New World Order

Kumbaya and all that. Michelle Obama was beautiful and those kids are SO much better behaved than mine. But really, Yo-Yo Ma ROCKS!!!!

We celebrated the first day of the rest of our lives by going to a scout meeting. Oh - the trials and tribulations of the pinewood derby! Which is next week. Eric had roughed out a car before he left, leaving it up to us to sand and paint it. Well, Nathan was upset that Eric didn't ask his opinion on how the car should look. So when we went to the boy scout store 2 weeks ago, he finds a Speedy Secrets to the Pinewood Derby book. We buy it and a new block of wood. Now he's looking at me to cut out a Indy car body, the most complicated template in the book. Okay - we don't own any power tools. I've never wood shopped anything in my life. I bought a little dremel power tool and prayed that I wouldn't cut off my finger like my father did once upon a time. Eyeglasses are not a proper sawdust barrier. But I think it turned out okay. I got major props from the other moms for handling the woodcarving myself. The important part is that both he and I seem to be finding a place in the group.