Boys reading favorite books after dessert. On Sam's lap is a college biology book (he studies the pictures, picks a good one, then we take turns reading the captions - tonight was on lipids and their hydrophilic heads/hydrophobic tails, followed by mixing oil and water to see it in action). Ben's book is the words to their favorite CD from Eddie and Myrna Kamae.

It was the first day back to school for Sam and we were actually even on time (just barely). Ben and I enjoyed our usual jog down the beach and rendezvous with mom, followed by running errands in town, studying an FJ Cruiser going through a car wash, a digger tearing up the road, and finally home to help finish up the landscaping out front. Got it all done, Ben in bed (thanks to Mom’s help), work done, dinner made/done, dessert done, and cute boys curled up reading as above. Thinking that although I am tired, I’m really a rock star of a mom and doing just fine. Then I realized that I only had no nighttime pull-ups for Ben! Poor Mom and Richard ran out to get more and managed to come back with baby diapers (???) because mom’s cell phone with specific instructions somehow landed in Richard’s pocket…anyway poor things rescued me as  best they could. As mom walked in I was finishing up Sam’s bath – used the shower to clean off all the bubbles (the boys and I go a bit wild with bubbles – decorating each other with hats, stegosaurus plates, beards, lattes, etc.) and little black things ended up on him! Then they started moving!!! Horror! What were they? I realized they were tiny little ants literally raining down from the shower head! Time to call my knights in shining armor at Kilauea Pest to figure out where these pesky guys are hiding out and get rid of them! Otherwise I have really seen an improvement in the invaders despite the rain, which often drives unwanted guests inside. I am grateful for countless blessings, including the people I meet on a daily basis here. I hope when we move to WA I stumble across equally amazing people…