She's number 1! She's number 1!

Happy Birthday, my pretty!

Yes, we had cake, and Riah LOVED it!

Here's the birthday princess working the tiara!

Here's the birthday girl on her actual birthday. She was quite happy to be having pancakes for dinner!

Gentlemen, start your engines

Pinewood Derby cars

No, we didn't win. Not even one race. We suck at making fast cars apparently.

And even though Sam's car is emblazoned with the Cross, God was not showing any partiality at the races on Saturday. He got the award for Best Fuel Economy. That is the nice cub scout way of saying SLOWEST. He likes the trophy, so keep your pity!

Ike's car, as one of the other moms said, "shows he's a free spirit." Yeah, that's it.

At least our boys actually made their own cars. The winner of the most creative car came from a first grader whose car was a subway sandwich, complete with the curly lettuce leaves sticking out from the bun (which had tiny little seeds on it). This thing looked like a real subway sandwich. With wheels. Which is the only thing that would stop you from picking it up and trying to eat it. Going out on a limb here, but I'm pretty sure the 7 year old didn't carve the sandwich himself.

Zoom, zoom, zoom!

It is finished!!

Here is the photographic evidence! The science fair project is completed!

praise the lard!

It's due when???

Damn science fair projects to the deepest pit of hell!!!!

Stolen resolution

Is it bad karma to steal a resolution?

I hope not, because I am doing it.

Here it is: Take at least one photo a day. Not that I will always subject you to them, but it seems like a fun way to document the year.

I'm stealing it from a poster on the Core board at weightwatchers.com and from another blogger here blogger.com.

Bad karma, I spit in your general direction!

Maybe I'll be back later with a photo...

Salutations!

It's a clean slate

Happy New Year!

Great party last night! Thanks to our friends Mike and Kathy for hosting again this year. And for letting our boys crash at their house until this morning! And there were PANCAKES for breakfast! Lots and lots of PANCAKES! this morning.

I'll be continuing on this Weight Watchers Core journey that I started in the summer. My one fitness related resolution is to exercise more consistently, with the hope of running another 5k race in the spring.

And my other resolution comes from Luther's explanation of the eighth commandment (2008, eighth commandment, Coincidence? I think not!) "Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing…. Live in peace with each other…. Always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else. If you want people to speak well of you, then begin by only speaking well of others. Put the best construction on everything. Give people the benefit of the doubt. Instead of telling of people’s faults and shortcomings, speak of their good points, their strengths, their likable qualities."

Amen

and Cheers!