Kids are the cutest thing…

Justin spent Sunday night at Aunt Kathy’s and we discovered that he was quite undefeated in Hand ‘n Foot.  “You’re going down!” I promised Justin as we prepared to play last night.  He partnered with Stephanie and I partnered with his mother.  Siblings against siblings.  The first hand went well, I thought.  Stephanie got caught without her foot.  No red threes but lots of Aces and Jokers.  The next two  hands were more of the same and in the end we spanked Justin.  He wasn’t feeling so great about it either, but probably because we kept him up too late.

Today I voted… not for Susan Collins.  She’ll never get my vote.  But I did vote for Dean Scontras and I said NO to two spending items.  

Paula came down and took Carrie and Rachel out for a fun day.  Michele and Stephanie went clothes shopping for Steph’s upcoming mission trip.  So, it was just Justin, Bob and I.   Justin and I did some landscaping and while I left him to water the blueberry bushes, I went in to see if I could bring Isaac and Kaleb here for the night.

Ann was at Loralei’s so she brought them to her house where Bob and Justin picked them up.  Justin was very happy about the surprise when he got home.  “Did you want to come over, Kaleb?” I asked knowing it was a silly question.  “Oh, yeah!  I’ll play with Justin any time.”

Apparently Justin told them that we’ve been planning to paint the porch and they were gung ho to help.  We started scraping and taping but it just got too hot and I told them it should wait for another day.  They readily agreed.  “I hope the girls don’t go to my Grandma and Grandpa’s to swim in the pool,” said Isaac in just the cutest voice ever. 

A while later I noticed how quiet it was and wondered what happened to the boys.  I called outside but no one answered.  I called inside to be sure.  When no one answered I headed out the door toward the pond and thought it odd that they hadn’t asked to go up there.  As I started out, three boy soldiers were marching toward me from the barn.  “Hup, hup, hup,” called Justin in perfect rhythm as he lead the pack.  They each has something on their shoulders to resemble a rifle. 

“How cute,” I thought until it hit me that they were playing war.  Suddenly I wasn’t ready to have my boys grow up to join the military, but there they were… just a few short years from the possibility.  Oh my.  I’m already wanting these days back.

Bob had to take the car for some repairs today so the boys impatiently waited for him to come back so we could go play mini golf and have ice cream at Giffords.  Try to remember: It’s 2 for one for mini golf on Tuesdays!  Don’t say anything, but Justin came in last.

We finally got a little rain tonight.  My plants will love that.  So won’t the lawns, so I guess I know what I’ll be doing tomorrow before tennis. 

My Presidential Campaign – A reason to be President

The year is 1907,  just over one hundred years ago....

Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.
'In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.'  Theodore Roosevelt 1907

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