Today is going to be a "take it easy" day.  The 2 older boys (ds8 and ds4.5) participated in our church's annual Pinewood Derby Race.  This is the third yr for ds1 and second year for ds2.  It has become a special project that they do with their grandfather, well actually, Grandpa does most of the work, with Grandma's assistance, my dh is the backup and I show up in time to do a little painting and apply the decals.  This year ds1 did his first woodcutting, a lot of the sanding and actually most of the painting. 

The boys placed first in craftsmanship in their respective age divisions (ds1 had a Batmobile car and ds2's car was "The Avenger"), and ds2 came in second place in the race, and 2nd in overall speed. 

Regardless on the medals, it has become a wonderful "family" project and creates wonderful memories with their grandparents.  If it were not for their grandfather they wouldn't have a chance. Dh and I are clueless when it comes to tools and woodworking!  My fil claims this is his last year of doing the work, he will supervise dh and I next year.  We'll see!!

Anyway, we;ve had some late nights the past few weeks working out the kinks on the car and last nite we didn't get back from church until after 9:00pm.  So, I'm being lazy today.  We may make it to the library, we may work on putting more of the kids notebooks together, I'll probably let the kids watch to much television, maybe I'll get some laundry done.  Who knows.  Ahhh, the joy of homeschooling!