Life

I’m wondering what all this rain means for my newly planted grass at the lake. I know its possible for it to be too wet and I’m hoping that’s not going to be the case because option #2 is putting in sod this summer which means more money and high water bills.  I hear that the water is a foot from the road which means its not too far from the straw.  Here’s hoping for no more rain today and tomorrow. 

Henry took the gifted student test yesterday.  It sounded like it was puzzle questions as opposed to a normal test.  He thinks he missed two of the 60 questions but we’ll know in 6 weeks.  As I’ve said before, I don’t know if Henry is gifted but I do know that he is smart. 

The front driveway is ripped out and replaced with soil, grass seed and straw as you can see in the photograph below.  I can barely move as a result of all the work unfortunately.  I feel all of my 45 years old.  I went down today to work on the bar.  It’s coming along nicely and is really almost done other than the stain.  It will be ready soon. 

Henry had his first soccer game last night in the pouring rain (although the official never showed up).  They won 6-4 and Henry had a goal.  He’s not the best kid out there but he plays every sport and you can tell the kids who are already specializing in soccer.  But, he’s good and it’s all natural talent, he’s never been to a soccer camp.  This whole specializing thing at this age bugs me but more on that later.

Henry’s spelling words this week: collect, connect, subtract, extinction, prediction.  He told me that he gets different words than the other kids.  I know their most recent words were know, called, its. 

So much for Jack being the youngest player on his team.  First second of his first game, he stole the ball and took it downfield and scored a goal.  He had 5 on the day.  Very proud.  Henry had baseball practice then soccer practice.  I’ll be at the fields from 8:30 a.m. till 11:30 every Saturday morning for the next few months…