four lakes boys: Ten on Tuesday

1. It's that time of year again. Awana Grand Prix! Time for hours of sanding, priming and painting. And then hours of waiting to put your car on the top of a long ramp to see if all of the sanding and weighting and tweaking paid off.

We had a crew there again this year, practically took up a whole section of bleachers. There was our family, my brother James and his family, and Chuck's brother Don and his family. And of course, we all only have boys. That's a LOT of little boys.
My nephews all had very cool cars-Andrew and Zachary had UK themed cars (naturally) and Blaze had a miniature replica of the Deloreon from the Back to the Future movies! This year we were really hoping to win for speed.
The boys spent a lot time lining the cars up:

And in the end everyone got a blue ribbon! Yay! One of our boys, even won 3rd place in the speed category {Jarron}. Chuck is convinced he's got the speed thing all figured out now. My favorite comment of the day was from Blaze who said, "The best trophy of all is just having fun." Such a happy , positive kid, that Blaze!

2. The weather this weekend was amazing! It was so nice to dust off the kids' bikes and get outside. It was not nice to hear the oldest kid say, "Hey mom, look at this cool trick I can do, I can ride without pedaling, I just need to build up some speed first...."
Sigh.
Spring = trips to Urgent Care for the Lakes boys.

3. I think it might be a sign that you need a vacation when you start each morning wondering what your life would have been like if you had become an insurance adjuster instead of a marketer. {No offense to insurance adjusters-that just happened to be the other job offer I had coming out of college.}
I really need a vacation.

4. This little Moose is a camera hog. The minute the camera comes out you hear "Cheeeeeeesssseeee" from his general vicinity. It's pretty cute.

And so is he...

5. A little update on the costume situation for Bryce's play. I caved. Sort of. I bought him a "costume" leather jacket, under the condition that he wear it on Halloween as well. We'll see how that turns out. I still need to come up for a jailbird costume but I have a plan...stay tuned!

6. Bryce and I had quite an interesting conversation in the car on the way home from costume shopping.
B: So, I've decided to be President when I'm older.
Me: Hmnnn...really?
B: Yes, my big idea for getting votes is to build bridges over trains. So people don't have to wait for them anymore. You know how much Dad hates waiting for trains. {He really does, we have two sets of tracks near our house-it's very annoying.} People will love it.
Me: That's an interesting idea.
B: Also, shorter school days-that one's for the kids.
Me: Kids aren't allowed to vote and I'm not sure how the parents will feel about that.
B: That's ok, I have more for them. How much was gas in the old days?
Me: Huh? What do you mean?
B: You know...back when you started driving? How much was gas?
Me: {A little annoyed} $0.99 a gallon but that wasn't the old days.
B: {Ignoring me} I'll make gas $0.99 a gallon. I'm going to be an awesome President.

Me: {Still offended by the old days comment} I guess so.

Bryce Lakes for President 2041.

7. The best part about spring days? Hanging out in the backyard doing nothing but playing a little catch....

giving the swingset a workout...

and acting a little cRazY!

8. I took three of the kids on a walk this weekend. When I told Jack-Jack it was time to start heading home {the Moose was starting into full on melt down territory and wanted "Naddy NOW"}, he started pouted a little bit and said, "But, Mom, we were having such a fantastic journey!"
Ha. We were walking around our neighborhood-I love that in my 6 year old's eyes that is a "fantastic journey". I wish I could see things like that more often.

9. So I'm working on this post on my lunch break {yup, I'm blogging on my lunch break, I'm a super nerd} and I'm eating a Raspberry Cheesecake Temptations Jell-O cup. Can I just say it's one of the yummiest things I've had in a long time? So, so good. They are kind of pricey though. {I got mine for free by signing up with Kraft First Taste.}