It Wasn't A Great Day

So Wednesday Rionn and I did our normal thing.  But the beginning of the week had been horrible when it came to the weather.  So Tuesday evening I put the trash out like the rest of the neighborhood.  But Wednesday morning the wind was blowing and it blew over a trash can and some homeless animal got into the trash.  Well with the animal and the wind, we had our trash all over the yard.  So after dinner, we went out to pick it up.  And we actually used the front door.  Well, I told Rionn to shut the door so we wouldn't be heating the outdoors.  And he did, but he also locked it.  I've never done that before.  Especially after I've become a mother.  I was so mad.   Not necessarily at Rionn but just at the situation.  I mean all I had was my cell phone and we both had light jackets on.  And it was cold.  50's and about 40 MPH winds.  So we pulled weeds for a while.  And I called some locksmiths.  Did you know that a local, drive less than 10 miles locksmith will charge you $65 to unlock one doorknob.  Yeah, and that was the cheapest quote I could find.  And well, since it was Wednesday, all of our neighbors were at church.  So Cole reminded me that we have our bathroom windows open all the time since we don't have fans in there.  So Rionn and I climbed the fence in the backyard.  And then I popped the screen off and fit my skinny kid through the skinny window.  So even after Cole left work about an hour early, we got back inside just a few minutes before he got home.  And we missed church.  So we didn't have a great day.  At least the rest of the week eneded up being great!

What A Day!

Today was Rionn's karate test.  It was also the day that karate had their annual end of school/welcome warm weather picnic.  He did awesome.  So now he's officially a blue belt.  Which only means that he gets to graduate up to the next age division of classes.  Even though he hasn't turned 7 yet.  And once in the newer class, he has to go back down to a white belt.  But hey, he went as far as he could in the little ninjas.  And he's excited about it. 


And then we went to the park for the karate studio's annual picnic.  It involved lots of baby oil, good food, games, and fun.  And Cole and I are happy since we left with one tired out kiddo.  So first we had promotions for the older classes.  And then we did the slip n slide that was covered in baby oil.  I did not partake in that event. 



Then they proceeded to play dodge ball.  But with a yoga ball covered in baby oil.  Rionn couldn't even pick up the ball, so it's a good thing he's fast.

Then they had a typical egg toss and water balloon fight.  All in all, it was a great day.  And everyone started to leave when the wind really started to blow.  So next week starts a whole new adventure.  A new karate class where the  messing around isn't tolerated and is about twice as long.  But Rionn loves anything kung fu.  So I'm sure he'll do great.

Mother's Day Week

Since Cole works a slightly odd schedule... we have to celebrate the little holidays in our own way.  Monday, I had the hard task of helping Rionn with his homework.  Which normally isn't hard.  But I had to ask him why he loves his mother.  And he had to write 3 sentences.  So here's what he came up with.

[I love my mom because she hugs me.  She helps me with my homework.  She takes me to Sea World.]

All of his homework was Mother's Day related.   So we did his homework and on Thursday, Cole took me to dinner.  Much to Rionn's dismay.  Mostly because he wanted to go to the Buffet.  We ended up at Johny Reb's.  A nice southern dinner that I didn't have to make.  :) 

Today, I got off of work an hour early.  And to Rionn's surprise, I met him at the lineup.  All the kids were carrying potted plants.  He promptly said how he had a surprise for me for a Mother's Day gift.  And that it was a plant that eats bugs.  Something about a dragon.  And how he got to color on the pot.  <insert some giggling>  All because Mother's are special.  He just melts my heart sometimes.