Father's Day BBQ

Yesterday afternoon Don and Patience went to her preschool "Father's Day Bar-b-que" at a local park. Don said it was one of the best times he'd ever had with Patience. There were lots of families from her school there, and they even played a game of "baseball" with the preschoolers.

While they were gone, Nathan and I started on his room. No, this was not on his priority list. He figured it could wait until September 4th... But I persisted, and Nathan, being intelligent and used to having me as a mother all these years, acquiesced and humored me. We had several containers which everything had to go into: trash, short-term storage (these boxes will be shipped to Nathan after boot camp), long-term storage (these will be shipped when he requests them), going to Quadra (summer camp), recycling, return to cadets, give away, give back, other. And by the end of the evening Nathan was happy we went through this exercise because he found a check for $30 from his school, dated December, that he now has a chance to cash, or ask to be replaced if it's too old to cash. He said, "I could really use $30!" We also found Don's earphones, which he had been looking for and asked Nathan if he had. The only stuff he has out right now is his clothes, which can certainly wait until September 4th to be put in their appropriate containers...

Sean was the recipient of much stuff: all cadets stuff that didn't have to be RTU'd, several binders, an almost-new backpack to start Grade 8 with, school supplies, a bike lock, just a plethora of useful guy stuff. I imagine some of Nathan's clothes and shoes will go to Sean as well.

Yesterday Jordyn slept until 8:40 a.m. and then opted not to take an afternoon nap. I was okay with that, thinking that she'd definitely be ready for bed by 8:00, and that this was going to be her new pattern as she gets older. Well, at 9:30, she was still up and not anywhere near going to bed. Obviously not worth giving up a nap over. Mind you, it doesn't help at all that it's still broad daylight at 9:30, but we've got to do something about this child's ability and willingness to fall asleep at night.

Today Dylan goes to his orientation at Krause Berry Farm, where he'll work this summer. Meanwhile, we'll do a little yard work around here before we head off to the Dad/Grad Bar-b-que at Val's house. Both Val and Kelsey graduated this week, so we have much to celebrate! Patience has been counting the sleeps until she gets to go to Aunt Valarie's...

And that is all from our neck of the woods...

Have a lovely weekend!