05/23/2013

We had a pretty relaxed day today, due to my being gone for much of it.  I had an appointment that went long, so the boys were on their own from 10:00 until nearly 1:00.  Apparently they were pretty diligent, though, and all the practicing except for Mosey's piano was done before I got back!  Yahoo.  Of course there is always controversy over whether or not somebody or other did his full 45 minutes, and whether or not another somebody was on world of tanks when he wasn't supposed to be, but no blood was shed, and that's a good thing.  :-)
I was a little worried, though, when I drove up the driveway and saw all the living room and kitchen windows open, and then opened my car door to a distinct odor of something scorched.  Joseph came running into the garage to tell me that Brigham and Mosey tried to burn the house down.  Not really, but Mosey did decide to try to get creative with his lunch.  He and Brigham are becoming expert french toast makers, and Mosey decided he would try honey toast for lunch-- made french toast style.  So he spread honey on a piece of bread and plopped it down on the hot skillet.  Turns out that honey really likes to burn, and huge amounts of black smoke immediately started pouring from the skillet.  But, they were quick thinkers and Brigham pulled the pan right off the hot stove and they opened up all the windows and turned on the fans and by the afternoon all traces of the residual honey-scented smoke were gone.
We had our homeschool group over for swimming in the afternoon.  Brigham tied a long rope from the base of the diving board to the hand rail at the shallow-end steps and the kids used it for all sorts of games.  He's pretty clever at coming up with creative, fun things like that.
Tomorrow is Friday!