Drums, Driving, a Party, and some Cash!

I haven't had much to post lately, just a few things here and there. So here is some here, so you can see what we're up to there ;)

The snare in the open air :) I had to make a rule "no outdoor drumming on Sunday mornings." Neighbors . . . you are welcome :)

Buck took the other three to a Monster Truck show, so this one and I got to cruise the church parking lot for about an hour. Then she set out on the big roads--exceeded 30 mph, navigated a 4-way stop, figured out traffic lights, and we made it home a-ok. Parents must be brave, because this is such a huge learning curve . . . all the things we take for granted (like how to stay in the center of the road) are all new and challenging things to accomplish. It's like teaching her to read, but surrounded by moving objects traveling at high speeds in our direction :) She likes the sign--awareness for others is good!

The girls were invited to a friend's birthday party at a favorite restaurant. To the boys' delight, they also got to attend to spend lunch hour with their buds, E's brothers! I got to sit at the boys' table; it was so much fun! They have unique conversations :) But I liked that the M boys obeyed their mama's "clean your plate orders." I thought it was cute that when I teased about the lack of veggies, the next round came stacked with vegetables they'd never tried before . . . "What is this?" "It's cabbage, you'll like it." "It's . . . surprising." Ha!

E is on a swim team and they had a competition, so all the kids on her team came to the party. It was kind of the M family to cover all these meals, plus ours! We weren't even invited; we invited ourselves to save them the drive to our house to drop off our girls before the next swim session took place! We must be good friends to invite ourselves to parties :)

Look at this guy! He's earned $100 and has his eye on a new bike! Proud of his hard work and honesty. Last week an extra dollar got into the mix, and without waiting for me to say anything he said, "I think I should give it back," and out the door he disappeared. The neighbor who paid him appreciated his honesty and told him to keep it. He also said his wife would have to wash dishes for the next week to make up for the mistake, hee hee :)