the weekend begins

i'm sitting here with the kids while they watch the backyardigans, so i thought i might take the opportunity to drop a note ...

i worked from home yesterday, so that was nice with no commute. the kids had a birthday party midday and had a good time there. they came back with a bunch of spiderman 'things' ... cups, markers, paper, etc. after quiet time ... we decided timmy was done with naps since he's been laying awake at night for an hour or more after we put him to bed ... emma went down to her friend mackenzie's to play and swim. most of you probably don't know mackenzie. she is emma's age, will be at the same school next fall, moiola. she has an older sister, jacie, who is around 8. anyway, the three of them have been playing a lot lately. they live about 6 or 8 houses south down deodar on the same side of the street. while emma was down there, timmy and i went to run a few errands, the most important of which was to get pizza, but also to get some hooks to hang on the fence so that we have a drying spot for swim suits and towels ... somewhere besides the ground which seems to be emma and timmy's favorite spot.

the jacuzzi is perfect for the kids. they really like to go in there. unfortunately, there appears to be a thermostat problem as the water will only heat to about 95 degrees ... fine for kids, but not so good for mommys and daddys when the evening temps drop into the 60s. so today we're having a guy come out to look at it. hopefully we can get it fixed for relatively inexpensive.

so that's about it. no big plans for today. maybe walk down to the grocery store to buy some ice cream so that we can make cookies and build ice cream sandwiches out of the cookies and ice cream.

neal