he is the only one who has had it.

Wednesday night was Christian's Spring Band Concert. He was very excited and participated in 4 of the songs. He played 2 songs with the jazz band and 2 songs with the beginner band. He was recognized for receiving a "1-Superior" at the Solo & Ensemble Competition. He also received a special recognition because he received a Judges Award. Out of 86 soloists only 6 received a Judges Award and he was one of them. He really loves playing and is very good at it (I guess he gets that from his Uncle Kyle). He is going to continue to play next year! (Sorry the pictures aren't very good - the lighting was really bad in the auditorium).

Friday was field day for both Caleb & Joel. They were both participating at the same time so I spent a lot of time running back and forth around the entire school. Unlike when I was young and did field day there day is a little different. They don't compete against other classes just against their own class and they do not receive ribbons or anything. The kids have a great time but I kind of miss the sack races, relay races, and a tug of war amongst classes. Anyway, they did have a tug of war between 2 classes and that was the kids FAVORITE event. In a close 2nd was something called "Jump the River" where they had to jump over 2 jump ropes laying in the grass. If they miss and land in between the ropes it is called the river. They also had several games of trying to "put" the golf ball into a hole, throwing noodles a certain distance, racing on scooters and carrying pingpong balls on a paddle. Luckily the weather was perfect- overcast and windy (the afternoon classes weren't so lucky!). (Pics of are both Joel's class and Caleb's class doing the tug-of-war)

Speaking of Friday afternoon we had received word that the pool in our subdivision that is closeset to our house would open on Friday. My kids are pool addicts. With 3 kids we spend A LOT of time at our pools within our subdivision because they are free and convenient. Believe me when we decided to build in our subdivision here in Dallas high on our list was how many pools do they have! Our subdivision has a total of 4 pools and the largest is the nearest to us! I decided yesterday to take the kids after school. I know that we had a chance of rain in the forecast for today (Saturday) and wanted to make sure they got to swim this weekend. The water of course was FREEZING but they didn't seem to mind and all 3 of them swam for two hours before we left. They had a great time and I enjoyed getting some sun and reading (it is so nice now that all 3 can swim and I don't have to worry so much about them)!

So today (Saturday) Joel was scheduled to play baseball. But the forecast was right and so far it has rained since about 4:00 am. Therefore baseball has been canceled and I am home with 3 boys who can't go outside and a husband who is sleeping from working 12 hours last night. So we have so far made 2 trips to Game Stop! They "pooled" their money and bought a used game - which of course didn't work -thus the 2nd trip back to Game Stop! My hope is that they will quietly play this game the rest of the afternoon - I don't really believe that will happen but I can hope anyway - right!! My plans are to continue reading the book I started yesterday, listen to the rain, drink some Diet Dr. Pepper and watch the Astros (who are playing the Cubs which is never a good ending for the Astros but again - I can hope!)!! (Pics - Caleb: jumping the river; Joel: jumping the river; Joel putting; Caleb putting & making a whole in one; more swimming).