Maybe I short start tweeting instead of blogging. I'm becoming intimidated by the blinking cursor while I think of what to say. At least with twitter, I can easily keep to the 140 character limit...

Eric's birthday has come and went. Poor guy had to play a troop arrival ceremony at 1:30 am on Saturday morning, so he was in bed early. We didn't do anything special - Eric doesn't get into celebrating birthdays. (Me, on the other hand, it's a different story. I don't need presents, but gosh darn it, you better remember it and fuss over me a little!) Anyway, Eric was looking at his facebook page and said, 'when did my friends get so old?' Welllllllllll. It's tough when you feel like 23 on the inside, but time marches on. I found my first grey hair not too long ago. I got Eric two hanging ferns for the back patio and 2 lawn chairs. Nothing special, but he's been wanting hanging plants out there since we moved in. (I'm pretty much devoid of inspiration when it comes to gift-giving. I get you what you tell me you want. No surprises.)

So Eric had maybe 4 hours of sleep Friday night, then we had the district pinewood derby race on Saturday morning. Double-elimination, Nathan came in 2nd, then 1st, then 3rd. So with 12 little boys, he didn't place in the finals. Which led to some sulking on his part - the participation patch and certificate do not compare to a trophy. But after a trip to the shoppette for a super big icee, he decided he needed to wear his scout uniform for the rest of the day.

Nathan is turning into mr. social butterfly. He drops his backpack off after school, gets a snack, then hits the door. Other than food, bandaids or potty breaks, he's pretty much outside until dark. Certainly not how I was as a kid!