Time flies by (sometimes)

Our Monday started at the MD's office because Josh needed a TB shot for kindergarten. The appt was for 10:15am and we had to wait for almost an hour before having our name called. It looked like everyone was waiting for a long time. The kids brought their Speed Racer cars which entertained them for a while and when it looked like they might go stir crazy I pulled out my video iPod to save the day. They sat like angels watching My Friend Tigger and Pooh. Then Josh was called in....yay! He was a little nervous because I explained to him what would happen but softened the blow with the promise of Golden Spoon fro yo. That seemed to help. The MD even offered the paperwork for Hector to sign off when the injection site should be checked on Wednesday. That saves us from another trip to the office.
Our power went out for about 1 1/2 hours yesterday so Tyler was pretty bored until I showed him a big stack of Pokemon books. I was perfectly fine reading Eldest (Eragon series). Later in the day/night I was totally consumed with Boom Blox. I came to a level (Casino)where I had to knock down a very solid, well constructed structure to earn as many point blox as I could with only 4 bomb blox. I tried and tried for an hour. I couldn't budge that thing for the life of me. By this time Hector was already home and taking a snooze on the sofa. He woke up and I pleaded for help because he is really good with stuff like that. We tried all sorts of configurations and finally he checked online to find a solution. The key is to detonate one bomb blox at a time between 2 posts to weaken it then keeping placing another one to weaken it further which topples the structure and you get your points. Ugh. That took another hour of getting everything just so but I finally did it. And got all the points possible. Boom Blox is a really fun game that sucks you into playing for hours. The levels are challenging enough to make me keep trying and even Tyler keeps playing and he is the king of frustration.

We have a busy week...Josh will be done with summer school today so tomorrow I take them to the OC Fair for a full day of junk food and rides. Thursday the kids are invited to a birthday party for an afternoon of playing and BBQ. I will go along for the ride.