Summer Update

Sunday, Father's Day, we treated the resident Daddi-o in our house to breakfast out. The two younger boys made him cards with coupons to wash and vacuum his car and we got him a DVD/movie.

I had received from the oldest who is at Ft. Benning getting his butt kicked (and he has dropped 6 more pounds - I'm ready to go to boot camp just to lose weight!) a letter to his dad for Father's Day earlier in the week.

I admit I read it. It was addressed to me and then inside it said Happy Father's day and I went ahead and read it. He'd told me he was sending it. Shut-up! That's not what this post is about anyway. Its not snooping if you were going to get to see it anyway. Can we move on now? The letter thanked him for being such a great dad and said how we were both great parents. We have supported him and been great role models for all three kids. Then, here was the neat part. Grab your tissues now.

Backstory: Sometimes as C got older, he would come home from a friend's house and comment on how that family got along. Maybe they argued. Maybe the kids talked back to the parents. He would point out that we weren't like that and that we were "normal." I always thought that was a nice compliment.

Back to the letter: The letter said, "since I've been gone I have realized that our family was not normal or ordinary, we are extraordinary!" Cue tears.

New topic: Rachel Ray has her own talk show??? Where the hell is mine then?

I will be out for a few days as I am running around getting ready for a (as Polly Pocket says) a "sweet va-kay!" Packing for four instead of five (gads, I wish C was able to go with us!) and trying to think of every instance and item of clothing I may need. I won't tell you where we are going but I'll give you a hint, We will be keeping it classy!